Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-01-23
M MlLLAN'S REPORT
Semi.Annual Report of State
Treasurer MCMil-
Ian.
Total Cash on Hand in General and
Other Funds January lst
Was $46O,OO
ReCeipts from the Sale of School
Lands Amounted to
$2I2,65O.78.

Treasurer Mcmillan has been filed,
showing the receipts and disburse'
ments for the six months ending jan
uary l. The statement shows balances
in the various funds Of the state June
80, 1901, Of S247, 7,985.87. The receipts
during the six months have been $780,
348.39 from miscellaneous sources, $l17,-
095.47 from taxes from counties to the
general fund Of the state, S7,663.83 for
the payment of the asylum bonds
which are to be taken up this year,
sl5, 3O4.55 to the bond interest fund Of
the state. Taxes for the educational
institutions of the state are now levied
in special fund, and the expenses Of
these institutions are not now paid
out of the general fund but out Of this
special tax fluid, which is levied at
the rate Of one mill on the dollar of
taxable property in the state. The
first receipts to this fund from the tax
levied by the state board Of equaliza-
tion, and the receipts credited to the
various institutions are as follows:
State University Cd. Forks. 8 2,35l .09
Agricultural College. ........ 1,l75.59
Normal School, Valley City. 7O5.34
Normal School, Mayville. 49,. 7O5.4
Deaf School, Devils Lake.. 764O8
School of Forestry. y........... 1866
The receipts to the general fund and
to the educational institute funds are
small, for the reason that they are
from the taxes Of 1901, which we're
not due until November l, and do not
become delinquent until February II,
and many taxpayers are holding off
until the date for taxes to become de-
linquent.
Receipts to the wolf bounty fund
are $5, 969.98. CertitcatesI have been
taken up in that sum.
There are about $4,000 of these
certificates still outstanding.
The twine plant at the penitentiary
reports nearly $40, from the sale of
twine. The total receipts
from all sources during the six months
we. e ss2.,12l.49.
OF the items Of expense, aside from
the salaries of department officials
and clerks, some are as follows: Aid to
hich schools, s3,356.67; conductors
teachers Institutes, sl,75O; lecturers,
teachers institutes, S869.64; expense
state militia, $5,469. .s5;rewards for the
conviction Of horsethieves, $500; care
Of refractory boys at South Dakota
reform school, 81, ,729.37; transporta-
tion Of convicts to the state peniten-
tiary, 81, 735; transportation Of pa
tients to the state hospital for insane,
1854; expense Pan-American exposi-
tion, S3,O28.36; other expenses are the
maintenance Of state institutions and
various current expenses of the state,
the total payments fromI the general
fund by warrant being $2O6, 4O2.
From the permanent school fund of
the state, Sl28,773 was paid out for
the purchase of school bonds. For the
operating expenses of the twine and
cordage plant at the state peniten-
tiary payments Of s65, 1928 were made.
The total expenditures for all causes
were S465,l72.
The total amount of cash on hand
January l was S46O,OOO. OF this
s64, $500 was in the general
fund, and the remainder in the var
iOus other state funds. In the perma-
nent school fund there was balance
of sl26,347 in cash waiting invest
ment.