Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-10-19
COUNTY TAX LEVY, 16 MILLS.

COUNTY TAX LEVY, I6 MILLS.
AT a recent meeting of the county
commissioners. the tax levy for the
coming year was fixed at sixteen mills.
The salaries of the various officers
were also given a general shaking up.
In Treasurer McCroskey's $ Ioffice the
deputy has been raised from 500 a
month to $l00 month, and the clerks
have been raised from $40 to $75, re-
spectiveIy to $50 month. Upon the
representation of County Clerk Todd
that he was going to endeavor to do
the work in his Office with one man
besides himself, the salary of his
deputy, Claude Swegle, was raised
from $85 to 500 per month. This act
ion of the clerk will result in a say
ing of about $500 for the balance of
the term.
In Auditor Duncan department two
clerks received an increase. Mrs. Lid
die, typewriter copyist, was advanced
from $40 to $50, and Mrs. Thenia
Matzger, who has been doing copyist
work in the office for a number ssof
years at a stipulated price per folio,
was put on a regular salary of $50 a
month.
In the sheriff s office the commiss-
toner's maintained balance by rails
ing Special Deputy Sheriff Dickinson
from SIS to $50 and played even by
cutting the monthly stipend of Jailer
White proportionate amount, reduc-
ing him from the S85 class to the $40
class.
In pursuance to the estimate of
Auditor Duncan in regard to the
amount necessary to maintain the
county for the ensuing year the COM
missioners made a levy of 16 mills,
divided as follows: State general fund
3.71 mills. school fund, 3.72l mills.
military fund, 2.48 mills, public high
way fund, Cid mills, interest fund.-
transfer Of SAG. 88 from current fund to
interest fund to dispense with interest
account: total for state purposes, 8. 293
mills.
For county purposes the amount is
segregated as follows: Current ex-
pense fund 1856 mills. The amount
derived from this levy is for use in de-
fraying the salaries and expenses of
each Of the county Offices, and the
amount estimated as necessary for each
by the auditor is as follows:
Treasurer's office, $1,000; sheriff,
S6800; prosecuting attorney, $500;
county clerk, 500 over and above fees
of office: superintendent of schools,
$5360; surveyor, $348O; judge of su-
perior court, $l609 court stenograph-
er, $l66O; county physician, $1,000;
! janitor and commissioners. $3.50; aud
itor, $6640, this amount for auditors
expenses includes an item for S2640 in
payment of contract let by the COM
missioners to party of alleged expert
accountants who were employed by the
board for the purpose Of exporting the
books in the offices of the sheriff,
treasurer, auditor and clerk of the last
16 years, or since the time the state
of Washington was admitted; assess
or, $7l00; superintendent of poor farm,
$3.50; board of education and eighth
grade examiners. S4l0; expense of
superior court $4,000; expense of JUS
tice court, $500; county coroner, sal
ary and exepnse, $780, care of poor
outside hospital and poor farm. $4,000;
care of sick at hospital, $1,000; sup
plies and expense county farm, $1,000;
expense on account contagious dis
eases, $500; supplies, expense and fuel
for courthouse, $3500; improvements,
$1,000; expense and board of prisoners,
$1,000; Rebate on taxes. $4500; refund
ing orders, $175; miscellaneous, $4,000;
school and bridge fund, 2. 726 mills;
school fund, 1.5 mills; INDECENT SOL
diers' fund, .O25 mills; total county,
z. 707 mills.