Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-10-17
INTERESTING
FIGURES FROM
TAX ROLLS
COUNTY NOW PAYS CASH
CUTS TAX LEVY $4,000
What Honest Business Methods
Have Accomplished for Ber-
naIiIIo County in Saving Dol
lars for the People.

That The present board Of county
commissioners Of Bernalino county,
while paying an bills against the
county promptly and In hash has at
The same time been able to cut rs rev
enue from taxation over 10000 In "a
sirRle year. nus saving thar sum di-
rect 10 the taxpa yers. is the interest,"
ing fact CLEANED from "a careful study
o. the county records yesterday by q
representative Of The Morning Jour
nal other facts Of almost equal IN
terest We're brought out by his little
study Of the records, but the fact Of
this direct saving 10 the man Who
pay the taxes. Of 10000 In the cost
81 running this county. IN a single
year, IL undoubtedly the most inter-
csting.
There has been Of late. and, IN face
over since the present administration
took charge, more or less Of %invidlous
comment from members Of the old
county gang on the methods % 49,
present commissioners The commis-
sioners have gone quietly on ,ha.rI
way THEY are business men. anl
they have learned the lesson Of buzz
ness that results count and that talk
isn't worth much IA the great Amer
lean game Of making good. So they
have merely tended 20 he coupt.
business az best they could. Leaving
the figures they are putting on roll I'll
over IN the county court house to Gc-
fend them against political enemies.
If there is any taxpayer who li,s
allowed himself to listen to a.
mournfut plaiuts OF those gentlemen
Who were but recently removed from
The public crib there may be enlighl-
enmeni in some Of the figures that
follow;
The county general fund in 1906
vae amount of taxes certified to the
collector to collect1was saf.035.p6.
. hlf year The general fund figures are
ts0At065 The difference Is JUS
sin 5Sa 80. ana al the snme time the
commissioners have put the county
n strictly business basis. are payiaf
all bills as soon as presented and are
keeping strict account Of every single
Co per cent expended by the county.
The following comparative table
shows the amounts Tor various pur-
poses cvteeded on the tax rolls In 1898
md 1907
1906. 1907
Territorial gen .t51.sOS. 80 S53.G83.Ga
'ounty school... s.40l 80 l"i492af
'ouniy general. |at035.a6 |Su.a6Ob6
'atle Indemnity $3.50 6IGG
sheep sanitary 2b0.4G S3486I
...,... $4,000 7.g28.3S 4
aenerai .... i4.GST.26 t6.13o1SI
lily school .... ~e9.1ai.66 |8997glS|
'ity ono cNemp- /
tionl ...... a.2O2 20 e.0.I Is. ,
The county general school levy. 90
be remembered. Is made by the
orritofial auditor and the city uf Al N
'u%guergue school levy by the city
~ education. !
The Increase of only one mill la tho J
.ounty school levy has resulted in sn 2
Increase Of ~Si,09l.65 collectable for .
De school fund. The Increase ~ four .
Mills Va the city school levy VIII make 2
n Increase Of a total of S|i0.1S7.g3 In
he amount raised Ia the city FOR. the
huols. The total Increase in the .
mount raised in the city Tor the
hool purposes this year b thus ST.
The levy Tor an county purposes s. =
9 mills less Khan last year The lew