Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-07-24
WHERE TAXES WILL GO
Auditor General t-adlsy has
Completed the AppOrtionmsnt
of 1907 State Taxes.
IIEMsFOR THIS YEAR AND NEXT
Michigan s. Great University ana care
Of the Insane to Take Main Por-
ton of Increase

Auditor General Bradley has computed
from the various appropriations OF 1907
N. amounts of the levies for the several
objects appropriated for, and determined
the amount of each fund necessary to be
raised in the years 1907 and 1908. There
are ss of these finds in the tax OF TINS
year, and as for next year, each one OF
which mnst be separately distributed IN
nroper proportion according to equalized
valuation against each of the 50 counties
of the states-a work of no little magni-
tude, and demanding the utmost exacu-
tude of calculation. The ascertainment
of these gross amounts enables coinpar-
isons with the levies of the previous two
wears, which are instructive The taxes
of this year should be compared with
those Of 1905. and those OF next year
with 1906. The latter comparison shows
total levy of S4,o4o,732.77 Tor 1905
against sS,ss3,7S5.29 last year, an IN
crease of about two-thirds of a million
The tax of this year will be 5000, '42'o7'
as against s3,S69,742.o7 in 1905 an IN
crease OF a little over 81, 100000.
The largest single item of this goes to
the university, s665,oo an increase Oh
over 100000 produced by raising the
mill tax from one-fourth to three-eighths
and computing it now on the greater
valuation than two years ago. Inc
amount of the agricultural college Is re-
duced more then SOC, 900, and that ioi
the school of mines is slightly increased
The four normal schools take about
800, 900 more than two years ago. ns
soldiers home and the institution fo'
feeble minded are considerably increased
hut the state public school and the dea
ana blind are all reduced. so that the ne
increase in this group is less that $4,000
The saddest necessity, and one ina
IN its total amount comes near to the cos
of all the schools together, is the care
the insane. For the five state asylums
total levy is called for this year OF Si'
600, 900, lacking only few hundred
That is s463 900 more than in 1905, an
two-thirds of the whole amount Is 10
current expense. The prisons ana III
juvenile formatories-though we ca
them by nicer names-foot up over 5000
900 against $3.50, 900 before. If we recko
the two industrial institutions Tor boy
and girls with the school group, and al
in the deaf-and blind, we shall still
paving SIoo, 900 less OF state taxes Il
ali lines of education than for the care
the insane and feeble minded and GRIN
nal. In the prison cost, howevervis
cluded $4,000 for the binder-twi'
plant. which it is hoped will produce
financial profit. For the agricultur
and horticultural societies, the dairymer
and corn improvement associations. |
West Michigan state fair, free emplo
ment bureaus. weather service, fish col
mission and good roads department
shall pay about $4,000 or nearly $40
900. more than in 1905. The levy
the national guard is unchanged, owl
10 the veto Of the TACT for reorganizatic
which Governor Warner found necesss
ON account of a serious error occurring
the framing OF some amendment adopt
in the senate which would have had
effect il Improved, OF legislating the
tioual guard out of existance accordi
to the opinion of the attorney gene
and of the military department and II
essitating the reenrollment OF the EN-
force, ii she service should be maintain
This unfortunate circumstance dele
for the present several valuable reioi
greatly desired by the military dep
ment