Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1908-02-13
THE STATE TAX LEVY
Its Relation to the County
Tax for 19O6-l9O7

In response to inquiries the state de
partment at Madison has prepared the
following statement respecting items
composing the last state tax levy and
the proportionate part borne by the
several counties of the state as compar-
ed with the 1906 tax:
The state tax levy for 1906 was linn
tied to one-half of the tax ordinarily
levied for comp1on schools and amount
ed to $643, $50. All other taxes were
RENTED. A brief statement of the re-
ceipts and expenses by the state for the
fiscal year 1907 and it's relation to the
1906 state tax levy is presented in this
connection. The balance in the gener-
al fund of the state treasury on June
Goth, 1906, was 81, 1925, 992.26
The total general fund receipts by
the state for the ensuing year were $5,-
1872, BAIT. These receips were con-
tributed from various sources includ-
ing the railway taxes of So, 673, I'll. IL,
insurance tax and fees amounting to
5000 1879 and smaller sums received
from inheritance tax, licenses, corpor-
atoms and other fees all of which con-
tributed to the total of SIS, 122, BAIT.
During the same period the total
state disbursements from the general
fund amounted to $5,634, 655.70 or a
half million dollars in excess of the re-
ceipts. These disbursements included
8919, AL. As paid by the state for main
tenance. of charitable and penal insti-
buttons together with innumerable 9TH
er items, all paid out under specific le-
gal provisions. These items covered
the cost of maintaining the state gov
eminent, including the courts, depart
ments, and different bureaus; all the
direct appropriations by the legisla-
ture, and moneys contributed toward
educational institutions, which latter
items amounted to substantially one
half of the entire state disbursements.
No state tax levy was made in 1906
for any purpose whatsoever excepting
for one-half of the common school tax
above mentioned which amounted to
S643, $50. This amount was charged
against the different counties and
afterward distributed among them to-
gether with the additional amount of
S643, $50, not levied, the annual appro-
priation of $500, 900 required by law. to
be paid out of the general fund for
Al -
us. interest on school trust funds,
making total of 81, 674, ATS distributed
among the counties. In other words,
in 1907 in addition to paying all ,expcn-
SEES of state government, the state paid
back to the different counties Sl,03o,79
more than it received from them in
taxes for the year 1906.
This was possible owing to the large
treasury balance arising from unex-
pected receipts from the national gov
eminent, increased railway and corpor-
alton taxes. together with amounts re-
covered by the state in suits for rail-
way back taxes all of which swelled
the general fund to an unprecedented
amount. OF this state tax levy Forest
county paid the sum of Sl656.so to the
state toward the support of the COM
mon schools and received back from
the state the sum of s54so.T7 for the
same purpose in addition to the other
payments and benefits mentioned for
educational purposes.
When the commissioners met in 1907