Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-20
|. A. COUNTY HAS
S3,303,520 IN BANK
Prosperity Is Shown in Semi-An-
nuaI Report Made by
Auditor Dow
INTEREST AT 2 PER CENT
Total Receipts During Last Six
Months Is More Than
Four Millions
INTEREST AT 2 PER CENT

Los Angeles county's great wealth
is made decidedly manifest by the
semi-annual report which II. g. Dow,
county auditor, has just completed.
1t shows that at the close of the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1910, TINS
county had on deposit in city and
county banks the sum of $SSO3,b2O,
drawing interest at the rate of per
cent annually.
The report shows that the. total re-
celpts of the county in the last SIX
months were $4,044, ,34893. The receipts
in fees from the various offices totaled
$166, ,475.31. The advertising income
was S1542.50. The sale of franchises
brought in S4673.11. The road income
was s5S96,1S, the hospital income income
S3543.7S, the common school income
1876, 1901 and that of the high schools
$5S,S12S9.
Estates of dead persons increased
the wealth of the county by S777218'
Because of teachers Institutes 1t prof
tied $342 and the law library earned
$3.50. Rebates brought $403S.45 into the
treasury and the duties of the pupllc
administrator resulted In an ADDITION
of $2S6O.5S to the county funds.
SCHOOL BOND TOTAL
School district bonds totaled $780,
775.34 and the INDECENT income, includ-
Chinese, amounted to $6935.34. The
county farm turned over $14,S63.62.
The interest accounts brought IN
S27,312.S9 and the railroad taxes fo1
1909-191O were $3S.37S.S2, while other
taxes totaled $2,423,592.64. The state
poll tax was $186,37S and the assess
or's personal tax added $151, ,63S.79 to
the treasury.
Licenses contributed S5174, state
land and interest on them $4025.04 and
redemption $46, 406.71. Cancelled war
rant receipts totaled S593.19, the Juve-
nile detention home $S2012, the trust
department account $64.65, forfeited
state land sales $1740.39, the horticul-
tural commission $2S9031 and miscel-
laneous receipts $40, ,3S7.09.
Disbursements totaled $5,220, 129.53
making a seeming deficit of $1,175, so
though that is because the greater part
of the taxes are part in the Other
half of the fiscal year and the county
is really ahead for the year, II not fol-
the last six months.
DISBURSEMENTS
OF the disbursements the supervisors
spent $16,776.70 for general expenses
and $1731.36 for mileage, a total OF
$1S508.06. The expenses of the county
auditor amounted to $13.575.S9, of the
clerk S21, ,S73.72 of the coroner $7S11.8S
the recorder 81, ,52694 and of the treas
urer $6229.91. The general court house
expenses, including an item of $15,2401'
for janitors. were 36,20751. Thus tbs
administration departments cost the
county S173, 80 for six months.
The department of justice expended
$259, ,496.79, collections 29,779.5S, edu'
cational $1.753, 730.6S, public charities
$15S, 1884 and the health department
S424345 Various other expenses
brought the disbursements up to the
grand total.
Taxes total 50, .OS947, of which the
state will receive $677, .63 The COM
mon schools taxes are $292, 1887 65 and
those of special schools $515,363.97, g
total of SS07, ,751. 62.
In the last fiscal year 43,778 schoo
warrants have been given attention
and 300 of them have been handled in
the first eighteen days of this month
The report will be printed and dis
tributed.