The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-02-24

XXI TIA upon steam railroads. $13s,S4l,-
4 ma on timber and other unimproved
lands. s26,585,973 on telegraph. teie-
nbone. gas, water, electric light, power
street railways and other public serv-
Too corporations, and the remainder
,,non various items of personal prop
orty In other words, city real prop
erty represents 41.6 per cent farm
lands 17.8 per cent, timber and other
unimproyed lands 1914 per cent, steam
railroads III per cent, other pubic
service corporations 8 per cent, ana
personal property, other than that be-
longing to public service concerns. III
per cent of the assessed value OF the
state.
The indirect revenues of the state In
qo5 were $693, 543.81; in 1910 they
were 1883, 6S1.4S. or an increase IN
FIVE years Of 1896, 137.67, or approx
mately 100 per cent. It is to be borne
in mind that these figures deal only
with revenues applicable to the pay
ment of the general expenses OF state
government, and do not include reve-
nues coming in to any of the perma-
nent or current school funds, highway,
military, or other special funds.
! Returns Made to State.
| For the year ending September 80,
1905. the secretary of state turned into
the state treasury $90,201.71: in 1910
s234,139. The insurance commissioner
in 1905 paid to the treasury $780,
eS4.64; in 1910, $2S4,1S9.11. In 1905
the states 10 per cent of liquor IL
censes amounted to $146,216.63; in
1910 $155,672.O2. In 1905 the inheri-
lance tax collections were $33,267.34;
this year they are $94,262. In 1905 the
commissioner of public lands paid into
the general fund of the state $780,
3O8.42; in 1910, $212,256.
| In 1906 the receipts of the fish COM
missiener's office were $39,869; this
year they are $66.799.74. In 1905 the
state auditors receipts from state
game licenses were s1,275; in 1910,
$2,982. In 1905 the receipts of the
state oil inspector were $1,895.14; this
year they amount to $33,393.97.
| The clerk of the supreme court in
1906 turned into the state treasury
$7,1O7 80; this year, $10,36295. In 1905
the receipts from the penitentiary
were $105,858.61; in 1910 they amount
ed to $116,745.18.
A General Increase in Revenue
The state labor commissioner in 1905
collected and turned into the state
treasury $1,000; in 1910, $16,181.95.
The governors office then collected S.
280; this year, s14,094. In 1905 the
fees collected and paid into the state
treasury for grain inspection were $13,-
|461.72; this year they are $22,264.91.
In 1905 there were other miscellaneous
receipts amounting to $14,917.20; in
1910 these miscellaneous receipts were
swelled to- $134,374.61. &
From sources not in existence in
| 1905 indirect revenues amounting to
$191 ,964.O4 were collected during the
present year, viz: State bank exam
liner, $12,743.78; hotel inspector, $12,-
O75; interest on state deposits, $17,-
281.O1; state liquor licenses, $98,575;
privilege tax on express and private
car companies, $51 ,289.25.
Total Taxes Levied.
| The total amount of all taxes levied
in the state in 1909, for both state
and local purposes, was $24,993, 1858,
of which amount 1888, 256.14 was for
general state purposes, $161, O82.16 for
militia and $792,242.32 for state high.
ways and state aid roads; a total of
s., 1886, 68O.62 raised by taxation and ex-
pended under state supervision and
control. For county purposes, exclus-
i've of school funds. and to be expend-
ed under the direction of county com
missioners, there was levied $6,984,-
1854; for public school purposes and
expended by local boards of school di-
rectors, there was raised 1851, 444.31,
this amount including the barefoot
schoolboy" tax, which is distributed
to school districts according to school
attendance and disbursed by local
school boards. For drainage, irriga-
ton, dixie and other district purposes
there was levied $142,546.33. Taxes
levied for city purposes were $6,031,-
O21.83.
In other words, out of the total levy
of $24,993. 1888, 1886, 580.62, or 1873
per cent, was for state purposes, and
$21 ,657, 295.71, or 86.7 per cent, for
local expenditures.
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