The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-06
HOW TAX MONEY
WILL Be SPENT
State Appropriations Call for In
crease. Education to Benefit

II is always interesting To- know
Just how much money is being raised
by taxation and whero that money is
going ana all about H. With the state
taxes higher this yea" than ever he
fore and topping last years figures nv
some three millions of dollars why
This money was appropriated by the
legislature is what many people would
like 10 know
OF the eight million dollars To he
raised education takes the largest sin.
gle sum as the legislature appropriate
cd S3,0S0. 7i2.0i This Is more than
one-ihird of the total tax levy. The
E"Nt largest sum goes toward the care
Of IN" states unfortunate This
amounts L. S2.0H9. 205.47. The third
largest item goes toward the operation
If the several state departments. This
amount aggregates so S.319.3G. The
state library gets but $1,000. the
smallest amount appropriated
University Gets over 100000.
or the education moneys SI24G.OOG
goes 10 the University of Michigan.
This is the largest appropriation of an
The states educational institutions
The NJ \. g. gets $3S2.333.33 from the
state and several other appropriations
from the national government The
Michigan College Of Mines dt Hough-
ton gets $4,000. our four state nor
NAL schools located al Marduettr
Ypslanti Mt Pleasan: and KalamaZou
get appropriations aggregatine $500.
436. The training school a. I.apeer
gets $63,S3i.7l tn" state public school
at ColdWater gets $73,05O, the Deaf
school ~ Flint gets Sl9S,25O and the
blind institution at Saginaw and Ian
sing gets Sl57.1O4
Caring for the sick the insane and
the aged is another heavy Expense
amounting in an 10 So O99. 205.47. This |
is distributed as follows: The Mich !
gan Soldiers home. Grand Rapids, re
ceives a total appropriation of 5000, 00O |
This year The tuberculosis senator
mm AT Howell is given S3S,4S5. Stin
another 10000 was appropriated for
ID" establishment of another sanatOr~
ium. The i've state hospitals for the
insane located at Kalamazoo. Ionia.
Pontiac. Traverse City and Newberry.
received an aggregate appropriation o."
1857 ,50l.9S, while in addition To AL
This an approximation for the current
expenses of the state hospitals was
made amounting To $l.3S3.2lS.f9.
The penal and corrective institutions
located at Marquette. jackson and Ionia
touched the state Tor S279,S5O ana he.
sides this $4,000 was appropriated
Tor q state house of correction 20 10
nuilt ia BAY city.
Ten Corrective institutions.
Several corrective institutions had
10 he looked after. These are the In
dnstrial School for Boys at Lansing
ana a smaller institution for girls a.
Adrian. who receive out Of the years
taxes a total of s3ll ,295.S0.
The various departments of the state
required Il total Of Sl,0GS.3l9.2 to con
duct their business during the last
wear. The fish commissioners will
therefore get from This tax $500 The
state dairy and food department viii
get s3i 600. The state highway de
Dartment will get more Than any 9th 4
r. the total being $500, 900. end be-
idcs hat it will have the revenue from :
he motor vehicle tax whatever that
may be The geological survey will
receive 49, 1926 It viii cost $4,000
Tor the salaries of the Inheritance tax l
hammers. The department of labor
viii receive $4,000 and the public do G
main commission 100000. The indus
rial accident board viii have $i0,0
md the Michigan Historical commits
,ion $4,000. The Mackinac state park I
commission is given SS,3796O. n
Two Of the most important branches u
# the state service. namely the army
md navy, that is IN cnationa guard
md the naval reserves, receive good
ma navy. that is the national guard
III told will receive from the tax levy ,
he tidy sum of $2l3. 61O.3S. while the
laval reserves will receive S28,l0l72.
Many Special Appropriations.
A considerable number Of special APP
populations were made by the last
ogislature, which all go 10 make the
ig grand total. Among these sums
re $4,000 for the wagon road to con-
lcct Grand Marais with the world :
for the members of TIA" :.
legislature amounted To $1Oj,6OO. Mich
gan sent $4,000 10 the Ohio food suf- D
"rers and that must be made good in {
his tax levy. The legislature appro- .>
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