The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-12-04
Govern Il Dunno Criticizes Preced-
ing Administration For
Delinquency
LEVEE WORK IN THREE
CITIES COST 1851 200
Btiis Incurred Fighting Fools
Charged Up As Emergency
To National Guard.


tax rate for 1913 is seven mills or
each dollar OF 20 cents on each 500
valuation OF taxable property The
rate was determined upon December
l by the state tax commissioners
consisting OF Gov Dunno. state
Auditor Brady and Treasurer Ryan,
after the appropriations made by
the last legislature are carefully
prepared estimates Of the state
expenditures and receipts had been
considered. The rate, the highest
In the history Of the state, is 30
cents higher than that of 1912, the
last year Of the. Deneen admnstra-
ton Accompanying the announce
ment Of the new rate is a statement
from Gov. Danne, explaining the
increase and charging same to the
action OF the preceding adminstra-
tion in fixing a rate for 1912 which
created deficiencies in numerous de.
partmcnts Of tho state pfacti,alv
broke
AS soon as the late had been
definitely fixed State Auditor Brady
sent not .ces to the various county
clerks in the state certifying the
,late- Of st.te tax for extension
against the equalized assessment Of
all property for the year 1913.
Division OF the State Tax.
The state tax is divided as fcl-
lows:
For general state purposes, four
and sevcn-tenjhs mills on each dol
lar. or forty-seyen cents on each
$l00.
For state school purposes, one
and three-tenths mills on each dol
lar or thirteen cents on each 500.
For University Of Illinois fund,
one mill on each dollar or ten cents
on each 500, levied as commanded
in AN act provided by the state tax
for a fund for the support and main
tenance of the University of Illinois.
GovernC- DUNES Statement. /
The statement of Governor Dunno
explaining the reasons for the in
crease in the rate follows:
ION this 29th day of November, !
1913, the state tax commission met
in the governors office at SPRING
field, ILL.,, and took up the question
of fixing the tax rate to be levied in
the year 1913
The farty-seventh general as
sembly ordered to be raised by taxa
tion by an act approved June 10, !
1911, as follows
For the year l911---
For general Slate pur-
poses for year 1911 $780, 10000 !
For state school pur-
poses for year 1911 2,000,000,01
Total appropriate
for the year 1911 $3.50, 100000
For the year 1912
For general state pur-
poses for year 1912 S7,750,00.00
For state school pur-
poses for year 1912 2,O0O,0OO00
Total appropriations
for the year 1912 $3.50. 600, 90
With these appropriations in
view, the state tax commission IN
1911. composed of former Governor
Deneen former Auditor Mccullough
and former State Treasurer Mitch
ELL fixed for the year 1911 a tax rate
of twenty-siX cents for the general
state purposes, including that year.
the university tax. upon which was
raised by taxation s5,S5S,411.O0.
For state school purposes a tay
rate of nine cents for the year 1911.
upon which was raised $1,967,711.-
90.
By adding these two last amounts.
it will appear that the total amount
raised by these assessments for the
year 1911 was the sum of $7.S2G,-
122.00, leaving deficiency for the
year 1911 between the amounts ord
cred To be raised, and the amounts
actually raised by tax levies. at
these rates, amounting to s1,S32.
$500.
Although the state tax commits
sion knew of this deficiency of near
lys2, 2,000, 10000. resulting from
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