New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-02-04
County Schools
Cost $l22,960
Form Largest Item of Annu-
al Expense as Shown
By Statement.

City and Town Governments
Require Next Larg-
est Expenditure.
With a cash balance on hand Janu-
airy LIST, 1913 of s57 ,429 IL, the tota.
receipts for the County Treasurer's
Office for the fiscal year ending Decem~
Der 81, 1913 aggregated $3.50. 1886 as
appears from the County's financial
statement prepared by County Auditor
VOgel and which is circulated this
week as q supplement to the Review.
OF this total amount all was disburs-
| ed, except the sum of s61, O52.28 which
was on hand when the books were
closed for the year. In other words
almost 100000 was collected in the
shape of taxes and from all other
sources and was also disbursed. La
spite OF this large amount of money
being received, two funds were over
drawn in the aggregate sum Of
3.9 1925. IS when the year closed, the
revenue fund being overdrawn to the
tune of S12, SlO.45 aud the county poor
fund to the extent of S7,0l5.2O.
The total tax collections amounted
to S211, 1874. SO and the balance of the
receipts were made up of various
items, largest among which we're in
terest and principal on bitches to the
extent of S25. ISL. 30, school apportion-
ment and aid from the state amount
ing t. S35, $50 40 and inheritance tax
in the sum OF SIS, TO 16. From liquor
license total of So, $50 was received.
This is $1,000 less than last year,
because on account of change in the
Flaw New Ulm was not called upon 70
pay its 1OT to the county this year
which was paid by all the other NUM-
CAPABILITIES having saloons. After this
this source of revenue will be abro-
gated as the law as it stands now re.
qaires municipalities only of the first
and second class to pay this 1o% into
the County Treasury annually.
The aid from the State for the con :
struction of state roads totalled
1894, So. The expense of maintaining
the public schools was the largest
item in the budget of disbursements ;,
over one third of the total receipts, to
wit, S122, 960.62 were disbursed to the
various school districts for educa-s
tiOnal purposes. About half that
amount, S52:220 6S. was disbursed to
the towns and municipalities for the
purpose of helping to defray the ex
penses> OF their respective govern
ments. The next largest item of dis
oursement was to the State of Mime
sofa in the sum of S35, 9l7 OF and close
on its heels came the sum of 1874 ,245 OF
which became an integral part of the
County Revenue fund. The County
ditch fund received the sum of
Sl9, 933.l5, the county bridge and road
fund swallowed up the sum of Sl3 $685.
81 and the county poor fuad the sum
ofSll. 269 IA. Of the moneys disbursed
from the County Revenue fund the
salaries of the County officers sI6,-
594,46, and that of the County Com
missioners, So, 3O2.63, constitute more
than half of the moneys paid out of
this fund.
The miscellaneous expenses amounted
to nearly So, 600 and the district court
expenses were s3.56S So. The grand
and petit jurors used up within s4OO
OF OF the money spent for district
court purposes. Altho serving the
same number of days, the grand jurors
from New Ulm received but sc. 20 and
one of the jurymen who had to travel
liz miles to get to the County seat
was paid the sum of $500, which
goes to show that it is rather expensive
to have jurymen from some parts of
the County. The Justice Court ex-
penses aggregated the sum of s6l7.l2.
OF this amount 1921 Is was paid to the
Justices of the Peace of the Courty,
and out of this almost $50 more was
paid to Judge John Cutting of the
municipal court of Sleepy Eye than to
all the other justices of the County
combined.
For the grading of Court House
Square sl449 80 was expended and the
sum OF $1,000 was expended for part
payment of the cement walks and
drlveways on this block. The sum of
900 was allowed and disbursed for
the celebration OF Decoration Day in
the Cities OF New Ulm and Sleepy Eye
aud the Brown County Agricultural
Society was given the sum Of $500,
/ (COntinuef1 on 1ast nauoN