Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1914-01-15
County Re wis Historical
From State Than Is
Paid to the State.
FIGURES Do NOT LIE
Salaries of Highway Com
mission and County Paid
From General Fund.
Fred N;eman

For some time there has been some
discussion about the am )unt OF money
received from the state in comparlsou a
with the amount paid to the state and
for that reason the folio wing article Is
given.
The legislature of 1911 made an ap-
propriation of S35O,OOO for state high
way aid from the years 1912 and 1913
work, this to be raised by direct tax
on all the taxable property of the state
and to be allotted to the counties on a
basis of valuation. Any county ask
ing for more than its share would re-
ceive it providing the $350,000 was
sufficient to cover all applications.
If the $350,0O0 was not sufficient to
cover all applications OF towns in the
state, each county would first be allot-
ted the amount OF tsx they paid TO-
ward the $35O,OOO appropriation and
the balance left of the $35O,OOO woulo
be prorated among the counties asking
for more than their share.
Sauk county has been one Of the
counties always asking for more than
its share. The state highway tax PAID
for 1912 construction was $5466.62 and
the amount received from the state
fund was 12SO7 81 or gain of 734O.89
over the emount paid to the state.
The state appropriation for 1913 con-
struction was The same as 1912 or
$35O,OOO
Sauk county retitioned for 899l5.9l
or $34438. .27 more than 1t was entitled
to on a basis of valuation.
The total petitioned for by all the
counties was $826,000 or more than
twice the appropriation.
The first appropriation bill passed
by the 1913 Legislature was bill to
pay 10 all counties the full amount
asked for which required an appropFi-
alton of $450,OO0.
This $45O,OO0 was allotted to the
counties in the working season of 1913
and was spent together with the regu-
lar $3.50 900 appropriation, but the
taxes for this $45O,0OO will be paid
with the 1914 taxes, the countjes being
obliged to advance the portion of theiE
share of the S450,OOO appropriation
that wss expended in 1913.
Sauk county paid IN 1913 as
its share of taxes for the $3.50, ,00C
appropriation S5477 "a. We are
now paying in the 1914 taxes oul
share of the S450,0O0 appropriation
which is $7O7S Sc, In all $12556.5O fol
the 1913 work. Sauk county has re-
ceived to daee $1I624 81 and there is due
them $2229l. 90 which will be paid as
soon as it Is available, which should
be not later than March 1, 1914, pro
viding the work has been done in the
towns entitled to the same. This is
$27359 Al more than the county pays
The 1918 Legislature made an appro'
priasion for 1914 and 1915 work Of
81, 100000. Sauk county paysS 1916. ct
as its share OF taxes to raise this
amount. It will receive in 1914 the
sum of $24,S56.72 as Its share o.
q $5979. rs more than it pays in taxes.
Summary for Sauk County.
State highway tax paid for
1912 werk. ........ :. S 5466.6:
State highway lax paid for
1918 Work. ..,.........,..-... 1Z506. d
State highway tax paid for
1914 work ..............,.. 1856. 81
Total state highway tax for
l912-13-14 work paid $3690O.0 O
Received from state highway
fund for 1912 work. S12807. 5
Received from state highway
fund for 1913 work. ......... 1924 8
Due from state highway fund
for 1918 work.. -. -. :. 22291. o
Will receive from state high
way fund for 1914 work. 24856 Z
Amount received and avail-
able for 1928 Ia work $775SO. /
This shows that Sauk county, upo
the completion of 1914 work, will hav
received for the state highway funC
S4O6SO O6 more than it paid in as il
share of the state highway taxes fc
the three years under the state al
law.
Every dollar paid to the state higt