New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-03
Resume OF The
Years Business
COMMENT AND CRITICISM ON
BROWN COUNTY ExPENDI-
TURES FOR 1914.
SEVERAL FUNDS CONSIDERABLY
OVERDRAWN. MUST RE-
TRENCH SOMEWHERE.

With this issue of the "Review" we
publish the County's financial statement
and also list of the personal property
taxes which must be paid to County
Treasurer Henry J. Berg prior to March
LIST. The financial statement is a very
very exhaustive one and shows to cent
where the money of the taxpayers went
to. 1t is worthy of the careful perusal of
every one interested in the County's
finances.
Including balance on hand at the be-
ginning of the fiscal year, the total
receipts for 1914 aggregated the sum of
$425,613.S6. AS compared with the
previous year, this is an increase of
$65,377.S6. Besides that, the balance
on hand Dec. 81, 1914 is $23, 1884 less
than the balance of the previous year
which would indicate that $88, 761 80
more was expended this year than last
year.
There has been marked increase in
the moneys disbursed to various funds.
Revenue Fund, the sum of $36,942.64,
an increase of $2,697 go. The County
Poor Fund shows an increase of So, 89959,
disbursed to this fund. The disburse-
ments to the County Road and Bridge
Fund leaped from $13,869.34 to $780,
764.53, an increase of $22,89519. There
was also marked increase in the General
Town Fund, from $52,220.68 for 1913
to $7O,799.27 for 1914, a total of $751;
$3.50. For the General School Fund
there was an increase Of $20,691.52, the
year 1914 showing total OF $133, 652.1
as compared with $112,96O.62 for the
previous year. The moneys disbursed
to the County Ditch Fund were more
than double that of last year. In the
year 1913 $19,933.15 were disbursed to
this fund as compared with $40, 533.03
for the fiscal year just closed. There
were disbursed to the State of Minnesota
Fund $50,S63.71 as compared with
$35,917.02 for 1913, an increase of
$14,956.69.
At the end Of the fiscal year the
Revenue fund was overdrawn to the
extent OF $19,724.93. This is an in
crease of $6,914.48 over the deficit of the
previous year. The County Poor Fund
is also overdrawn and here the deficit
amounts to $11,081.43, an increase of
$4,066.23. Another account that is
overdrawn is the County Road and
Bridge Fund. At the end of the fiscal
year 1913 there was a balance on hand
of $1,042.38. This surplus was used up
in 1914 and at the end of the year this
account was overdrawn to the extent of
$4,57O.57. The County Ditch Fund
shows the comfortable balance of $685.
614.30 as compared with $75,932.02, a
decreae Of $7,317.72. All the other
accounts show small balances.
OF the nearly $4,000 expended out of
the County Revenue Fund $17,078.55
went for salaries of County officials and
$2,757.63 additional for salary, mileage,
and per diem of the County Commits
sioners. 1t cost the County $3,313.O6
:. to grind out justice in the District Court
and $393.29 was paid out for expenses in
the several Justice Courts of the County
in cases where the fines and costs were
not paid by the convicted and in such
other cases where the accused was ac-
quilted. The expenses of the Probate
in tod IN
$97.64 and the expenses of the Coroner's
office were very light, amounting to only
$196.93.
For books, stationary and Office fix
pended and the printing and adver-
Using cost the County $1,866.71. For
repairs and other improvements the sum
of $4,757.57 was expended and the cleo
trio light, water, fuel and phone rental
totalled the sum of $1,397.76. It cost
the County $16,134.45 or nearly as
much as was paid to the County off
Gals, to take care of the poor. Of this
amount the expenses at the Poor Farm
amounted to $4,979.98. The sum of
$699.35 was paid for medicines and the
physicians of the County drew $2,594.28
] for looking after the physical ills of
( the County poor. The relief and sup
port Of poor, outside of the Poor Farm
amounted to $7,86O.S4. Of this amount
$3.50 was allowed for widows pension.
It is significant fact that Commits
sioner Erickson Of the End district did