Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-08-30
State Finances

the states. s4os. For the cities the
average per capita receipts from
property * were Sls.72; for tli.,
states, $2.73.
For the as states taken together. the
for governmental costs. in
c!udln interest and OUTLAWS: exceeded
the by S36,674.4S7; but the
penses and interest by $5S.5lS,212. an
amount more than thlee-lfths as great
IS that of the total outiays, which ac-
Sfega,ed S95, 1872. 1873. In other words.
tNc states taken as a group, are pay-
nag. from their all their cur
rent expenses and interest and more
IMAM three-hfths Of their OUTLAWS.
Where Revenues Exceed Expenses
~ ali bat seven of the states The rev.
"Aue receipts exceeded the payments for
aren't governmental EXPENSES AID IN.
! ltfeSt, ad N 10 the revenues exceeded
tle to'al expenditures for governmental
.gsts, including interest and OUTLAWS.
i4ese l9 states We're New Hampshire.
ONO, Indiana. Illinois. Minnesota. Iowa,
North Dakota, South Dakota. Nebraska
loeiaware, Virginia, Georgia, Florida,
Texas, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming. New
Mexico and Washington. The greatest
eNcess. S1,3o3 267. was shownb by Illinois.
olhef states in which the excess was
more than $1,G00. 900 were Minnesota.
With s2,sl2.3a6: Texas, s2,35a o76;
ONO. -, 2n5,229; n Washington, ST.
o'6,lo1. The greatest per ca pita eX-
cess OF revenues over expenditure, how
ever. appears for New Mexico, $1.4T;
minnesota, with Sl.32 ia next in order,
and illinois, with SIZE, stands third.
lAe greatest excess of expenditures
over %evenues shown for any one state.
s2't2l,264, IS that for New York: the
second highest excess. $9,4SO, 116, is for
1aiiloTn!a and the third highest, s4,-
oa',3lb, Tor Maryland. The greatest per
CAPITA excess OF expenditures over rev
cnues, s3.3S, appears for California: the
aeNt highest. s3.c3, for Maryland; and
nc third highest, 1921. for New York.
Good Roads.
The total OUTLAWS for permanent inn
froNctnentS aggregated $95, l9G. 799, OF
Tins amount S3O.2l7, 500, or nearly one
third. WAS spent for the construction of
new roads the permanent improve
menl-such as maCadamizing or paw
lng-of existing ones. In addition, S12.-
4ib.l22 Vas appoTtioned by the state to
tTelr counties, municipalities, and other
MINOR ciNll divisions, for use in the
construction, Improvement, and main
tenance of roads: and a considerable
portion of this sum was employed i'm
construction n permanent improve
,n@nt. Inc greatest OUTLAWS for roads
Dy lndlVldual states were reported for
New York, SO, 393. 756: California, &c.
o'5,2so; n Maryland, SO, 1928. Tho
greatest per capita expenditure for con-
OF roads, however, $2.S2, was made by
Maryland. Only % states--the six New
England states. New York, New Jersey.
pennsylvania, Illinois. Michigan, Wis
consin, Minnesota, Maryland, Arkan-
sas. Louisiana, Idaho, New Mexico. Ari-
IONA, Utah and the three Pacific coast
states-eNpended none directly on the
construction and improvement OF roads
during the fiscal year, but a number
OF the other states apportioned sums
TO counties, municipalities. etc, which
were spent in the construction and inn
provcment of roads. Fourteen states.
we've reported neither OUTLAWS nor
appointments Cor this
Civil Service Commissions.
Ten MISUNDERSTANDING. C~onnecti-
cut, New York. New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio. Illinois. Wisconsin, Colo
RADIO. n California-maintain civil
service commissions. The expenditures
in the 10 states for the support of these
commissions aggregated $349,75 and
the greatest expenditure made for this
purpose by any one state, $7s.5S9. was
reported by New York.
indebtedness.
The net Indebtedness funded aud
floating debt less assets of general
sinking funds) for the As states aggre-
gated $424,154.647, or $4.31 per capita.
The net Indebtedness of New York
alone, 1925. 461 $50. represents nearly 80
per cent of the total and was far great
CIR than that of any other state. Twelve
states had a per capita net debt OF less
than 81, and for three Of these states
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Kansas
the debt OF this character was only 4
cents per capita.
The net increase in Indebtedness dur
ing the fiscal year. for all the states
combined was $64, AGA, 944. Twenty states
increased their net debt during the
year, l9 decreased it. and in the re-
manning min there was no change. The
greatest increase. SAC, 43O,918. was re-
ported for New York. Only eight other
states increased their net debt by more
than $1,000, 900 each.
Value Of Public Properties.
The total value of all permanent pub
lie properties held by the states, ex-
cept those in funds and investments.
amounted at the close of the fiscal year
to 1866, 377, O64. The bulk Of this
amount. $79S,647, 779. represented the
value of land, buildings. and equip
ment of general departments: and he
land. buildings, ard equipment Of public
service enterprises The latter proper
ties are productive. while former are
practically nonproductive. The greatest
single item is that for general govern
ment." 1857, $50. $40; the next greatest.
1856. s15. 1874, represents the value Of
school property; and the third and
fourth items in point OF size are $177,-
7O1, 813 for hospitals for the insane. and
$l12, $685. 1876 for correctional insttu-
|tions.
graft or the fact If a prison sentence.
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