The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-04-25
.LATAH COUNTY
WITHOUT DEBT
ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT OF
AUDITOR SHOWS DETAILED
CONDITION
One Of the Few Counties in the State
Without Bonded Indebtedness
Figures Are Interesting


The annual financial statement OF
the county auditor of Latah county
for the fiscal year of 1915, complete
in every detail, showing the receipts
md disbursements, assessments and
n Aoeration over every fund, has just
IN completed and shows that Latah
- Nty has no bonded Indebtedness,
~ .4-thaps one of the few counties of the
state without such a burden. The re-
port shows that the warrants outstand-
and bridge funds amount to $298.61.
The overdraft on the current expense
fund is $10,755.47 while the overdraft
on the bridge funds is $37S8.89. This
shows the gross debt of the county to
be $14,84297 Against this debt is the
amount due from the tax rolls OF 1915
amounting to $28,232.11, a net credit
to the county of $13,3S9.14.
The assessed valuation of Latah
county for the year 1915, less exemp-
tions, s20,011,706, decrease in
valuation over the previous year OF
$84O,420. The grand total assessed
valuation for 1915 was $20,697,216. The
exemptions were $685,510. The de-
tail in connection with the above fig
ures were published in previous state
ments given out by the auditor at the
time the tax rolls were completed.
Some of the information in the re-
port is of special interest to taxpayers
OF the county in that the rate and
amount of the tax levy and the sources
CT expenditure are given. The state
levy in Latah county was 81 mills on
the assessed valuation or the sum OF
$4098267 The total levy fer county
purposes, was 76 mills or $152,O88.97,
divided as follows: current expense,
25 mills or $50,02927; road, mill or
$20,011.71; bridge, 6 mill or $12,007.02;
school, 3.5 mills or $7O,040.97. The
grand total for state and county for
1915 was 81 mills or $193,071.64, an
ease Ol OIC-udll IlllI OfCl i0AI.
The report shows some interest fig
lures on the valuation, rate, and
amount of the tax levies in cities in
villages for 1915 as follows: Moscow,
Ill mills on a total valuation of $2,- |
156,800 to raise $36,S81.2S; Genesee, 6 |
mills on total valuation Of $284,505 |
Ir;o y,1iI1c |
on a total valuation of $206104 to
raise $1030.52; Troy, Is mills on a |
total valuation of $177,512 to raise
$26626S; Juliaetta, IS mills on to-
tai valuation of $241,995 to raise 49,
629s3; Bovill, 20 mills on total valu-
alton of $114,439 to raise $2288.7S;
Deary;. mills on total valuation OF
$94, 1885 to raise $664.55; total for
municipalities, $3,276,29O assessed val
uston; amount raised, $48,S64.77.
The grand total revenues from prop
, erty taxes for the fiscal year of 1915
as shown by the tax rolls is as fol-
lows: State and county taxes, $1S4,-
095; special school district taxes,
$77,003.19; special property road dis
trict taxes, $28,641.58; city and vii
1age taxes, (speciaD $48,036.n1; state
predatory animal taxes, S438.98; penal
ties on delinquent taxes, $430.15; to-
tai revenues, $34S.645.S1.
Deductions made from property tax
revenues as uncollected, includes can
ceIlations on account of erroneous as
sessments, $836.49; delinquency certif-
icates, $7577.52; second payment OF
taxes, (uncollected) $110,044.67; total
$118,458.68 This leaves total net
revenue from property taxes OF S23o,- .
1878. The revenues from other
sources other than property taxes to-
tai S92,295.01 The total net revenues :
from all sources was 1922, 2,482.14.
The distribution of revenues from \
all sources for the fiscal year 1915 is
as follows: State funds, 34,795.60;
county current expense, S5O,193.Ol; II
county road, $21,11907; county bridge, +
$s264 05 county school and school
districts, $134,95O.71; county warrant d
redemption, S21781; county school IN
institute, $34; county road districts, d
s21, 1858; cities and villages, SAL IL
1912; county tax redemption, $8O37.- t
0S; estates, $962.e5; personal property Is
tax fund, 1916, $2205. 8
The total remittances of state funds,
city and village funds, estates and tax
redemption orders paid amounted to b
S84.58664. The warrants paid from