The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-08
Shawnee Needed More Money
This Year-And She Got II. !
Levy Is S0.27S on 800 Or Same
as Last Year.
STATE FAIR FUND NOT CHANGED
Small Reduction for Charitable
Purposes in 1915.
More Money In General Rev
enue Fund-Bridge Loss.


1916 will be so.27s per 800 valuation
the same as last year.
The county commissioners decided
upon that levy today. The apportion-
ment among the different funds may
differ slightly from last year but 4he
total will remain the same With the
increased valuation assessed upon
Shawnee county property this year
1t will be possible to meet all the
county's obligations for next year with
the same levy which cut the commits
sioners $4,000 short last year upon
the smaller valuation.
Here is the division of the total levy
agreed upon by the commissioners to-
day:
Levy Totals.
General revenue fund .so.1so
Bond. interest and sinking fund .O20
Charitable institutions oOe
state fair fund ........ 025S
Roads and bridges ..... .0S4
City judgment .............. .010
Total ............... .s027s
Last Years Levy.
Last year the division of the levy
among the different funds was &c fol-
lows:
General revenue fund $oI23
Bond, interest and sinking fund .020
Charitable institutions .. .Ol0
state fair fund ......-. OPS
rsoaos anu ploges 100
Total i...................so.27s =.
Limit on Revenue Fund.
Last year and for three or four
years previously the county needed
4 more money in the general revenue
| fund but because of legislative restric-
tons could raise no more. with a
valuation last year of sss,76s,s2s the
best the commissioners could do for
the general revenue fund was a levy
! OF $0.123 on the 500 valuation.
! The law provides that in counties
where the total valuation is not less
{. an $9o.000,000 and not more tkan
/, ss1, 100000 the commissioners may
levy not more than $0.130 on the 500
valuation. The commission, this year.
will go the limit for the general reve-
| nue. fund. In order to do so ii will be
necessary to cut down on other funds.
The commissioners have concluded
| that the road and bridge fund can
stand a cut in view of all the work
that was done last year.
| Less for Charity.
small cut will be made in the levy
for charitable institutions The levy
i for the state fair and for bonds and
| interest fund will remain the same
An additional expense this year will
be the judgment rendered against the
| county in favor of the city of Topeka
| in which 1t was held that the county
,, owes the city s27, ,o6G in penalties coll
lected on city taxes and held by the
| coCrty- The county commissioners
1 propose to pay this amount TO the city
at the rate of $1,000 a year. The levy
proposed in the .tn. made NJ b., the
ccmu'i. toner's t..day |ill rsise 3e 900.
The city commissioners have not
agreed 20 accept the $4,000 In in
stallments but the county comnis-
sioners believe it can be arranged IL
it is shown that it would cripple the
county materially to have to raise the
whole amount at one time.
! Increased Valuation.
For four years the county has been
running behind in its general revenue
fund becauee the total valuation held
Last year the county would have
run $4,000 behind had It not
been for the fact that the coun-
ty commissioners switched funds
around in such manner as ts
debtedness against the general
revenue fund is around $4,000 but
that amount has been accommodating
for four years.
Taxes will be no higher" said r.
w. Nipps. chairman OF the comrnis-
sion. I'VE will hold to the old levy
but with TIE increased valuation the
commission will be able not only to
have a bigger general revenue fund
but to pay at least third of the city
| Judgment. 1t Is my belief that the
commission will be able along in Mo-
vembar to set aside about 5000 with
which to carry out the provisions nf
the nothers' pension act