New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-31
COUNTY s INCOME
LESS } THAN |! !. ! !. 0U|TG0
EXPENDITURE DURING> YEAR
EXCEED RECEIPTS BY OVER
$6s, 900.
POOR FUND is ,OVERDRAWN BY
MORE THAN $4,000 FOR
t@ YEAR.

The expenditures of Brown county
during the past year were more than the
receipts by $69,479.44, according to the
financial statement issued by County
Auditor L. G.. Vogel last week. The
receipts were $438,741.69, and the
amount paid out was $508,221.13. There
was in the treasury on the last day Of the
year the sum of $21, 1926. This is
compared with $91 ,O27.23, just one year
previous, or at the close of the year 1915.
The receipts included the following
items: Current tax collections, $341,-
885.07: inheritance tax, $1,119.38; state
lands, $1,318.59; aid from state for high
ways, $19 ,003.43; interest on road bonds,
$3.50; school apportionment and aid,
$38,347.85; state highway No. 81, col
lections on principal and interest, $S,987-
SO; interest and principal on bitches and
minor items, $18,574.14.
r. The Disbursements.
Items in the disbursements include the
following: County revenue fund, $685.
017.15; county poor fund, $13,460.98;
county road and bridge fund, $91, 899.97;
county ditch fund, $7o,227.35; general
town fund, $97,951.40; general school
fund, $139,274.92; state of Minnesota
fund, $57, 510.87 and number Of smaller
items.
Deducting the cash on hand Jan. /,
1916, $91,027.23, from the total receipts
leaves the sum of $438, 741.69, as the
receipts OF the county during the past
year. -E..
The County's Assets. .-.
The total assets of the county at the
end of the year were $2O5, 5000, which
includes, county taxes for the year 1915
and prior years uncollected, $58432;
county taxes for the year 1916, $685.
605.58; county court house and fixtures,
$52,0OO; county jail building, $4,000;
county poor farm and buildings, $50,
The liabilities, including county revenue
fund overdrawn, $16,212.86; county poor
fund overdrawn, $13,221.13; due on
poor farm land, $4,000; total, $56,012.55,
leaving net assets over liabilities of
$149, 677.35. ->.s =. IS
The Poor Fund Overdrawn. 4,
The care of the poor in Brown county
cost a considerable sum and the fund
was overdrawn $13,221.13. Following
is the statement of the fund: Receipts
$17,012.35, which include funds from
the March, June and November tax
collections and monies secured from
other channels. The disbursements con-
stitute the following items: Physicians
services, $1,443.94; medicine, $58.58;
relief orders issued by county commits
sioners, 81, S66.88; miscellaneous, SIS, 170.-
43; poor farm expenses, $5,247.88 and
mothers pensions, $1,611 amounting to
$16,398.71. The fund was overdrawn
$13, 834.77, Jan. l, 1916.
Revenue Fund. s..
The total receipts of the county
revenue fund were $45,386.15. There
was an overdraft Dec. 81, 1916, of
$16,212.86. The receipts include tax
collections for March, 81, 1865; for June,
$25 :233 "a and for November, 81 ,807.01;
liquor license fees, election fees, auc-
tioneer's licenses, inheritance tax from
state, fines from district and justice
courts, wolf bounties from state, etc. !. !.
Expenses of District Court /
1t cost the county So, 434.32 to conduct
the district court for the year, compared
with $2,S59.60 for the year 1915. The
expenses included the following items:
Grand jury service and mileage, during
the two sessions was $53O.20, as against
$497.50 the proceeding year; for peti4
jurors and mileage $1,611.20 in 1916 as
compared with $1,335.00 in 1915. Wit
ness fees and mileage came to $4,000;
talesman, SIP; bailiff fees, $198; deputy
clerk, $123 and miscellaneous items.
$79O88 ..,.. ..-
Justice Court Expenses
"A IGCdplCuldClOl1 vi II1c JOoClCC COuIG
expenses shows that total of $866.41
was expended. This sum is divided be-
tween City Justices N. Henningsen Of
this city, J. J. Ray of Springfield and
Municipal Judge John Cutting Of Sleepy
Eye, constable fees and mileage, witness
fees and mileage, and miscellaneous
items.
Probate Court.
The total probate court expenses was
$169.92. In 1915 the expenses OF this
court amounted to $444.11. Consider
able Of this expense was incurred in
taking patients to the St. Peter hospital
and for their examination prior thereto.
The expenses of the coroner's court
aggregated $115.50, which include the
coroner's and deputy coroner's fees and
mileage in viewing remains of persons,