The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-12

/, tn total expenditures for govern.
/: mental costs. including interest and
OUTLAWS. BY $12,sIs.7i4.
Exceeded Expenditures
In all but seven OF the states thu
revenue receipts exceeded the pay
| menis for current governmental ex.
| pensee and interest; and In 80 the rev.
! enues exceeded the total expenditures
| for governmental costs. including In.
| teres, and OUTLAWS. These so states
were Vermont. Rhode Island. Con.
! n<cticus. New Jersey. Pennsylvania,
Ohio Indiana Illinois. Wisconsin.
Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri. North Da-
kota, South Dakota, Delaware. vir-
ginia. West Virginia. North Carolina,
al. Oklahoma, Texas, Montana, wy
on,ing. Arizona. Washington and Ore
ga. The greatest excess, 3s.e+6.2lS
WIS shown by Connecticut. Other
states in which the excess was more
than one million dollars were: Min
nesota. s3.a32, 702: Illinois, $S.619.s97:
Pennsylvania, s3.l5e,554: Montana,
s2.153.a7a; Texas. &2,1os,s17: Okla
homl. 2,Ios.i14: New Jersey. $2.04s.-
77s: Indiana. sI.s2a,577, West Vir-
ginia s1,es7.ss7: Iowa, sl.546,2l2:
Wisconsin. s1.44s.sSl; and Ohio ST.
o3s,7o6.
OF the sss.so7.sss representing out
lays for permanent improvements,
s21,sSlil5 or almost one-third. was
expended for the construction of new
roads and permanent improvement
such as matchmaking or paving
of existing ones.
In addition. sls.i1s,s50 was appro-
toned by the states to their counties,
municipalities. and other minor civil
divisions for use in the construction.
improvement and maintenance Of
roads, and a considera BILE portion Of
this sum was employed in construc-
tion and permanent improvement
The greatest OUTLAWS for roads by in
dividpal states were reported for CAL
ifornia. s5.273.s45: New York, s4.o5s,-
sS7; Maryland. s2.150,61s; Washing
t. sl.ao7,525: Ohio, $l,s7ls1i; Mas
sachusetts. s1.sl5,i92 and Pennsylva-
mia. $1,25S.022.
Only rs states expended money d.
rectly on the construction and i'm
pr ovement of roads during the fiscal
Year. but number OF other states ap-
portionei sums TO counties, munich
pali'ies, etc, which was spent In con-
struetion and improvement OF roads.
Eight states. however, reported Meth
CT OUTLAWS nor apportionments for
these purposes.
Ten states--Massachu Connec
ticut. New York. New Jersey. Ohio,
Illinois. Wisconsin. Kansas. Colorado.
and Observation-Disclosures civil ser
vice commissions. The expenditures
n Ia Sfn Nnr %1Nf ~
t. ir commissions aggregated $685.
st3 The greatest expenditure made
for this purpose by any one state,
s7a.9S0. was reported for New York
The net Indebtedness funded and
, floating debt less assets OF general
sinking funds) for the As states az
gregated s5o2,492.7l3. or 1886 per
capita, The net Indebtedness OF New
York alone. s1s1.2ss,942, represented
3s per cent OF the total and was far
! greater than that OF any other state
! The next greatest net Indebtedness
ssI3s4 0a4, is shown for Massachu.
| setts
! The total value of all permanent
| public properties held by the states
, except those In funds and Investments
a aounted at the close OF the fisca
year TO s1.003,s4s,so0. or 1911 pc,
I'd 'ttd he puiH VI tnlS amount
1,s97,346, represented the value o
la d. buildings. ard equipment o
general departments; and the remain
8, der s7f.sl5,454. the value OF thu
land, buildings, and equipment o
puhlic-service enterprises The lat
ter are productive. while the forme
Fare' practically snonproductive. TIL
greatest single item is the value o
school property. &22s, ssS.2e7: tn
next greatest, $ts8.l75.So5. is for hos
pitfalls for the insane; and the thir
and fourth items in the poin1 OF siz
are s17s,s9l.o2o. for general gov
ernment.' and sl22,47s,314 for cor
re ,tional institutions.
Comparison with Preceding Year
The aggregate revenue receipt
q, ing the fiscal year 1918 exceeds
those for the preceding year by $65,
capita receipts increased by SIS cent,
or l0.1 per cent.
The increase in expenditures TO
governmental costs. including inter
est but excluding OUTLAWS. was $49,
! 75o, 800. or Ill per cent. but for out
lays an increase of $1.767.8S3 or 2.
per cent. is shown. The correspond
ing per capita changes were an In
crease Of Al cents. or 90 per cent, an
decrease OF cents, or AS per cen
respectively.
The excess OF total revenues owe
TO al expenditures in the 4S statel
taken as group. was greater by SIT
'9S.gol or 1909 per cent, in the .isca
year 1913 than in the preceding ont
The net indebtedness increased b
$549.327, or one-tenth OF per cent
but the per capita net indebtedness
declined by cents, or IA per cen,
The total value OF public propertie
increased by 341, 462.514.. or 43 pc
ce Il: and the corresponding per cap
ita ire. eased by IS cents, or 80 pc
cent.