The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-11-18

was derived from taxes on real and
personal property.
Liquor Taxes Decline Sharply.
OF the remaining receipts from taxes,
the largest item, $95,576,383, was de-
rived from taxes on the liquor traffic.
This amount is smaller by 81, $4,000
than the corresponding sum for the
fiscal year 1917. Next to taxes, the
source Of the largest item Of revenue
IL found in the earnings Of public
service enterprises, which amounted to
Sic, 494, 645. This sum is considerably
more than double the amount Of pay
ments for expenses Of public service
enterprises, $55, ,4SO, thus leaving
net revenue Of $61, 320,165. The bulk
Of the earnings of public service enter
prfses came from water supply sys-
TENS, from which receipts aggregated
9O,1S9, 7O5.
Another important source of revenue
consisted Of special assessments ard
special charges, the bulk Of which
were for OUTLAWS, aggregating 81, 6B,-
786. This sum is appreciably smaller
than the corresponding amount for the
preceding year, S8,196,696. For all
the cities taken as#as whole the ~
capita receipts from property taxes
amounted to $21.03, from other taxes,
e: from earnings of public service en-
terprises, $3.50; from special assess
ments and special charges for OUTLAWS,
&2.12; and, from all other sources COM
bined, $40. -.
The expenditures during the year for
governmental costs In these ~ cities,
which aggregated $1,172y eek, 800, were
In the order Of their Importance: For
expenses Of general departments, $780,
160,28S; for OUTLAWS, $278,363 ,437; for
interest on Indebtedness, $148, 997, 629;
and for expenses of public service en-
terprises, 55,174, 48O. The amount e1-
pended for OUTLAWS was somewhat
smaller than the corresponding sum for
the preceding year, $286,529,990.
The average per capita expenditures
for all governmental costs, including
interest and outlays, amounted to
$84.18, and for all governmental costs.
Including interest but excluding out
lays, the average per capita payments
were $2606. The payments for gov.
eenmental costs, Including interest and
OUTLAWS, exceeded the reTenues BY $z6'
Ioooeo0, or $1.42 per capita, but tho
revenues exceeded the payments for
current expenses and interest BY $229..
7626O7, an amount equal to feur.dfths
Of the total OUTLAWS, which aggregated
$276 1888, 497.
Cities About Paying way.
In other words, the cities Of over
$4,000, taken as a group, are paying
from their revenues all their current
departmental expenses and interest,
and fourAfths Of their oqtlays. ID al
but four cities the revenue receipts
exceeded the payments for current gov.
eznmental expenses and interest, and
In 80, or 50 per cent Of the total num-
ber, the revenues exceeded the entire
expenditures for governmental costs,
Including interest and OUTLAWS. During
the preceding fiscal year the revenues
exceeded the total diDsesasdditor&s n So
cities. :. ~ e : -, i
The net indebtedness for, tie ~
cities amounted to $2,o61 Aoks a.
eT7.bS per capita. The net increase
during the fiscal 9sa1 l6Q191, ~ vas
much less than H. eoeFeepondinG ~
crease during the pssssssld61 a = zeal yeass
which amounted to $oe646,0o6. The
net Indebtedness Of New York CITY,
&!Oo6. O66. ~, IL more than three nfths
% great a. ths total Tor all other ctde1
q over $1,000 and n more than sev
dimes % great % that for Philadelp6iat
which stands secood n this respect,
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