New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-01-21
COUNTY'S EXPENSES
TOTAL $762,675.18
RECEIPTS, INCLUDING BALANCE
OF $123, s20.s0, AMOUNTED .
TO $S42, 524.H.
VALUATION OF ALL PROPERTY
IN COUNTY PLACED AT
$40, 1861.
*.ksSa. COUNTY'S FINANCES.

x * x X * * 4
*kM., coUNTY's FINANCES. :
Total receipts -$7l8, 7O3 81 :
Total disbursements. $751;, 673 IL x
Revenue fund over
drawn -----.---- Sl7,lSo ~ "
Poor fund overdrawn SIG, 008 So :
*aRoad and bridge fund over
= drawn. --..-----$21 ,128.87 =
District court expenses--$1,s 1885 :
Justice Court expenses----$59l:79 x
Probate court expenses----$258.87
Coroner's court expenses $172 81 :
Salaries of county Of
fcials -$25,o74 ~ :"
Per diem and mileage
of commissioners --$2,975 10 =
Cost of county's $22, $50 IL *
Roads and bridges $127 ,0s7 IS #
Expenditures on coun-
ty bitches - $124 $3.50 40 :
Inheritance tax col .s.. :
Total taxes for 1919, $542, 637 80 x
Valuation real estate
in county $14, TAT $40 90 :"
Valuation of personal
property, includ- ..-
- ing exemptions - So, 586, APT 90 <
Money and credits 50 ,218, 494.OO
= = & : o." =
County Auditor Louis G.. Vogel has
completed the annual financial statement
of Brown county 1t is ascertained
from a perusal of this voluminous
compendium of information concern
ing the financial transactions OF the
county during the year 1919, that the
receipts were $63,969.27 less. than were
the expenditures. The former totaled
S718,7 O3.91, exclusive of cash on hand
January /, 1919, of $123, $1,000. The
disbursements amounted to $782,673.l8.
The cash on hand Dec. 81, 1919, ag-
gregated S59,851.53. .s..r..-..
Comparisons With 1918.
COMPARISONS with the statement is
sued covering the county's financial
activities during the year 1918 are in
teresting. We find that the receipts,
after deducting the cash on hand, Jan.
/, 1918, total 1915, 170.71, while the
disbursements for the same year were
$3.50, 1915. -'.~
Assets Total $9O5 ,4S2.79. .e-
The total assets of the county, &C
cording to the financial statement,
amount to S9O5,4S2.79, which includes
county taxes for the year 1919 and
prior years uncollected, county court
house and fixtures, county jail build
ing, county poor farm and buildings,
road machinery and tools, etc.
The liabilities, including county rev.
enue fund overdrawn, $17,198.97; county
poor fund overdrawn, $16,O08.58; road
and bridge fund overdrawn, $21, 1857;
due on poor farm contract, $1,000;
bonded debt of $4,000 for state rural
highway No. "a, accrued interest OF
$275, and county taxes for the year
1919, amounting to $3.50, 526.1O, total
of 1921, 1882. This leaves assets over
liabilities in the sum Of $624,345.27.
County Revenue Fund.
The total receipts of the county
revenue fund for the past year were
$5O,559.82. There was an overdraft
| Dec. 81, 1919, Of $17,198.97. The dis
bursements were $67,758.79.
District Court Expenses.
The total of the district court ex-
penses for the year 1919 were $685.
IS, as compared with 4,546.O8 in 1918.
The amount expended for grand jury
service and mileage, during the two
sessions was $67O7O, for petit jury and
mileage S7O4 40; witness fees and mileage
came to $175.84; bailiff fees, $105, and
miscellaneous items, $182.41.
Justice Court Expenses.
A recapitulation Of the justice court
expenses shows that total Of $591.79
was was expended. This sum is divided
between City Justices N. Henningsen
and Geo. Hogen Of this city, ]. j. Ray
and G. S. Peterson Of Springfield and
Municipal Judge John Cutting Of Slee-
py Eye, constable fees and mileage,
witness fees and mileage, and miscel-
ylaneous items.
Probate and Coroner's Court.
The total amount Of the probate
fCnntinued on page 1917