New Ulm review., 1922-02-22
.ENORh NOUS SUMS TO
FINANCE COUNTY
RESOURCES TOTAL NEARLY A
MILLION DOLLARS FOR
PAST YEAR.
ROADS, BRIDGES AND DITcHEs
GET AWAY WITH BIGGEST
SHARE.

From the financial statement of
Brown County for the year 1921 pre-
pared by County Auditor Louis G.
Vogel and by him submitted to the
Board Of County Commissioners in
the early part Of January this year, it
appears that the total receipts of the
County Treasurer including a balance
on hand January 1st 1921 Of $152,210.-
80 aggregated the sum Of 1,223,3 10.
The largest item in the receipts were
the current taxes collected, amounting
to $815, ,747.87. The other large items
swelling the receipts were moneys re-
ceived from the sale Of ditch bonds in
the sum Of $61, ,521, sale Of refund
bonds in the sum Of $54, 4,19S, the March
school apportionment of $9,612.60,
the October school apportionment Of
$15,965.4O, the State aid to schools
in the sum of $35 5,898.42. There was
also received $7,567.31 for inheritance
taxes, $2339.04 for delinquent taxes,
$157 90 for fines and $32,278 from col
lections of principal and interest on
bitches The sale of products from the
Poor Farm netted $1266.79 and $685.
73 came from state aid for rural high
ways. The other items are made up
of interest from bank deposits and
various other small items.
Disbursements.
These funds were distributed as fol-
lows: County Revenue fund $76,596.29,
County Poor fund, $20,205.02, County
Road and Bridge fund $176,189.20,
County Ditch fund $179,104.93, Coun-
ty contingent fund $68.28, County dis
infection fund s42.25, Private redemp-
|tion $s6.74, " General school fund,
$238, ,535.32, General Town fund $685.
838.27, State of Minnesota Fund $114,-,
1876, State Land fund $17.OS, In.
heritance fund $7,294.05, Teachers pen
sion $1234.71, Incidental fund $872.18,
Mortgage revenue Tax $.15, leaving a
balance in the hands of the treasurer
December 31st, 1921 Of $172,438.15.
Revenue Fund Overdrawn.
At the beginning Of the year the
County Revenue fund was overdrawn
to the extent Of $24,634.10. For sal
aries, ETC., there was expended the
sum of $S6,9O7.71, for District Court
expenses $5l9112, Mothers pension
$7468. There was expended for books,
! stationery etc. the sum of $66O1. 81;
| for light, water, fuel and phone rent
$3130.18 and there was paid out for
| publications the sum Of $1,654.63
The miscellaneous expense items ag-
gregated the sum Of $10,515.60, leav-
| ing in this particular fund on hand at
the end Of the fiscal year $1,658.O5.
School Funds.
The total receipts for the General
school fund amounted to $241, ,292.30.
OF this amount $89, ,636.45 was appor-
toned to New Ulm school district,
$50, ,727.O1 to the Sleepy Eye school
district and $28,2O7. .09 to the SPRING
| field school district. From this it
appears that New Ulm's expenditure is
almost 100000 more for school pur-
1 poses than that Of Sleepy Eye and
Springfield combined and Of the total
amount distributed for school purposes
/ the New Ulm public schools received
more than one third Of the entire taxes
| raised for school purposes.
New Ulm Spends Most.
From the financial statement it
also appears that for City, Town and
Village purposes there was collected
lin the shape Of taxes the sum Of
5,838.28. OF this amount New Ulm
got $s0,702.54 as against $34, ,80O69 for
SLEEPY Eye and $20,533.37 for Spring
field In other words, New Ulm spent
approximately $4,000 more for city
purposes than Sleepy Eye and Spring
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