Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-24
WHAT BECOMES or YOUR
COUNTY TAX MONEY
Ccoaflnuei from last weeII.J


It might be well. at this time t,
speak Of the financial condition Of Lin
coin caanty, which today is better thar
a majority OF the counties in southeln
-ldaho. in fact is better than most of
| The counties in the state.
on January nth. 1922, the bonded in
debtedness Of the county was S14I.114-
.1s, of which amount SSH e60.ss is as
sumed By Gooding. jerome and MIMI
doka counties. Making the actual bond
ed Indebtedness of Lincoln county pro-
per. s5s,45s.47.
OF the total amount Of Bonded in
debtedness. S1s,O14Is is due and will
be paid July 1st, 1922, thereby decreas-
ing the bonded Indebtedness to s12s,-
10000. The above mentioned counties
also pay their share of interest on out
standing bonds each year. Lincoln
county's share of the payments on
bonds and interest is provided for by
a sinking fund, raised by levy set by
the County Commissioners, which this
or 1921 was .O5 Give cents) for bond
interest and OF (seven cents) for bond
sinking, on each $4,000 assessed val
uation and is part of the s1.11 per 800
assessed valuation levied by the Com
missioners for County purposes.
On January 7th., this year the Cur
rent Expense warrants outstanding
amounted to s24,79s.O? but since that
date or up to February 11th., there
had been redeemed, warrants, amount
ing TO s19,9O223 in fact many other
warrants have been called but have
not as yet been presented for payment.
The amount Of taxes collected for
1921, up to and including January 7th.,
1922, was s12s,ssS.72 including both
Real and Personal. OF this amount
s25. $50 40 was for Current Expense.
s2s2.ss was for Warrant Redemption
s6145.7s was for County School Fund
s1.46S.43 was for bond interest.
s2.04s.44 was for Bond Sinking.
1,46343 was for scalp Bounty.
s16.O9s.46 was for State General Fund.
s202.93 was for Predatory Animal
Tax.
ss14.s6 was for Sheep Inspection Tax
Schools, s43.716.61.
Highways, $40, 23O.64.
Villages, s11,145.1o.
| +Losa Eo,,raS will ravea1
the fact that but small portion of the
money collected is for County purposes,
while the bulk of the money, 75,O92.S5
belongs to SCHOOLS, HIGHWAYS,
and VILLAGES. 1t is ais oa fact that
the Railroads, Telephone and Telegraph
Lines and Private Car Lines paid S6s,-
S92.54 or more than one-half the total
amount of taxes collected for 1921.
Comparing the County levy of Lin
coin County with other Counties Of the
state, it is found that it is the lowest
Of any with the exception of one.
Comparing the different Ievies Of the
I County for 1921 with previous years it
z IS q uoJiCestDle Lllt tiAetc tAlC o~elI- e-----
County levies have been decreasing
each year and the levies for the Com
mon School Districts and Independent
( School Districts have been steadily on
4 the increase.
IN 1919 the state levy was y cents
and the County levy was $50 on each
$4,000 assessed valuation.
While in 1921 the State levy nad
dropped to So cents and the County
levy to S1Il.
In 1919 there were but five school
districts cut of fourteen whose levy
was s1.0O or over, while in 1921 there
were but four districts out Of totol
Of fifteen whose levy was less than
s1OO.
From this comparison, it is evident
the increase in your taxes is attributed
to the increase Of the school levies in
the different districts.