The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-12
PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN STATE VAL JED AT ,583,459.11 1
State Auditor Makes Annual Report-Buildings of Edu- cationaI Institutions Val
 ued at S8, 768, 745
By FRED H. GoRMLEY Montgomery Bureau The Age Herald, 221-2 First National Bank Building

Montgomery, March 11,--(SpeciaL) Public buildings of Alabama. includ- Ing the capitol. all eleemosynary in- stitutions and educational institu- tions, are valued at S2l, l,6S3,4 ,459. II, ac- eording to the annual report of II. F. Lee, state auditor, for the fiscal year which ended September 30 ard which has just been completed by the public printer. The capitol is valued at the greatest amount. s1,- s00,000, while the Alabama insane hospitals, including the buildings at Tuscaloosa and Mount Vernon, are valued at S1,464, ,4T2.27.
 The buildings devoted to public education, which include structures throughout the state now owned by the state, are valued at sS.76S. 74j. The value of the buildings at the University of Alabama is placed at S1,410,000 while the value of the buildings at the Ala bama Polytechnic Institutes is placed at s713,000.
 Valuations of other public build ings owned By the state follow: Ala bama Girls Technical Institute and College for Women, S515,500: agri- cultural schools, s212,400: Alabama Industrial school for boys, s224,609 = A; Alabama Reform school for juve- nile negro lawbreakers, S29.5sS.49; Confederate soldiers home, s5l, 136.- 95; county high schools, $S35, normal schools, s2,432,156; Northeast Alabama Agricultural Institute, s26,- 325: school for deaf and blind, $520, SoS.42; state ' prisons, s1,H2, 433.39; :; sixteenth section school indemnity lands, $1,111,eS0; governors mansion s55,0o0.
 Care of Veterans
 / The concise story of the efforts of the state to care for it's Confederate soldiers and their widows is writ ten in a short review of the appro- priations which have been made oy the legisls ture. In 1870 the legisla- ture made an appropriation of 5000 year for needy veterans. In 1921 this appropriation had been in creased to s1,2s0.6 0.61S.s2.
 Direct appropriations for soldiers and widows continued until February 2S, 1891, when a tax of one-half mill was levied for the expressed purpose of paying pensions. Under this spe- cial levy the state in 1899 paid out s115,0sS.s7.
 A tax of one mill was levied Feb ruary 10, 1899, and under this levy the state paid In pensions the first year, s251,4S9.21 and three years later S335,937.70. Tn addition to this levy. special appropriations were made beginning with 1904 and in 1908 the total pension fund was s473,- 25e. The total amount provided for pensions gradually increased until the legislature of 1919 made an ap- propriation of s12.50 month to ali Confederate soldiers and provided a graduated scale for widows of sol diers.
 Increase In Value
 Interesting information also Is given in the report about the in creases in the value of property in Alabama. In 1876 the total value of property in the state as shown by tax records was s1s0.799. .13S.57. In 1886 this had been increased to s173.- s0s,o97 and in 1S96 to s246,0S3,755. In 1906 the total value of property in Alabama was s374,850,032 and in an- other ten years the value had been increased to s6s4,220,7s1. The total value placed on property in 1921 was $952 6o2.224.
 the state annually from 1871 to 1921 also furnish interesting figures. In 1877 the state collected s7s1, ,80o.S4 and spent 6S2,591.49. Ten years later total receipts were s936,2S7.s5 and total disbursements were $l,000,- 526.77. In 1911. the first year of the O'Neal administration, receipts were $5,463,566.70 and disbursements were s5,955. 5SS.36. Disbursements con tinued to exceed receipts until 1911. the third year of the Henderson ad- ministration, when receipts were S7.- 670.642.S4 and disbursements were s7,554,53S.02. From this time dis bursements were less than receipts. The excess of disbursements over re- ceipts began with 1907, the first year of the Conner administration, when total receipts were $3,975.4 .454.33 and disbursements were $4,008,329.61.