Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-13
REVENUES
SHOW YEARS TOTAL
Of S14,855,254.91

The total revenues of the state
of Georgia in 1928 were $14,S55,2 54.Q
and the disbursements were $12,-
SIS, S3S.41, leaving a balance in the
state treasury of $2,326, 1850 on
January /, 1924, according to the
annual report of Comptroller Cen
eral William A. Wright, made pub
lie Saturday. The revenues in
1922 were $14,617, 667.57 and the ex
penditures were $12, ,534.82, leav-
ing a balance on January 1. 1928, OF
81 .633 1925.
The chief sources of Income were
the general tax, from which 81
$50, 696.01 was derived in 1928, COM
pared to $685. 5993 in 1922; motor
vehicle licenses, amounting to ST.
1876, 406.0S; cigarette licenses. SILL
$3.50; corporation ad valorem
taxes $103, 014.34; fertilizer inspec-
ton fees, $212. 519.4S; fuel oil taxes,
1862 9S6.5S; inheritance taxes. $291,.
95S.93; assurances taxes, 1929, 1885;
oil inspection fees, S519, so; oc-
cupational taxes, $245, 0144S; poll
taxes, $365, 06S.39; railroad taxes,
$544, 603.19; w. and A. railroad
rentals, $4,000; temporary loans,
100000.
License Taxes Increase
Cigarette licenses showed an in
crease of approximately $4,000; cor
poration taxes increased $4,000;
fertilizer inspection fees increased
$4,000; fuel oil taxes increased
$223,000, due to the cent gasoline
tax becoming effective for the last
three months of the year; inheri-
lance taxes increased $4,000; insur-
ance taxes increased 1000: motor
vehicle licenses increased 1924 900;
occupational taxes increased $3,000
poll taxes increased $21 900, and
railroad taxes increased $4,000,
while the general tax dropped al
most 100000
Automobile agents paid the state
$33, 545.50; back taxes Of $4S,759.80
were collected; pool rooms paid $751;
$3.50: cafes and restaurants paid
500 ,470.50; carbonic acid gas manu-
facturers paid $2S,64616; cigar deal
ers paid $73, 466.99, compared to ST.
124 in 1922; pure food inspection
fees were $50, 535.77 insurance agents
paid $30,762; insurance fees were
$59,83S; industrial commission fees
were $41,157.6S; interest was $24,-
512.26; soft drink manufacturers
paid $12,027.3S; street railroads paid
$S5,217.45, and telephone companies
paid 56,9179S
Public service commission fees to
a total of $51 ,06655 were collected
and the governors mansion site
brought in rentals of $19,999.92.
Steamboat companies paid in &c.,
869.77; telegraph companies $780,
036.11. and undertakers $12, 1872.
How Money Was Spent
The chief items OF disbursement
follow: Agricultural schools, $685.
900; civil establishment, $420,-
1889; coastal plains experiment
station, $23,201.41; contingent fund,
$33, 433. A; department Of agriculture
maintenance. $20,037.70; inspectors
salaries, ETC., $42,266.30: tick eradi-
cation, $22,051.39; department of
agriculture warrants, sos, 079.56;
Georgia State Woman's college, 1884,
600; Georgia State College for Won.
en-, $102, 800; highway department,
50, 1874, 669.17; horticultural fund,
$72, 250; industrial commission, $41,-
1904; legislative pay roll, $780,
16S.7S; state market bulletin, $101,-
610.45; military fund. $32 .663.03;
North Georgia A. and M. college,
$50, 500
Other disbursements include: Con-
federate pensions, 81, 152 ,434.7S; |
printing fund, $55,S7914; prison
fund, $107 500; public buildings and |
grounds, $40 ,477.72; interest on
public debt, $226,102.45; sinking
fund, $100,000; public service com
mission, $39, 1850; w. and A. rent
al notes. $4,000; School for the
Deaf, $40, 900; common schools, $4,- |
233, $500; Georgia School Of Tech
nology, SIP. 500; Soldiers Home. |
$44, 1866; State Medical college,
$40, 500; State Normal school, $685.
900; state sanitarium, $800,0 900; |
state university. support fund,
$9S, 134.0S; state university for Col 4
Iege of Agriculture. $117.250; state
university for Smith-Lever fund,
$780, 900; temporary loan refunded,
SILL $50; Training School for Boys,
$1,000; Training School for Girls,
$2S ,635.23; tuberculosis sanitarium,
$4,000; ,ocational education $780,
1913 .33; vocational rehabilitation. $10,-
102 "a; state academy for the blind,
$4,000, and state board Of health,
$S7707.12.
MeXicar war where he fought under
the command Of that great soldier,
Winfield Scott; that he served with
honor in the legislature Of Tennes
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