The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-11-13
sAUK CENTRE HERALD, sauk Centre, MINI.

004.8S, in 1928. or 1929, the fig
ures are $12,592,O12.86. The items
included the state taxes are: State
revenue, soldiers relief, state road
and bridge, and other funds (since
1860); school and university tax
(since 1890, and teachers insur
ance and retirement fund (since
1915).
Except for the county road and
bridge fund, which has been great
ly relieved from the tax burden, as
result Of adoption of the pres
ent Babcock state highway sys-
tenn, county excises in Minnesota
were the highest in history, last
years, namely $28,O11, ,761.52. They
have been climbing steadily, since
the early beginnings.
The first figures available are
for 1870, as follows; county poor,
$127, ,8O708; bonds and interest,
other than state loans, $100, ,288.47;
other county taxes, $110,184.S2;
making a total of $755, ,956.45.
In $780,. the sum of $231, ,936.S5
was added as county road and
bridge fund, and the loaning of
state funds to the various counties
caused taxes to be levied for prin-
cipal and interest, for the first
time in 1915.
From a comparative modest be-
ginning, in 1870, when they aggre-
gated $685., ,S12.49, city and village
taxes kept steady upward trend,
until reaching the pinnacle, last
year, with $40, ,706, ,761.61.
While in 1870 there were but two
general items of taxes in cities
and villages, namely, revenue,
$685., ,695 S9, and other taxes, $780,
1860 the year 1899 saw the ad-
dition of four other funds: Road
and bridge, $35, 5,626.92; poor, $20,-
1884; bonds and interest, other
than state loans, $282, ,999, and 10
cal assessments, $1OO,271.9O, max
ing total for that year of $4,-
GIG, ,358.61.
In 1915, the first taxes were lev
led for interest and principal on
state loans, this item amounting
to 1922, 2,5O7.S9. BY that year, total
city and village taxes had advanced
to $685., 1852.
One interesting fact is, that the
amount of taxes levied for bonds
and interest, other than state loans,
was increased by nearly two
thirds, in 1929, as compared with
the previous year. The figures are:
1928, $3.50, ,559.49; 1929, $6,246,-
1918. On the other hand, the to-
tai taxes collected for interest and
principal on state loans, showed a
decrease of 64,227.21; from $780,
OO3.O4 in 1928, to $415,775.S3, last
year.
Township taxes in Minnesota,
starting with but $273111.75 in 1870
(this amount being levied exclu-
sively for revenue purposes), have
been increased steadily, until to-
day, the magnificent sum of $9,-
900, 1887 is collected in township
excises. In 1880, taxes aggregating
$71, ,365.29 also were levied for
bonds and interest, other than
state loans, and the total taxes,
that year were 1921, ,842.03.
Taxes for the township road
and bridge fund ($417,738.9S), poor
fund ($37 7,162.76), and other taxes
,$34, ,981.81, were added in 1899
and the total levy for that year
amounted to 1851, ,44O.97. The final
addition to the sources of town.
ship income from taxes was $685.
184.40 in 1915, under the heading
of interest and principal on state
loans. The excIses levied that
year totaled $5,359, ,9O4.80.
The extent of taxes levied by the
various school districts of Mime
sofa was $766,018.9O, in 1870, as
compared with $42,O73,1 ,114.SS, for
last year. In 1870 there were only
two sources of revenue, namely,
the local one-mill tax ($164, ,637.76)
and special taxes ($6O1, ,3S1. .14)
The first addition hereto was made
in 1899, when the sum of $1O2-,
9S7.27 was levied FOR interest and
principal, other than state loans.
Total excises for that year aggre-
gated $4,190, ,403.67 as the local one
mill tax netted $5S3,941.57, and the
special taxes $3,503, ,474.83.
Following Inauguration of state
loans to school districts, taxes
with which to pay the principal
and interest on this indebtedness
were first collected in 1915, when
they amounted to $81O,25O.33. For
that year, school district taxes to-
tailed $14,517,7s3.Ss, the other items
besides interest and principal on
state loans, being: Local one-mill
tax, $1,492, 1926; bonds and in
terest, other than state loans,
$388, 1884; and other special taxes,
$11, ,s26,252.OS.
In 1910, the first returns from
the special money and credits tax
es were received, the total being
$347, ,02504, on a total valuation of
$115, ,676, ,126. The state and county
each received one-sixth of the pro-
ceeds of this excise, while townships
get one-third, and the school dist
riots also are paid one-third. The or
iginal distribution in 1910 was as
follows: State, 57,838.12; county,
S57, ,840.86; cities, villages. and