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STATISTICS OF THE
STATE OF ARIZONA FOR 1929

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Washington, D. c., April g.
The Bureau of the Census an
nounces a summary of the finan
cial statistics of the State of
Arizona for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1929. The per capita
figures for 1929 are based on an
estimated population of 423. 200.
These statistics we're com piled
by Mrs. Ana Frohmiller, State
| Auditor.
| Expenditures
| The payments for operation
and maintenance of the general
departments of Arizona amount
ed to $7,6O5, ,793, or $17 81 per
capita. This includes So, ,O92, ,558
appointments for education to
the minor civil divisions of the
State. In 1928 the comparative
per capita, for operation and
maintenance of general depart
ments was $l6 Al, and in 1918,
$1002. The interest on debt in
1929 amounted to $95. .523; and
outlays for permanent improve
ments, $3.564.65l. The total
payments, therefore, for opera
tion and maintenance of general
departments, interest, and out
lays were $l1. 1865, 967. TIE
totals include all payments for
year, whether made from cur
rent revenues or from the pro
ceeds of bond issues
Revenues
The total revenue receipts
were $40, SOP, 1888, or $24 80 per
capita. This was 50, ,60l. .567 more
than the total payments of the
year, exclusive of the payments
for permanent improvements, but
| $763, 81 less than the total pay.
ments for permanent improve.
ments. Property and special
taxes represented 526 per cent
| of the total revenue for 1929, 81
per cent 1923, and Is 3 per cent
| for 1918. The increase ia the
amount of property and special
taxes collected was 81 4 per cent
! from 1918 to 1929, but there was
q decrease of 10 3 per cent from
| 1923 to 1929. The per capita
property and special taxes we're
$l3 O6 in 1929. $14 80 in 1928, and
$11. AZ 10 1918.
Earnings of general depart
ments, or compensation for ser.
vices rendered by State officials,
represented 4 3 per cent of the
total revenue for 1929, 42 per
cent for 1923, and 80 per cent
for 1918.
Business and non business Ii
canses constituted % 8 per cent
of the total revenue for 1929,
18 Z per cent for 1928, and 5.3
per cent for 1918
! Receipts from business licenses
consist chiefly Of taxes exacted
from insurance and other in
corporated companies and of
sales tax on gasoline, while those
from non-business licenses com
prise chiefly taxes on motor
vehicles and amounts paid for
bunting and fishing privileges.
The sales tax on gasoline am
ounted to 81, 800, ,776 in 1929, and
ISL. .O04,3 ,3l2 in 1923, an increase of
80 1 per cent.
Indebtedness
The total funded or fixed debt
outstanding June 30, 1929 was
$488, $40.
The net Indebtedness funded
or fixed debt less sinking fund
assests) was 1851. .112, or O.83 per
capita. 10 1923 the per capita
net was 5000. The contingent
debt is not included in the net
bebt of the State. This contin
gent debt represents the terri
torial debt of the counties and
cities assumed by the State on
it's admission to the statehood.
Assessed Valuations and
Tax Levies
The assessed valuation of prop
erty in Arizona subject to ad
valorem taxation was $685., ,O67,
887; the amount of State taxes
levied was $5,351 ,655; and the
per capita levy, $12.65. In 1923
the per capita levy was $14 73,
and in 1918, $14O1