The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03

: depend upon whether the 1941 leg
islature takes appropriate action on
: the matter and allows continuation
of the tax levy and of the COM
l mission.
i Salary Fund
The appropriation for the salary
: fund this year is practically the
same as the expenditures from
this fund last year. Only one sal
airy change was made, granting a
small raise to a clerk in the Office
|of the register of deeds.
The salaries paid out of the. sal
airy fund are listed as follows:
Sheriff, 81 1900; n deputy $2,O4O;
second deputy 81, TAO; Office deputy
81, $40; clerk of superior court 3d.
800; assistant clerk $1,000; n e
stenographer $1,000; second steno-
grapher 5000; clerk $40; register
of deeds, SO, 300; deputy 1920; Sec
ond deputy $1,000; clerk 5000; ON
stable 1000. .
County Home
A large increase in anticipated
expenditures at the county home
during the current year is brought
about by the SIP, 1000 program to
increase the size and facilities of
the institution, making it possible
to keep aged inmates, and prison
ers on the county farm, which adj
joins it, separate except when the
latter are serving the former, and
to provide better quarters for the
aged INDECENT sick. Ang assistant
nurse, put on late in the last year,
will be kept on throughout tn e
year at a salary of $3.50 for the
year, but most other items are the
same this year as last.
County Farm
The budget for the county farm
operation this year is smaller than
that of last year primarily because
a tenant house was erected there
last year at a cost of $~1,212.23.
Most other items are about the
same this year as expenditures
were last.
County Drainage
A very slight increase over last
years expenditures is shown in the
budget for this year for county
drainage the budget figure being
81, 1866 while last years expenditur-
es we're a. 66. 05.
Board of Health
The budget also carries an en-
Urgency fund of $1,266, which with
the total county home, county farm
and county drainage budgets,
makes a total Of $25, 746 in the bud
get for these departments.
For the operation of the board
of health and the carrying out CT
the city county health program,
the county has appropriated $12,-
257.42 this year, against an ex-
penditure from county funds of
$11,437.43 last year. The county
pays one-fourth of the cost of the
operation of this department and
the city three-fourths.
The board of health asked for
slightly more than $50, 900 for the
current fiscal year, and the re-
duction in the appropriation to a
point below that amount means
the money will be divided among
the various activities of the health
department will not be known until
the budget is revised at the August
roafipo If tho ho,rJ ~ bo bo1l ~
the second Thursday in the month.
In general, however, this appro-
priation, together with the one the
city will make of three times the
county appropriation, will cover the
entire program of activity of the
health department., and will pay
the salaries of all employees in that
department.
Principal addition which the
health department hopes to secure
with the increase granted it is a
school dentist, who will also do
dental work in a program designed
to aid the INDECENT of the county
needing such service.
Hospital Contract
A reduction is noted in the ap-
preparation for the James Walker
Memorial hospital. For a r e e
year period ending last year the
county was empowered to appro-
pirate $25, 900 a year ($15, 900 re-
gular appropriation and a special
appropriation of $10,0 OO) to aid the
hospital in building a new wing.
This year the county has entered
into a contract with the hospital,
with the city as a co-partner of the
county under which the county and
the city will each appropriate $780,
600 per annum for the hospital for
a period of six years, in return for
which the hospital is to care for
the INDECENT sick of the county and
city. However, this item is still
shown in the budget as a regular
appreciation of $4,000 and a
special appropriation of S., 900 for
this year.
AS the hospital is allowed tc
spend this money in any manner
it's board of managers may S e G
tit, there is no breakdown of the
appropriation in the county budget.
School Pensions
Another item in the budget is ar
appropriation for school pensions.
At the present time there are seven