Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 216, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1914 — COUNTY COUNCIL MADE APPROPRIATIONS [ARTICLE]

COUNTY COUNCIL MADE APPROPRIATIONS

Regular Annual Session Fixes County Tax at 44.9 Cents On the One Hundred Dollars. The county councfl met in aiinua session Tuesday and Wednesday and fixed the appropriations tor ensuing year and also the tax levy for Jasper county. The levy was fixed at 44.9 cents on each SIOO taxable property. This is the same as last year. The court house bond fund tax was placed at 12% cents and the gravel road repair fund at 12% cents. - These are also the same as for the year 1913.

The following appropriations from the county funds were made: Salary of clerk $£500.00 Clerk’s per diem ;250.00 Clerk’s fees, Oct, 1909 250.00 Office expenses, etc 250.00 Auditor’s salary ...,1,700.00 Add. as elk co. council, eftc 650.00 Office expenses, etc 950.00 Treasurer’s Salary .... 2,250.00 Office exp., etc 450.00 For col. delinquent taxes ...1,500.00 Recorder’s salary y .1,700.00 For fees collected 300.00 Office expenses, etc 240.00 Sheriff’s salary .1,400.00 Sheriff’s per diem 370.00 Sheriff’s fees, Oct. 1909 380.00 Office expenses, etc 150.00 Surveyor’s fees, etc 1,540.00 Co. Supt., per dfem 1,408.50 Exp. teachers’ institute. 100.00 Office expenses, etc 330.00 Traveling expenses .... 100.00 Office help 150.00 Assessor’s salary 600.00 Office expense, etc 35.00 Coroner’s per diem, etc 200,00 Co. health commissioner .. 195.66 Office expenses, etc 230.00 Salary commissioners 675.00 Office expenses *...... 50.00 Salary Co. council 70.00 Salary co. attorney 400.00 Salary pauper .attorney 100.00 Exp. co. board review 360.00 All other expenses 100.00 Expense county farm Repdirs 500.00 Salary Superintendent and all other employes ........ 1,636.00 Supplies, fuel, etc. 2,000.00 Sxp. Co. home for orphans ..1,000.00 For inmates sftate penal and benevolent institutions .. 300.00 Expense insanity inquests . 550.00 Cpileptic inquests 50.00 Expense elections 400.00 lurial soldiers, etc 600.00 Muting and advertising ..71,000.00 highways, viewers, etc 500.00 Soard of charities 50.00 Farmer’s institute 142.00 Ditches, if payable out of cbfinty treasury 500.00 Bdg. Supt., if any 500.00 For special services /.. 200.00 Deficiency on school bonds. 500.00 Poor children, compulsory education law 300.00 Expense truant officer 220.00 Expense-of assessing by townships: Berkley 292.50 Carpenter 292.50 Gillani . 192.50 , Hanging Grove ».... 192.50 Jordan 202.50 Kankakee ’.. 192.50 Keener 222.50 Marion 362.50 Milroy 180.00 Newotn .7 202.50 Union 7 222.50 Walker 242.50

Wheatfield 222.50 Expense Court House: ,Repairs 500.00 Janitor, etc..... 1,000.00 Supplies, fuel, etc 3,000.00 Expense county jail: Repairs 1 300.00 Supplies, fuel, etc. 600.00 Advance payment grav. road 1,000.00 Taxes refunded ....- 300.00 Examination records ...1,500.00 Bounty payment 200.00 New badges, estimated ....20.000.00 Bridge repairs 1,500.00 Judgments against county 200.00 Changes of venue 500.00 Expense Circuit Court: Salary of judge 3,000.00 Expense jurors 1,500.00 Witness fees 100.00 Court reporter 700.00 Bailiffs '.'. 400.00 Childrens’ guardians .... 25.00 Juvenile court IOtiOO Supplies, repairs, etcl,ooo.oo Circuit court ditches2,ooo.oo Returning fugitive® 100.00 Payment county bonds ....15,010.00 Gravel rd. repairs .15,000.00 Additional new bridge 5,465.00