Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1898 — COUNTY GOVERNMENT. [ARTICLE]

COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

—-r „ •• Official Figure* Showing Exactly What It Coats in Indiana. State Statistician John B. Conner baa recently issued a bulletin concerning the administration of the business of the various counties of the State for the fiscal year ending May 31, 1897- The most intereisting information is with reference to the total receipts of the counties, th* net debt of each, and the cost of county administration, total and per capita. Below is given a table showing the cost of administration, total and per capita, the total receipts ami the net debt: Total He- Net Counties. cost. *eeipts,f ' debt. Adams ..... .$13,412.41 $4,992.49 $50,672.95 Allen ...... '41.369.4U 18.330.70 . -10,189.28. B'rtUTniw.. 15.555.71 7,318,4:: 57,000.00 Menton 10.520.00 4.446.85 • Hlackford ... 10.092.05 7.165.54 119,000.00 Mooue 15.:w)4.50 909,90 20,501.55 Mrowu 4.590.04 4,434.5 V 9.515.74 Carroll 13,737.35 3,193.1» ftL335.0l Cuss 19.585.00 5,218.50 54,090.43 Clark 12,950.07 75.85 110,720.25 Clay 8,718.13 0.555.35 45.12tf.00 Clinton 18.739.80 9,391.16 Crawford ... 0,893.42 140.3 S 59,422.03 Daviess 10,900.87 10,449.09 50,000.00 Dearborn ... 9,522.00 7,094.13 M 1,089.91 Decatur 13,389.43 9:218.88 67,850.00 De Kalb 14,507.09 45,281.64 Delaware ... 21,991.50 15,739.41 119,858.98 Dubois 12,888.57 3,900.27 Elkhart 20.100.00 10,401.04 90.000.00 Favette 10.382.97 3,140.00 54,040.83 Floyd . 177029.00 5.449.50 75.205.63 Fountain 10,039.71 0,089.08 25,000.00 Franklin .... 10,053.56 2.098.25 ........ Fulton 13,570.03 5,718.92 171,500.00 Gibson ...... 14,509.40 8.031.59 ........ Grant 24,697.40 15.973.49 87.500.84 Greene 13.003.29 0,359.31 55.000.92 Hamilton ... 17.290.98 7,509.05 81.053,49 Hancock .... 12,888.50 4.807.78 128.000.00 Harrison .... 14.441.40 3,303.74 38,870.17 Hendricks .. 12.888.01 5.191.58 13,209.17 Henry 8,310.73 3,549.27 Howard .... 8.573,05 142.20 33,845.57 Huntington.. 17,092.52 7.830.45 57,344.03 Jackson 15,470.28 7.001.05 129,900.19 Jasper 13,301.38 9,275.58 .82.973.84 Jay 15,087.22 8,000.05 154,500.00 Jefferson .... 14.070.94 5J659.33 Jennings .... 12.094.09 4,073.71 ........ Johnson 13,345.40 3.000.71 30,000.00 Knox ..22,432.54 7,875.23 45,199.80 Kosciusko..; 17.634.44 0,300.74 Lagrange ....T0.685.47 ■ 5,723.37 ......... I.ake 20,258.65 12.301.08 8.000.00 Laporte 19,053.08 7,074.07 212,000.00 Lawrence ... 12,372.19 4,994.88 00,000.n0 Madison . ... 29.309.07 20,772.02 93,000.00 j Marlon 120,554.58 82.323.41 977,920.99 Marshall .... 18.004.55 11,530.38 21,741.73 Martin 9.595.49 3,093.08 60.000.00 Miami 10.837.32 9,278.18 18,174.12 Monroe ..... 10,984,95 1,810,73 120.783.32 Montgomery.. 15,552.00 47.000.n0 Morgan 10,555.29 5.109.54 53,000.00 Newton 8,530.27 4,903,59 Noble 15,5X1.45" 3,320.09 Ohio 3.500.05 . 2,500.00 Orange 10,035.84 3.001.01 O Wen 19.071.07 10.489.93 i,. Parke 8,167.00 5.1*40,14 13,000.00 l’erry 11.236.67 5.519.75 91,887.05 l’ike 11.860.05 3.763.25 39,000.00 Porter . ... ~ 15.565.99 4,863.10 13,939.11 Puspy ....... 15,125.15 0,556.32 Pulaski ..... 9.193.80 3.235.48 56,000.38 Putnam ..... 13.906.35 5.962.24 3.125.27 Randolph’ 19,531,83 10,510.21 2,051.02 Ripley ...... 13.304.99 1.712.89 30.812.79 Rush ; 10.719.13 4.138.98 160,000.00 Serttt 3,831.59 1.004.34 ........ Shelbv ...... 17.5tX1.82 7.307.35 Spencer 14.594.99 4.923.39 130,800.00 Starke ...... 8,489.43 4.100.00 . 70,301.44 Steuben 10,808.07 5,71X5.50 St. Joseph. .. . 31.031.71 Sullivan 10,293.59 4.295.03 10,955.07 Switzerland. . 9.249.14 2.513.14 11,601.93 Tippecanoe .. 14,499.11 -8.082.43 121.355.52 Tipton 14.752.34 0.135.43 200,900.00 T'nlon 5.373.1 X! 2.979.97 65,000.0(1 Vandt rhtirg . 43.812.87 18,980.81 596,980.05 Vermillion. .. 7.225.09 2,179.80 Vigo 30,338.23 8.985.23 357,795.00 Wabash 1(5.891.22 (5,349.51 42.104.87 Warren 12.223.08 4.41X5.31 21.(XX».(X1 Warrick .... 10,236.49 400.00 31,197.38 Washington.. 14*716.63 4,982.44 787.7(1 Wayne 1(5,018.44 884.07 402.747.37 Wells 12.805.10 7.274.48 122.000.00 White 14,539.52 9,085.02 67.819.(54 Whitley ..... 12,292.50 3,890.35 51,525.22