Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1897 — THE STATE’S FINANCES. [ARTICLE]

THE STATE’S FINANCES.

Receipts from All Sources Amount to Nearly $7,680,000. State Treasurer Scholz has completed his annual report of the financial operations of the State during the year closing Oct. 31. The general statement is as follows: Balance In treasury Nov. 1, 1890. $525,694.69 Receipts from all sources 7,679,994,34 Total ...$8,205,689.03 Disbursements 7,808,964.52 Balance $396,724.51 The following receipts to th© general fund are Shown: From current and delinquent taxe551,257,089.41 Penal and benevolent Institutions 211,152.88 Higher court fees 21,555.65 Government aid to Purdue and Soldiers’ Homo 31,495.67 Transfer from monument fund.. 68,212.23 Taxes for lienovoleiit institutions 076,016.77 Taxes for State debt sinking fund 238,513.34 Advance payments by counties.. 1,030.914.55 Insurance fees and taxes 207,351.92 Secretary of State's fees 51,230.50 Miscellaneous receipts 47,596.00 Receipts to other funds were as follows: Benevolent institutions fund .. $984,865.04 State debt sinking fund 393,972.34 Monument fund 68,212.23 Educational institutions fund .. 213,356.95 Schol revenue tuition fund .... 2.241,294.30 University endowment fund .... 22.366.36 College fund, principal 9,042.50 College fund, interest 8,785.13 Unclaimed estates 21.429.53 State lands sales 8,182.23 University laud sales .... 1.688.66 University land sales (permanent endowment) ..,.. ....... 1,172.52 Swamp lands 13,608.70 I‘ommon school fund 5.732.70 Exee.-s bids sinking fund 2.023.25 Escheated ewtates 1,278.56 Sinking fund 467.78 Surplus revenue fund 500.00 The expenditures outside the school funds were as follows: Governor's office $413,583.80 Lieutenant Governor's salary .. 1,000.00 Secretary of State’s office 14,191.80 Auditor's office 16:640.70 Treasurer's office 9,520.00 Attorney General's office 13.916.12 Superintendent of Instruction's office 8,417.78 State library 5.444.77 Geologist's office 12,280.68 Supreme and Appellate ( ourts . 55,485.71 Circuit Courts and prosecuting attorneys ' 210,455.77 Reporter Supreme Court 6.675.05 Clerk of Supreme Court 8,900.00 Penal and .reformatory institutions 393,312.92 Benevolent institutions 909.134.63 Educational Institutions 449.248-89 State debt, principal 568.968.40 State debt, interest 215.810.65 legislature 1897 105.817.20 Custodian and engineer 36.140.84 State boards 50.135.27 Advances returned to counties . 920.906.43 Monument..... 66.102.81 Militia 25.842.14 Printing ... 55.923.34 Miscellaneous appropriations .. 91,444.00