Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1908 — Appropriations of County Council. [ARTICLE]

Appropriations of County Council.

The county council met in regular annual session last week to make appropriations for 1909. The total appropriations amounted to $71,044.83. The county tax levy was fixed at 49.65 cents and the court house bond levy at 3 cents, making a total of 52.65 cents, a reduction of 2 cents from last year. The regular appropriations made were as follows: County Clerk’s salary $1,500.00 Expense office 325.25 County auditor’s salary 2,350.00 Expense office 376.00 County treasurer’s salary 2,250.00 Expense office 234.65 County recorder’s salary 1,700.00 Per cent of fees 300.00 Expense office 125.00 County sheriffs salary —— 1,400.00 Expense office 30.10 County surveyor’s per diem 1200.00 Deputy - -——— 400.00 Help on ditches Expense office 144.40 County supt.’s per diem 1,404.00 Help on examinations L 25.00 Expense office 244.00 County assessor’s salary - 000.00 Attending assessors’ meeting 15.00 Expense office ——— 25.78 Expense circuit court . 7,717.20 Expense court house 2,767.50 Expense county jail 458.00 Expense county farm 3,150.00 Expense commissioners’ court 950.00 New bridges 3,450.00 Bridge repair - 2,500.00 Salary county attorney — 400.00 Repair gravel roads, Ist dist 1,500.00 Repair gravel roads, 2d dist. 7,000.00 Repair gravel roads, 3rd dist 1,500.00 Interest court house bonds— 5,737.50 Int. court house expense 25.00 Judgments against county Inmates state benevolent and penal institutions —— 565.00 Public advertising 700 00 Expense board of review 315.00 Expense coroner 200.00 Expense assessors, supplies and per diem 2,205.70 Expense truant officer and

supplies 215.00 Ditch funds advanced 1,000.00 Highways 100.00 Free gravel roads advanced— 400 00 Teachers’ institute 100.00 Bounty, fox and wolf 100.06 Supplies, poor children in school 100.00 Miscellaneous 1,082 00 Total $59 240.05 Special appropriations fqr 1908: New bridges 6 698.50 Bridge repair —2.500.00 Supplies special election 500.00 Drainage com. circuit court— 1,000.00 Farmers’ institute 100.00 Miscellaneous —— 706.28 Total $11,804.78