Show COUNTY FUNDS RUNNING SHORT Reports Indicate Finances to Be Growing Worse Wone and Worse PRESENT REGIME SHOWING INTEREST WILL BE B PAID EAR EARLIER EARLIER EARLIER LIER THAN VER EVER Salt Lake finances are get getting getting getting ting Into a a worse and ami worse condition under regime according tp t the reports of tle county treasurer tr ana and county auditor given out yest day Last La Jt year it was summer before the county had to go on a warrant ba ha basis basIs sis paying interest Tills This year the county count Is up against It at the pres present present present ent tine time The Che report r port of County Treasurer W O 0 Carbis for the year ended Dec Dee 31 1904 shows a balance of In the various county C funds on that date as against in the same funds Jan 1 1904 a decrease of The Th report In detail etall follows Balances on hand Jan Ja 1 1904 General expense fund 23 29 County school chool fund 71 Tax sale redemption fund 7 79 State Juror and witness S fund und 40 Bond Interest fund 00 OO Total 19 s Receipts General Expanse Fund County Count tax t 31 X if i q if V o 0 oCr r 1 I I t S cense ceases 1 Butcher Bu teher H JI lUes 52 IS 98 r mn Fines In s and a for fu features fi 40 O Poll t tax c 00 F Sundries B 01 Arch 11 It censes ceases 2279 Z 62 02 lees Fees ees 41 00 Total 44 4 County school fund 25 2 State school fund i 50 O State jurer Juror and wit witness ness 55 fund CO ro Tax sales alei redemption fund ii Bond interest fund transferred from r f ro r o m general expense fund 00 Total 78 Grand total 97 Disbursements General Expanse Exp sc Fund Warrants paid 83 24 Interest on same 2203 93 g 52 I 1 Total 76 76 State juror and wit witness I ness ne fund 30 I County school fund 24 H State school fund to jO Bond interest fund 00 Tax sales sal s redemption fund 33 Total disbursements 13 23 Balances B on Hand Dee Dec 21 31 1 1904 1001 General expense fund 97 91 County school fund 70 State juror and wit witness ness ns fund 60 Tax sales redemption fund j i 9 4 iT Bond Inter t fund 00 Total t 84 Grand total 1 97 9 1 Present Balance Still Less It will be noted that the general ex cx expense expense pense pease fund which contained 68 Jan 1 1904 had dwindled 31 1904 1901 to The monthly report of or Treasurer Carbis fo for foP February will show that this small balance has been considerably reduced redu ed From now until the taxes tL es of 1905 begin coming In the receipts will not average more than to a month montI The deficit will be met later when hen the taxes are collected In the meantime the county count will m Issue regis registered registered registered warrants which will be cashed by hy the banks and ln which will draw 5 per cent interest From time to time as the funds come In the county count treas treasurer treasurer treasurer will nill issue calls caUs for these warrants and upon their presentation will cash them To extraordinary expenses aggregating aggregating aggregating gating is attributed the present early stringency in the thc finances of the county money was spent in de defraying defrayIng defraying fraying the cost of the general elec election election tion in November and the purchase of ot ofa ota ofa a site for the proposed new county infirmary County Auditor I M Fisher has pre prepared prepared pared pred his report for the year ended Dec 31 1904 showing the condition of the tile various county funds the receipts and disbursements of ot money during the year jear the assessed valuation of ot prop property property property erty In hI Salt Lake City and In Salt Lake county and other facts that will serve to aid the people to understand county count governmental affairs The following shows the balance on hand Jan 1 1904 the receipts and dis disbursements disbursements disbursements during the year ear I Receipts Cash Ca on hand Jan 1 1004 loot 13 19 Taxes 31 Tax sales redemptions 46 State juror and witness fees 70 TO State school fund t 50 County school fund 23 Fees 25 Assessing Asee smS and collecting taxes l 3 74 Licenses 45 Miscellaneous l 59 TotAl tal GiG 52 Disbursements Treasurer General expense o fund warrants redeemed red em d 44 41 Interest paid on bonds 00 Interest paid on warrants 2288 2208 52 Special warrants redeemed redeemed 1383 1359 20 Total 33 U 16 Trust funds County school warrants re redeemed redeemed redeemed deemed 24 State Slate school warrants redeemed 50 Tax sales s redemptions apportioned app apportioned r 68 Juror and und witnesses warrants redeemed 10 Total t GS 68 Balance on hand Dec 31 n 1004 84 SI ASSETS AND ANI LIABILITIES S The assets asseth and liabilities Dec Doc 31 1001 1004 were Assets Cash on hand baud So 84 building and grounds 00 County jail and grounds 00 W County Infirmary site 16 Bingham Junction jail 2929 00 Furniture and fixtures 00 Gravel beds 27 Zi Accounts receivable 20 Total 47 4 Liabilities Bonds due dUG in 1916 00 Bonds due duc In 1917 1317 j 00 County warrants outstanding ou Dee Dec 31 n 1804 1904 r 89 Special warrants outstanding Dee Dec 31 no 1904 1515 15 County school fund lund 4 70 Tax sales fund 95 1 57 Assets A ets over liabilities 14 16 Total 47 The he equity In unredeemed eeme tax sale sales Is a 8 very tery considerable amount though not Included d herein h as it could co ld only too bo estimated General Expense Fund Receipts 7 59 Appropriations 01 Excess of receipts 61 8 S v Warrant Account Warrants Vrr outstanding o 1 t tan Jan n 1 1264 84 I I 1 I I Warrants Issued during 1304 29 Total h 13 Warrants arrants redeemed in 1904 lOOt Warrants cancelled by auditor m 70 Warrants outstanding Dec Dee 31 I 1901 1904 39 93 Total Cash Account I Balance on hand band Jan 1 1904 In Inthe the fol lowing funds General expense 29 23 State juror and witness 40 County school 54 71 Tax sales redemption red 73 79 Bond interest 1775 00 1412 52 19 Receipts to Dee Dec 31 1904 1304 33 S Disbursements to Doc Dec 3 i 1301 1001 S 68 S 81 Balance on hand band Dec 31 U 1304 1904 in the fol fl F General expense ex nse 57 County school hool 70 Tax sales redemption 57 84 St Purposes of Warrants Aa As A shown by the warrant account the disbursements during durIn 1994 1904 aggregated The following shows the pur poses for rot which the warrants were is issued issued sued Commissioners clerk sheriff recorder 28 treasurer attorney G as a sessor auditor sur surveyor su surveyor infirmary 15 com mlle on relief 19 O physician ph 2346 6 fish fl h and ad caix name mo d commissioners 51 l 1 peace officers 1440 water com coin missioners ml loner fruit tree Inspector building and ad grounds rounds roads and bridges 81 civil court expense e pense S1 1512 76 Insa Ctt 48 criminal expense tax ta re N bate bounty 2 elections 10 health and ana quarantine burial buria of or war veterans real estate Infirmary site sie 1416 Bingham Birgham Junction jail jaI 2929 m Total It I cost cst the county during the year to care for r its paupers paupers as shown show by the te following excerpt from the report Maintenance v vand and andS Salaries S Relief Belief Total infirmary v 42 1375 Pauper tom Com om 2243 2193 Co Physician Total To l 32 0 Chairman Chaira pauper committee e has ha on hand band in contingent fund fun Jan an 1 1905 account account 6 which amount Is charged S In above 1 Health and quarantine 1934 93 72 Burial of war veterans Though not strictly pauper ex ox expense expense pense increases the annual anual do donations donations nations 2156 72 Valuation of Property The following shows the total valuation v of or all aU assessed property in Salt S lt Lake county together with the tax tax tion ton Salt Snit Lake City Outside of ot Salt Sat Lake Lak City Car companies companes 09 On which there is computed tax t for State iS 8 State school 31 34 County 29 75 County school 1093 75 Salt Lake Lae City Cf 70 41 Forest Dale town 1176 51 tl Salt Lake City CI school 99 33 District schools out outside outside side Ide of ot city 99 93 Sheep tax ta Car companies 1013 66 54 |