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Show City Monies Are Explained i)f funds, based on population, ;o assist with recreation. We have Hllctnptcd to give vim a complete picture of Rount if u1's sources of income. Will i'h the column next week for some details on where this :mnty goes. I ; y MRS. DON U. WILSON Last week in this column we discussed the amount of jicvenue Rountifiil receives from property taxes, It's greatest great-est source of income. For de-, tails on other sources, we turn to the following figures taken from the est invited budget of 1958. Expected Revenue Building inspection fees $ 9.000.00 Business licenses . 7,000.00 Dog licenses 1,700.00 Elect. Department contribution ... 600.00 Water & Sewer Department contribution . . 600.00 Fines and forfeitures forfei-tures 5,000.00 State Liquor fund. 8.715.83 Street permits .... 4,000.00 Sundry revenue . . 400.00 Miscellaneous in - i come 300.00 Subdivision fees . 400.00 Recrcatio.i income. 1,800.00 S30.515.83 , Building inspection fees are from S4.50 up; figured oni1 square footage; business li-j' censes are based on gross sales ; and range from S20 to $65 perr year. Dog licenses are from S3 to $10. The revenue from fines and forfeitures includes money received for infractions of the law such as speeding, o v e r parking , drunkenness, ignoring stop signs, etc. A street permit is the fee of $50 imposed to open a new street. Fees depending on acreage are charged for new subdivisions. The money received from the State Liquor fund is a set percentage that the state returns re-turns each year to Bountiful City to enforce laws and de- fray expenses in regard to ' State Liquor Laws by the local police. The amount is figured on the basis of population. popu-lation. Miscelljiieous income consists con-sists of the selling of various items, installing water systems, sys-tems, etc., and sundry revenue lincludes such items as fees charged for cleaning storm drains and sewers. The Davis County School District and Davis County pay iBountiful a certain percentage |