Show countes Coun tys budget hearing r set for next tuesday irona A public bublic hearing on the proposed iron county bounty budget totaling for next years expenditures will be held at the county court house at 10 tuesday morning and a meeting for its adoption will be held at 2 p m I 1 the tentative budget as drawn up will be lo lower werthan than the 1940 appropriations this is due largely to a cut in the general fund which takes care of the regular administration of county at af fairs of this was cut from the appropriation for the counties share of the public safety building and 1500 set up for 1940 election expense the rest of the decrease was made possible by cuts in the following departments miscellaneous fund cut from to the law library fund getting a cut of 78 courthouse maintenance fund a cut of 1 the a in mount aunt for sheriffs office equipment was cut 15 the appropriations for treasurers treasur ers deputy hire will be cut ir f i rom oin 1000 to and the amount for deputy hire for the clerk and auditor will be cut from to if the proposed budget js passed items set up under the general fund which get an increase in the 1941 budget will be county sheriffs expense raised from 1300 to 1 I 1 sheriffs special deputies from to feea eradication from to 1000 prisoners expense from to district court costs from to prem jurn on oil official bonds from to telephone expense from to two new funds were added under the general fund one for a sewing center with ati an appropriation of and one for the nur fry ry school with an appropriation of these expenses have been handled in the past in connection of the already established funds the appropriation for a public health nurse for this year amounting to will be handled under the county indigent fund all other items in the general fund appropriation will remain the same as last year county road expenses expense a are tentatively set at n increase of over the 1940 appropriation while the interest and sinking fund requirements are set at or less than last year the county indigent fund which this year will include the public health nurse expense will be cut to from this fund will also pay I 1 the county physicians salary and aid transients stranded in the county as well as take care ot of other mm min or activities the dependent mothers fund has been taken care of under the old age penson or public welfare fund since 1938 and will continue to be handled there in 1941 1 the appropriation for the county hospital was raised from in 1940 to in 1941 the appropriation for the county library will also be raised for next year the proposed raise will be from 1 to the final item is for the old age pension fund which will be a decrease of from this years appropriation total appropriations asked for are and the total estimated expendable revenue equils equals this amount copies of the budget are ready for inspection at the county clerks office and anyone interested is urged to go there and inspect act them |