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Table 2. — Increase in Expenditures, by Jurisdictions, 1912-1926. 



Increase for 



J Identical Towns 



Jurisdiction „ , and Cities as 



Per cent .„ , . 



Classified m 1912 



Per cent 



Central State Gov't 228.7 



Counties 283.5 



Cities 257.0 247.3 



Towns over 5,000 293.6 304.1 



Towns under 5,000 246.3 an 7 



Per cent 



Central State Gov't $ 5.67 $12.02 112.0 



Counties 1.08 2.38 1204 



Cities 33.11 75.58 128.3 



Towns over 5,000 26.64 64.48 142.0 



Towns under 6,000 19.68 59.04 204.6 



Towns under 1,000 18.82 68.59 264.5 



Total for the State 37.51 86.14 129.6 



^ On the basis of 1925 population according to the State Census. 



On this basis the cost of government has increased a great deal more in 

 small towns than in the larger towns aJid cities. In a general way, expendi- 

 tures per capita have tended to increase in inverse relation to the size of the 

 town. This is shown grapliically on Chart 2. Expenditures by the State 

 and by counties have increased relatively less than for any other group. 



