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STATION BULLETIN 346 



Table 19 Amounts and Percentage Distribution of County Receipts and 

 Expenditures, Year Ended December 31, 1939* 



Amounts 



Items 



All 

 counties 



Per 



county 



Percent 

 of 

 total 



Receipts 



Taxes from towns and cities 

 Welfare reimibursements: 



$4,173,303 $417,330 



87.0 



* Annual report of the State Tax Commission, 1940. 



the year less the amount paid on temporary loans. Of the $315,000 

 received from borrowing, $120,000 was from new bond issues, and 

 $195,000 was from long-term notes. The amount received from tempo- 

 rary loans was less than the amount paid. 



Of the nearly $5,000,000 of expenditures, more than two-thirds 

 was for public welfare. Inasmuch as public welfare is the major 

 function of the county, much of the expenditures for general govern- 

 ment, debt service, and capital outlay can be properly allocated to 

 this function. More than one-half of the welfare expenditures is for 

 the support of poor not on the county farm, a matter of direct relief 

 to the poor who have not gained residence in a town or city. The 

 next most important welfare expenditures are concerned with the 

 county farm and care of children. Expenditures in connection with 

 the jail are not ordinarily thought of as a part of welfare, but are 



