Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1897, MAY. 1095 QOUNTY FINANCES. and transfers part of them to the seliool fund. The jury fund gets from unelaimed fees $201, f1-mu interest fund. $1,600, and from State insurance fund. $511l(l. and these latter funds are -harged with the same. Tlhe amounts so Tl:lIlHf(ll((l inei-ease both 1-eeeipts and expenditures. The elerk eliarges the eou11tv not with waI1-ants drawn, but with warrants paid. My state- ment. tlierefore, sliows our expenses several thousand dollars less than appears from the elex-ks statement. Cou H fI/ I leht. llonds outsitandiug May 1, 1($l1.. .. .. . . .. . . . . ..$i.0(lll.llQ Bonds outstanding now. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 72.tiUt).0U l%ondspaid................................11il.400.00 Inte1estpaid.............................. 51537.5() Paid from Interest and Sinking Funds. . . . . . . . . . . $19,937.51.) School Funds. The (,ountv SlfllO0l Fund. . .. . . . . .. . . .. .. . . .. ..$14,35{l.77 The Township School Fund. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 19,041.75 Total.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..$33,407.5 Sc-iliool moneys apportioned. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$12,327.10 The levy for county and State is $1.15. .l[u,i/ lTl1e population of Leavevnworth is 21,5:l(ia gain of over four hundred. Platte River has 1-eaehed its highest state this season, of three feet on tl1e turnpike west of Platte City bridge. \hen the waters subsided, the bottoms were planted in eo1n, and but little damage resulted. .l[(Il/ 5T/he jol) of p1-iunting the May state:ment of the county IlRI1t,(S was given to Retltig, of the Argus, at 10 cents per square, he being the lowest biddeir. The Banking House of Vells & Co. led approved bond of -ii~75,U0() as county depo-sitory of public moneys. J1 ay 7Perle D. Decker, of Park College, took the pre-mium for orato1v at the interstate contest at Columbia, Mo. \. T. Hopes barn bllIIl9(lfl1ll insured. Cain. \ells is appointed by the governor on the board of L-u1-ators for the State l11ive1sity. JIu1/1S. F. DE (A M1 was shot and killed at Deaxvborn by John l{eeo1ds. supposed insane, and giving as his reason that I)e (amp looked green" at him. ll[(Il/ I.,Founders Day observed at Park College. Dr. John H. Fililey, of tjaleslnlrg, Illinois, was the orator.