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= ed (OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.) FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF—— Itasca County, Minn., ——— FOR—__ THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER cst, 1097, Aup!ITor’s OFFICE, Itasca County, Minnesota. 1 t To the Honorable Board of County Commissioners, Itasca County, Minnesota: GENTLEMEN,—Herewith I submit to you a Statement of the Receipts and Expenditures of the preceding year, also a Statement of the Finances of the county at the end of the fiscal year December 31st, 1897, including all debts and liabilities of every description, and the assets and other means to discharge the same. expenses of the county for the year 1897. Also a detailed statement showing the You will take notice that in this statement of expenses some bills may have been included for articles or services rendered in whole or part that might properly be chargeable to or have been used during the preceding year, also bills or items may be included that will actually be consumed or used during the year 1898; yet I have endeavored to include only such bills as, in my judgment, were proper!y chargeable to account current expenses. Respectfully submitted, H. R. KING, County Auditor. BALANCES, RECEIPTS and DISBURSEMENTS. BALANCES IN TREASURY, JANUARY 1, 1897. Postage and Express Account Private Redemption School Tistrict Pund: County Tax Gilections Bond Redemption. Road and Bridge... LESS OVERDRAFTS IN County Revenue. Wolf Bounty Wai Fire Warden Warrant: Interest Fund Balance in Treasury, January Ist, 1897... RECEIPTS. From Tax Collections of 189%... do Tux Collections for former yea do Interest. Penalty and Cost: do Private Redemption do Public Lands..... do State School Ap do Interest on County Funds. do Refund on Wolf Bounty. do State on Fire Warrants. Go State on Wolf Bounty Warrants do Filing of Papers. do Liquor Licen do Sale of Town Plat do Refund on County Order No. 3237 DISBURSEMENTS. Paid Revenue Orders issued in 1807. do Revenue Orders issued in 1896. 14.22 do Revenue Orders issued in 1895. x do Road and Bridge Orders issue: B31! de Road and Bridge Orders issued in 1896. 1077.86 do Road and Bridge Orders issued in 1895. 287.60 do Interest Warrants... do Orders issued for Purchase Poor Farm @o Orders issued for labor and material for construction of Poor House . ae do to Township Treasure 2549.25 do to Village Treasurers. BU07.71 do School Treasurers. 14499.54 do State Tax Collect: do State Interest and Loa 592.73, do Interest on Lands 385.30 do Interest on Court House Bond 3600.00 do Interest on Funding Bond: 5280.00 ge Interest on Jail Bonds 1496.38 Interest on Park Bonds . 240.66 Pak Bonds Redeemed... 3000.00 Paid Postage and Express. 133.13. do Redemptions. 153.61 do Wolf Bounti 60.00 do Fire Warden: 90.00 do Refunds... 1520.43, | | Balance, Jan. Ist, 1898... To the credit of the following funds Tax collections undistributed. Poor (und... County reven Bond redempti 2570/49 Private redempti 98.48 School lands..... 680.00 Road and brid; 735.01 Town and village fund: 43.58 Schoo! districts... Postage and express account LESS OVERDRAFTS IN FOLLOWING FUNDS: State of Minneso' Interest fund... Forest fire account. Balance in Treasury Jan. Ist, 1808.... $ 2052.48 8335.78 RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS BY FUNDS STATE OF MINNESOTA. RECEIPTS. om tax collections... Prom state lands and interest. DISBURSEMENTS. Paid state auditor's drafts. Pald taxes refunded pend cheraed bac! Balunce, Jan. Ist, TAX COLLECTIONS. RECEIPTS. Balance, Jan 1st, 1897 From tax collections ... do penalty, interest and cost $1579.98 . 60425.06 2198.89 7193.65 Bacal >ccdetetaema! revenue. $12360.80 road and! bridge. 1898.30 ae rr 5419.50 do 4505.56 do 10656.16 do 6250.04 <3 tate fund: eed st funds 35, Ralance, Jan Ist, 1898... 3834.42 COUNTY REVENUE. RECEIPTS. rom tax collections.. + $10520.44 Go: jpensite, interest and costs. - 1840.48 ‘terest on deposits . 61.98 ao court house fund. 5 39.00 do. sale of town plats. : 5 For filing pepe 05, From Refun 18.00 DISBURSEMENTS. Overdraft Jan Ist, 1897 $ 82.48 Paid orders issued in 1! 6793.63 do do 1396. 3314.23, do do 1895. 474.00 do interest warrants. 5 do for transportation of paupers 215.48 — by near onic and by goon back.. . a 'ransferred to postage and express account . To fire warden kecount.------ om To wolf bounty account.. 26.69 Balance, Jun Ist, 1898 00 ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND. RECEIPTS. Balance, Jun 1st, 1897. From tax collections... DISBURSEMENTS. Paid orders issued in 1897. do do 1896. do lo Taxes refunded and chai Balance, Jan Ist, 1898. POOR FUND. RECEIPTS. Balance, Jan Ist, 1897. From tax cellections. DISBURSEMENTS. Paid orders issued for poor farm bor and material for poor hous Taxes refunded and charged back Balance, Jan Ist, 1898... PRIVATE REDEMPTION. RECEIPTS. Balance, Jan 1, 1897 J.W. Day & Co. W.P. Aller Bw: Heinrich J. H, Soper... F. W. Bonness. DISBURSEMENTS. W. C. Gilbert. Kremer & Ki Wm. Buell Balan INTEREST FUND. RECEIPTS Tax collections ... Oxgrazats Jan Ist, 1898 DISBURSEMENTS. Overdraft, Jan Ist, 1897... Interest on court house bon do funding bonds do ja‘l bonds. park bonds Refunded taxes churged bald BOND REDEMFTION RECEIPTS, s Balance, Jan Ist. 197. Tax collections... DISBURSEMENTS. Park bonds redeemed... Taxes refunded and charged back Bulunce, Jan Ist, 1898... POSTAGE AND EXPRESS ACCOUNT. RECEIPTS. Balance, Jan Ist, 1897. From county revenue. DISBURSED Miscellaneous orders paid ‘Transportation of paupe! Balance, Jan Ist, 1898. FIRE WARDEN ACCOUNT. REECIPTS. From county revenue.. 8 93.34 do State of Minnesota. 46.66 Overdrawn. Jan. Ist. DISBURSEMENTS. Overdraft. Jan. 1st. 1897. Paid Fire Wardens. WOLF BOUNTY ACCOUNT. RECEIPTS. Refund... Ee ron From State of Minne: Charged to county reven| DISBURSEMENTS. Overdraft. Jan. 1st, 1897. Paid bounties .... TOWN AND VILLAGE FUNDS. 12480.12 12480.12 $2480.48 2480.48 $5425.70 5426.70 | Salaries due and unpaid........... rought forward.. Saeonus or orders re; Interest accrus Boad and bridge orders registered. Interest acern d thereon, Jan. 1s! Judgments against county. 2 nterest accrued thereon, Janvisi, 1898. Revenue order issued not called for... and bridge orders issued not delivered. Bills allowed at Jan. 189s, meeting for expens $2,505,389.00 117,811.00 “STATEMENT OF EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR = 1897. COURT EXPENSE—STATEMENT “‘A.” GRAND JURY, JANUARY TERM, 1897.3 Duncan Harris +8 6.20 | Chas. H. Seele: 6.20 R. Ison... 6.20 O. L. Mather 6.20 Frank Freestone. 9.00 Jas. A, Quigg 9.00 Geo, W. Clark 6.20 Ff. P. Sheldon. 6.20 Frank Smith. 5.20 <remer. 6.20 . F. Kno: 6.20 Crowther 6.20 W. V. Ful 6.20 John Metzge 6.20 Theo. Irgi 6.20 John Beckfel 6.20 A. E. Wilde: 7.00 '. L. Vance. 17.00 M. A. Leak: 6.20 PETIT JURORS, JANUARY TERM, 189; E. Cabel $ 10.20 W. A, Johnson $ 7.00 10.20 Geo. Moores. . 8.20 10.20 Allan Hannan. 4.40 33.20 Jas. Smith 4.40 10.20 Geo. Cool. 4.20 3.50 J. H. French. 16.40 5.00 John Trwin. 9.00 2.40 Geo. Williams. 6.20 2.40 John Moore 22.00 2.20 Wm. Quigg. 9.00 2. Lauts Jans 10.80 2.20 Geo. Moores. 2.00 6.00 W. A. Johnson.. 2.00 a 2.40 ne Cleveland. 10.20 F. W. Daniels. 2.40 3. E, Leeman 6.60 Jas. Walford 5.00 Das Smith. 2.00 Jas. Kenna.. 5,00 Jobn Malaney . 13,00 C, A. Nulter. 0.3 5.00 Atlen| Hannon 5.00 Geo. Cox. 10.20 Julian Saav 10.00 John Brown Brink Poepic 10.20 H.C. Tuller. Thos. Carran: 13.00 Frank C ‘arson. M, McAlpine. 10.2) . P. Baker Niles Fuller... 5.00 L. R. Root... Chas. Hildreth 5.00 L. C. Warriner 10.20 WITNESSES, JANUARY TERM, 1897. Jos. Nolan os 6. 5) Fred A King.. Jos. Joleaud Nap. I ‘Thos, Carans John i Frank smith. FE. W. Sandy Owans Jas. Dolan.. P. H. Varley M. 1. Toole. < Frank Mercer . MISCELLANEJU$3 COU — Montgomery,bail- Frank Ps0) Ross Dodson. RE EXE) E3, J ANUARY TER Frank F Price. attorney i ‘Appointed wr de end $1216 63 | H. 10.00 Wi iy. ators M. L. Toole. sheriff. .... 1 yo defend J. E. Johnson, deputy 00 sherift . 2100 27.00 70.45 10.59 3.00 (2169.63 70.00 "dators-...2csshe- 6.00 AD $5543,78 5643.78 185.35, 90.00 B] 2 wf lotul 2 2 | ots a Be |3as! 3. as ° TOWNS AND VILLAGES. 232] 263 | as | Zed | 22s $22/ 882] & 22 | 23] 242 683 {265 | & ee [ae | oa Village of Grand Rapid: © 7.35) $3400.84) $3408.091/ $3170.19) $146.40) $181.50 do Laprairie. ~ 937] 20.68) 40.051] 37-52] 253 Town of Grand Rapids 1857.62] 1857.62|| 1698.66] 62.20| 101.76 do Bass Broo! 61 99.69] 100.30) 7.66 2.64 do ee 29.86] 51.25] 81.11 04 13.07 do Koochiching. 1020| 10.261 10.20 do Swan River. 68.19] 20:75] 86.94 36.94 do 92} 20) 28.65, do do 1.29 Totals. $428.58 SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDS. 33 5 a 3 BS a 2g £8 Fi g 2 3 3 3 ea DISTRICTS. | Fs 3 S| | sé. a & As 28 | & Bi] 28 i ae | 23 | 221] 38 32 | Bs | xe | 5B || 532 | 38] $2 | Fa os | <& | cas | Be | 6 a ae 8 77] $2019.07] $1290.05) $14100. 1 $323.85) $13457.35) 7.15 His] Pabe05| 8800) arr] 250.00] 641.49] 41 64.12] 73.28; 137.40] 118.80] 18.60 81:33] 21.99, 108.82 88.76] 14.58 77:33] 88.04 3 18.98] 146.49) $32.02] $2510.50] $12950.66! ree $370.81| $592.78] $i4sse. $76.72 ASSETS AND LIABILITIES. ASSETS. Coupe Taxes 1894 and prior years. $ 7017.31 1805, 7150.31 go 1896 1eAz aL 1897. ‘T1772 Penalty, interest and costs (estimated) 6000.00 Cash on ‘hand, county funds. 3706.15 Court house.......... 4000.00 6000.00 25000.00 ‘5000.00 4000.00 9000.00 ——- _-#200864.50 LIABILITIES. Court house bond: 60000.00 Interest accrue 1200.00 Funding bonds.. 8000.00 Interest accrued, Jan. ist, 1806. 1769.00 Jail bonds: ... : 24639,80 Interest st accrued. Yan. Ist, 1808 374 09 Park bo 1000.00 ieee acerued, Jan. 1st, i 107.00 Carried forward............. saseeeeweee seeves er 177380,89 > STATEMENT «3B GRAND JURY, JUNE TERM. 1997, Davtd Cochrane. . $ 1400 N. Washburn ... Frank Madden 15.50 W. J. Kelly 1300 | G. T. Ellis 11.40 | Dan McCormick. 12.40 \ . Webste Amos Forsyth Wi - UL. Daggia. Mike Hager 10 40 | Harry R. M. Faulk 11.60 | Jos. v. y 10 80 | Dane! 22.00 Vr 25 00 10.20 PETIT JURY, JU 5.00 P. R. Brook Dan McKenno Richard Kno: A. E. Brigg: John Barnard . Wm. Quinn. W. D. Leeman E. Rozen C: M. Rhodes. u 4. P.O" Donnell A.W. Taft. Matt Halliday - 0. L: Mathe 20 Harry Williams John Dug; 2) Frank Murphy. L. CO. W: 2.20 Chas. Forest. Geo. S. 19.20 Fred Collett. Frank C 4.20 Jobn Barna eo Ber 2.20 W. D. Leeman. Jud Power 4.20 Jas. Sullivan. 20 A, Sayers. 2.20 John Doran - . Elmer Washburn. 2.20 E. C. Kiley. y Chas. H. Seeley...... 4.2) Peter Foley . 23.20 John Metzger 22.20 Michael Dolan. 24.00 Courtney 240 Thomas E. McDonald 4.20 M. A, Leahy. 4.20 4.20 Geo. William: 2.20 19.20 Geo. Lothrop 4.20 4.20 John MeDona! 2.20 4.20 20.20 21.20 2.20 22.40 Stevens. 2.20 22.20 Prank Poepke. 420 A. E. Briggs. 220 sere WI@NESSES, JUNE TERM. Zeb Forchett Herman Cremer - oe Fs 30 7.00 112 11.00 4.12 12 8.12 6.12 8.88 Chas. E. Seelev 872 B12 Chas, E. Seelcy 3.00 Bug Frank F. Bric Liz 8.12 O. H. Stilson.. 8.12 3.12 Jos. Leisure.. 2.12 Wm. Lacey.. 3.16 pss MISCELLANEOUS COURT EXPENSES, JUNE TERM, 1897. W. E. Neal, bailiff... Theo. Irgins. trier Chas. Kearrey, bailiff...” 45.00 T. M. Brady, trier. Wm. Patterson, bailiff... 42.00 ©. L. Pratt, trier Wm. Weitzel, bailiff....... 36.00 I. D. sreseinebenyra® M. L. Toole, sheriff 39.00 oe a a deputy 36.00 PA” king. Geo. W. ody. rapher Geo. W. aie ‘Me Wiliiame, ‘teams scripts Prank] F. Price. attorney for jurors ............ 8.00 appointed to defen prisoners ......... ..-. 20.00 = M. Brady, attorney inted to defend prisoners . «--- 10.00 STATEMENT “C.” RECAPITULATION OF COURT EXPENS Grand jury, January term .. Petit jury, January term Witnesses. January vertn Miscellaneous Grand jury. June term. Petit jury, June term Witnesses, June term. Miscellaneous, June teri c. = Pratt, assistant county attorney in tax case before supreme court do in Porier case...... vet eeeeeereeeecenseseeeteeseeeeeteaeene Total court ExXpenses......-+0++--eee sees sseoeee STATEMENT “D.” PAUPER EXPENSE. Transportation— Mrs. Fisher, destination unknow! John Peterson, to Milwaukee An unknown, to Duluth An unknown, to Minn N.S. Wood. to Puluth.. H. Sinclair, to Minneapo! A. Anderson, to pea por Mrs. be apie to Grand Forks. Cash for expenses . Jas. Walker, to Dickinson, N. D.. Wm. Smith, to ab anes polis and return A. LaFleur, to Duluth ..... Mrs. Mercer, to Rat Portage i = i sEeeeeereceseas I; - ‘gar1902.30 secr0.09// 4 — — $134.00 : ‘ = 301.61 161.34 BS45 313,90 ? —s ) | — 570.40 — 154.14 St i — j 684.05 \ 17249 | {