As a result the recent tax levy for the
state revenue fund was fixed at one
mill and the total state tax levy at
3.65 mills, which is the lowest since
1910 and this reduction was accom
plished although the one mill road tax
was added to the levy, which had not
been done up to 1913. The appropria
tion from the revenue fund for the fis
cal year from August 1, 1916, to July
31, 1917, is $8,450,000. Of the amount
appropriated by the last Legislature
for the fiscal year, the sum of $2,365,000
was appropriated for state charitable
and correctional institutions and con
stitutes 28 per cent of the total appro
priations. The total sum appropriated
from the revenue fund for educational
purposes was $3,656,000 and constitutes
more than 43 per cent of the total ap
propriations for the fiscal year. This
money is spent for University, Normal
School and agricultural education and
for special aid to High, Graded and
Rural schools. About 22 per cent of
the total appropriations is for the
Legislative, Judicial and Executive de
partments. The legislators' salaries
amount to the sum of nearly $200,000
and the annual expenditures in the
Judicial department is more than $266,-
000. The sum of $1,452,550 is appro
priated to carry on the work done by
the state officials and by the many dif
ferent state departments. A sum of
about $500,000 constituting the remain
ing 6 per cent of the total appropria
tions, is expended for miscellaneous
purposes such as the Soldiers' Home,
the Historical Society and other public
projects. Appropriations for Charitable Institu
tions.
