The expenditures for the same period by the State for the support of asylums and hospitals for the deaf, blind, insane, idiotic, epileptics, houses of refuge, reformatories, State Soldiers and Sailors' Home, Thomas Asylum, etc., were $5,409,796.07, and for buildings, repairs, plumbing and renewals, purchase of land, for services and expenses of Board of Charities, Commission in Lunacy, Pathological Institute and Bureau of Charitable Institutions, $1,338,337.96, making a total of $6,748,134.03. The following is a schedule of the institutions in aid, or for the support of which payments have been made from the treasury, with the amounts paid for each: * PATIENTS IN HOSPITALS. The following schedule shows the numbers of patients in the several hospitals at the close of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899 and 1900: The number of inmates in certain State institutions at the close of the fiscal year ending September 30, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899 and 1900 was as follows: TAXATION. The following table shows the assessed valuation of the real and personal property, the rate of taxation for State purposes, and the amount of the tax for each year from 1859 to 1900, both inclusive, 1859 being the year in which the State Board of Equalization was organized and began its labors: Tax Rate, Fiscal Year Commencing October 1, 1900. The State tax rate for the present year is 1.96 mills, for the fol lowing purposes: For schools, per chapter 421, Laws of 1900.. 76-100 For general purposes, per chapter 421, Laws of 1900.. 68-100 52-100 Total 1.96 The above tax 1.96 mills on the present valuation of $5,461,302,752 will yield $10,704,153.39, distributed as follows: |