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220 THE TEXAS ALMANAC.
Bonded Indebtedness of Counties.-(Continued.)
Condition of Interest
County- ahd sinking fund. Bonded
Cash. ISecurities debt.
Taylor ............ 57,268 7,500 530,000
TerrelI ............ 23,7031 .... 228.000
Terry ............. 6,8831 105.739
Throckmorton ..... 5,300 ....... 15.000
Titus .............. 33,774 ..... 797,500
Trinity ............ . 69,9471 54 1,077,000
Upshur ................. ........ 998.500
Uvalde ............ 42,710 ........ 433,601
Val Verde......... 32,615 ........ 372.000
Van Zandt.......... 10,903 ........ 229,000
Victoria ...........1 8,535 33.940 191.290
alker ............. 69,908 ....... 710,000
Ward ............. 13,314 ........ 81,500
Washington ...... 7,403 ........ 1,370,000
Webb ............. 15,664 604,000
Wharton .......... . 45,723 53,985 1,077.475
Wheeler ........I.. . . 208.000
Wichita ........... 402632 53.916 2,429,000
Wilbarmer ......... 51,966 651.000
Willacy .......... ,485 .. 72.000
Williamson ....... 288,656 74,797 1,403,000
W inkler ......... 584 ........ 2,000
Wilse ............. 3,0761 ....... 96,000
ood ............ 99,939....... 2,487,500
Young ............ 4,847 ........ 64,295
Zapata .......... . 3,792
Zavalla 38.000
BONDS REGISTERED.
Total amount of bonds registered from Sept. 1,
1925, to Aug. 31. 1926:
Kind of Bonds- Amount.
Schoolhouse ..........................814,539,825.00
W aterwol ks ......................... 8,468,500 00
Funding and refunding... ............. 5,930,280.1
Street paving and improvement....... 4,942,500 00
Road . .............................. 3.307.600.00
Sewer . . . .................... 2,447.650.00
Wathr and sanitary sewer............. 2,000,000 00
Grade raising, filling and drainage.. 2.000.000.00
Courthouse and jail.......... ....... 1,786,000.00
Protection . ...................... 1.500.000.00
Levee improvement................... 1,409,000.00
Bridge ...... ....................... 1,121.827.36
Jail ...... ........ ............... 635,000.00
Street opening and widening.......... 503.000.00
Boardways and turningbasin......... 500.000.00
Park and perk improvement......... 420.000 00
Water improvement.................. 398.000 00
Farmers' market ..................... 350.000.00
City HaIl.... .................... . 311,000 00
State aid, seawall and breakwater
construction ....................... 300,000.00
Auditorium .......................... 275.000 00
Recreation. ....................... 170.000 00
Treasury warrants .................. 165.000 00
Fire station and City Hall............ 164.000.00
Drainae ............. ..... ....... 160,564.60
Incinerator ........... ................. 146.000 00
Subway ......... ............. 100.000.00
Department of Public Safety....... 100.000.00
General improvement ................ 100.000 00
Fire station ......................... 83.000 00
Hospital ............................ 78.000 00
Public building............ .......... 75.000 00Juvenile Home ............ ........... 50,000.00
Courthouse .......................... 50.000.00
Gas plant ........................... 40.000.00
Water tower ........................ 25.000.00
Navigation ........... .............. 18,000.00
Fire station and city jail............ 15,000.00
Municipal ........................... 7.000.00
Library ............................ 5.000.00
Total ...........................$54,698.747.15
BONDED DEBT OF STATE.
The State of Texas has a very small
bonded debt, and all of it is owned and
held by the permanent funds of the pub-
lic schools and State institutions. The
bonded debt of the State was owned and
held as follows at the close of the last
fiscal year, Aug. 31, 1926:
Permanent School Fund:
3 per cent...........................$2,435,000.00
4 per cent. ........................ 229,500.00
5 per cent.......................... 107,500 00
Total ......... $2,772,000.00
Perrmanent University Fund:
3 per cent ........................... $429,700.00
5 per cent........................... 195,900.00
Total .....$.................... . 625,600.00
Permanent Deaf and Dumb Institute Fund'
3 per cent ........................... $72,000 00
4 per cent .......................... 18,000.00
5 per cent........................... 14,300.00
Total .104,300.00
Total.............................. $104,300.00
Permanent Orphans' Home Fund:
3 per cent.......................... $22,000 00
5 per cent................................ 8,600.00
Total .................. ......... 30,00 00
Permanent Blind Institute Fund:
3 per cent.......................... $50,000.00
4 per cent ........................ 57,000.00
5 per cent ......................... 27.400.00
Total ............................. $134,400.00
Permanent Insane Asylum Fund:
3 per cent ........................ $75,000.00
4 per cent....................... 30.000 00
5 per cent ... ...................... 21.300 00
Total .......................... 8126,300.00
Permanent A. & M. College Fund:
5 per cent... ................... $209,000 00
Total, All Funds:
3 per cent ............... .....$3,083.70000
4 per cent .......................... 334.500.00
5 per cent.......................... 584,000.00
Total ............ .... ....... $4.002,200.00
The foregoing does not include bonds of
the State penitentiary railway to the
amount of $100,000 that are held by the
permanent school fund, ox notes of the
penitentiary system amounting to $750,000
that are financed through the Brown-
Crummer Company.-MUNICIPAL GAS COMPANY
Serving
McKinney, Denton, Wichita'Falls, Denison, Sherman, Cleburne, Co sicana, Hills-
boro, Ennis, VWaxahachie, Petrolia, Byers, Alvord, Sunset, Decatur, Bellevue,
Bridgeport, Iowa Park, Whitesboro and Bowie.
Rendering Gas Service of Modern and Satisfactory Character
MUNICIPAL GAS COMPAlNY
"A Partner With the Public"
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