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392 TEXAS ALMANAC.-1952-1953.
STATE'S GOVERNMENTAL COST EXPENDITURES, 1920, 1930, 1940 AND 1950
Figures below on the cost of Texas State Government are from reports of the State
Auditor and State Comptroller of Public Accounts:
,-----Total Expenditures, Years Ended Aug. 31-
Purpose- 1920. 1930 1940. 1950.
Legislative ........................ $390,342.74 $793,442.36 $32,047.07 $404,544 61
Judicial ............. ....... 1,463,293.78 2,512,328.39 2,317,504.86 2,842,943 13
Executive and administrative ..... 615,037.67 911,313.66 2,236,914.11 4,792,638 54
Protection to persons and property .... 463,999.27 484,599.13 1,649,597.19 6,065,887.75
Regulation of business and industry.... 447,692.40 833,609.70 2,464,036.25 4,127,122 67
Conservation of health and sanitation 235,901.68 217,655.09 1,299,250.94 9,428,794 84Development and conservation of natural
resources ........ ...........
Highways .. ...................
Eleemosynary and correctional
Educational ............. .......
Parks and monuments..............
Public welfare (pensions and benefits).
Payment on public debt. . .....
Miscellaneous governmental cost.Total .. ...... .... ..
737,220.08 1,813,887.29
2,411,286.26 47,052,605.51
4,108,995.28 6,636,021.68
20,742,043.83 39,289,548.57
........ 17,693.63
1,524,448.85 2,917,131.15
135,091.00 191,836.50
223,372.99 800.59
$33,498,724.83 $103,672,473.302,269,438.46
53,720,158.87
8,091,871.26
58,579,342.41
169,276.41
29,460,943.76
3,384,725.98
42,504.65
$165,717,612.22*Includes transfer of $5,372,673.29 in county-and-road-district-highways fund to counties
8,143,140 99
"123,486,034 00
23,560,113 25
211,820,152 03
450,822 09
132,036,789.50
33,136.00
60,334.08
$527,252,453.48STATE GOVERNMENT COST 1847-1950
Table below was compiled by W. E. Long,
Texas Legislative Service, Austin, Texas,
from sources in the State Comptroller's office,
Dr. E. T. Miller's "Financial History of
Texas" and the archives of the Texas State
Library. It shows annual total cost of running
the Texas State Government, beginning with
the first fiscal year, 1847, after annexation.
until the end of the fiscal year, Aug. 31, 1950.
Any record of such long duration must take
into account the swings of inflation which
affect state as well as personal spending
capacity. Note also the table above showing
the state's governmental costs by classes of
expenditures, in 1920, 1930, 1940 and 1950.
Year- Cost. Year- Cost.
1847....... $127,677 1899 ...... 5,542,216
1848....... 115,972 1900 ...... 5,754,218
1849 ...... 82,232 1901....... 6,220,642
1850....... 148,055 1902 6,619,264
1851........ 115,372 1903 ... 7,212,991
1852....... 1,282,578 1904...... 7,372,131
1853...... 460,405 1905 ...... 7,047,565
1854...... 474,245 1906 8,385,447
1855....... 268,516 1907 ..... 7,956,769
1856....... 688,772 1908....... 9,257,356
1857........ 385,552 1909 ... .. 9,829,333
1858....... 749,936 1910....... 10,868,388
1859....... 488,812 1911..... 11,092,088
1860........ 828,726 1912..... 11,969,594
1861....... 577,593 1913....... 12,581,080
1862....... 1,055,773 1914....... 15,113,188
1863....... 1,111,281 1915 .... 16,559,844
1864 ...... 1,839,323 1916 ...... 15,020,291
1865....... 684,545 1917 . . 16,324,550
1866....... 23$,089 1918 .... 26,527,469
1867........481,858 1919....... 27,360,278
1868....... 352,051 1920....... 33,498,725
1869....... . 464,959 1921 ..... 67,223,838
1870....... 660,215 1922....... 60,484,232
1871....... 886,874 1923....... 66,041,795
1872 1,633,975 1924....... 50,919,819
1873....... 1,252,726 1925 ..... 67,210,128
1874....... 2,494,812 1926 ...... 66,381,069
1875....... 1,945,216 1927 .... 73,563,721
1876....... 2,216,349 1928 . ... 84,358,918
1877...... 1,749,681 1929....... 84,478,447
1878...... 1,907,220 1930 ...... 103,672,473
1879....... 2,351,000 1931 ...... 101,164,453
1880....... 2,922,342 1932....... 95,800,981
1881....... 2,349,973 1933 ..... 107,922,451
1882...... 3,747,246 1934....... 111,866,296
1883....... 3,509,353 1935.... 111,001,067
1884....... 3,253,114 1936....... 125,693,992
1885....... 3,802,002 1937....... 144,770,274
1886....... 3,872,647 1938....... 157,747,878
1887....... 4,111,603 1939....... 164,323,500
1888....... 4,520,485 1940....... 165,717,612
1889....... 4,458,663 1941...... 166,073,023
1890....... 4,162,960 .1942....... 205,741,882
1891....... 4,722,623 1943....... 181,795,949
1892....... 5,055,922 1944....... 142,234,249
1893........5,385,541 1945.. 186,493,191
1894....... 4,525,500 1946....... 238,616,434
1895....... 4,438,029 1947....... 319,988,101
1896....... 5,557, 03 1948....... 403,983,966
1897....... 5,389,075 1949....... 443,776,824
1898....... 5,140,261 1950 ..... 527,252,453State Receipts-Summary
Below is a summary of receipts to the State
Government of Texas for the fiscal year end-
ed Aug. 31, 1950. In the first column are
given the percentages of revenue from each
source. This shows how the state's dollar was
obtained. In the second column are given the
full amounts received from each source. A
detailed statement of receipts is found on
following pages.
Cents
Source- of Each Amount
DollarRevenue receipts:
Ad valorem tax .....
Inheritance tax .......
Poll tax ..............
Store tax m f1
Gross receipts and pro-
duction tax .
Insurance companies' oc-
pation tax ...........
Occupation taxes, miscel-
laneous ............
Cigarette tax ........
Liquor, wine and beer
tax . ... .......
Highway motor fuel tax
(gross collections)..
Less: Refund claims..
Net after refunds......
Franchise tax .........
InsUrance commission
maintenance tax....
Radios, cosmetics and
card sales tax ...
Automobile sales tax...
Automobile licenses.
Other miscellaneous taxes
and licenses ........
Total taxes and,
licenses
Fees and permits.......
Land sales, rentals and
royalties..........
Sale of commodities and
properties ...........
Court costs, fines and
suit settlements.......
Interest and penalties...
Miscellaneous revenues
Retirement contributions
Employers' contributions
-unemployment.
County, federal and oth-
er aid ...............
Total revenue receipts.0541
.0093
.0035
.0017
.1914
.0210
.0020
.0523
.0272
.1859
'.0305
.1554
.0154
.0012
.0017
.0248
.0502
.0054
.6166
.0109
.0394
.0024
.0011
.0250
.0048
.0189
.0367
.2442
1.0000$30,422,876.99
5,232,515.07
1,993,427 54
972,904.62
107,550,664 43
11,803,326 94
1,141,192 32
29,347,240 83
15,295,834.06
104,453,081.42
"17,173,722 86
87,261,358.52
8,631,903.74
693,107.47
929,131.88
13,922,136 55
28,215,216.40
3,04,003 37
$346,484,840.77
$6,144,435.98
22,140,584.45
1,329,859.60
608,260.61
14,060,023.36
2,680,381.90
10,620,764.38
20,631,682.56
137,216,067.23
$561,916,900 84Nonrevenue receipts:
Distribution of road board sur-
phis ................. ..... $5,500,000.00
Issue and sale of bonds.......... 25,000,000.00
Amount of refunds (deducted
from above) ................... 19,121,008.48
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