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Pinedale Roundup
Pinedale, Sublette County, Fremont County, Wyoming
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State Examiner A. L. Putnam's 1928 report to Governor Emerson details county government maintenance costs in Wyoming, including per-county expenditures totaling $2,802,203.05, assessed valuations, per capita costs averaging $13.57, and per thousand valuation costs averaging $6.34.
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COUNTY GOVERNMENT
IN WYOMING, 1928
In his report to Governor Emerson, on the cost of maintaining county government in Wyoming for the year 1928 State Examiner A. L. Putnam has a tabulated statement of the cost of each department of government for each county, with total expenditures for the year. The tabulation also shows the assessed valuation, the expenditure per thousand of valuation, the population by the 1925 census, expenditures per capita, outstanding warrants and certificates December 31, 1928, and cash in the county general fund at the end of the year, for each county.
The total cost of government for the various counties are given as follows:
Albany $123,379.03
Big Horn 118,747.77
Campbell 107,476.85
Carbon 196,207.65
Converse 163,384.06
Crook 87,677.59
Fremont 125,416.88
Goshen 121,676.35
Hot Springs 77,862.18
Johnson 95,877.86
Laramie 230,228.76
Lincoln 120,355.95
Natrona 357,849.11
Niobrara 61,737.56
Park 107,201.07
Platte 91,509.28
Sheridan 171,902.94
Sublette 33,396.14
Sweetwater 185,038.79
Teton 19,060.05
Uinta 80,461.12
Washakie 48,342.42
Weston 77,413.64
Total $2,802,203.05
The average per capita cost of County Government, based upon the census of 1925, was $13.57. Albany County had the lowest per capita cost of $9.70 and Johnson the highest, it being $24.02.
The average cost per thousand of assessed valuation was $6.34. In this comparison Albany County was lowest with a cost of $4.59 per thousand and Johnson County highest with $9.33 per thousand.
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Wyoming
Event Date
1928
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total expenditures $2,802,203.05; average per capita cost $13.57; average per thousand assessed valuation $6.34; albany county lowest per capita $9.70 and per thousand $4.59; johnson county highest per capita $24.02 and per thousand $9.33.
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State Examiner A. L. Putnam reported to Governor Emerson on county government costs in Wyoming for 1928, including tabulated departmental costs per county, assessed valuations, 1925 census populations, per capita expenditures, outstanding warrants and certificates as of December 31, 1928, and cash in general funds at year-end.