No. 237.-LEVIES OF GENERAL PROPERTY TAXES, 1930 to 1937, AND ASSESSED VALUATION OF PROPERTY, 1937, FOR CITIES OF 100,000 OR MORE INHABITANTS [In thousands of dollars]

471, 296

1 226, 3212 229, 405 3 188, 131

153, 470

2, 171, 682 2,088, 017 1, 845, 371 1, 772, 647 1, 774, 451 1, 806, 463 1, 821, 258 56, 716, 888

92,970

80, 147

104.258

5

65, 702

Los Angeles.

66,233

84, 610

66. 233

61, 035

2,291, 720

55, 180

36, 110

33, 431

61, 942

1, 168, 927

30, 212 1, 125, 977 34,874 1,621, 821

63. 153

47.541

1,625, 194

24,650

980, 422

25. 254

13

Milwaukee.

21, 453

35.622

1,780, 269

38,080

940, 266

25, 161

963, 317

24, 260

16

New Orleans.

20,971

23, 580

550, 214

420, 530

35.085

806, 105

34,350

28,817

19, 342

961,938

20

Seattle..

24, 525

19, 342

250, 450

22

Rochester.

20, 649

505, 862

27

Columbus, Ohio.

28

Toledo.

15, 947

11. 363

12, 406

15.026

257, 263

11,380

12,855

10, 619

363, 132

8,892

11, 798

13, 246

8, 329

35

Akron

5, 760

12, 227

160,000

10, 427

9, 525

9.890

208, 727

8.527

41

Dayton.

10, 112

12, 531

7,819

375, 398

42

Oklahoma City.

6,661

5,038

5,030

43

Worcester.

10, 238

5,033

110,839

10, 586

7.365

10, 480

7,041

285,058

6, 550

265, 913

46

Grand Rapids.

263.586

47

Fort Worth.

7.842

7. 188

7, 188

6, 719

9, 320

162, 381

9.447

Flint.

8, 611

New Haven..

8,941

4,825

San Diego.

Long Beach.

8,322

6,756

8,695

175,063 308, 411 149,066

Nashville

6, 273

208, 124

Springfield, Mass.

8,787

160, 548

Tulsa.

7.045

9, 165

284, 593

5.517

7.840

5, 086

7,724

100, 523

Des Moines.

7,685

6.932

7.741

232, 613

Scranton.

6, 218

Salt Lake City.

4. 727

6, 411

107, 193

130, 910

10,982

314, 896

6.778

6, 349

7,774

173, 514

71,951

8, 033

64

Norfolk

5, 402

7,662

65 Trenton.

233, 028 150,817

6. 068

4, 638

Kansas City, Kans.

5, 061

3, 943

5, 158

112.424

4, 605

Fort Wayne..

5. 488

93, 707

Camden..

6, 741

Erie.

4,801

136,578

Elizabeth

5, 640

Wichita.

5, 413

139, 675

Spokane.

Fall River.
Cambridge..

For footnotes, see p. 237,

4,314

5, 104

70, 942

6, 391

3,815

7, 160

6, 393

96, 876

No. 237.-LEVIES OF GENERAL PROPERTY TAXES, 1930 to 1937, AND ASSESSED VALUATION OF Property, 1937, FOR CITIES OF 100,000 OR MORE INHABITANTS— Continued

Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; annual report, Financial Statistics of Cities.

No. 238.-REVENUES, COST PAYMENTS, GROSS AND NET DEBT OF GENERAL GOVERNMENT AND OF PUBLIC-SERVICE ENTERPRISES, FOR CITIES OF 100,000 OR MORE INHABITANTS SUMMARY: 1926, 1936, AND 1937

Includes data for public-service enterprises.

* Includes administrative expense of enterprises owned but leased for operation.

* Included in data for general government.

Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; annual report, Financial Statistics of Cities.

No. 239.-BOND ISSUES-CITY PROPOSALS VOTED ON IN GENERAL ELECTIONS, BY NUMBER OF PROPOSALS, AMOUNTS SUBMITTED, AND NUMBER OF CITIES SUBMITTING: 1938 AND 1939

* South Atlantic,

East South Central, and West South Central. In 1938, 12 cities and in 1939, 4 cities both approved and defeated bond-issue proposals.

Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; special releases.

No. 240.-EMPLOYEES OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS, FOR CITIES OF 100,000 OR MORE INHABITANTS-NUMBER, JANUARY 1940, AND AMOUNT OF PAY ROLLS, JANUARY 1940 AND YEAR 1939

NOTE.-Figures in this table cover both full-time and part-time permanent employees and temporary employees. The data are reported separately for general governmental functions and public-service enterprises operated by the municipal government. Persons on work-relief and employees of contractors and schools are excluded. A blank space indicates figures were not reported

No. 240.-EMPLOYEES OF MUNICIPAL Governments, fOR CITIES OF 100,000 OR MORE INHABITANTS-NUMBER, JANUARY 1940, AND AMOUNT OF PAY ROLLS, JANUARY 1940 AND YEAR 1939-Continued

1 Pay period ended nearest Jan. 31.

871

79

1,746

206

2, 002

594

101

29

927

51

120

967

102

122

15

996

1,355

359

1,427

73

In some cases data are for December 1939 or some other month in 1939.
Calendar year, or in some cases, fiscal year ended in 1939.

Excludes employees and pay rolls of Sanitary and Park Districts.
Includes 11,664 temporary election employees earning $58,000 in the month.

Includes 4,649 temporary election and registration employees earning $149,000 in 1939.
Monthly pay roll estimated by city officials as one-twelfth of annual pay rolls.
Covers only classified civil service employees. Data for employees as of Dec. 1, 1939.
Includes bridge employees not reported separately from harbor-facilities employees.

10 Excludes employees of Colorado Museum of Natural History and Denver Art Museum, to which city contributed a lump sum.

11 Data are for 1938. Excludes hospital and charities employees earning $283,472 in 1938.

Includes 25 temporary employees, some of whom apparently also performed general governmental functions but are not reported twice.

Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; State and Local Government Quarterly Employment Survey, Vol. 1, No. 3.