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iii. constitution and administration of sweden.
Table 42. Specification (for the towns) of the Expenses headed »Public
buildings etc.» and »Other purposes» in Table 41. In Kronor.1
Average 1876/80. Average 1881/85. Average 1886/90. Average 1891/95. In 1899.
A) t Public buildings etc.*
Houses»................................ 1,842,000 2,578,000 2,549,000 3,835,000 11,289,000
Streets, markets, and squares... 2,356,000 4,418,000 3,765,000 3,278,0001 3,975,000 i
Harbours and bridges ............ 2,274,000 2,199,000 1,765,000 2,313,000 3,866,000!
Scavenging........................................................334,000 462,000 557,000 848,000 j 1,451,0001
Street-lighting..............................................537,000 601,000 756,000 895,000 1 986,000,
Waterworks......................................................579,000 819,000 1,062,000 1,166,000 2,693,000
Fire-organization........................................610,000 _505,000 564,000 702,000; 1,071,000
Total for the towns 8,032,000 11,582,000 11,018,000 13,037,000 25,331,000
Country communities 2,269,000 2,111,000 3,368,000 4^.25.000 10,419.000
Total 10,301,000 13,693,000 14,386,000 17,562,000 35,750,000 i
B) > Other purposes, t
Administration»..........................................1,034,000 1,073,000 1,113,000 1,128,000 1,213,000
Police......................................................................1,256,000 1,439,000 1,738,000 2,190,000 2,573,000!
Interest on loans.........................2,994,000 4,100,000 4,934,000 5,767,000 6,533,0001
Total for the towns 5,284,000 j 6,612,000 7,785,000 9,085,000 10,319,000
Couniry communities 3,155.000 3,869,000 4,239,000 4,784,000 6,247,000
Total I 8,439,000 110,481,000 12,024,000 13,869,000 116,566,000
As we have already mentioned, in towns the right of decision is
exercised in municipal matters by a representative. In the smallest
towns this right is optional. These representatives are called Town
Councils (Stadsfullmäktige) and are elected by ratepayers according
to the graduated suffrage-scale (vid. page 250). The number of
Councilors is dependent on the population; the highest number allowed is
60, except at Stockholm, which has 100. Councilors are elected for
four years (at Stockholm only for two), half the number of whom have
to be elected every other year (in Stockholm every year).
D) The executive authorities in the communities are quite
different in the Country and in the Towns. In the country, every
community has, as a rule, a single executive authority, viz. the Vestry
Board (Kommunalnämnden), which is composed of at least 3, at most
11 members elected for four years, and half the number is changed
every other year. The members of the Vestry Board do not receive
any remuneration for their work. The rector of the parish is also
entitled to attend at Vestry Board meetings. In some communities, a
special Board of Guardians is elected. — In towns, the communal
executive authorities are, to a certain extent, mixed with those of the State.
The municipal authority is confided to the Magistrates, who, however,
at the same time compose a Court of First Instance. The Magistrates
1 A krona = 1*10 shilling = 0’268 dollar. — » Expenses for churches, schools,
charitable institutions, and infirmaries not included. These are entered under their own
respective headings in Table 41. — ’ Jurisdiction included.
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