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Sheriff Office Costs in 1950 Raise Iowa County Burdens
The Iowa Taxpayers' Association reports Muscatine County paid 42 cents per resident for sheriff maintenance in 1950, based on a population of 32,148 and expenses of 13,583 dollars. Statewide per person costs ranged from 51 cents to 58 cents, with 6 high counties at up to 93 cents and 6 low counties as low as 27 cents.
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Sheriff’s Office
Muscatine County
Iowa Taxpayers’ Assn
Cedar County
Louisa County
Iowa
Auditor of State
Dickinson
Lucas
Greene
Adams
Fremont
Guthrie
Jasper
Sioux
Delaware
Johnson
Black
Floyd
Taxpayers’ Association