244 THE FISCAL PROBLEM IN MISSOURI 
sources, the interest on the school fund certificates is the 
most important, and the remainder consists of miscellaneous 
amounts. The total for each year agrees with the total for 
the same year in Table 77, and the two tables present a 
complete picture of the expenditures from the state school 
monevs fund as well as the sources of the credits to the fund. 
Total State Aid Distributions for Maintenance of Public Schools 
In order that total state aid apportionments for public 
school purposes may be compared with maintenance ex- 
penditures for all state functions, it is necessary to present the 
data on a state fiscal year basis. Table 79 shows the total 
maintenance expenditures of the state and the total appor- 
tionments for public school purposes for the years 1924 to 
1928, inclusive. The amounts shown for school apportion- 
ments include the distribution of the moneys in the county 
insurance tax fund!, which are apportioned in October of 
each year, and other allotments resulting from direct appro- 
priations. Apportionments from the state school moneys 
fund are included in the total, but, since the data are for the 
years ending December 31, they are not directly comparable 
with those in Table 77. 
TABLE 79: STATE SCHOOL APPORTIONMENTS IN RELATION 
to ToraL STATE EXPENDITURES FOR MAINTENANCE, 
Missouri, 1924-1928 
Source: United States Bureau of the Census, Financial Statistics of States series 
V ory 
Te <' Ftzte Expenditure 
for Maintenance 
State School 
Apportionment= 
Per Cent of Total Ex- 
penditures for 
Maintenance 
70 
yy 
¢ 
Y 
According to the data in Table 79, school apportionments 
in 1928 amounted to almost $6.3 million, or 25.89, of the 
maintenance expenditures of the state. In the preceding year 
23.09% of all maintenance expenditures were accounted for by 
the school apportionment, while in 1926 the proportion was 
1 Tn 1928 there was apportioned $1,160,228 from this fund.