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iii. CONSTITUTION AND ADMINISTRATION OF SWEDEN.

Table 45. Receipts and expenditures of the County councils.

(A krona = l’io shilling or 0-268 dollar.)

Average for the years Receipts. Kronor. Expenditures. Kronor.
Taxes. Other. Total. Sanitary measures. Other. TotaL


1876/80......... 1,123,000 1,108,000 2,231,000 1,375,000 784,000 2,130,000

1881/85......... 1,294,000 1,160,000 2,4S4,000 1,442,000 1,174,000 2,«l«,000

1886/90..................1,409.000 1,581,000 2,000,000 1,819.000 1,172,000 2, Ml,00»

1891/95..................1,698,000 2,039,000 3,737,000 2,358,000 1,476,000 3,834,000

In 1899........2,059,000 2,926,000 4,085,000 3,030,000 1,680,000 4,710,000

These Councils ordinarily meet annually in September at the capital of the
Lftn, but cannot, at most, be assembled for more than seven working-days. The
President is appointed by the Government from among the members of the Council.
The governor has a right to take part in debates, but not in resolutions. Every
member has a vote in the ballot; for certain resolutions 8/s of the votes are
required, in other cases a bare majority. The Government, the Governor, as well
as every Councilor has the right of introducing bills. All the most important
resolutions, to have validity, must be ratified by the governor. In the case of
such ratification being refused, an appeal lies to the Government.

County Councils transact the development of trade, means of
communication, hygiene, education etc. The care of the sick has become the
most important object of their attention, and takes 60 per cent of all their
expenses (cf. Table 45). Their principal receipts consist of a share in
the fees for sale of spirits (cf. page 282) etc.; where further revenues
are necessary, the County Council imposes taxes, i. e. partly a poll-tax
for the care of the sick, amounting at most to 50 öre (about 6 V2 d.) for
every adult male not especially exempted, and half that sum for every
woman, — partly a tax which is assessed according to the »General
Supply», corresponding to what is done in communities (vide page 251).

The County Councils have also an important political mission in
electing members of the Upper House of the Riksdag (cf. page 179).

4. CHURCH AND RELIGION.

At the first glance the Swedes appear to be one of the most
homogeneous peoples in the world as regards church and religion; for
of the population of Sweden there is hardly one in a thousand who
does not belong to the Protestant faith, while more than ninety-nine
per cent are members of one and the same religious organization, the
Swedish Lutheran Church. On closer investigation, however, it will be
found that a great many different phases of religious belief prevail,
and indeed it may be maintained that no Christian people of the
present time, with the exception of the Anglo-Saxon race, is affected
by such a warm religious interest as are the Swedes.

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