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302 III. CONSTITUTION AND ADMINISTRATION.
Table 59. Revenue and Expenditure of the County Councils.
1 Revenue (kronor) Expenditure (kronor)
Annually Taxes Other Total Public health Other Total
1876 -80 ... . 1 123 000 1 108 000 2 231 000 1 375 000 784 000 2159000
1881 -85 ... . 1 294 000 1 160 000 2 454 000 1 442 000 1 174 000 2 016000
1886 -90 .... 1 409 000 1 581 000 2990000 1 819 000 1 172 000 2 991000
1891 -95 ... . 1 698 000 2 039 000 3 737 000 2 358 000 1 476 000 3 834 000
1896- -00 .... 2 042 000 2 802 000 4 844 000 3 105 000 1 632 000 4 737 000
1901 -05 ... . 3 153 000 3 572 000 6 725 000 5 044 000 2 151 000 7 195 000
1906- -10 ... . 5 973 000 4 602 000 10 575 000 7 447 000 3 501 000 10JM8 000
1910 6 661 000 4 547 000 11 208 000 8 717 000 3 781 000 12 498000
1911 6 780 000 6 390 000 13170000 8 610 000 4 167 000 12 777 000
The number of County Councillors varies between 22 and 96, and
amounts, on an average, to 49 in each council. These are elected separately
in the country and in the towns: in the towns, one for every 3 000
inhabitants; in the country one for every 5 000 inhabitants. In the country the
electoral unit is the judicial circuit (domsaga) but this area is subdivided
into constituencies if it has a population of more than 30 000 inhabitants.
Minor towns are combined into one constituency. The election, which is
direct and by ballot, usuall3T takes place in the Communal Meeting
(Kommunalstämma) or the Municipal Meeting (Rådstuga): and the votes in each
constituency are afterwards collectively counted in accordance with the
proportional method explained elsewhere (p. 206). To be elegible as a
County Councillor a man must be 25 years old, have his domicile within
the Län, and also have the right to vote within the constituency. Women
are not eligible. The election is for four years. A County Councillor
receives his travelling expenses and, if he lives outside the place where the
Council meels, a daily allowance of 6 kr.
These Councils usually meet every year in September at the capital of the
Län, but cannot remain assembled for more than eight 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 the debates, but not in the
resolutions. In the event of a division, every member has one vote:- for
certain resolutions two-thirds of the votes are required; in other cases, a bare
ma-tority. The Government, the Governor, as well as every Councillor has the
right of introducing measures. All the more important resolutions, must, if
they are to have validity, be ratified by the Governor: if such ratification be
refused, an appeal lies to the Government.
County Councils deal with all matters of administrations which concerns
the Län, the development of trade, means of communication, public health,
education etc. The care of the sick has become the most important object of
their attention, and takes 60 % of all their expenses (Table 59). Their
principal receipts consist in a share in the profits from the sale of spirits
(cf. below1), the fees of paying-patients in the hospitals, etc.: where
further revenues are necessary, the County Council imposes taxes — such as a
1 Temperance Question,
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