......................................... 27.1
Public works, street cleaning, etc................. 27.
Police............................................. 8.4
Administrative expenses (salaries of municipal
officials and cost of tax collection).............. 7.5
Public lighting.................................... 7.
Sanitation......................................... 4.
Charity............................................ 2.2
Municipal debts.................................... 1.9
Miscellaneous...................................... 14.2
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In view of the lack of resources or interest on the part of
municipalities and the central government, services of a public nature
have frequently been assumed by private initiative. Many clubs and
lodges maintain schools. Firemen's corps, where there are any, are
volunteer organizations. For charity work, hospitals, educational
work, etc., local committees are formed which raise funds by private
subscription or by lottery, and in a number of towns the embellishment
of the plazas is in charge of a "junta de ornato.
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