Presented below are a number of transactions for the City of Smithville that occurred during fiscal year $2023,$ the year for which the budget given in Chapter $3$ was recorded. Read all instructions carefully.

a$.$ After opening the data file containing your data from Chapters $2$ and $3$ of this project, record the following transactions in the general journal for the General Fund and, if applicable, in the general journal for governmental activities at the government$-$wide level. For all entries, the date selected should be year $2023.$ For each of the paragraphs that requires entries in both the General Fund and governmental activities journals, you can either record them in both journals on a paragraph$-$by$-$paragraph basis or$,$ alternatively, record all the General Fund journal entries first for all paragraphs, then complete the governmental activities journal entries for all paragraphs. Regardless Si the method you choose, we recommend that you refer to the illustrative journal entries in Chapter $4$ of the Reck, Lowensohn, and Neely textbook $(19$th edition$)$ for guidance in making all entries.$$

For each entry affecting budgetary accounts or operating statement accounts, you will be directed to the Detail Journal to allow you to record the appropriate amounts in the detail budgetary or actual accounts, as was the case in Chapter $3.$

$3.[$Para$.4-$a$-3]$ The General Fund transferred $$38,750$ to the Street Improvement Bond Debt Service Fund to assist with interest payments due on July $1,2023$ and January $1,2024.$ Required: Record this transaction in the General Fund only. The transaction has no effect at the government$-$wide level since it occurs between two governmental activities. Do not record this transaction in the Street Improvement Bond Debt Service Fund until instructed to do so in Chapter $6$ of this case.