The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-23


THE ESTIMATES FOR EDUCATION RETURNED BY THE
COMPTROLLER AND CONAIssIONERe.
The President, E. c. Benedict ESQ, In the chair.
The Board met last evening The principal subject
before them was communication from the Board OK
Commissioners, consisting Of the Mayor Recorder,
Comptroller the Presidents Of the Boards of Aldermen
and Councilmen to whom submitted the estimates
Of the appropriations required by the Board of Euca
ton shown by the report made to the Supervisors
der chapter 1856 Of the laws Of 1851 duplicate of such
estimate for 1856 having been placed In his hands by the
Clerk Of the Board Of Education for this purpose.
The Board have been furnished with printed state
ment Of application to the Common Council by the
Clerk call from the Comptroller, to know whether
the estimates placed in his hands to be laid before the
Commissioners embraced the deficiencies af 1854 well
the sums required for 1866 To this the Clerk
swered that it did not include Of $l0so 90
}Sss. make up 'en''en'' ~ 'ns expenditures Of
The Commissioners will consider the two statements
making up the appropriation which by the charter
they required to take into consideration.
The estimated appropriation for the year 1885, given
in report prepared for the Board of Supervisors,
he deficiency Of 1854 as shown in the re-
port OF the Common Council is........ los, Dol 90
The total sum required ,1S4, l01 %
The report Of the Board Of Education refers
purposes without direct call from their Board; and Is
is added that the of S13 4S is apporoned from
o not s be-
overlooked however, that the school fund.- separate
yields to the city only the ct thirty thousand
dollars.
In considering this question in regard to It's connec
the fact that whilst the Of $l31 sos IS s appor
TONED to the city from the State Treasury the civ n
be raised BY tax and paid over before the city can
rave rave me benefit o. the sls sos 4s referred TO-
chs sssl 'q% from hs us deceived By the
Instruction. and paid over TO the Board Of Education:
but the city pays indirse. take: 70 get this
the distribution share Of the city
In this view Of the matter the case stands thus-Ac-
must be put in the levy Of 1856 We include the
deficiency Of 1854 and deduct 900 derived from the
ssnoei .and ,h p1opeI the total su%of o.
seSSoOo, and deduct $3.50 IT leaves. $4,000 o.
Showing an increase in year of.... $751;, lol 90
ms Is an increase in single year of more than %
The Board Of Commissioners consider that IN re,-,
Ing this report TO the Board Of Education for their re-
consideration and for reduction Of this increase thew
are doing an act OF simple justice TO the tar and
reccmms nding measure not Inconsistent with the pros
perity and permanent welfare OF the schools
liabilities incurred must be pd op isSs being for
Sws wiz enable the agents Of the city government to
The Board, therefore, have confined their objections
tosundry items in the estimate Of 1885 by which thev
suppose that the increase Of ssSi 900 may be divided
ment to the cause Of common school Instruction
The Beard Of Commissioners for before Ryep
object to the following items:-
1.-The sum required for two sites Of school
a1Tbe item for two $4,000
Fifteenth ward and the other in the Twenty
second ward, amounting to.................. 60 600
sEThe item Of sa5, 900 for schoolhouse in the
1.-The item Of $4,000 for extending primary ''000
5The item Of $50 600 for farnsh III: aSo1: s0o'
The item Of for rebuilding house in '00o
THE item Of SO 600 for putting an :a,. Az"o
fion,i story on schoofhouse No. J, in the
sThe item Of $4,000 for adding wing: to i000
houses In the Seventh ward .............. $4,000
The Board Of Commissioners do not inierpose sny oh
econs to the various items, amounting aggregate
O. siss 600 which was appropriated By the present
had acted the estimate made for the year 1854 and
had made provision for the whole sum which the board
Of Education deemed necessary the service for the
year But they most respectfully invite the consdera
ticn Of the Board to the dsapponments to indviduas
and the endorsements to the city government grow
ing out Of departure from the NECESSARY rule Of con-
nnng the expenditures Of the to the estimates and
Is .r the cases make
becomes necessary to increase salaries make other
allowances ade,ting the interests Of large numbers
that the allowance should be made at time when the
appropriation and the payment can be simultaneous
cnange. III the trustees OF the Whtus VINO NIX
the salaries OF teachers had made application to the
Board Of Education to add sixty thousand dollars TO the
estimate Of 1853 and IL authority had been obtained
from the legislature place that in the
levy OF 1884, the teachers would have been regularly
paid and they well the public agents would have
been saved from disappointment on the hand, and
perplexity on the other.
The communication referred to committee Of
three composed of the President of the Board, aud
Nessrs. Waterbury, Of the Twentieth ward and De-
peyster Of the Eighth together with the Finance Com
D, ittec.
APPLICATION DEFICIENCIES RETURNED COUNCIL
MEN.
The application of the Board Of Education made to tina
Common Council for sos 0s1 o6, to supply deficiencies
was returned to them.
On motion the application was ordered to be returned
to the Councilmen, accompanied by letter from the
President.
After disposng of the ordinary routine business the
Board adjourned to meet again Wednesday next at
O'Clock