The New York herald., 1870-04-02
NEW YORK HERALD SATURDAY, APRIL l87o-rRIPLE SHEET

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said literature fund shall bs applied 70 the support
nucs 0i the yaited States deposit fund snal each
year oe vfoprlntcd TO and made part OF the Cap
II the law in question appropriated 40 much -
penn from her Of the three Iunds named y would
pvess ION Is sous TO lie created that oy some mcans
tnese funds guarded by the constitution aye sought
NOT ana Of necessity cannot 6c Inc case Tnas qaes.
stands.
scn0oi tax are expended. or can be expended or
affected III any way by the section oI the law whose
repeal IL asked Tor, and therefore the disc usson Of
lne question OF tneir application ~ OF place IT
The Jaw sought to be repealed IL portion OF the
OF New YORK for 1859. II has been decided by the
that tins is local bll 1t relates only that
county and mas no effect upon the taxpayers VINO
reside III any 0kher county IN the STATE. rhe tax
levies in other counties made up In their respec-
would DC considered an unwarrantable interference
for citizens 10 20 out OF their own counties and dic-
tate y supe. vIsors ~ negh1oling countes what
however, Is substantially ta's case. The estimates
or the New YORK tax evles are prepared
then considered ana enacted by the Legislature
II is certainly proper In local matters 10 regard
lhe wishes OF the local mcmpers, and In lnls case
twenty out OF The twenty-one members from New
York desire the law OF 1859 10 remain unchanged
They say their constituents are satisfied with IL and
are opposed 10 the bill under Consideration. Have
citizens IN other counties ight to denaud that the
cltzens oi the county OF New York should refuse to
ala its suffering poor, whether they ragged
schools or elscwhereY Is not the demand that mas
been maze IN this case unauthorized by the facts?
rne following are the provisions Of The New YORK
SECTION 10. Hereafter an annual amount equal to
twenty per cent on the excise moneys received for
said city 1865 to be distributed under the direc-
ton oI officer 10 be appointed for that purpose
by the Board OF Education Tor said city (wnose
pensaton shall be pad from such amount), for Inc
SupDOlt or SCHOOLS cuuCliiDg cliturcu xratultOusy
SAID city are not provided for In the common
schools thereof excepting thcrefrom schools rece.y.
ing contributions Tor their support from the city
Inls Il no unusual provision. 1t provides assist.
ance 10 numerous charity week day schools that iuf
nsh facilities Tor acquiring an education to class
OF destitute persons wnca are always found In any
large ciiy Almost every city IN the state and very
many counties are yearly taxing themselves ior
similar charitable purposes. ana 80 are aiding rag
the Gay In school and III some cases furnished
with a meal az noontme The statue books Tor
the last fifteen years snow many appropriations OF
state moneys TO colleges and universities that are
not STATE lDsitutionS and are notorlously con-
trolied by c.iaues and sets and In regard 10
these appropriations not u word OF Objection
has been raised. But when the county OF New York
wants 10 TAX Itself alone. to aid. elevate aud edu-
cate It's poorer classes, 1t Is met with remonssances
from citizens OF other counties. VINO do not nave
pay one dollar OF the tax ana are IN no way inter-
esed IN it. Besides, the money appropriated is con-
by the city Of New York TO the Excise Board OF the
Metropolitan dlstrc.. New YORK city pays about
ont Ol the received Dy Metro
poiltan Excise Board $200,000 OF THIS excise money
goes 10 an inebriate asylum in Kings county, aud
$75 Coz or 100000 0the Binghamton Asy lun. And
shall 1t Dc SAID that the city OF New York, paying
IN TINS way 100000 t0nssltutions which are pro.
baby OF no benefit to her Citizens should be den ed
tue privilege or paying smaller amount towards
aiding in the care and culture OF its poorP The
money Is not paid over,sto be sure, directly by
the Excise Commissioners 10 the Board OF Educa-
tion but In Substance that S the case, for 5000 900
or 1t goes to The New York county sinking fund.-
and by tie provisions OF the section IN question
about 500 0v0 Of that amount ID paid for the pur
pose named. so 1t Is substantially the excise
moneys, anu the very fact that they are mentioned
III the section, show, tnat the trainers OF the law
had In view their amount, aud believed that II
was as proper tnaL some Of that money should be
expended III New York as In Kings or Br0Ome coun-
ties. But there another serious consideration ia
this matter IN WHICH almost every county In the
state outside OF New YORK Is pecuniarlly interested.
ihi5 is presented by an examination OF The amount
OF school tax pad by the various counties. the
amount Of scboo tax received back BY each county,
ana the amount or common school tund received BY
each county and by comparison OF the amounts
pad by the var ious counties, with the total amounts
received by sad cOuatles from the State Ihe
state, hew York. klrgs, Westchester and ColumbIa
chat pay more mone lii school tax to the state than
they uraw from the State Tor the support OF their
SCHOOLS.
All the other countes are drawing and receiving
moie or tne school moneys from the State than they
re paying 70 IT, The schools or all the other coun-
ties are part supported, therefore, by the four
counties named. Tie following are the figures OF a
few OF the cQunttes:-