National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-06

act Of IL assh Of tsne, ls7s, c.ts apart for The
payneatcf teachers certain percentage Of IL
taxes that are collectedi A. Yes, cir.
9. New understand you 10 say that SIS, =
goo and upwards has been celleeted daring 1he
present fiecal year, about 81 200 OF which
would belong to the teacAess, Ii 1 undesstand
your statement. A. Yes, ~; know that the
teachers haze got their sAare, and geed deal
more.
Q. That is just what I am going 70 inquire
about, ut in general terms. 4. We keQ
in that general terms. Once IN tesree'or Il
months we post up.
Q. But since tAa first Of jay last Aat
amount of money aB been collecsed on account
of this teachers sand, II l understand you. A
Yes, cir.
q. Now give % a. accurate = statement ii
you can as TO he amount pr months A.
wiz give Il % you accurately now. The
amount collected is s1S1 ,9ss36. said e1S7,
0o9; 5000 Oft, I find, Il applied to buildings
As to the anyount required Rcnthly to pay thu
teachers, l isave nothing before me to show
that.
By the Chairman: The superintendent ca,
state thai, presumed 4. Yes, sir; thini
he can tell:all about that
Mr.. Wilson, (the suderfntendent.) It d
about $4,000 per month, that Ii for all Ii.
teachers in the District.
@. For how many months during the pres
ent fiscal year have the teachers been paid
A. think only five; The superintendent, how
ever, can answer that better than can.
Q. Have they been paid anything since tn,
LIST of September A. No, sir.
Q. How do you make It five months of tb,
present fiscal year that have been paid A.
presume was thinking of five months Of tn,
annual. t.-
By Mr.. Harrington: M. Merrick and myeel
do not understand you. Does this S31 600 EN-
brace the whole Dtstx3cti A. The whsle o
the District.
Q. Since the LIST of September, then, nothin,
has been paid to the seachersl A. No, sir
that is my impression; rs 1 said before, can
not speak certainly without ] have, my book
before me.
@. may have misunderstood your testi
mony. Does the amount that has been pait
| to the teachers for July and August, of 1873
consume the whole Of the teachers fund tina
has been collected durtag the present fscs
yeare A. 1t does not vary much from It
think It exceeds the amonnt paid the teacher
exceeds what we have collected.
the answer of the Governor to the inquiries o.
the committee states precisely how mnch Il
due to teachersa A. Yes, sir.
The Chairman. That is my impression, that
there is an exhibit in that answer that shows
precisely how much is due the teachers, both
In Washington, Georgetown and the county
Gov. Shepherd. Yes, sir.
By Senator Allison: @. Iwould infer from
your last answer that you have paid out Of
the last fiscal yeara A. During the present
fiscal year.
Q. You have collected during the present
fiscal year sums of money which you have
paid out to teachers due prior to the first Of
Jnlya A. Yes, sir.
Q: That is, you owed teachers on that dayl
A. Yes, sir.
The Chairman. What school-houses have
been finished under the present District gov
ernment2 A. The Jefferson and the one on
street, named the Seaton school-house, i think.
@. Those are the only two that have been
completed! A. Yes, sir; except the colored
ones. The colored school-house, the Sumner,
and do not know whether the Stephens was
completed in this administration or not. That
all appears in the superintendent's reports.
Q. Were these buildings in course Of erection
when the present District government went
into existence! A. With the exception of the
Sumner. do not know but what the Sumner
was. -,
Mr.. Harrington. Iwould suggest to the chair
man that the superintendent Of schools is here,
and he is perfectly familiar with all these mat
tiers. He says they were contracted for and
some Of them begun.
The Chairman. want to get at this fact
Were they finished by the persons who con-
tracted for them under the contracts let by the
present government of the Districtl A. Fin
ished by the original contractors.
@. Under the original contracts? A. Yes,
SIR. r-
Q. Can you give us the names of those con-
tnctorsa A. Not here.
Q. Will you please 70 get them, If you can,
90 as to give them to US when yeu come again
Mr.. Harrington The superintendent can give
Mr. Wilson, (the superintendent. Messrs.
Hunt & Williams were the contractors for the
jefferson building.
Witness. understand the superintendent
will be called, and he will give all these.
The Chairman. The counsel, If they desire,
can examine this witness, the counsel for the
memorialists beginning and combining them
selves to one of the counsel ON each side. The
counsel who begins the examination must con-
tinue It on that side. If the counsel for the
memorialists now have any questions to put
in regard to the matter under examination this
morning they can have the privilege of doing
so.
Mr.. Merrick. It is matter we did not an
ticipate; but will ask one or two questions,
with the permission of the chairman.
@. perceive that by this act the appropria-
ton for the expenses Of schools, school teach
ers and incidentals is rated differently for
Washington city, for Georgetown and for the
county. Il Is rated at the aggregate Of thirty
three cents in the city of Washington, George
town twenty five cents, and the county at fifty
cents. You bare stated that you have re-
eelyed, in the aggregate, SlSl 900 from the
school fund.- A. The present year.
Q. Can you discriminate what portion you
have received for Washington, what. for
Georgetown, and what for the county. A. Yes,
sir.
@. On account of contingencies for Wash
ington, how muchl A. One hundred and four
thousand seven hundred and one dollars and
seventy-tw cents.
Q. Contingencies Of the school fund.- A.
Yes, sir.
6 8 IT. T1sss Es the rs0s'p''' A. No. sir those
Q. The question asked you was what pro-
portion of the gross receipts of the school fund
Tor the current year of $50, 600 had been re-
ceived respectively for the districts at Wash
ington city, Georgetown and the countya A.
gave that in my first answer.
Mr.. Merrick. did not understand you.
The Chairman. You gave it for three years.
Witness. Each year BY ITSELF
Mr.. Merrick. am asking you now-you
have just said that you received during the
current fiscal year, from the levy of taxes, for
SCHOOL puIpOets, lIO" LuC OlstIICt VI SOluhAuia,
one hundred and thirty-one thousand and odd
dollars. Am right in thata A. Yes, sir.
@. Then, I ask you, what proportion of that
was received for Washington cityl 4. In
round numbers, e104 900.
Mr.. Harrington Q. Does that refer to the
levy or the receiptsl A. To the receipts.
O. The proportion for Georgetown9
Witness. Do you coafne It to the teachers
and contingenciesl
Mr.. Merrick. Yes, teachers and contingent
cies.
A. Five thousand three hundred dollars I'm
round numbers. For Georgetown is, for the
support of public schools, including theee col
O. That you say is $5,s0Oi A. Yes, sir.
O. How much for the countya A. Two
Senator Allison. That does not make
$1S1 900.
Witness. In addition to Georgetown there
has been paid S12,5 500 for their building;
they are erecting Q new building; ought to
have stated that was thinking Of Wash
ington.
By Mr.. Merrick: Q. am not asking you
what was paid for this, that or the other pur-
pose. I am asking you what was received
A. say received.
@. OF the taxes of the school fund of these
subdivisions of the District Of Columbiai A.
Ny answer ID % given.
@. How much receivedi
Witness. For the buildingi
Mr.. Merrick. Yes, Sir.