New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-10-27
school Board.
4 special meeting OF the Board of School
Directors was held last evening.

SCuOOS 0O0HOs
4 special meeting OF the Board of School
Directors was held last evening.
Presentation. II. c. Dibble, president;
Superintendent c. w. Boothby. and Mesers.
Clark. Glaudin. lngraham, Mccarthy, Nc.
Connell, Shaw, Rey: Thompson and Tracy.
The president stated the meeting had
been called to consider the annual budget.
The secretary read the following finance
report:
To the Board o. Schoo! Directors:
GENTLEMEN-Your committee or finance
respectfully reports:
The revenue for the support Of the public
schools is derived from two sOurces-the
State and the city tax-aDd We shall give
the condition Of the several funds from the
data q. our command. which are complete
up to and including the fourteenth Vt Oc:o-
Der.
This is raised pro rata upon assessments
Of property throughout the State OF two
mills on the dollar. The assessments of
1872 flor 1879 were s22s, 666 653 e.. on which
the schoo. tax was $i57 ,3333 80. For this
the parish OF Orleans was assessed on q
valuation of $l53 pa ,3ti, and would pay
$3l6. i2S 80 This State tax is redistribu.ed
on the basis of educable children. and the
humber reported is 90 l66 in the parish Of
Orleans, and 2s6, l52 in the entire State.
New Orleans, while paying sixty -nine per
cent. receives but thirty-one and half per
cent in return, yielding, if fully paid, sil3,.
429 os. From this, of course, is to be de.
Quoted our pro rata OF general edu.
cational appropriations. salary of State
officers, expenses Of Board of Edu.
cation. etc. The city is reported
AZ having received Sl35,9l0 50. leaving
$3.50 II nndistrlbuted. Nothing further
can be looked for from this source unless,
as is probable, the city has credited 60 this
fund some funds OF other years. The State
assessments of 1873 for 1874 were 1924, 1885,
SIG O6, and the school tax for the entire
State would be Sa4s:..: 03. Of which Or.
leans would pay 1898 SCI so, and receive
back $il2.'67 %, less pro rata of general
expenses, AZ before. The city assessment
being $l46,.sl 40, and the basis being 6S. 9l8
educable children reported tor the city out
OF 273,slS in the State.
There must be something wrong about
this. Nine thousand one hundred and sixty.
six educable children were reported for
1873 in the old city. and G7,272 tor Isl: !,
which, with Carrollton, 1876. makes up but
6S 9l9. And of the amount coming, $lI2,.
767 -, but 2S.499 81 has been thus lar
received in the city treasury. >
JS72.-There is in the treasury $lioi 81
OF the tax assessed in 1872, which is payable
for the oldest outstanding warrants of 1871
and 1872. The amount still outstanding we
have not the means of knowing. A large
amount was funded in gold bonds by au-
thority Of an act of the Legislature.
I873-Tbere are still debts unpaid Of No
vember 1873. amounting to about $3.50, and
the rolls and accounts of December, or
about $34 600. eay in all $34, 80.
The assets are
Balance Of cash on hand. &7as 81
Outstanding city taxes. 1873. A697 0s
Outstanding State taxes Subject TO cor.
fectlOn) 1Sl9 ~
Although the board kept largely within
its estimate income, the slOwness and I'M
certainty Of collections have affected its
finances and credit, as above shown.
lS74.-The State tax receivable, as before
shown. is Sll2,.67 3. less unascertained
share Of general State expenses. OF this
amount, $2S. l99 60 has reached the treas.
ury Of the city. A further distribution. We
are informed. will take place in December.
city.
The citv tax levied for 1874 amounts to
$32: .2s3 80. The collections thus far
amount to $l.;.66i -. leaving the large
sum Of $I4S,GlS 81 outstanding, or, to use
the language Of the law, delinquent. We
are brought face to face with this fact.
which explains our present financial cOndi.
ton. 1t is attributable not merely or
largely to tax resistance. but to a general
inability to pay promptly. 1t is a matter
of regret for the sake of the schools. and
those dependent on the fund az employees or
creditors, but is under tho circumstances
not a matter to aiiix censure or blame in
any quarter. The school tax. State or city.
is but little complained of or disputed. and
the mass Of i. will DO realized. though per.
hsps slowly.
The disbursements up to May, inclusive,
compared with the adopted estimate, have
been as follows: