Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-04


The apparent discrepancy between this re-
port and the treasurers is owing to parties
failing to present their receipts at this office
for licenses.
Referred to comptroller.
Of Comptroller-
AUDITED CLAIMS.
Boyer g. Lux, estimate No. 6, grading Rice
and Iglehart streets, $59925; Moline &
Weber, estimate No. 3, grading Charles
| street, SCOTT; James Starkey, estimate No.
10, st. Peter street sewer, $95.63; John
Warne, estimate No. 4, Tenth street sewer,
$369.58; Michael O'Brien, estimate No. IL,
| grading Ohio street, SP19763; John Butler,
estimate No. 5, Ninth street sewer, 81 5O.O2;
pay roll of First District street force for
August, 1873, $4S9.74; pay roll of Second
District street force for August, 1878,
$941.62.
Allowed and ordered paid.
! Of same officer
Of Comprehensive Levy Estima te, 1873 ::
| CoMprRoLLER's OFFICE, CRY HALL,
| SAINT PAUL. September Sd, 1873.
70 the Honorable the President and Common
| Council of the City of Saint Paul:
| GENTLEMEN-1 herewith present tax levy
| estimate for the year 1878, for your considera-
ton, required by law.
| The following is condensed statement for
which levy is required for city purposes, VIZ:
Interest and sinking fund (balance).$ SO, 1876 %
General fund (balance)... ......... 1880 90
Ward funds. Observation-Disclosures. $4,000 90
| Twenty-three million dollars assessed valu-
| alton OF real and personal estate at six and
forty-six hundredths C 46-1OO) mills on
the dollar, will realize $14S, $4,000.
| The estimate provides one and twenty-four
| one hundredths l 24-l00) mills for the Board
of Education, being the same levy as last year,
Tor school purposes, and being 24-1O0 mills
more than for previous years. It is possible
for deficiency to occur, owing to the liberal
expenditures of school moneys during the past
year, but subsequent tax collections will prob
ably equalize The same, provided the present
tax law remains undisturbed, and the Board of
Education are judicious in the management of
its finances. A little healthy fnanciering will
| injure nobody, but will tend to reduce taxation
which should be the aim of all those having
charge of public affairs.
The State and county tax levies will prob
ably be as follows, viz:
StaCe. q 3U-lOO mills.
County Gncluding one mill for
school purposes, fixed by law 8 mills.
Making the grand tax levy for all purposes as
follows viz:
Mills
City Cst, I'd. Sd, 4th and 9TH wards). 646-lOO
BID OF Educat'n (for schl purposes).. 24-100
| County Qncluding one mill for
| school purposes) Observation-Disclosures. 8
! StaCe. z SO-lOO
Grand total for the five wards 10 mills or $40
| per cent. being five mills less than the levy of
| last year, and making a saving to the tax-pav-
| efs of over $l4l 900 as the following statement
| shows, viz:
| $24, 446416 city assessment for the
| year 1877, at 10 mills. .......... $40, O35. 4S
| $23, 000, 900 city assessment for the
| year 1878. at ID mills. ..... 299 OO0 90
Amount saved to Taxpayers in IA
vor of this year QS78). ........ $l41, 035. 48
| The grand total for the Sixth ward is esti-
mated at IL 30.100 mills, and the new territory
| at II mills.
Permit me to suggest that this estimate be
| referred to the committees on taxes and ways
and means, in connection with the commission
! ers of the interest and sinking fund.- for exam
lnatlon, and report tax levy to your body for
| adoption.
Very respectfully your obedient servant,
| JOHN w. ROCHE,
! City Comptroller.
So referred.
ESTIMATE.
INTEREST AND SINKING FUND.
To annual interest on
bond debt for year 1879 s9s, 1926 %
City bonds maturing
April IA, 1879....... 1000 90
Total debit. $97, 1926 %
Credit.
By balance to the credit of
account Sept. l, 1878. 1886, 1854 10
Estimated amount of in
terest on City Treasur-
er's bank deposits for
year 1879. .......... $500 90
Interest charged in Sixth
ward tax levy upon
S13, 500, per cent. city
bonds, issued under
special act of the Legis-