The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-05

The School Board met last night at their
ROOM No 30 Burgundy street. Rev. J. X.
Gutheim acting as chairman.
Thirteen members and quorum present.
The report Of tho
was read and shows that 81 H. sl9t g. s179 "a and
Sc 10 for the taxes of 1874 1875. 1876 and 1877 had
beon collected during the past month,
THE VISITING COMMITTEES
were next called upon to report.
| Mr.. Collins. of the Third District, said he Wis
tied all the schools In the ninth ward. and found
good attendance Tho Mccarthy and Elmira
Schools need few trifling repairs.
Mr. McGee Of the Fifth District reports the
schools In n lourishing condition.
Mr. II. b. Ferguson said the attendance in his
district tho Sixth was SO good that moro room
will be needed.
The FINANCE COMMITTEE
submitted the following interesting report,
showing tho estimates Of the expenses for the
current year:
NEW ORLEANS, December A. 1873. /:
To the Board of School Directors of the city OF
New Orleans:
GentIe,nen-Y committee on finance beg
leave to present the following
1t IL made the duty Of the committee Mt this
time to prepare budget OF estimated expenses
Tor the ensuing year. and while your committee
deeply feel thai the needs of public education
In the city Of New Orleans demand a more gen
erous and ready revenue for the support of the
enc ao of the two years OF the administration of
the present board and tho retrospection Of
many years preceding convince US that our lin
tied expenditures, economical as they have
been. must be still further curtailed II we would
keep them within or anywhere near our cash
While 1t would seem that under the law
the city and State placed Ct the disposal
expended In educating the children of
the city. the fact stands that the receipts
from both sources does not reach even two
years after the close of zach fiscal year. the sum
Your committee. tn 'refore. In spite of the In
creased and increasing necessities Of the
schools, recommend such reduction as will
bring their expenses within their actual. not
their promised revenues.
That such an apparent hardship upon the de-
serving and unpaid employees OF the board
may meet with strong objection and perhaps
your disapproval. we are aware. but we submit
that 1t Ia our desire and object TO appropriate to
the support of the schools tho whole of the
revenues received for that purpose. We can see
no benefit to be derived by those among whom
these revenues are to be distributed. by o
promise on our part to pay 81 when We shall
have but five to pay out.
We are not without hope that future legis!a-
tion may come 70 our relief q, and enable US to
cial footing to which they are entitled. but
present facts stare US sauarely in the
face and present and past figures ad.
monish us thas in justice to those whom
we employ. no less than to the city and State,
which have selected US to dlsburse the moneys
designed for the education of the children In
our charge. we must discontinue futile prom
ises which 1t is utterly out Of our power to keep
We beg leave to present the following tables
OF actual revenues:
Received to date for 1876 reducing receipts
from the city 20 per cent TO compare with reve-
nue. under the present lawl-