Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-26

oughly planted with Bermuda grass and also
all fences, telegraph poles and posts and wood.
en- structures OF every kind he removed from all
leVees, except where the high grade aSiioins
Also that Bermuda grass be at once planted on
all newly-formed slopes, both outside and in.
SIDE and that cattle and other animals be kept
of the same.
Our recommendations having been carried
out as to the raising of the back water leyee on
! street, we think the most skeptcal after hay-
ing actually examined the levees, from end 10
alton.
PROTEST AGAINST HYDRAULIC MINING.
In this connection, the Grand Jury desire, in
most emphatic manner, to add their protest
against a continusnce of hydraulic mining 1t
mas already cost the city hundreds of thousands
OF dollars in building levees alone, and if not
discontinued, will eventually absolutely jeop-
ardlze the existence OF this city, and together
with large portion of the county, be rendered
uninhabitable.
CITY SCHOOLS
Our attention having been called to the finan-
clal affairs OF the City Board of Education uDor
investigation we found that there was in the
city treasury to the credit of the school fund at
the commencement of the fiscal year ehe first
Monday in April last the sum of $50, 800 There
was levied and collected by the City Trustees
and placed in that fund during April and Nav
So, 200. There was paid into it from State
appropriation in october s., 500 The Comfy
superintendent of Schools informs us that there
Is Is now IN the county treasury belonging to that
Will be paid in from the county $4,000
or sl7iOOO and about $4,000 from the
state apportionment, making total
OF about Sl32 600 that will have been received
into that fund during the current fiscal wear.
The expenditures TO date by that Board we
found to be S6l,l47. This amount includes some
$1,000 paid for the new building. The financial
committee of that Board estimates their require
ments for the remainder of the fiscal wear in
GLIDING furniture for the new building. at $40
500 making total expenditure for the year OF
SlO2,o47. From this statement it will be seen
that there will be surplus in the city school
fund at the end of the fiscal year of some 500
OJu-ln other words, there was collected from
the city last spring that amount more than was
necessary TO carry on the school department
during the current fiscal year. The Grand Jury
are OF the opinion, that while it is commend
able on the part of the Board to provide
sulhclent money for all lawful needs, it is not
good hnanciering to have so large surplus at
the end of the year. 1t has a tendency to incur
ring unnecessary expenditures, if not eXtraya-
gance- We recommend to the proper authori-
ties to see that the proper allowance for the
surplus be made when making the next city
tax levy.
THE SCHOOL BOARDS FUND.
During our investigation we found that there
is kept in the hands of the CITY Superintendent
of Schools, with the full knowledge of the CITY
Board OF Education, fund called "Contin-
gent tund 1t is composed of all moneys re-
celved for the tuition of nonresident pupils the
sale of furniture. stoves, etc Out of this fund
various bills have been paid The amounts
thus received and paid out do not appear on the
books OF the City Auditor, nor in his annual
statement of the receipts and expenditures of
the school department The Grand Jury are of
the OPINION that this manner of doing business
is strictly prohibited by the city charter, nor is
1t IN accordance with correct business methods,
and, Notwithstanding it was permitted by
former Boards, it should be discontinued
We recommend that our Secretary. Samuel
Blair, be allowed 81 per day for services rem
dered Respectfully submitted
W. f. KNOX, Foreman.
SAMUEL BLAIR, Secretary