The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1889-01-09

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THE EDUCATIONAL DEBT. :
The school fund Indebtedness consists OF ones
pnr cent cert fcatc for :, 9D3 90 and three ,
per cent cert tcates aSgre@ating s:-o,Uo. Inc
seminary fund consists of one per cent Ger
tlficate for s1..aa, COO and one per cent certif
cate for 10000.
during the past year the hers Of the late
Hon James 5. Rollins. N accordance with his
expressed wishes, deposited with the State
Treasurer the sum Of sG,11 for the purpose OF
establ sh ng the James s. Rollins University +,
scholarship, the interest on said amount 1t 5
per cent. To be paid to six university students
as Il reward of merit fer proficiency III SIX dlf-
ferent departments. For The purpose OF car
rylng out this hequest, as provided by law, the
fund commissioners issued TO the university
faculty certificate of Indebtedness payable In
twenty years at per cent. interest.
INTEREsT-BEARING DEBT.
The obligations which the State is pay ng
interest are as follows: State debt proper, 81
per cent, sS,:25.0OO, interest s3115Jo; schoo'
fund certilctaes. per cent, >291a.o7O. interest
tl745iO; school fund certificates, per cent.
&2.5 900. interest $l1 ,.50 seminary fund certit-
Gates. per cent. $4,000 interest seO,3o; sem
mary fund certificates, per cent, alE2vo, N
terest Il, 81 Rollins DeQuest.5 per cent, s5.HO;
interest, 1890; total, l3.l9i00o; interest $780,
26D.
Missouri needs no financial policy in the fut-
urc. II the present rate Of taxation IS MAIN !
tained, OF 20 cents on the 100 valuation, Tor the
purpose of paying the public debt and the IN |
paid in eight or nine years. Every obligation |
will be paid at or before maturity.
MONEY IN THE treasury.
There was in the treasury to the credit of the |
interest fund on the first day OF the present |
year. after paying all interest anc due obliga-
lions the sum of $4,000. The net receipts to
this fund the present year Will be at least 81
| $50 600 which, with the amount in the treasury,
| will make s1,1s)ooo applicable to the payment
of interest and pr ncipal of the public DEBT for
| the year 1889. Our public Gebt may be reduced
| the present year 81 ,2oo,OO0.
| The next general assessment of taxable prop
erty in the State will probably aggregate 5000
| AgAl 1uha hy-p IN.
! the tax levy for the purpose OF paying the pub
| lie debt and the interest thereon VIII oe re-
! ample to meet al obligations OF the State for
this purpose. In fact within the next four
| years the State interest tax can be reduced to
| 10 cents on the 500 an meet every oollgatlon
now outstanding at maturity.
| EXTRAORDINARY APPROPRIATIONS.
| Extraordinary appropriations char9eable TO
| the State revenue fund have been made IN the
past four years, as follows: -
For improvement State Universty.s 9,16o w
For Improvement School of Mines
and Metallurgy Observation-Disclosures. lo,0Jo w
NAL Schools s.....e....e........... ... 3o,1Is 80
lie ieee p a475o 90
| For Improvement Lincoln Institute 1880 0O
| For improvement Deaf and Dunno -
N No. ~ ..e ., lo4,7oo 90
For improvement Lunatic Asylum, =.
For building Luna,ic Asylum, No. 3 $4,000 90
Bows. ~ $1,000 90
For building Industrial Home for :,
For improvements to Penitentiary. 10000 oo
For improvements State Capitol. :. ESQ., 900 0C
Total sla15 $40 sc
, All OF these appropriations have been 4
, ! pended except SS!, 1it.54 of the fund for I'M
l provements to the penltentiary, and from per
| sonal examinations of all the improvements,
: as we'll as the new buildings, 1 am satisfied
hoe 1,rS f1nan
n nomically expended
: PUBLIC EDUCATIoN.
t There is no question of public policy in which
4 | the people are more interested, nor to which
n | your careful consi Iteration should be directed
e with more earnest solictude and intelligence
n than our system OF public education oo ~,
r During the past four years more than 10000
: children have been added to our public school
and the number is now So3 $50.
o SCHOOL FINANCES.
y Our permanent interest-bearlng school fun
g on the 1st day of July, 1883 was slo53s, ls9 q
Y and the sum actually paid out by our people |
n the support of our schools for the year endin
r June s., 1883, was $4.942, 323. Is. The Thirty
IS fourth General Assembly appropriated to tn
common schools one third instead of one-fourt
IT former legislatures This cost the State owe
IS $4,000 and only benefited the school chiidre
W ~ cents each.
NORMAL SCHOOLS.
u The Normal schools are doing good worl
~ ~ and while not all the pupils who receive tn
u benefits of these institutions become teacher
|
~ plying the district schools with capable ar
40 efficient teachers. l would suggest the pr
.s .a priety Of establishing two more Normal scho
~ districts, one in Northwest and one in Sout
west Missouri
Lincoln Institute is now attended ty pupi
al from thirty three different counties in the Stat
or and should receive liberal encouragement
~ your hands.
of STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL CO
re LEGE.
OF The State University should be the pride
W pie have been so much impressed with Il
ae 1 benefits to be derived from an educational
~ . stitutlon OF this character that they have
ui- the Constitution recommended 1t to the fostt
m ing care OF the Legislature. BY act Of t
OF the Agricultural and Mechanical College "
Ia established in connection with the Universi
=. Un In my opinion this was mistake that v
w. never be mended until the Agricultural Cole
rs rs. is divorced from the University. As now mix
ais NC up the University cripples the Agricuitu
ov- College and vice versa. Separate facult
ich should be maintained, even if the Agricultu
OF College is continued at Columbia. Both in:
n n. tutions would be of vastly more benefit II III
'iio were miles apart.
SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB.
The School for the Deaf and Dumb is one
the the most deserving charities that enjoys NJ
as souri's bounty. and is one OF the best manae
yed | of our eleemosynary Institutions. Very
ent fortunately for the State and for the scho
Get most of the buildings belonging to the sch'
and the STATE Of more than $1,000 The sche
Of room, workshop and boiler-house were saw
re- and by the erection OF q temporary dinlng- 70
ate the school has continued. although under ms
sur disadvantages. Fortunately the board of N
ank ayers had $4,000 insurance on the buildiu
This which they have received from the lnSura
ties companies and with it rebuilt the buildings
Sec far as it would so. You will be asked for
ley- should appropriate sufficient money TO put
ols, school in Us good better condition than II
ers, before the lire.
the SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND.
bal The State School for the BIND. located at
In Louis continues TO be wei. managed, and
the | class of uufortunateS is more worthy of
past fostering care OF our State than the bli
,. The liberal provisions made by former LIE
iyed latures for this school. l am SURF Will be
peated by you
$50 REFORM SCHOOL
, ISL Y,,- acts ,y th, -rssr, fourth Canaral aSS
!. &i n,,- = nnsh needle, AMI }oupelayet3 tepisla-
3,t3 3 was begun looking toward the restraining.
i'o"o form and educating of juvenile ofent
s5sS ~3S;hs n ~, ,syra,ft 1svf,,3 narantai cnnt
BY the provisions OF those acts an 'lnttuSl
,.,,a home fer girls has been established
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