Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-02-22
TAX LEVY.
The City Trustees Fix the Sum at So go
on Each 500.

The City Trustees Fix the Sum at So go
on Each 800.
An adjourned meeting Of the City Trus-
tees was held yesterday to fix the tax levy
for the following year. The Board had
agreed upon all the items except that for
the support OF the School Department.
/ When this matter was brought up,
Trustee Mclaughlin said he was not in
favor of granting the School Department
fthe full amount ssked for lbs cents on the
S1e0), unless the Board of Education
should decide 10 do something with the
Perry Seminary property. 1t was costing
the city considerable money-some $500
per mcnth-to maintain it. The School
Board should dispose of it and use the pro-
ceeds for the expenses Of the department..
Similar views were expressed By the
Mayor. The property was practically
useless, and if there we're any way TO pro-
teot the interests of the city in the matter,
he wanted to see it done. If % or 80 cents
were levied for school purposes, the School
Board could dispose of the property and
make up the difference required.
Trustee Wolf said he was not in favor Of
cutting down the school levy. The School
Board would not give the property to the
eity-that was certain. If the levy were
not sufficient to run the schools, the re-
sponsibility would fall upon the Trustees.
The best thing the Trustees can do is to
levy at least 81 cents fer the schools.
Trustee Mclaughlin did not believe in
giving the School Board more money that 1t
really required. 1t had plenty of money
last year and went to work and rushed up
another school building in an expensive
way.
Mayor Gregory said the levees aud streets
required very heavy outlay this year, and
the school department should get along as
economically as possible. They should de-
rive some profit from the Perry property,
and relieve the city as much as possible.
Trustee Wolf said that if the School
Board would dispose of that property it
could spend a great proportion of the pro-
ceeds in necessary improvements to the
sidewalks and fences about the school
buildings. He was willing to stand in for
81 cents for the schools.
Trustee Mclaughlin said he was in favor
of giving the schools all they required, but
the value OF the Perry Seminary property
should be included in the assets of the de-
partment.
He finally moved that the school tax
levy be fixed at 20 cents
provision requiring the Trustees to levy
such tax for school purposes as may be re-
quired by the School Board
Under this provision the Mayor said he
did not see how the Trustees could do 9TH
erwise than levy the Tax asked for, as the
charter also gives the School Board the
power TO buy, sell and hold real estate, and
the Trustees could not force it to sell any of
the properly unless it wished to do so. If
TOO small a levy were made, litigation
might ensue.
The roll was called on Mr.. McLaugn's
motion 10 make the school tax 30 cents.
He voten aye, Trustee Wolf voted no.
Mayor Gregory said that as that would
give the School Board a chance to realize
S. 800 on the useless Perry Seminary prop
ertY, he would vote aye.
The tax levy was fixed as follows:
General fund. 81 Fire Department, %
cents; schools, 20 cents street sprinkling.
10 cents street repairs, 10 cents; police,
Is cents; Free Library, cents; levee and
drainage, 10 cents; sewer, 5 cents, Total,
81 20.
The increase over the levy of last year
80 10) is caused chiefly by the extra sum
required for street repairs, drainage and
sewers.