The morning call., 1891-06-16
MUNICIPAL MONEYS.
Tax Levy for 1912 Fixed by
the Supervisors.
Teachers Win Get Their Back salaries-Eoon-
omy Preached to All the Depart
ments Of the City.

TIE mCst important event Of the year In
the Board of Supervisors is fixing the tax
levy, and the board is now in the midst Of
that interesting task. Pretty much all OF
F. last nights meeting was consumed hearing
the Finance Committees report on the APP
propriation for the coming fiscal year, and
il was p most elaborate document 1t was
adopted, however, by unanimous vote, and
likewise a resolution which came up later
fixing the tax levy in accordance with the
committees report.
The committee feels gratified that it had
done so well with all the multitude Of mu-
nicipal departments, and yet kept practi-
CaIlY within their pledge. The levy has
been agreed upon at 81 O3 on an assessed
valuation of S505, ,0C0 The pledge binds
them TO 81 on an assessed valuation Of
$3.50 COO 600, that is. fixes this as basis
upon which TO work. But as the actual
working basis is S305, 600, COO it was necessary
to reduce the rate of the levy. One dollar
ON $3.50 COO 600 is equivalent to 81 cents on
S&5GC0000, and this Is the Limit within
which the committee have kept the levy.
The additional p cents, fer park improve
mentS, City Hall construction, sinking
funds, are not included in the pledge. The
pledge reads as follows:
THE PLEDGE
We recognize the fact that the growth or our
CITY during the last TWO Years demands an IN
creased expenditure over that now prOYid d /;
and since RepublcaniSm is Synonymous with
progress, we pledge our nominees for The Mayor
and for The Board OF Supervisors that the tax
levy for the running EXPENSES OF the ely gov
eminent, exclusive Of tie Cljy Hall deDJ ana
park provisions, shall NOT exceed 81 on each
500 valuation OF property, said assessment 10
be based on The estimated valuation OF tive hun
died and fifty millions for th- first year ana Of
two hundred aud seYcnty-hYe millions for The
second year.
USES OF THE FUNDS.
The various uses TO which the funds so
raised were 10 be applied, IN addition to
other purposes of the government recited in
the platform, are summarized as follows:
Filst-Tlat physical culture is an important
element Of education. and should be taught 10y
sIecii and competent teachers 10 our pubic
schools.
public schools Tor one-han Of one months salary
should be provided Ion and PAID.
1hUd-Iuat substantial and modern school
Eous should lie provided and maintained.
FourJH-Ihdt well paved, well hctttd and
well kept streets aud clean ana adequate sewers
should be provided and maIuI8!O q.
EIiIh-Ibat tie FIe Department should be
thoroughly recognized, and that II should be
fully equipped aud paid.
SNth-Thag The fire Department should be
provided win the latest Improvements and APP
IiiauceS for cUuteHdIug against hre.
SeycIlh-lhat as rapidly as possible cObbles
should be removed from accepted streets aud be
replaced Win better pavement
EIgAtA-1hat an equitable and adequate eX-
renuUuTe OF money should be MADE wherever re-
QuUed upon The tbTOUgutaGeS leading TO aud
from The suburbs OF this great and growing
metropolis.
Nmih-That the police force should be
strengthened and increased 20 meet the demands
Of our rapidly increasing population.
Ieuu-Ihe present Morgue facilities are in.
adequate TO the requirements OF the ely aud
should BIZ corrected
Eleventh. hat the County Clerk should limit
the expenses Of his office to $4,000 per month,
aud all O1Her officers be pledged o strict economy
il lie administration Of their offices.
INGENIOUS Reasons.
'ln a careful review OF public expendi-
lures continues the report, sit is simply
wonderful how ingenious the reasons and
how indispensable the wants are that re-
Qutre 20 be supplied, which expenditures in
q private business under the control Of the
same persons wOuld be looked upon as I'M
warranted and wholly Uncalled fer, and all
nut criminal The supplies and the num-
Her If employees, competent and otherwise,
simply aggregate for political purposes and
patronage and grow from year to year, until
the people tired Of seeing official after
offcial following the same beaten paths, re-
solve that the only method to curb this in
yijiOUs disease IS TO declare that beyond a
certain spec ned amount no additional rev.
eHue shall be given TO aggravate aud m
crease this evil, so that by this means some
reform may be expected or hoped for"
The report expressed the opinion that the
platform IS not paT5imOnIOus in principle
but simply economical, and wisely So The
officers should live up 10 its pledges, and re-
ducr, not increase, expenditures, ana effect
AN reforms needful 20 that end. If these
refaTms are effected the levy allowed by the
pledge viii be ample.
CHANGES MADE.
The various department funds of any i'm
poTtance that underwent a change in the FL
name Committee as compared with the
Auditors estimate are shown IN the follow
Ilg ta6u.ated statement: