The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-07-26

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appropriated TO the schools and what per
cent OF 10 is used for colored schools"
Colonel Marye in bis reply made the fol-
lowing interesting statement:
The taxes assessed against colOred persons
in this State are as follows
On real estate ..................5 1852 40
On personal property ............ 12,5lS -
on income. Observation-Disclosures. So 80
CapitatiOn. Observation-Disclosures. l14.948 90
Total assessed tax against col
0red persons. ...............S l63. TO 81
TAXES ARE GREATER.
There was new assessment Of lands in
this State made in 1890. and taxes were
extended upon that assessment for the first
time IN 1891. OF course as this reassessment
showed "a considerable increase IN the value
OF real estate over the former assessments
the figures above show q larger tax assessed
against cOlOred persons than ever assessed
before.
The taxes assessed on resl estate. personal
property and income Sc practically al col
lected, and. therefore. these taxes, as stated
above. may be considered IS taxes not only
assessed but paid. Not so. however, with
capitation tax The records Of this Office
show that OF the cOiored capitaton tax as
sessed in 890thero were returned delinquent
S54q44 and this is about the amount Of this
tax which has been returned delinquent for
several years and doubtless as large an
amount of this tax assessed IN 1891 Will be
uncollected and returned delinquent. The
reports Of delinquent taxes of 1891 are now
coming in. but only a few have been received
from the county and city treasuTers. TINS
sum of So. ga should be deducted from the
Sl63 1857 taxes assessed against colored
persons ia order 10 ascertain the taxes paid,
which gives the sum OF TlO3, 23l.6l. 10 costs
the State TO collect this tax In commissions
20 county aud city treasurers 81 ,666.l3. so
that the taxes collected of colored persons
and paid into the treasury Of the State
amount to only Sl03. 565.54.
APPROPRIATIONS.
The money appropriated annually by the
State towards the education of colored per-
sons is as follows:
Amount paid TO public school
teachers by county and city
treasureTs out of taxes col
lected by them S697 92902
Amount turned over by the Audi
tor of Public Accounts TO tile
State Board Of Education and
by it distributed TO public
schools OF the several coun-
ties and cities 2oO,Ooo.OO
Total amount pgld by the State
annually to public tree schools sS97,929.O2
BY the last report of Mr.. Massey. the SUI
perintendent of public schools, the average
attendance of pupils ia public schools Is
shown TO be. Whites, 129 973: colOred per-
sons IS. ST. ApportiOn the 1897. 929 OF paid
by the State 20 public schools amongst the
white and cOlOred schools in this ratio Of
attendance and IL shows that the State pays
to the support Of. COlOTed public schools an
nually the sum Of sS093641 IS. The State also
pays annually 10 the support of the COlored
Normal and Collegiate Institute the sum- of
$4,000, making total sum OF 1924, 36Al5.
OTHER FACTS.
Il will not do, however to say that the
State PAYS toward the education of cOOred
persons the sum OF 1924. 364.I5 but that OF
this sum the cOlOred people pay into the
treasury Sl03, 56j.5 81. The money which
goes into the treasury from taxation has to
defray many other expenses than that of
public education and "A portion OF all these
expenses are imposed upon the state by the
cOlored people. The criminal expenses of
the State. for instance. as shown by the Au-
dltOr's report, are Sz5y, l6S. SO. The accounts
for criminal expenses sent by the courts %
the Auditor for payment do not designate
which were incurred IN trials of cOlOred per-
sons. so 10 cannot be told from the records
and their support IN Jail, but this can be APP
prONmated.
pENIrENTIARY FACTS.
The report of the Superintendent of the
Penitentlary for the year ending September
so 1891. shows that during that year there
were received into the penitentiary ninety
four white and 344 colOred persons. IL Will
be fair 20 appOrtiOn the criminal expenses
of the State bowen the races in that ratio
and such distribution shows that the state
pays out of her treasury annually for the
trial OF cOlOred people for crime and for
their support in Jail the sum OF SZO4, OlS.s9.
The State also pays annually for the support
OF the colored lunatlc asylum the sum OF
ESQ 900 The State, therefore, pays out OF
Law
by colored people and for colored lunatics
R2s4. OI8.I9. nearly three times As much as
oolored people pay into the treasury.
SUPPLEMENTAL EXPLANATION.
Ia addition TO the statements made for the
sdifcatiOn of the statlstlclan OF the Amerl-
can Association of Educators OF COlored
Youth. Colonel Marye yesterday gave me
the following supplementary explanation;
by the tables which have been prepared
from the official records 10 appears that the
colored people of this State pay INTO the
treasury the sum Of sos. 56554 and that
tie State pays out on their behalf
For expenses of trying them for
crime and supporting them IN ....., 80
tails .......-- ..--.--. - --~ Abt,VAo %
For educating them in the public
schools and the Colored Nor
MAJ Institute at Petersburg 3z4,3B4 10
For the care of their lunatics IN
tie Colored Lunatlo Asylum. eO'OOO w
Making q total Of ..............S 6O8 1873 IA
These figures show that 50 far from con,
uolt.ug 10 their own education the colored
% pie 10 Virginia cost the State IN criminal
expenses 800. 1915 more than the entire
sum which they pay into her treasury
Ilese figures also show that not only 90 the
colored people fail 10 pay one cent towards
TIC regular expenses Of the state govern
ment other than that Of criminal trials. such
as salaries of Governor Of judges OF the
court Of appeals. circuit. corporation ana
county courts and of other State ofncers,
cost of the General Assembly. public print
Ing. interest on the public debt. ETC., but
they cost the State for criminal expenses,
education and care of their lunatics s5O4,-
elLt0 more than they pay INTO her treasury.
The appropriations mentioned above
which are made by the State for the support
Of tho public schools, ETC.. do not include
the sums set aside for similar purposes an
nually by the several counties and cities.
These figures simply show what the State at
large Is doing for the colored population.