The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-08-25
IN AND AROUND THE CITY

IN AND AROUND THE CITY.
This Years Tax Levy.
Seven hundred and fifty thousand
dollars is the aggregate amount that will
be asked by the various boards of Mime
apolis to be raised by tax levy to meet
expenses the coming year. The board
of education will ask or it's full levy of
five mills. This. it is estimated will net
the board something like 100000 or
100000, aud as the rum ng expenses
amount to about $4,000, it can be seen
that this is none too large g request.
The board last year was. allowed g five
mill levy by the city council, and yet, in
order to provide sufficient school fscilit-
les, it had to borrow during the present
year $4,000 from the sinking fund coms
missioners in order to keep the school
accomod atoms up to anywhere near the
demands.
Although the board has made re-
quest for $250,000 to be issued in bonds
at the hand of the next legislature, this
sum will not provide for the maint nance
and running expenses OF the board. If
the $250,000 is granted to the board, the
cost of running the public schools during
the coming year will also be greater than
it was during the pas, and it is doubtful
taking into consideration the cost Of free
text books and the added expense of a
larger list of teachers and janitors are
likely to make the running expenses we'll
up towards 100000 before the end of
1865.
The park board proposes to ask for its
limit this year too. Ole mill is the max.
imum levy allowed under the charter,
and it is believed that the taxes on this
sum will just about carry the board
through the coming year without leaving
it in financial hole. A one mill levy
will net about $4,000, which will be at
the disposal of the board. OF this sum
$4,000 must be returned to the board of
sinking fund commissioners, the amount
loaned to the board in order to permit
improvements to e carried on during
the present season, and only about $780,
600 will be left at the disposal Of the
board for maintenance and improve
ments There is we'll defined sentiment
among members of the board, especially
the more conservative ones, against &C
quiring any more lands until the city be
comes larger in size and has denser
population. If the conservative members
are reinforced by new park board mem
bers of the same mind, the board will be
able to pull through. The expense OF
maintenance is about $4,000 now,
though, and not much money will be LETT
for improvements after this is met, SO
that even with mill tax levy, if it is
secured, the board can scarcely be OK
pected to make much progress.
The library board will probably follow
the example set by the other two boards
eof the city, and also ask for it's limit.
The limit is five tenths of mill, and
if the amount asked for is secured it will
net about $4,000 for the use of this
board during the coming year. The
running expenses OF the board amount to
$4,000 even with the retrenchment in
full force, and the board asks for the ex
cess over running expenses in order to
provide books that are much needed.
Practically no money has been at the
disposal of the library board during the
past year for the purchase OF books, and
none have been bought in any large
amount excepting by the Athenaeum,
and these are only in special classes.
The library board feels that it's request
should be granted this year, ana an Of
fort will be made to get the full five
tenthe of mill levy for that reason. It
is believed that with the amount over
and above the running expenses which
would be realized from the levy asked,
enough books could be purchased to put
the board on basis from which the pres
emit enormous circulation of the library
could be accommodated.