Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-09

ms figures here presented AZ -,
ncieht 70 convince the most sker,iss,
.nat the schools OF Texas cams, ,, 49,
~ ~, mat they cannot even axIs, ~,
si,,s neager support The school ,snSs
snsesetolore disposed Of have vieided ,o
"a e psr'nsnent school funds less than
w., nsHss per acre. II the state does a.
boo aoo "nt v Us not probable, with IL
ovv,VV9 sui held by the school f,nd
ne total permanent school fnns ~
NJ, ny, state VIII not exceed s3s nn0 GOA
men the lands now held by ire sshno,
una shail have been disposed ~ ihc
hsllliAh BIT school fund viii rease "a
increase unless the state shn,,id ~
urn 70 the policy which was followed
,.., lsSo 70 1856, OF giving large
M ~. VI ~ the states revenue TO
us Aunu, but the scholastic popula-
.ion VIII continue 10 inereas- from var
% year. as It has done in tie mast
hence there Is no possible chance for
~ increase OF the per capita IA. the
ssuyolS from the perpetual school fund
~ we permanent school fund. after ali
'he lands have been sold.
lne aauluonal available funds which
e est .,,l me state to apporton Tor each
VI tne years above referred 10 81 10 per
ceplta, came from a state srbo,l fsx
o. u IL cents on each 500 valuation
OF property, one-fourth of ai oecnba-
uon taxes collected, a poll tax Of ~
and the transfer each year OF ono pcr
eehtum of lhe permanent school fund
70 the available school fund.
me policy Of transferring each year
portion OF the permanent school fund
70 me available school fund VIII no
doubt de discontinued at an enrly datc'
rms VIII cause a small decrease In The
annual receipts for the available school
iund. There Is but one plan, under
/ me present constitution, OF increasing
we annual receipts OF this fund, and
that Is TO increase the rate OF state
sehool tax TO the constitutional limit,
80 cents on the 800 valuation OF the
| property or the state. The rate OF state
school tax Is now ~ i-2 cents on the
SlOO valuation. The taxes collected for
| the year 1899 at this rate were 81 .052.-
ioo.S4; II the rate had been 20 cents
the collections would have been si.6Sf.-
4z4'b4. On the presumption that the
ratio Of delinquents to those paying
the'r taxes would have been the same,
Tue increase would have been 1851 ,6b9 20
The scholastic population for that
year was bsS,a55. hence the Increase
IRON this source would have been but
a traction more than 81 per canlta.
This increase added to the apporuou-
ment for that year would have increas-
ed the per capita OF available school
fund from all sources to fraction more
| than sos per capita. This would not
have been sufficient to support
the schools for six months, as required
by the constitution. and prcsuming
| that the increase In the taxable values
VIII Keep pace with the increase In the
scholastic population, the conditions for
the year 1892 indicate reasonably well
the conditions for other years; therefore
" the rural schools are maintained for
tta 4 IA al.
| the legislature must exhaust all OF the
means for raising school revenue pro-
| vided by that instrument. and the
/ school districts tax, and IL the villages
| towns aud cities desire Ia continue their
| schools for more than six months aud
\ maintain their present efficiency. to
say nothing Of needed improvements,
they must continue to support their
schools by liberal local taxation; in
/ fact. 1t Will be necessary for many OF
them to increase the rates OF local tax
alton for their schools or allow them
| to dcterlorate, and this they cannot
afford to do. Limitations placed by
! our state constitution OH taxation for
schools will keep our rates below what
they are In many other states even
/ II we go 10 the maximum rates allowed.
The following tables will give reason
ably fair estimate Of the rates Of city
and town school taxation in this state,
as compared with the rates In other
| states:
] InD.e I-Rntc of school Taxes In the
ttt.cs aud Towns of TeNiH.
The rate In each Of the following
towns and cities was in 1891 twenty
| Ave cents on the 500 OF the property
valuation: Decatur Dsnison. Dali
| las, Ennis. Ell Paso. Hlllsboro.
Marlin, Palestine, Rockdale sherman.
| Terrell, Waxahachle. Most Of thes
| places have complained IN account Of
an insuhiciency OF funds and some OF
iiem have recently Increased their
rates.
The rate in Luling in 1891 was 50
| cents. In Tyler IS cents. IA Taylor 81
| l-2 cents, In COrslcanl a. ceiiis, and
In Bonham 10 cents. In iSli, cn III Of
| the following towns was levylns q
school tax at the rate Of 80 cents on
tho 500; Abilene, Bryan, i.elicn,
| Clarksville, Cleburne, Calvert, Denton,
Dublin, Gainesville, Ilsmpste a, fltH-
rietta. Hic1, Temple. Ve-aon. Wichita
Falls, Crockett.
Table Ii-Itntcs Per 500 of school
Taxation in the Towns and Cities
OF various other states.
birmingham, Ala, S cents; IIct
Springs, Alk., Sl.pI; Colorado Springs,
colo. u cents; bridgeport, C"nn., "
| cents; Waterhuiy, Conn, . csata' VIII
miugton, Della, ~ cents: Key West,
Fla, 81 cents; Pensacola. Fla, "a
cents; Augusta. Ga, y cents; Column
bus, Ga. IS cents, Bloomington. ILL.,
5l.25; chicago, Ill, Si.2i; freyport, H.,
$3.50; Galesburs. ILL.,. $3.50; Joliet, ILL.,,
s2.O6: Peoria, H., Sl.42; Rock Island.
hi. si.ag; Springfield. H., N.45; Bur
llpgton, Iowa, n.26; Clinton. Iowa, $L09i
davenport. Iowa, SlSg; Marshalltown,
Iowa. S2.sO. Cambridge Mass, ~
cents, Chelsea, Mass, 40 cents; Fitch
burg. Mass, 81 cents; Gloucester,
Mass, Az cents; summcryllie, Mass, %
cents: Battle Creek. Mich. $780, Bay
CITY. Mich, So cents; Grand Rapids,
| Mich. rs cents Kalamazoo, Mich, q
cents; West Bay City. Mich, s.
cents, st. Paul, MINI, "a cents Stll-
water. MINI, CT cents; Winona. MINI,
"a cents; hatcher, Miss. 81 CENTS;
Vleksburg, Miss, Sc cents; Hannibal,
Mo 50 cents: Moberly. No, " cents
81 Louis, Mo. IS cents; Sednlia, MO-
81 "a: Lincoln, Neb, sl.as; Omaha, Neo''
N cents; Dover. n. H.. 81 cents Man
Chester. n. H.. 81 cents; Atlantic CITY,
H. As cents; Camden, n. j. u
Cents. Hoboken, n. j.. 20 cents Pasaie
| DIV. n. j., si.ls; Springfield, n. D.
"A cents; Albany. N. Y, 20 cents Az
S,,rn III Y. IS cents; Binghampion, N.
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