St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-07
WHERE He FINDS IT
COMPTROLLER M,CARDY EXPLAINS
HIS 100000 ITEM IN THE
SCHOOL ESTIMATE.
IT'S A COMPOSITE ACCOUNT
GATHERED BOTH FROM COUNTY
AND STATE REVENUES, NOT
DIRECT TAXES.
SECRETARY ANGELL FIGURES
The Same Proposition From the
Standpoint of the School Board
Very Differently.
IT'S A COMPOSITE ACCOUNT



ence of opinion between the members of
the school board and the city con-
trolIer as to the amount which the board
will have on hand this year for the rur-
poses of the schools.
In Controller McCardy's estimate Of
the funds available for school purposes
for 1896 there appears, in addition to
the amounts derived from the two~mill
direct tax allowed the city board, the
balance now on hand and the state ap-
portionment a fourth item of $4,000
styled tax receipts" This, the comp
troller explained yesterday, is made up
CT all moneys covered into the school
fund which do not come under one of
the three other heads, such as the mon
eys derived from the sale of state school
sections, the royalties on iron ore out
puts devoted by the state to schCN pur-
poses, the school share of back taxes,
county and school revenues, and other
gums which come into the school fund,
but which do not properly come in the
estimate of direct taxes or of the state s
Rpportionment.
These miscellaneous receipts in 1895
were $223, 600; in 1894, $195, 900; so that the
controller this year estimates the
amount available for 1896 as at least
100000.
Secretary Angel, of the school board, fig
ureS II thus:
The income for schol purposes is derived
from the following sources:
One mill county tax.
Two or two and half mills local city tax
State apportionment, which is determined
on the basis of certain apportionment to
zach pupil in the state who has attended
school for the period of forty days
The assessed valuation of property in the
city of st. Paul is $123, 600 600. On this basis
Ia oil
come into the school fund from the special
local levy is two mills:
One mill county tax. S123 900
Two mills special tax ................. GAG, 900
state apporuonment OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. rs, 900
Total Observation-Disclosures. .$444, COO
In August of each year the school board
Is required to make a financial statement to
the state of its receipts and disbursements
for the school year commencing Aug. / and
ending Aug. l. Their statement is compiled
by the city controller. For the period com
mencing Aug. l, 1893, and ending Aug l.
1894, the receipts into the school fund, as per
the controller, were. $464, 54e61 and for the
year ending Aug 1, 1895, SAL, 81, or for
the two years, $9O63579S, an average of
S453, 1882 which will be seen is nearly nor
NAL.
For the year commencing Jan. l. 1885, and
endlng Jan. l, 1886, the city school fund
actually received nearly 100000 from all
sources, the receipts in November 1896 being
unprecedentedly large. AS will be seen, this
amount is about $50 600 more than could be re-
ceived from all sources when the special city
levy is two mills. 1t could only have been
derived from delinquent taxes extending back
for many years. 1t is generally understood
that the delinquent taxes are nearly all paid
In, and consequently the board can scarcely
expect for the next few years to derive much
revenue from this source. The special city
levy for 1895 was $303500, against which have
been Issued $242, 500 certificates of Indebtedness
which must first be paid as the taxes of 1895
are collected in 1896, leaving a balance of
S6l'oOo which can come into the fund from
the special levy of 1895. On this
basis the following amounts would come into
the school fund during 1896 If the levy is
$4,000, as proposed by conference commit
tee:
One mill county tax. S123 ono
Balance of levy of 1895 81 GOO
30 per cent of $4,000 certificates of
epteuhess 800. ...'........ 120,000
6tate apportlonment Experimentation. 70, 900
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1896. ... 50 goo
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .......... .$461, 900
Against this cash balance of So. 600 there
are yet outstanding the December, 1895, pay
roll and sundry bills passed by the school
Doaiu Wnlch nave not yet reached or been
paid by the controller, in an amount nearly
$4,000, which had it been paid would have
left the fund only about $50, 900 cash. On
Jan. l. of each year, the school fund for a
number of years has shown cash balance
Of about $4,000, which just about takes care
Dt the December claims, but if the levy as
proposed pass the council it would appear
that the board would have no cash on hand
Jan. 1, 1897 with $4OO or S5O, 900; December,
1856, claims outstanding. For 1897 the revenue
Of the board would be, if the proposed spe-
rial levy for $15O,000 in 1896 prevails, as fol-
lows:
pne mill county tax ..............S1 23 600
From special tax of 1896 - 20 000
State apportionment ..... ~ O0S
O per cent of the special 2-mill levy
AO'Nt .S126, 800
An embarrassing feature would be as to
whether the school board would have any
power to contract any Indebtedness for De-
tember, 1896. should there be no cash on hand
TO pay the same, as would doubtless be the
Ease.
cannot help regarding that reduction of