The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-24
COUNCIL COMMITTEE THINKS THE
SCHOOL BOARD WANTS TOO
MUCH MONEY.
TRIMS UP THE BUDGET A BIT.
DECIDES THAT SALARIES WILL
HAVE TO BE CUT STILL
MORE,
TO KEEP WITHIN THE LIMIT.
On the Other Hand the Committee
Decides There Are Not Buildings
Enough.

The school board asked for $427, 260
to run the schools with during the
| school year commencing Sept. l, 1897,
and ending July l, 1898. The special
! committee from the council, appointed
! to consider the budget from the school
! board, decided by a vote of six to one
that the board would have to get along
with $4O0, OOO or $27, 26O less, and if the
recommendation of the committee is
adopted by the council the board will
! have to do the best it can with this
amount The following table will show
the amounts asked for in the budget
and also the amounts recommended
| to be allowed by the council commit
| tee:
Budget. Allowed.
Teachers salaries ........ 1927 $40 $310, 600
Salaries of all other employees. 1880 1880
| Expenditures for all other
purposes ........... $4,000 1850
Totals ........... 1927 $50 $500. 900
Each member Of the committee
seemed to be convinced that what was
needed was more school buildings and
also more sites for buildings, and
while ST., 80 was Topped off from the
salaries of teachers the $41,750 Tor
new buildings in the Second and
Tenth wards, in addition to the Erics-
son schools in the First ward and new
sites in the Seventh and Fifth wards
was allowed to go through without
any cut:
1t took the committee three hours to
arrive at this conclusion and during
that time there was plenty Of discus
sion and everybody had two or three
sheets covered with figures. Present
were Mayor Doran, Assemblymen
Arosin, Thompson. Johnson, Albrecht,
Kirke and Reardon, and Aldermen Bell,
Larson, Allard and Sanborn. Comp
troller McCardy was not present, but
he sent in the following communication
which gave the figures showing the
possible receipts for the two years end
ing Dec l, 1885,
Regarding the subject of the income of the
school fund department, which your commit
tee had under consideration Thursday even
ing, it was stated that the possible income for
the years 1897 and 1898 would be as follows,
the year, meaning the fiscal year, which ends
Dec. 81:
Income for 1897
Balance on hand Jan. l. 1887 ......... 500 $50
State apportionment ..................... $4,000
County l mill tax Observation-Disclosures. $4,000
so per cent Of $233. $50 (the '97 tax).... $4,000
80 per cent of 1886 and prior year
Total ........ ......................s5S $3.50, al
Less Lax levy cefuncateS OF 1886. lZO,OoO
Net possible income for 1897. .... .$46s. Al
Income for 1895
State apportionment Observation-Disclosures. $50 900
+ County / mill tax $4,000
Tax of 1897 and prior ........,.....-. 233, $50
so per cent of taxes of 1898. 1870, 900
Total ...............................S5 g7, $50
Less taxSfevy certificates of 1897. = 1877, go
Net income .-...........-S4 l0, go
/ The combined income for the two years
then is as follows:
1886 ..--...'.s.. Pfo5 4lI
1898 observation-disclosures. 4l0,250
The charges against this sum from Jan. l.
1897, to July 90, 1897 are:
1. Amount paid during that period
for operating expenses ..........-.S3 5000 ,167
2. Unpaid bills in comptroller's
office for audit Observation-Disclosures. $3.50
g.. Unpaid bills in hands of secretary
board of education not yet allowed
by board ....................... 1883
Total ........... Observation-Disclosures 19. $50
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