The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-04
THEY DO NOT AGREE
ASSEMBLY AND ALDERMEN ARE
l. OUT ON THE SCHOOL
BUDGET.
FORMER BODY is WILLING
TO GIVE THE BOARD THE 900
WHICH 1T SAYS IT RE-
QUIRES,
BUT ALDERMEN ARE OBDURATE,
And Say That 100000 Is All That
Can Possibly Be Spared for
schools.
FORMER BODY is WILLING
BUT ALDERMEN ARE oBDURATI

The assembly and the board Of al
dermen held meetings last evening,
and, as usual, there vas a deadlock.
A special meeting of the assembly was
held previous to the meeting of the
aldermen, and an ordinance passed al
lowing the school board the amount
asked for In the budget, namely, $427,-
k26O. This vas not according to the re-
port of the joint committee, but rec
concentrations of committees do not ap-
pear to cut much figure in meetings OF
the council When the aldermen reach
ed the measure passed by the assembly
relating to the amount appropriated for
the schools. that body turned the as
sembly's action down and only allowed
the school board 1920, 900, $1,000 less
than the school board asked for. The
meetings were enlivened by speeches
by Comptroller McCardy, who outlined
a scheme by which mopey could be OBJ
tanned for the erection of new build
ings by the issuance of bonds, to be
voted for at the mex spring election.
This was advocated by the comptroller
" ~ 1ANoo jill, IL POoDlOlOB Nv
drafting of and the adoption of q new
charter. AS both branches of the coun-
Gil have passed different ordinances, it
remains tC he seen which of the bodies
will bend the knee. The ordinance
passed by the assembly was killed in
the board of aldermen, and tomorrow
night it is probable that the measure
passed by the aldermen will meet the
same fate IN the assembly.
The assembly met promptly at 1880
with eight members present, the alb
sentee being Mr.. Daily.
The committee appointed to consider
the school budget submitted a report to
the effect that 1920, 900 be appropriated
for the support Of the public schools
for the school year commencing Sept.
/, 1897. The. ordinance appropriated for
teachers salaries, 1927, $50; other sal
aries, $43, $780,; general expenses, $49, 900.
Mr.. Johnson moved a suspension of
the rules and the passage of the ordi-
nance. Mr.. Kirke said that in order to
appropriate the sum OF $40, 900 it would
first be necessary to place the SAL 900
set apart in January last for new
buildings in the general maintenance
fund. President Arosin explained that
there was. no need of looking after the
$41, 600, as the comptroller would at
tend to the matter. The comptroller
was asked TO make a statement of the
condition OF the funds, so as to make
the matter clear tc the members of the
assembly.
MI. McCardy stated that in order to
oIoo y, ~ ~ q ~ ~ - ~ 1yo,,I5 xao-5
from his statement made to the COM
mittee last, month.
Since making the statement the
county treasurer a turned in part of
tax receipts and it was probable there
would be a much smaller income from
that source than he estimated. The
remedy, the comptroller said, lay not
in the council nor the school board, out
in the people themselves. He did not
believe there would be sufficient funds
come in unless the ordinances and
resolutions ordering the new buildings
and sites were repealed. In his judg-
ment it would be both wise and cor
rect for the council to repeal the or
dinances. Next January or neXt sum-
mer the building and site plan could
be commenced over again, and While
the
At this point Mr.. Johnson interrupt
GU " say ia LIE LILLE was lIIllLCu,
and while he was always willing to
hear the comptroller, he al his time
did not care to lear about what should
be o n next year
MI. McCardy sat down looking dis
gusted.
Mr., Kirke thought the comptroller
had answered the question he had
raised by saying that the SAL, 900 should
be placed in the general school main
nance fund before the 1920, 900 could
be appropriated.
Assistant City Attorney Phillips said
the council could at any time pass an
ordinance repeating the one appro-
priating SAL 900 for the new buildings
and sites. All the assembly needed to
do now was to pass IN ordinance
limiting the amount to be expended by
the school board for the coming school
year.
Mr.. Albrecht wanted to substitute
another ordinance for the one SUBJ
mitted by the committee, his measure
allowing them 1927, 900 as asked for
by the school board.
Mr.. johnson said there had been
considerable talk and he would insist
on the rules being suspended and the
Ina put on it's fina passage.
n having been done, Mr.. Albrecht
handed in an ordinance "appropriating
1927, 260, the mount asked for by the
board in the budget.
On a roll call the Albrecht ordinance
was substituted for the one reported
by the committee by a vote of five to
three, those voting against such SUBJ
stitution being Messrs. Kirke, Thomp-
son and Arosin.
Then followed a rambling discussion
as to the figures submitted. by the
comptroller, showing how much money
would probably be available. Mr.. Kirke
moved to have the figures changed 50
as to read 1920, 900 instead of 1927, OGO,
and a roll call showed Messrs. Arosin,
Kirke and Thompson in favor of the
change, and Messrs. AIbrecht, Dix,
Craig, Johnson Inc Reardon against it.
The ordinance allowing the school
board 1927 ,260, as asked for in the bud
get, was then passed by a unanimous
vote.
The ordinance divides the money as
follows: Teachers salaries, 1921, 80;
salaries of janitors n other employees,
$43, $50; for all ether purposes, $50, 900.
IN THE OTHER BRANCH.
When the ordinance passed by the as
sembly allowing the school board $427,-
260 came up in the board of aldermen,
Aid. Sanborn took the floor. He said
he was opposed to the. passage of the
assembly ordinance. The, proper thing
to do was to put back into the general
maintenance fund the $41, 900 set apart
in January last, for new buildings and
sites. If this was not done, there would
only be $515 900 with which to run the
schools to Jan 1, 1899. By putting back
the SAL 900 there would then be avail
able not to exceed $420, 900 to run the
schools for the yea commencing Sept.
1, 1897. He was opposed to running
in debt n anticipating the revenues.
1t was folly to think of building new
schools IN thu n;~,,- -,Nx ~ r.