The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-23
NEW SCHOOL, YEAR
SUGGESTED AS A MEANS OUT OF
THE DIFFICULTY ABOUT
FUNDS.
Mr.. M'cARDYs' PET IDEA.
THE SCHOOL AND FIs-
CAL YEARS RUN ALONG
TOGETHER.
SHOWN THE COMMITTEE.
Budget Will Be Further Discussed
TOnight-Sc hOOI Inspectors Didn't
Attend the Meeting.

There was a session of the special
| council committee to consider the
school board budget last evening. None
| Of the members of the board of school
inspectors were present, although the
deputy city clerk stated that he had
mailed each of the inspectors an invi-
tation to attend the meeting. Mayor
Doran also had an engagement which
| prevented his attending. Present from
| the council were Messrs. Arosin, Rear
don, Thompson, Bell, Allard and Lar
son, while Corporation Attorney Mark
ham and Comptroller McCardy repre-
| sented the legal and financial depart
ments.
An hour was spent by the contingent
in waiting for some of the members of
the school board to show up, but finally
at $50 Mr.. Arosin announced that the
committee would come to order. Half
an hour was taken up in reading the
letters from President Zimmerman and
Mayor Doran, both of which have been
published in the G O b E. The total
amount asked for by the board is
$427 200, divided as follows: Salaries Of
%
employees $43, $780, general expenses, in
Guiding fuel, supplies, repairs and all
other expenditures, $4,000.
Comptroller McCardy was asked if
the $427 ,260 required by the budget
would exceed the possible income of
the school fund. In reply the comp
troller took his usual stand and in
formed the committee that the ques-
ton was fully answered in the letter
sent to them by the mayor: Mr.. AL
lard said, while he was not an expert
on city finances, ne was OF the opinion
that the figures in the communication
from the mayor simply gave the pos
sible income and disbursements for the
year ending Dec. 81, 1897. The school
board year commenced Sept. 1, and
ended July 1, and it was difficult to
get a correct idea under the circum-
stances. The comptroller unbent, so
to speak, and spoke freely on his pet
scheme that the school board year
should conform to the fiscal year of
the city the same as in all other de-
partments of the city government.
There was. no reason, the comptroller
said. under his. construction Of the
charter, which would prevent the
school board and the council from
agreeing to make provisions to run
the schools UP to Jan. 1, 1885, and then
when the tax estimate was made UP
in December, 1897. arrangements could
be made for the remaining ten months
of the fiscal. year in 1898.
In reply to a question Of Mr.. Allard
the comptroller admitted that the fig
ures, as submitted by the mayor,
showed there would be shortage Of
$40, 900 for the fiscal year of. 1897. To
make things perfectly clear Mr., Nc
Cardy suggested that an account of
the receipts and disbursements be
made for the fiscal years of 1897 and
1898. From. this total the expenses
paid thus far in 1897 could be deducted
and the balance would show the sum
that would be available for the bal
ance of 1897, and the entire year of
1898. ~ This, he said, would cover a
school period of thirteen months, the
expenditures for December, 1898, not
having to be paid until January 1899.
II this was agreeable to the committee
1t would then have before it something
tangible to go on and a decision could
be reached as to what was best to be
done in the matter.
This proposition seemed to strike the
members favorably and the comp
troller was requested to go ahead
with the figures. The following is the
account as dictated by the comp
troller:
Income for 1897
Balance Jan. l. 1897 ... coo see
State apportlonment .--....... ......... $4,000
GGounly Mill tax ..................... 81, 500
Eighty per cent of 1923 $50, which is
the amount raised by 215 mills on
the valuation .......:. .............. 1S7, 900
Ninety per cent of taxes of 1896 and
prior years ........................ 210,375
Total .:....... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 9S, AL
From this deduct tax certificates of 1895
to be paid this year Observation-Disclosures. 12O, 900
Balance of net income possible for
Income for Year 1898
State apportionment ......... ..... $50 900
County l mill tax Observation-Disclosures. 93 800
Taxes of 1897 and prior years .... 233 $50
Eighty per cent of the tax levy of
Total for 1898 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 597 $50
Deduct tax certificates issued in 1897 :. 1871 900
Leaving balance of net possible in
come for 1898. ..... ,................ $40 $50
Total possible income for the two
years ~, 66l
From this must be deducted amount
spent up to July 1, 1897 and tNner
bills now unpaid OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 81 900
Balance to be expended for the 13
months from Sept. l. 1897, to Dec.
81, 1898 Observation-Disclosures. $3.50, 661