The record-union., 1897-09-21

viii require for their support S51,34S,
as per report of the County Superin-
/ tendent of Schools, filed with me in
compliance of Section 1917, Subdivision
! 2 of the Political Code. You are re-
/ quired to levy tax sufficient to pro-
vide So for each census child. There
are sos census children between the
ages of . and il years in the county
SPECIAL SCHOOL TAXES.
An unusually large number Of special
school taxes are to be levied this year.
You are called upon to levy special
school taxes as follows: Union High
School District, composed of Alabama,
Davis, Elk Grove, Enterprise, Excel
sior, Florin, Franklin, Jackson, Lee,
Point Pleasant, Union, San joaquin,
( HicksviIle, Pleasant Grove, Reese and
Victory Districts. The assessed value
of property in these school districts as
shown by the assessment roll is 81
316.600. The amount required to be
raised is S1.S00, and the rate necessary
to raise said amount is eight cents on
/ each 500.
For Union School District S43O IS
required. The assessed value of prop
erty in said district is S114,72S, and the
amount of tax to raise $40 is forty
cents on each 500.
For Victory School District 81 400 is
required for building and furnishing
school The assessed value of property
is $50, J05 and the amount of tax 10
raise said sum is 81 90 on each 500,
but the law states that no tax exceed
ing seventy cents for building and thir-
" cents for furnishing purposes can
be levied. After consulting with the
County superintendent of Schools, we
recommend that a rate of 81 on each
500 be levied.
For Andrus School District 81 900 is
needed for building and furnishing
school. The assessed value of property
in said district is $126,945, and the
amount of tax required to raise $1,000
is eighty cents on each 500.
For Granite School District $1,000 is
to be raised for building purposes. The
assessed value of property is $3S0,0O0
and the tax Will amount to forty cents
on each 800.
For Goldberg District 1000 is re-
quired for building and furnishing
school. The school district is assessed
for $224, 226, and the amount of tax is
sixty cents on eacn S1UO.
For Capital School District $500 is
needed for building and furnishing pur-
poses. The assessed value of property
is S312, 40S, and the amount of tax re-
quired to be raised is eighty cents on
each 800.
CITY SCHOOLS.
The City Board of Education ask for
the sum of sol, $50 for the support of
the city schools, and the tax rate neces-
sary to raise said sum is thirty-three
cents on each 500
ROAD TAX.
Your board must fix the rate of tax
for road purposes in accordance with
contemplated improvements and the
amount of work deemed necessary to
, be done.
The amount of license tax collections
for the past year was S47, 735, but pres
ent indications are that it will be less
this year.
) IMPROVEMENTS.
Many needed improvements have
been made to the Courthouse during
the past year, such as the building of
! new tanks in the Jail, building a dis
pensary and an addition for the insane
also furnishing and painting county Of
fees.
Notwithstanding the large amount
spent in repairing the Courthouse, little
good is accomplished as it is very APP
, parent that the offices are entirely too
small and out of date to properly &C
, commodate the increasing business Of
. the county. 1t is a good time now,
while the funded Indebtedness is low,
to discuss the question of new Court
: house, as it will take some time to
bring the matter properly before the
public. The county is judged by it's
public buildings, and if it does not i'm
prove its property and have good build
ings it cannot be expected that the
citizens thereof will build or improve
their property.
desire to suggest that your honor
= able board separate the offices Of Au-
ditor and Recorder. The offices were
consolidated many years ago, when the
1 duties We're not as great a now The
4 work in the Recorders office has great
ly increased during the last few years
3 on account of the cutting up of many
8 large tracts of land into smaller par
: cells.
IL NhNANS u t1AS 0Ouuly AUDITOR
: have multiplied to such an extent that
1 the work in the Recorders department
has TO be delayed in order to perform
: the Auditors duties.
AT each session of the Legislature
more labor is put upon the shoulders
: Of the County Auditor and also on
the Recorder. The County of Sacra-
o mento is large enough and wealthy
enough to have separate officials for
each office. In smaller counties with
lower amounts of taxable property the
offices are not consolidated.
I believe your honorable board real
1 ICES the fact that the duties of the
- Auditor are very laborious, and that
better service could be performed by
having the offices separate. On ac-
- count Of the increase of the State rate
, Of 8 cents more than the rate of 1896
: and the deduction Of 10 per cent from
=. the assessment rolls of 1897 it will be
necessary to raise the rate for State
and county purposes. Respectfully sub
nitted, r. T COIN,
: Auditor Of the County of Sacramento
FIXING THE TAX LEVY.
The board proceeded to fix the tax
levy. with the following result, which
> accorded with the Auditors estimate:
5 State fund $3.50. ................. 81
3 General fund. ........... ............. Il
Il / ETDcrfral fund