The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-06-24

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COMMITTEE WHERE IN ALL PROB
ABILITY IT WILL REMAIN FOR
SOME TINE 49, WOULD INCREASE
COST OF MAKING DUPLICATE.
A question of method in making the
chool tax duplicates has been raised,
involving what is said to be the un-
necessary expenditure of $500.
Richard Jennings. brother of r. J.
jennings. Of the board of control, re-
Gently requested City Clerk Lavelle
Il deliver to him the last revised city
Fax assessment. 1t was explained that
tle request was made by order OF the
chool boards finance committee. Mr..
Jennings was informed by the city
Cerk that the latter could not reCog-
Iize the request as being authorita-
4 We. A written request from Presi-
dent Francois was then received but
it met with the same rcsponSe-that
ale only authority the city clerk could
heed was that of a majority of the
board
Nothing further developed in the
matter until the regular meeting of
ale board of control on Monday night,
gune 10, when Controller Jennings pre-
nted the following resolution which
was passed in the rush of business
'ithout question in debate:
Resolved, That for the purpose of en-
ahing the board of school controllers to
apportion the school tax fer the ensuing
year, the city councils be and are hereOy
requested to make a true and separate
copy of the best adjusted and completed
assessment for taxable purposes as made
for the city as required by the act of
May %, 1897, sections l. 2, 3. p. l.. So.
Resolved, That the said copy be deliv-
cred to the president of the board, and
he is hereby directed to have the levy
fully compiled thereon, after which the
same shall be placed in the hands of
the school treasurer for collection.
Two days after a copy of the reso-
1Ition was sent to the city clerk in a
ommunication from the boards sec
retary. 1t was read at last nights
meeting of select council, but none Of
the members had been notified to
watch for it's appearance and the result
was a reference to the judiciary com
mttee where it will possibly lay until
the day of doom unless a report is
insisted upon. In the latter event, it
is not probable that the members of
The committee would care to assume
the responsibility of reporting favor
ably.
Heretofore. the original tax dupli-
Gates have been delivered to the
Dards secretary. To determine and
,ncord the school taxes it has been
IaCessary for him to employ only one
a. two clerks who have set down in
column left vacant for that purpose
the invidual taxes. This column is
headed school and School Special
Taxes" The tax duplicates on which
ilese records have heretofore been
ade, are drawn from the revised tax
ssessment and have been and are now
used for recording the city taxes. The
uplicate is an extension of the revis-
and final tax assessment.
To comply with the board of control
resolution city Clerk Lavelle would
flNe to purchase an entire new set Of
assessment books at the cost of over
90 and pay out enough more for cleri-
Cll work to make the total cost to the
city $4OO. a corresponding and new
expense would have to be assumed by
~" school board, a total outlay of $500
against 500 under the old system
Y hich entailed an expense of only 800
~ carrying out one column of fig
ures.