The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-02

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the schools for the term commencing
Sept. and ending July /, 1899.
The school budget submitted by the
board to the mayor and by that Off
cial sent to the council asked for $461,-
57S for the school year.
The budget divided the amount as
follows:
Salaries OF engineers and janitors. 80. 81, $40
Salaries of officers and clerks ........ 1880
ueI -. .'......... ................... $1,000
Use Of real estate committees ..... $780,. 25'G0
The amount allowed bv the com,;i ;saol, oaS
$4,000, divided as follows:
Salaries of teachers ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1927 $40
Salaries of janitors and all others AZ 600
Fuel, supplies and all other expenses. $1,000
Total -. -. ..................s4 2O, 900
The reduction of the budget 81. 578
Will necessitate considera BILE of a slash
In the salaries of the teachers receiving
over $1,000 per year, and also in the
amount to be spent by the board in
making repairs on the school buildings.
Just where the reduction will have to
be made will be taken I'D by the school
board, perhaps today.
The council committee were desirous
OF allowing the school board all the
money asked for in the budget, but
the comptroller was not prepared TO
state how any more than the amount
named could be secured In fact. Mr..
McCardy could not see where anything
over 100000 could be depended upon,
out the committee was of the opinion
that as $429,344 was raised and expend-
ed during the school year ending July
L, THIS year, 1T would be safe to figure
on $420,000 for the coming year.
Inc amount expended for teachers
salaries for the school year ending july
l, 1883, was 1929, 061. 50, and, as but 1927
80 is allowed by the council commit
tee for the coming year, there must be
d REDUCTION in either salaries or teach
ers, based on these figures.
The salaries of all others last wear
footed up $44, 563.S6, and the amount al
lowed by the council this year is So 563
less than the sum allowed in the 1887
budget
Last year the board spent for fuel
Si1, 63S; for supplies, $12,041.9S, and re-
pairs, $17,S15.7S, making a total of SAT-.
$500 tor all other expenses outside of
salaries. This year the council allows
$50,b90 for all other expenses outside of
salaries
In addition to the $47,49576 aside
from salaries spent last year by the
board, there was $16,192.03 expended in
repairs to buildings, which the health
commissioner directed would have to
De MADE before the buildings could be
opened for the fall school term. This
expense will not have to be met this
year, although the board asked for
$25,000 for repairs.
When the committee was called to
order last evening Comptroller Nc
Cardy informed the members that oW
ing to the change and manner of the
collectlon OF taxes it would be impos-
sible for him to give an estimate as to
the amount the school board would Sc
cure from tax receipts. Under the new
law the comptroller stated that one
haf the tax could be paid before June
l, ard the other half before Nov. /.
and as number of taxpayers were
awaiting themselves of this provision
1t was difficult to form any estimates
as to the probable amount from tax
receipts
He stated that in anticipation of the
tax receipts of 1887 there had been is
sued for the school fund certificates of
Indebtedness amounting to S1S5OOO,
which amount must be paid from in
coming taxes before any of the tax
receipts could be credited to the fund.
The amount that had come in from
taxes up to date was not enough by
S11,50 to pay the outstanding certifi-
Gates.
From this the comptroller said that
1T would be seen that the income of
the board from taxes for the balance
OF the year was very problematical
The bulk of the taxes would be paid
between now and Nov. 1, and at that
date it would be very easy to make an
estimate, but it was impossible to
make any estimate at this time.
Mr.. McCardy then sprung his scheme
for making the school year end at the
same time as the fiscal year in the 9TH
er departments, and presented figures
which were published recently in the
G b showing the expense for run
ming the schools to Dec 81, 1898, and
then for the year commencing Jan. l.,
1899, and ending Dec. 81, 1S99
Aid. Sanborn informed the comp
troller that these figures gave the COM
mittee no light at all, as the corpora
ton attorney had advised it would not
be legal to do anything but appropri-
ate and make up a school budget for
the school year commencing Sept. /,
1898, and ending July 1, 1899
The comptroller appealed to Corpora
ton Attorney Markham and question
ed who would object to the council ap-
propriating enough to run the schools
for the remaining four months of 1898
and then fixing the amount to be ex-
pended during the fiscal year of 1899.
Mr.. Markham said the effect would
be a direct violation of the charter
provisions, and he opined that the
comptroller would, or ought to object
to any such action. The charter pro-
vided that no money could be expended
by the council or any Of the boards
until the amount had been appropriat-
ed for such department. and provision
was made for schools by the clause
which directed the council to appropri-
ate for the school year commencing
Sept. 1 and ending July 1 such amount
as was deemed necessary
Mr.. Markham agreed with the comp
troller that the school and fiscal years
should be the same, but under the
charter 1t was Impossible to legally
make them the same. This, he thought.
could be remedied by the legislature at
the next session under general act
which would take in Minneapolis and
st. Paul and give the relief desired.
Until this was done, however he would
have to hold that the merging Of the
school and fiscal years could not legal
ly be done.
A motion was made to allow the
school board 100000, but President
Zimmerman declared, If this was all
the board was allowed, the schools
would close April 1.
Aid. Murphy favored the amount be-
Ing fixed at 1000, arguing that, If
$4,000 more than the amount surely
in sight could be secured, an addi-
tional $4,000 could also be found.
The committee finally settled on
$420,000, President Zimmerman re-
marking that there would have to be
reduction in teachers salaries. and
the amount for repairs would have to
be reduced to about $4,000.