The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-15
MUST
BEAR THE LOSS
Kick Hurts None but leach
ers and Children.
octs ON 500 i8ctS ON POLL
This Reduction Only on Levy for Raleigh lew
ship Graded Schools and Tor Public
Sch3ol fu?d 10 Pay Interest
on Bonds.

The Board OF County Commissioner
yesterday afternoon decided TO reduce the
tax rate for graded schools and school
bonds By 6 cents on the SIo0 worth q
property and Is cents on the poll.
The following Is the entry on the miu-
utes:
Upon motion. it was ordered that the
tax levy made by the Board OF Commits
sioners at its regular meeting IL the
month OF June, be amended III the follow
ing respects:
Il. That the levy made for the Raj
e:gh township graded schools be reduced
from 20c on the $l0o worth OF property
and COO on the poll to l5c on the Sio1
valuation and $45c on the poll.
II. That the levy made for the public
school fund OF Raleigh township to pay
the interest on the bonds authorized by
chapter 32S, Laws OF 1899, be reduced from
&C on the 500 valuation md 1Sc on the
POLL to &c on the $1G0 worth OF property
and 15c on the poll
(Naking a reduction of &c al valorem
and 18c on the polD.
Applications for reduction in valuation
Of property IN Raleigh township We're IA
ken up and disposed Of a. follows:
The A. NJ. Lewis home place at VII
mington and Halifax street was reduced
from $500 to $4,000.
The Pennington place. owned by f. II.
Wilson,, no change.
n. A. Dunn's property on Hillsboro
street was reduced from s., 600 to 81, ESQ.
T. b. Moseley's home place, no rcduc-
ton.
T. II. Mayho's residence on Hillsboro
road, opposite St. Mary's, reduced from
$780, 00 to S25, 900.
w. II. Hughes, Sr., granted a reduction
on tenant houses in the eastern division
OF the city.
Mrs. S. A. Campbell was refused a re
ductiOn on 257 acres OF land in st. Mary's
township, valued at $3.50 an acre.
c.. NJ. Bernard, dwelling adjoining Car
rollton Hotel, reduced to $4,000, the pur-
chase price. The Barringer property on
East Hargett street, reduced to 50 geo, also
the purchase price.
w. j. Young, Jr., was granted a re
duction on tenant property IN the eastern
division of the city.
w. N. Harris was allowed a reduction
on house on Smithfeld street from $500
to $3.50.
1t was ordered that all alterations made
by the Board of Assessors in the va1ua
tons OF property since the adjournment
Of the Board of Equalization on the 2fth
day of August, 1903. be restored, and the
figures placed as left by the Board Of
Equalization IN all cases.
At this j~uncture Chairman Green stated
that only two changes had been made IN
the valuations of Raleigh property by the
{ assessors since the adjournment Of the
Board of Equalization. One Of these was
made by authority of the Board OF Equal
iZation on the property CT Mr.. Julius
Lewis, and the other on the property of
Mr.. w. II. Hughes, Sr.. by order Of the
chairman Of the Board Of County Com
~missioners, VINO had satisfactory evidence
that an error had been made.
An order was passed that the clerk OF
the Board of Commissioners be directed to
have prepared and that he keep a set O:
double entry books of all the busincs OF
the county IN such manner that the
sources Of income Of the county genera!
fund and all special funds shall be plainly
Indicated and the state Of such accounts
at all times be ascertainahIc BY ~inspee-
ton Of the books. That uDon said books
there be kept a separate account with
all officers and departments Of the coun-
ty, which shall show the expenditures OF
all county moneys and separate the ex.
penses Of each department.
The people of Raleigh Will not approve
the action of the commissioners The
public schools are deareT to them than
any function Of government. There IS need
OF more money to increase the efficiency
OF the public schools, and for the pro.
tests to eventuate IN a blow to Raleigh :
pubic school system, is a lame and I'M
potent conclusion.
The action leaves the county more
money for general purposes. It was there
that rigid economy ought to be enforced
not upon the teachers and TO the in
jury OF the school system.