The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-28
negroes (3.7 per cent of

The above division of the total
special tax fund was arrived at as
follows:
The total mount raised from the
property and poll tax for the State
at large was s1,664,544.0O when the
tax levied was IS cents on each 800
of and $3.50 on each
| poll. Of this amount we know that
S376,5O3, or 22.6 per cent was raised
| by the tax on the polls. When the
proportion between the tax on each
| 500 Of property and the tax on each
noll is Is to $50, in round num-
bers. to 8, the poll tax produces
| 22.6 per cent Of the total. In all
| special tax districts the proportion be-
tween the special tax on each $1OU
Of property and each taxable poll
is / to 8, as required by law. There
fore, the per cent of II totai raised
in these special "a districts by the
tax on h polls will be only 50
as great as the per cent raised where
the proposition was l to 8 instead OF
/ to 8; therefore, 3-8 or 22.6 per
cent, or s IL per cent IN round num-
bers, will represent h part OF the
total Of S65O,739 raised in the special
tax districts by the tax on the polls.
Table v.
It is difficult to estimate the part
Of the fines, forfeitures and penal
ties and of the liquor licenses n
profits of dispensaries paid by the
negro. The table below, however, is
in my opinion a very liberal estimate.
The number of negro criminals is, OF
course, very largely in excess Of the
number of white criminals; but the
fines imposed on white criminals will,
I think, be found to be largely in
excess Of those imposed on negro
criminals, because Of the greater ab1l-
ity of white criminals to a a hne,
and ecaus the majority Of the Of
fences for which negroes are fined
are petty offences. The proportion of
fines actually paid by the whites is
probably also largely in excess of the
proportion actually paid by the ne
groes, for, as is we'll known, a large
number Of negroes are sentenced to
the roads, and the majority OF the
negroes who are fned take the pau
per's oath after serving a sentence in
Jail or on the roads for twenty days
and are thereby released from the
payment Of the fine.
Fines, EOrfeitures, Penalties n Ii
quor Licenses.
Estimated part of fines,
penalties and forfeitures
paid by negroes (1-10 Of
$113,315.13). d. IS 1851
Estimated part of liquor
licenses and d~ispensary
profits paid by negroes
G-3 of s14~1,1SS.34) 49,. 47,O62.7S
1. IL of the liquor licenses, etc,
been allotted to the negro. be-
about ID of the population of
the State is negro.
Table VI.
This leaves to be divided only
the special State ppro-
priations from the State
Treasury for schools. AS
this is raised mainly by the
tax on property for gen
eral State purposes. I have
inns that the negro
pay the same proportion
Of this as he pays of other
property taxes, 81 per
cent of s245.000 ;. :. .~.s9,065.00
From the above tables. the fol-
recapitu1ation will be readily
lnderstood:
Maximum estimate Of receipts for
in North Carolina in 1908
by negroes.
Total general property and
poll tax paid by ne
SfOeS :. =. =. =. =. ..$149,3l3.11
Total special property and
pQ tax paid by negroes ~37,207.12
Of special State
appropriation paid by
negroes . :. . !. =. -. :. 9,o65.00
Estimated part of fines. IL
Quor licenses, ETC., paid
by negroes -. . +. . -. 58,394.29
Total =. =. -. =. ..$253,979.58 I
The following table, taken from the
'ficia1 report of the State Superin-
endent Of Public instruction, shows I
he amount expended upon the pub {
ic chools for the education Of the
in 1908. {
teachers salaries (ne- {
gro) +. !. f. /. . !. . +. . <. ..$313,913.94
'choOl houses (negro) . . 52,820.34 I
5 total cost Of supervis- {
ion, supplies, furniture,
fuel, and all other ex- (
penses Of administration s