Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-22

WHICH is ulNlueu dS TOllOWS.
For support of the department
Of public ealth..-......,...... s 145, 900 90
Lighting the city. 200, 600 90
Regulating, cleaning and keep
ing In repair the public
sewers .;;...,.........,.... 4z5OOoo
Ing in repair the streets and
highways ....,................ $50, 900 90
Laying and repairing sidewalks 100000
Laying house sewer connec-
tions ......................... 1000 90
Repairs to asphalt Streets. $1,000 90
Executive department of the
Board of Street and Water
Commissioners ;.........;.::.. 100000
Surveyors department of the
Board of Street and Water
Commissioners ................ 10000 90
Maintenance of incline plane 12O0O 90
salaries) ;....................... $4,000
the taxes Of the city .....,... 1Ot, 900 90
Repairing public buildings and
incidental to same. ......,..,.. 100000
support of department of pub
lie buildings ................... 100000
Total........,.......... $1.oOs. 800 90
Budget Comparison.
Compare the budget of 1918 with
that of 1912:
Tax ordinance of 1912
FIRST section ................., %,499, Az Oh
Second section ............,,.. sos, 557 80
Iotal.. ......-............... 80, 32o, 600 90
Tax ordinance of 1913
First section ...,.............. A,546, 400 90
Second section ......... ...... 800, 800 90
IOIaI. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 70, 4b2, OOO %
1.-THE net difference between the
budget of 1912 and that of 1919
amounts in round figures to $4,000,
made up as follows:
Increase In first section...... $46,95s 90
Increase In second apcfinn G0 0d0 M
$4,000 90
ut will be noticed that the differ
ence in the amount of the second sec
tons of the years quoted and which
Is mandatory, is two-thirds of the
whole difference.
"The difference In the first section
IL but $46,95s.O0, which is divided
among the large number of items
treated of in the explanation of the
makeup of the budget.
"rhe large increase in the second
section of the two years Is made
necessary largely by the increased
interest and sinking funds, due to
the bond issues for public schools
and the Passaic sewer construction.
Attention has been called to the
small measure of home rule permits
sible under existing statutes; the
manipulation of adverse legislatures
and court decisions.
ITO illustrate how far the lack of
home rule enters into the problem of
our local taxation, permeates every
important function of our municipal
government, and has and must con-
tinue to increase without even the
right of supervision or protest, that
part of our yearly taxation which is
mandatory, the following is sub
mitted:
THE law known as the Stokes
School Act approved October 49,,
1903 which act divided the State into
school districts and created 'muni-
cipalities within municipalities
other words: In the city of Newark
created a coordinate branch of the
government, and diverted it's vast
revenues from those of the Mayor
and Common Council, who are
charged with it's financial well being.
The result in figures without further
comment is as follows:
Appropriated by Tax Ordi-
nance of 1903 for current
expenses of the Public aao 40
Schools ................... $ooSOOV w
Public Schools ... 437 279 OF
$1,oes279 OIL
Gross amount of School
cem dus 81 1902. sso7, 900 90
Appropriated by Tax Ordi-
nance, 1913, for current :.
expenses of Public Schools 1,2S8, 232 90
Due from State. 1913 90
s2,s795so 90
Gross amount of School
Bonds now outstanding,
including 100000 issued oo 90
before 1903 .............. Sb44S,ZOo W
Increase in current expenses
account between the years =.
given-and mandatory 80. $l,Sl0,30U 9S
/ Inprnasa in permanent QeDt O,04ltZU w
''While it is not purposed to critl-
| else this vast increase in the cur
rent expense and construction ac-
count of this coordinate branch OF
the municipal government, 1T Is pur-
posed to make plain to the taxpayers
the following facts in relation there
| to-
Plain Facts.
"The Mayor and Common Council
are required to issue bonds Of the city
for school purposes, pledging for the
payment thereof, the property of the
city although the title of the school
property, under the law, is not in the
city, but is in the Board of Educa-
ton. AS stated, the Mayor and Com
mon Council are obliged to raise all
the money required, by direct taxa
ton and bonding, except that rec
ceived from the State, and while not
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the city treasury. and much of it..
pending expenditure, is deposited in
the banks. while the city is continu-
ally borrowing money in anticipation
of taxes on temporary loan account,
at market rates of interest at the
time of each borrowing.
1.-THE magnitude of the finances Of
the education department will be evil
denced by the following, to wit:
Receipts from taxes and
State, July, 1912, to July,
Balance in bank on July /,
1912, to credit of Construc-
ton Account ............ 1904, 12e 20
$4,4S4, 296 "a
by a law, approved April IA, 1908,
the Legislature changed the fiscal
school year, against the most vehe-
ment protest of all those in charge
of the municipal affairs of the city.
Tho practise had been-for the pre-
ceding forty years-to pay the city
its proportion of the State school
funds after the beginning of each
year This practise had lessened the
borrowing on temporary loan account
to that amount. The result of this
uncalled for partisan change forced
the city to issue corporate bonds for
81, 030, 10000 to make up its loss
through the law in question. This,
adaa7ntn the present net school debt,