El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-22
TAX RATE $3.50
FOR NEXT YEAR
No Provision for Play
grounds; May Come Out
of Contingent Fund.

The tax rate in IL Paso for the year
1856 was definitely fixed at $3.50
after conference Of the city council
Tuesday afternoon. This is a decrease
rate Of SlS6. The tax rate for the
East FL Paso improvement district and
for the paving district No. l have not
been definitely fixed, but il is prob
able that in East Fl Paso the rate viii
be SLS4 and in the paving district.
The rate of $50 on a basis-of a val
uation Of S46,s49, 80, will net the city
SS35, 5000. Added to this will be in
direct revenue of $4,000. funds de-
rived from licenses. and police cOllee-
lions. making a total of S945.69O.10- OF
this total S517,z76.10 will be available
for the running of the city, the re-
mainder being for educs tional pur-
poses and for sinking funds and in
terest on bonds.
school Rate fl Cents.
The rate for school Purposes was re-
duced from 441s cents, the rate fixed
by the school board, 10 Il cents This
viii give the schools s191, 262.75. The
library is given $1,000 and the fund to
take care Of bonds is S22s.75L
The new budget is based upon the
entire revenues of the city, including
that derived from taxation and that
derived from licenses and police col
lections. and il is figured that after
all Of the expenses Of 1915 have been
paid there will still be a balancs OF
about $4,000 in the treasury. Under
the old system the budget was made up
and the rate Of taxation fixed to meet
No Provision for Playground.
No provision is made in the budget
for a playground fund but II the city
decides TO appropriate money for that
purpose, IL will come out Of the con-
tingent fund.
Commenting on the rate of Il cents
for schools, mayor Tom Lea said: The
school board wanted a rate Of A. Z
cents, which would have given Sos, 126-
1 found. while recently in Austin, that
the S1lS50 deficit of last year would
be paid. and that other revenues from
the state appOrtiOnment would bring
between $4,000 and $4,000 more. and
we decided that the reduction to II
cents could be made We are giving
the school something like $55,000 more
than they secured last year and with
the sinking fund of $4,000 on the new
$780, 900 bond issue, the schools viii
cost about $4,000 more than last year.
The rate Of Il cents does not con-
template any money for playground
that the children OF the city should
have places 10 play. and hope that some
arrangement can be made TO continue
the playground work"
Budget in Detail.
The budget. as it will be adopted
a the meeting OF the city council
Thursday morning, provides for funds
as follows.
Mayor and council. $1,000: city
clerks office. $1,000: election, $500: city
attorney s50GO; litigation. $500: auditor.
$3.50; treasurer, s2525: assessor and
collector. S1O,S00. finance committee,
$500: corporation court, $500; city
hall expenses. S171O; police, $4,000, an
increase Of $4,000; fire department an
increase OF S1I,320; weights and meas
ures. 1920; building inspector, $500;
public pound, 500; traffic department,
$500; health department. Sl6.9S0. an
increase Of $50; isolation hospital.
s6250; sewer departments, $4,000; gar
bage department, $4,000. an increase
of S25.000; disposal plant S23, 200. an
increase OF 5000; street cleaning and
sprinkling. $4,000, a decrease OF $3.50,
highways, SI400; lighting, s31,402. an
increase of 1886; engineering, S1S,630.
an increase Of $3.50; charities. $500;
corrections. s12.590; library $1,000;
schools S191, 262.75; parks. s25,50e. an
increase Of S55vO, Washington park.
5000. an increase OF $500; purchasing
department, $1,000; warehouse, $3.50;
bonds interest. sinking funds, S229,-
1925; interest on warrants. ETC.
$40 100