The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-03
STEARNlS URGES MORE
PAY FOR TEACHERS
Wants Minimum Wage Law and
Points Out Success Teachers
Have Had In Cities.
OTHER DEPARTMENTS APPEAR
Col. II. o. James Urges That More
Money nc Appropriated for CIeri-
cal Assistants In Handling Largo
License Collections.

With an increased membersip pres
err Yesterday the senate finance COM
rnIttee heard several extremely inter-
sst:ng and important statements from
department heads.
Secretary of the Commonwealth n
Q. James was among those who APP
pearcd. lie told OF having collected
more than half million dollars of
automobile license taves on an ex-
pcrsc appropriation of IS, 900. He said
that this year he expect ed to collect
Six hundred thousand dollars from
this source, and asked that the sum
Of $4,000 be Apr opr!ated for cleri-
cal assistance in the collecting of this
large sum of money.
Commissioner OF Prohibition !. SID
ney Peters repeated the statement
made In his report that his work re.
quiie approximately 500. 900 a year.
especially IN. view fthe necessity OF
plugging up" tho hole by which large
amounts OF corxraband LIQUOR are
brought into the state by boats on the
Chesapeake bay. He wants a patrol
boat for the purpose of stopping this
traffic.
Today state educational institutions
will be heard. Pro Ally the most am
cd h. the department of public In
Ftrpction In which as one OF the fen-
lures the esta bllshment of a mini
mum wage for teachers is urged
PLACES CAUSE AND WORK or
SCHOOLS BEFORE COMMITTEE
Superintendent X c. stearnes pre-
sented the following statement TO the
committee showing the financial con-
dttion of the public school system of
the state for the past three years:
i9i4-l5.
Total state funds. .....s2,162.2i8 IS
County school funds 49,. l.037,698 So
District school funds In
counties .........,... 1.s8s.5o1 81
Other local funds in
counties ............ S77.73s ~
City school funds ,..... 1.635.120 20
Other city school funds. 1l3.229 "a
Total local funds ,..$5.053,3S3 70
Total state and local
funds ,..,.........s7,215.sp2 81
19l6-16.
Total state funds s2,et9,047 90
County school FUNDS 49,. 1.044.S66 rs
District school funds in
counties ............. f.4f0,994 81
Other local funds in
counties ......... s3T.661 OF
City school funds ...... i,9s2.b76 Sc
/ Other city school funds. l73-G99 II
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Total local funds ....S5,499.l99 Is
! Total state and local
funds ............s7.71s.24s Is
/ 1861,
Total state funds. ,....s2.75i,821 81
+ County school funds. 90. 1,t50,sI6 90
District school funds in
counties .........,... i,ss1.ol2 81
Other local funds in
counties ....t.,...... 1.00f.493 20
City school funds ..,.. l,874,762 Ia
Other city school funds. 7I1,99I 80
/, Total local funds ...s6.370.I75 81
Total state and local
\ FUNDS ....-..s..... $9,l21,p9T g.
Continuing. the statement says:
4 Tho enrolment and number OF
lrooms in our schools for the said three
years were as follows:
1eI4-15 1915-ie 1861
Enrolment ..414,210 49I.e43 495,424
No, Of rooms. l2.343 1905 1s.44s
you will observe that while there
has been a gratifying increase in the
amount OF school revenue, there has
been corresponding Increase in the
burden to DO borne, as indicated by
the number of pupils enrolled, the
number OF teachers Employed and the
null Der OF school rooms opened for
the public advantage.
There has also been an increase IN
length of term.
New Sources of School Revenue,
Your attention is called TO the new
lsources of school revenue for session
l1g16-1T:
inheritance taxes, direct
and collateral ......s ie,4Sf AZ
Omitted taxes. tangible and
intangible personal prop
erty ............... 26s.ssT g.
Omitted license taxes go. l,TI6 6;
lOmitted capitation taxes. s7,I56 81
! sA75,023 a.
The same sources OF revenue Will
yield for session l917-is the following
amounts, namely:
inheritance taxes, direct
and collateral ... SssT07 IL
Omitted taxes. tangible and
Intangible personal prop
erty ............... It1,ss7 II
Omitted license taxes -. 3,s4o %
Omitted capitation taxes. Is,05S 81
s2i7s7s Al
These figures show an apparent
falling off in the new sources OF reve.
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