The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-07-28

/ amounted TO approximately the same
sum.
"tor the nine months ending June 30,
collections have been as follows;
From current property
taxes ..,.,..s..,.. bl4,bbU'Ol
From back property taxes :. i7,S7l,Sl
From licenses and privi-
leges Observation-Disclosures, $3.50 ~
s 0S2,3976S
A careful estimate OF the
collections TO be made from
these sources during the
remaining puaterof the fls-
cal year is the sum off, 36,5OOlO
This gives total of .....,Sl ,0lS,S97.6 S
From this total OF city Revenue pro-
per is to be deducted first the school
fund OF twenty per cent, estimated 10
yield, in round figures s204 900. leaving
SSl5. 600 for other purposes. The school
FUND will be increased by the county
appropriation of $3.50 making a to-
tai for schools this year of 1919. 900,
Oct. /, 1919. This is an increase for
our city schools OF $4,000 and has af-
forded opportunity for greatly improved
facilities. better pay for teachers, etc.
Budget Requirements.
THE budget requirement for other
follows: For health S24500; parks and
buildings. $S5. OOO fire and police. $780,
600; streets and sewers, $685. 900, and
finance, which includes interest sink
ing fund, charities, law department,
salaries, etc. S3i7, 100, This would
seem TO indicate n deficit of $50 GOO. but
from miscellaneous sources. through
the different departments. certain OFF,
setting items are collected which. for
convenience i'm book keeping, are credi-
ted to the general fund, such MS Market
house rentals. interests on bank depos-
its. fire and police collections for out
side runs. etc. These collections in the
main find their way bhcl; to the several
departments from which they come.
through the annual budgets. To july
! these miscellaneous recuts aggregated
S2i,571.26 and II Is estimated that S22-
100 additional will be received there
from making total OF Sl6.60O. in round
figures, for the year. which reduce the
apparent deficit to $4,000. that being,
according to present fgureA md esti-
mates. the differences between the to-
tai budgets for the year andSthe total
receipts. But II will he recalled that
the commission included in It's estimate
last year an item of $4,000 TO be collec-
ted from the county during the year
on account of an old balance due 10
tho school fund, which, however. had
hecn advanced TO the city school found
out of the general fund. which 1000
would make good this years budget mp
preparation. IL therefore appears that
the commissions income estimate on
which its budgets were based was re-
markably accurate.
Furthermore. II is gratifying TO be
ole 70 repor. that all departments have
thus far kept within their budgets, the
amounts dlsbursed by the several de-
partments to July ! being as follows:
Department OF health, .......$ 20, 1926. 23
Parks and public buildings. 6b, 006. Al
Streets and sewers .....,.... ~, 220. SO
Fire and police. 205. 104.04
Department OF fnance..... ?94563.37
Public schools ,,............. 33Si 1856
1.-THE department OF health and an
original budget Of $2f,5O0. This was
supplemented by an appropriation re-
Gently made of $3,bs6,4l, made neces-
sary by an emergency In connection
with the treatment of certain conta-
gious diseases. In cooperation with the
United States government. This fund,
however, was provided In part by use
of balance originally set aside for
Crittenden home. and In part by appli-
cation of special fund arising from
the sale of narcotics and our general
revenues were not therefore depleted
thereby. The health departments has
also had extraordinary expenses not
provided for In It's budget on account
of smallpox In the sum Of $2,540.03. |
which IL now appropriated will prob
ably enable that department to finish
the year within Its budget. This spe-
clal appropriation and one Of $4,000 for