Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-21

i. JerNey. city manager o: Ports.
mouth.
The appointment OF a SECRETARY
VIII be made ny tho ox.cutlv. com
ini''cc ON " Inter date Tho nual sc--
zion closed tonight with an Illus.
trdtcd lcgtUrc ~ Major T. : B,s-
""ii. 81 thr United states Engineering
Corps
AinsIi- Discusses Taxation.
~ yesterday afternoons session
Mayor George Ainsiie. Of Richmond
held III" clos. attention II the dele
Rates when h" spoEe 10 them ON
The Pressing Problems In Municipal
Taxation" ~" placed stress on the
results of tho partial segregation
law OF 1918 cont"ndins that cities
could no; expand properly as long a.
ih.s restriction wHs hanging over
them. He said there was need %:
an Offensive propaganda ana The ne
"csSiiy Of p'a"ins the facts In III,
matter before the people as a whole
Tn" Mayor quoted figures from the
Auditors records In Richmond, com
pairing revenues in 1911. prior to tn.
partial segregation law. ana in 1874
just passed. Counties in 1871 got
back, he said. ~ per cent Of the
revenue paid In by them 10 the state
treasury. in 1914 they got bach
H9.55 per cent. The cities tn 1921 gut
hach - per cent OF their paid m
revenues. In 1914. according TO Mayor
Ainsiic. there we're sixty su-cHIicd
paupcr" counties. quoting Richard
= Byrd as the author Of the term
as against cl,shty-.hrce ''paupcr
gross county taXcs in 1921 over 1914
WAS 80 per cent. The increase in
gross city taxes for the same ucriud
was l2a per cont.
Moose Tishtrns Ahout cities.
THE moose is slowly Tightening
around the nccks Of the cities.
Mayor Ainsiic said. They are con
G'anty putting In more and taking
cut less. nnd the counties arc oppo-
site"
The Mayor spoke at Length on the
action OF tn" Legislature in REDUCING;
TN" assessment on such iutam"ibicS
ms notes. evidences Of indebtedness
which, he said. was claimed would
result III ''deluGc Of more assess
mcnts" In spite of the fact that tin,
rate had been cut in hair. the ode
iuEe." ns far as Richmond wna con.
cornrd. was an increase OF - pc,
cent. lie also spoke briefly nud put
/ much stress on tho necessity of iiGhi,
] ing tho New York state law which
prohibits savings banks from invest,
| ing in Virginia municipal bonds.
| Discusses "City budget"
| city Manager Wilder 81 Rich. 81
| Alexandra. addressed tho delegate.
on The city budget" He said thal
/ in general the budget is simply .
| financial plan ana guide for the city,
business and embodics detailed esti
mates OF the city government for tn,
year IT enables the governing bod,
| Of the city 10 shape its policies al,
plan its expenditures II year in nd
vance. thereby giving tho public M
| Idea OF the work contemplated am
| the amount of money il viii he nccc,
sary To raise. together with the prob
able tax rate they will he called upn.
To pay. Experience has shown. Il,
said. that tho preparation and clog.
adherence to II city budget great,
increases the efficiency OF city AL
mini*tration ana more nearly give,
the people the service to which The.
ar" entitled.
He said that public hcarin,
should be held on tho budget ate
II Ind been scruitinizcd by the CT:
Council, and al! expenses eliminate,
where possible.
! John Stuart, darlington, httacke,