The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-12
Figures Furnished By State Department Of Education Reveal Counties Will Get A Smaller Share This Year REDUCTION DUE TO SL UMP IN THE TAX COLLECTIONS Amount Apportioned To Each
 County Shows Decrease 0f
 26 Gents Per Capita Over
 Last Years Pro Rata Share
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU |,
 THE AGE-HERALD Mont sOmery. Ala, Oct. il ]

The amount available to the va- rieus counties from the general edu- ca ton fund of the state for the fis- cal year 192s-24 is less by more than S200,0O0 than the fund for the year 1922-23. Rigures furnished to : day from the state department of education relative to the apportion- ment of the general education fund, otherwise known as the common school fund, showed that the total appor tionment to counties for 1923 24 is $3,443,951.37. while for 192233 the amount was S3,651 ,646.42. The amount apportioned shows a de- crease of 26 cents per capita, the per capita apportionment for 1923-24 be- ing S4.33 against S459 for 1922-23 This is on the basis of the last emu meration, in 1922, which showed the number of school children within the ge limits prescribed by the consti- tuition to be 75s,605.
 Not Caused By Legislature.
 Acts of the recent legislature had nothing to do with the shrinkage Tn the school fund The fund in ques- ton is fixed on collections a year in advance, so that the amount for the year beginning October 1. 1923. and closing September 30, 1924, rep resented taxes for the year closing September 30, 1922, while for the 1922-23 year the school tax figure given. was obtained from taxes for the fiscal year ended September 50, 1921. The general education fund is derived primarily from the state hree-mill special tax and from ap- propriations of s500,000 per annum, so that the loss of s2o0, 000 in funds available for the school year just started is to be attributed to de- crease in the amount brought in by the three-mill tax for the year end- ed September 90, 1929.
 The recent legislature left. the education Appropriations unchanged. The per capita apportionment for l923-24 is the lowest since 1920-2l. when it was S3.61. For 1921-22 the figure was s4.46. for 1922-23 S4.J9 and for 192s-24 it is s4.33.
 Following is the apportionment of sthe general education fund by coun- ties for the year beginning October 1923, and ending September 30 1923
 County Apportionment.
 Autauga, s29,599SS; Baldwin. s35 I26S3; Barbour, $53.53179; Bibb. SEA- s04.13 Blount, S40,909.S4; Bullock S4L6l7ol; Butler, s4S.ss2.27; Cal noun, S7l,795.73; Chambers, S65.- 0l4-s5; Cherokee, $3O,S72.90; Chiffon. s35. 337.15; Ch O octaw, $31,046.1O: Clarke, s41.2s6.S5; Clay. s31.O37.44; C'le,burne, s1s.sS1.4o; Coffee. $47,s3O; Colbert, s42.529. 26'; Conecuh, sS7.- 6277o; Coosa, s20.S96.5s; Covington. s57,640,96; Crenshaw, $S3,S2I63; Gull man. $52,S73.63; Dale. sS4,142O5; Dai- las. SSl,14S.53: DeKalb, s54,051.39; El- more. S44S72.10; Escambia, s35,- s56.7S: Etowah. s70,345.1s; Fayette. s2s.642.95: Franklin. $30,99S.47; Ge- neva, s45,00lG9; Greene, $25.625.51; Hale. S3S.0l4.6l; Henry, S31,53S.33; Houston, s53.304.7S; Jackson. $53, h6653; Jefferson. s3S7, ,552.32; Lamar, S2S 560.66 Lauderdale, SGS.66O.S1: Lawrence. $31,076.90; Lee, $49,60gSl; Limestone. s50,279.96; Lowndes, s44.- 469.l0; Macon. s3S,350.S1; Madison. $74,6o5.90; Marengo, $52,45266; Ma Iion, s34.207; Marshall, s50,03315: Mobile, S111,61S.74; Monroe, s4l.- SI9-I6; Montgomery. S113,OS6.61; Nor gan, S55.S2236; Perry, S4O,2SS. .69: Pickens, $39,472.2S; Pike, S45,4S232: Randolph, $39,342.3S; Russell, $4O.- les-79; Shelby, $3S.71O.2o; St. Clair. ss6,S09.33 Sumter, S47,136.3S Talla- dega, S62,S36.96; Tallapoosa. s44,- 4l5.43; Tuscaloosa. s72,S00.29; Walk CT, S75,l34.16; Washington. s21,19l.O2; Wilcox, $46,671.63; Winston, $2S.- 2553S
 Total, S3,443,951.37.