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Show BIG REDUCTION IN SCHOOL BUDGET Total of $220,000 Is Lopped Off Estimated Expenditures Expendi-tures for Next Year A reduction of 1:20,000 for next year's budget was adopted at a special spe-cial meeting of the city board of education edu-cation last night. Just what change this will make In the tax rate will not I be determined until assessments are completed In July. Of the rut In contemplated con-templated expenses $86,000 Is from the teachers' salary fund. 960,000 from building and $50,000 from the overdraft reserve. Representatives of various civic organisations or-ganisations have been meeting with the budget committee over a Jerlod of "several weeks. Vnder law it must be In the hands of the county commissioners commis-sioners by Monday. A comparison of the budget for the ensuing school year, beginning July 1, 1 f L'l'. and ending June 10, 112:. and that for the current school year, shows: 191 -II. 1H2J-JJ. Clerk's office $ IS. (HHP $ lion Members' salaries 1,000 Huperintendent of liuililings' office ... 14,000 e.nofl Hturekeeper 1,000 Sutierlntendent of school, office H.000 H.fMM Attendance officers . ,v T.iOO Klections and census. 3.MI0 Health 4.T.OO 4.6ftO Miscellaneous 23,000 1,000 Interest snd sinking fund 275.000 241.000 Teachers' salaries ... 1,475. Otto 1.SH0.000 Textbooks, rupphes .. CO.000 70.000 Teachers" pensions 11.000 Operation 193.000 190,000 Maintenance and improvements im-provements 142.0O0 134.000 Riillfllng fund P7.A00 47.000 Overdraft 151,000 1011,000 Totsis t-'.47.ooo $:.;;.. 000 The decrease In the interest snd sinking sink-ing fund Is because of the Investment of redemption funils in the bonds for whlih they were created, snd the cancelling cancel-ling of the IkiikIs. thereby reducing the amount of Interest to be paid and sinking sink-ing fund to be set aside. |