Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1881 — Taxation and Education in Missouri. [ARTICLE]

Taxation and Education in Missouri.

The state taxes In Missouri are 40 cents on ths |IOO. One-half, or 20 cents, is for general expenses; the other half is for paying interest on the debt, and the debt itself, as it matures—and for no other purpose. These taxes are found ample for the ourpose, and are the only state taxes levied on property. Their proceeds constitute, together with certain licenses, the entire revenue. The free educational system of the state is steadily growing in extent and efficiency, and is at this time in a better condition than it ever was before. The number of children of school age—s to 21 years- increased from 676,153 in 1877 to 723,484 in 1880, and the total funds held in trust for school purposes in the state amount to |8,950,806; and in addition to the annual interest on these funds there are district taxes levied in nearly every county in the state for the support of the schools. The colored children of the state share in the general benefits of free education, and the Lincoln Institute at the state capital,

under the management of well qualified colored teachers, Is maintained for the education of colored youth in the higher branches of learning.