| Show BUDGET SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR 1916 1917 disbursements borrowed money past pas due payment of teachers fuel school ool supplies salaries of board members 1140 salary and expense of superintendent perin 11 1560 1560 salaries of clerk and treasurer postage stationary and advertising inte interest res t on bondani bon dand floating indebtedness I 1 incidental expenses 2000 our portion of expense of running hayden school se hool receipts state apportionment children at 15 per capita A fore forest st reserve fund 1300 6 mills regular tax on valuation of 1 mill levy for bond interest on high school apportionment pupils at 14 1400 entrance fees for high school pupils 5 mills special tax special election 4 22 duchesne duches ae utah april 4 1916 we hereby certify that the above is our estimate of the receipts and disbursements feces sary for the operation of the schools of duchesne county for the year beginning july 1st ast 1916 and respectfully request the honorable board of county commissioners of said county to make the levies men mentioned tinned above the five mill tax as soon as proper authority is voted by the electors of said county BOARD OF EDUCATION Duchesne Du chesno county per H P ottosen vice vic e president attested ed F harmston riston SEAL clerk pursuant to the requirements of the school laws of utah the foregoing estima teof th empep of the county school for the year 1916 17 was given to the board of county commissioners on which alth to base tho the school levy there seems to be some misunderstanding concerning the purpose of the special five mill tax to be voted on by the taxpayers of the county saturday the of this month you will note that the first item of the budget under disbursements is borrowed money this represents the floating indebtedness handed over to the central school board by the various local districts nearly all having contributed tri buted to the sum total of the debt it is for supplies long since used up text books furnishings and apparatus old warrants held by teachers for past services etc warrants of this kind unknown and unaccounted for are continually coming in some of them dating as far back as 1908 this debt is legal drawing from 8 to 10 percent interest and must be paid by the present school district and cred tors igors are justly concerned about their pay referring to the tax notices of 1914 15 we find that the county school levies for the se veral several dis dial tracts r ic t 3 in the county were 20 to it 25 mills for duchesne myton roosevelt 0 0 s evelt alexander antelope and hayden these six districts held an average of 78 months school with an increased floating indebtedness of over the previous year the other districts except fruitland froitland Fruit land levied levia 10 to 15 mills held an average of 65 months school andrad and hafl an increased floating indebtedness of fruitland froitland Fruit land levied 10 vi mills held 8 13 12 months school with no increased debt except bonded this makes an all average of 1523 mills for the elementary schools ok oi the county with an additional 75 mills for the high school or over 23 mills for or all the schools of the county for that year it will be seen idso also that the county had an average of 76 months school term the lowest 5 months the highest 81 ayi 2 months with a total increased indebtedness elementary schools only of over the previous year these figures are taken from the rep report 0 r to of f last y year e a T the h e ta tax x no notices ti c pr s of 1915 16 show that mills were levied for the county schools including both elementary and high schools as against 23 mills in 1914 15 for 1916 17 the property valuation has been increased and the rate of taxation correspondingly decreased to 7 mills for all school purposes both elementary and high schools if we ve give these 7 mills 2 times their former value on account of the increased valuation of the property we still have mills the same as at present in 1915 the schools which continued more that 7 months except fruitland froitland Fruit land were taxed over 20 mills and fell behind six of the other seven reduced the length of the school term and were still short a total deficit of in the schools of that thai I 1 year there were 56 teachers in in all the 1916 17 estimate provides for 77 t teachers eachers an ine increase reasel I 1 of 21 and a full 8 months tarm i for each school in 1915 the schools fell behin d while tho tha 1916 17 budget includes the payment of in debts which i evidently cannot be done without the five mill special tax or a cor responding shortening of the school term no institution can successfully continue to do business which either blither cannot or will not pay its bills the country needs a good I 1 commercial rating everybody can see the importance of such a condition in view then of all these conditions shall we vote the tax pay the debt and retain our commercial standing we must meet one of three conditions viz vote the tax and pay it cut the school term and pay it or let it go unpaid which shall it be every man every where should forget any existing prejudice weigh well and fairly the whole problem and then act as his best judgment directs remembering mem bering all the time that he must share the responsibility of the final results whatever they may be be neither a knocker nor a kicker but free to give honest critic sm sin and suggestions for the betterment of all public interests te rests J A washburn |
