Show TEACHERS Ii 1 SCHOOLS ILl ClUS J JAc Action Ac fI Taken by the Board oa of 0 Education II r To t TAX tx BILLS BILL STILL S HUNG r NGUi 1 S sIAL I TION VOTED VOLED DOWN DOw DOWNe I t e g to the tb failure of Ule tle to take action on the school tax t x bill bm tha f evening d le to notify all teachers that tb t their contracts will ter on April 9 It u uI I wd expected L that the governor would uld approve the biLl yesterday but ho did didn not n t do so and stated that he be could coul 4 not say whether wh ther he would i e of i the measure measure today It was learned from good authority that he is 10 still stUl undecided whether to approve or disapprove prove weve the th bUt Unless U les the boi bo is able ble bleto to mak some provisions for funds which It is not disposed to do until this bill is acted upon the schools will aill close on April 19 IS In the resolutions adopted last night it was TaS provided I that the notices should sho ld the th promise that if It the board succeeds 8 in securing se funds to continue IY the schools beyond the third Friday in April it will be pleased to renew con contracts tracts with the teachers for such uen put part of ut 4 the extended d period as sa funds can be provided for tor Before this resolution was W JI considered last night MV Moyle wanted the min minutes minutes mm utes amended BO 80 o as to show that he had offered the th same resolution at itt Thursday dRY nights special meeting but that unanimous consent to its I introduction tion Uon bad had been refused d For what purpose do YOU wan want t the thiC th minutes to show hoW this to show that you youw w Wt Vt r out of order oror asked n Mr rit lois lov 10 Yes if you want it that way wa Moyle M replied J The motion to so amend the minutes I was carried carrl d by a vote of 4 to 8 3 L Inaction of Governor The Jh Moyle MorIe le resolution contained a pre preamble amble to the effect elre t that although the bill parsed pa sed by the legislature to in increase increase crease rease the school tax limit for Cor this year yea hAS baa been in the hanTh han s of Governor ells for more than a week he has hag Hot yet et approved it and it is therefore uncertain as to whether the board will willbe willbe willbe be enabled to the schools s the remainder of or th year io To 0 this clause an objected saying it had no plaT phWe in m th h resolution r for Cor the gov guy governor governor i is no way to blame for the finan financial cia cial hll deficit a condition that was fore forecasted a year ago The rhe objectionable clause referring to the governor was stricken ken out only Moyle and voting against motion When the question que was on the tion of ot the reSolution as 88 amended Critchlow took the floor to say that there ther is no pressing necessity to notify the teachers that services would wouldn n D be 1 fo required after April 19 i and that thA resolution might as well lay o oVer ofer er early next we week k kYoung Young y oung wanted to know from Moyle the necessity of such hurried action as liS was as pr in his resolution and the member from the Ute Third precinct replied that HUll been no hoste huste but rather rath r delay delu Moyle le th that t the board beard b arn members had nad been to understand that the tho y r would approve the tax ta limit bill and sin it had not been approved at the rte el l time of not later than lest last night nl ht he be was of or the opinion that the board boa rd should adopt the resolution to clear lear he members skirts kirts In view of I lh the fact fart that the teachers must have hoc I four foul weeks notice ef f the bile intention to i close schools S SIt It was maintained by Giauque that if I Ithe the board members are lia Ma I Ible ble bie tor the th t salaries when rhen the funds are exhausted It is safer sater to make the liabIlity run TUII for fOl a day rather r for or a vp wk k He H considered it the duty of or the board 1 Jard to have the teachers noU noti i ined ned fled I Another nother point made by Giauque I Iwas Iwas was that the way of raising funds Is Isy yet y t to be determined even e n if the tho th gov sov governor approves th the relief measure passed by the legislature Duty D ty of o the Board I S hope of changing the minds or of the gentlemen who seem determined d to dose 1050 the s as soon BOOn as 88 pos possible sible nid CritchlOw hl w but to place t myself on record I a right want to tell c you that it is our duty to keep the schools going as long as ax possible po na lon ion long as there are funds in bank or the hoard board has hus credit The Flie conditions that Itow ilow exist are not our fault they are due duo to th the increasing number of chil chiT dren and am the decreasing revenues rev It le 18 hy by a all except Mr 11 Geoghegan Geo hegan that mat Wf we have haio ha two sources to draw upon to k kp kep p the th schools pen open one themon the mon oy foy in lii hank the other the boards The taxes for tor Jt l can be anti and the money borrowed from the bank without interest Int rest to pay p the tee hers for the full fun school year Such an emergency as the resolution has not arisen certainly ct not enough h to discharge tha teachers and close the SChools It Jt would be wrong to do so Movie declared that hat the resolution t 1 t only put the board on the safe side He Be contended that any an one who voted for lift h resolution i was as as much in favor c Ut cE keeping keepin the schools open the full fullas t t C tm m as al ire UP those who entertain the as dow does Mr Wr Myle Coyle ie that there Is la still some sowe q wh ther the mill extra t to it be levied j d can be boP made available even ven if I tte t p governor approves the relief measure you Ou put such stuff stul stu in resolution about the governor critchlow To T show hw h w the th reason reas nt for rf closing the S the hOIS wa was waa leS reply t s notion to lay la the mo tao tI to adopt the resolution on the ta blo b If was wag lost Yost and the resolution Ie was th thi tha i adopted by a vote ote of 6 to fc t the then n t I e votes being announced by b Young and Critchlow Borrowing Proposition Defeated f fh thun n offered a resolution that a financial condition ex exin I sI in the school affairs airs which unless ved will vill w compel com el the closing I of or the t on en April Apri 10 and that the l la Is w iv provides s a means for obtaining the ther r I M relief reHer the board being en 1 to borrow without interest Int funds lunds nr n es arv to run the schools for the whole y year ar Therefore Cre It was wn proposed propos that the board submIt to the people at atH H It p f ial election It ct on on April 9 5 a proposition proposition tion to authorise the creation of a Q abt I of n it to 10 continue the schools for forthe or orth the th full fun term S SIn I In T support up ort of or his Jus s solution Geoghe San an F isid M id hat that the pernicious p precedent pr eden edenA A o ot or borrowing next years yeas taxes for this S y needs n 8 would lead to ga gane no m H Hf ed hi his speech spee h by byS S sIng ying ng he lie would stand for or the good I reputation of Hf the school board and that l h hI he would Quid have the affairs oC the beard b so that in two years th Vie the debt deb I would be paid oft off without getting setting an ef II i extra dollar donal from the i iNot Not until the necessity should houldA ar p would consent to 10 go before bet rc the people to get more money mORe on ons such uh sucha uha ch cha a plan As he understood un af at affairs fairs it j t is Ie better to pay payout out oC of lithe he por l et tt than to borrow orrow Ii t a remarked that the borrow borrowIng Ing proposition would be beaten by 1 the at the election f Young dr v attention to th tip fact nt nth S ti t h board bard had been given high l legal opinion th t L thc tax taxes by hI h a annul antill I 1 td t tu i ru nr th the The full u 1 term If It t ie relief measure were VCr apP by J t I F the governor and and until legal opinion stated that the extra tax levy lev could not he dr wn upon in anticipation n he would not support resolution resolution tion f J Q O OCh gana resolution r was defeat defeats defeated ed d by the following vote Ayes Brant Branting ing Giauque and Geoghegan Noes Moyle Young Nelden Newman and I IS S The estimate of Clerk Moreton I showed shoved that was available on Match March 1 for to ci the thA maintenance of the i ech ls At the weekly rate of for Cor teachers salaries it would require I keep the schools open ope until April 20 S Exchange of Sites On recommendation of the committee on on buildings grounds bounds resolution a Vas tes adopted authorizing the exchange of the tho school site on the corner of State and North Temple streets ts to the estate of Francis Armstrong for i rods north together with witha a right of way over a alley alle I south to North Temple street strOet and audit andu A piece feet teet at the west end endot of ot l tw rod strip which the board is isto to t retain from the north side of the lot which is 1 12 rods reas in area the Armstrong e estate tate to lo also alo give 50 Jn In n nI I IOn On motion of the commit committee tee lee was authorised tp negotiate with Phoebe for or an exchange of a portion of ot the Armstrong lot for her herlot herlot herlot lot on the north The opinion was WM 5 ex expressed pressed presse that rather than be he on the rear of or the school lot Mrs Irs l would consent to make a trade tr de with the board on such terms that the school site rite would have still more ground and be higher up where there t ere is a better foundation soil The resignations of Israel E Willey Villey and R H West We t from the tho teaching bori orP were Y r accepted |