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Show THE GINS AUK 11111) The School Board Meet and Determine to Test the Authority of the Utah Commission. IN THE SCHOOL ELECTION. The Finance Committee Present au Elaborate Elab-orate Export Followed by aa ! Address on Bonds. The school board met in regular session ses-sion last evening with Vice President Nelson in the chair, and Trustees Armstrong, Arm-strong, Colbath, Newman, Pike, Py per. Snow and Voting answering the call. Minutes read and approved tho clerk ! submitted tho following coinuiuuiea-tion coinuiuuiea-tion from Coiinsollor Parley L. Will-iiims Will-iiims with j-efereuee to the validity of The roport was adopted w hen the following fol-lowing address, signed by all the members mem-bers present, was issued to the electors: To the People of fldi l.:ik I l'y-The atiuve report hMW leeu ma le at rim m?otm,t "f the b ard or education he'd Match U, ISM. aud iinaiiimouitlv urioMi-d, wo. ttn- nieml'rii t s i it h unt, urttn In an n: P "in to IHh pi.nplB to rant th r.'lief linked lor und in-.. umI u aihr fihowu, ThH (ti-h')olw fti1" t.'o I'V.iWiitU t allow ui jimit work bemK Aov.r: lur: vim-. ar p iid fur f.e rent biimtlii-'H a-i i mums nut -nit 'tl fur thf purpoie, I ut that hit to htirt'iit'd to ttv hIk'H'T to pui lls aii'l tn wti rn: iitid pr.i-v;tun pr.i-v;tun nm-'t tit-miidii fi r i.ii a K"'"i'er pi-hh-aure mi the m-atlnit -af:u-ity ti.v. n is a-ready il.'vploppd. WV t!i'rt.-ri'ri- au iho pm p'.n id ur wit ih nei-ili'd r-llt. r ntldent in their x-n d mil toAa.nl th. . ho-M I'tiii.niL' Ml 'Ha roieiK at tne 11tv.a- of t ( ln.nri t::u ad H-t H-t oiii wo run m ikh with tin- roller aUi'd in tne b 'i pnuKcd will b.ni'ly irovidu for t!m tm-ini tm-ini li id- Ki'hool m-ed. 'I ho pr.-Hiir i;p n the sola, il- In nil pnrtiimi of t lie If y Is i;re..t. wild u: d-r I In- ilt ihioii pro-jiodi'd pro-jiodi'd i'i the ioint r.-p irt tivi-.io:o'-i' niHii' p.ili-li- every prvtuct wnt "t il is- wrhlii th" limit of its iii'viK in rtn'uiaut on of t.iem' li'-rtN a mtmiM r of the olil lit - have heretofore o led .p 'fiat txotto t'lit d -oho dh iiisii-. The t'otrdlM dniisel to m1 vi.l tliN n I ai done ry the d.trlrts. and he mlt'i-priM' of tlie ii ople tlierein as shown ly ih.-ir vole referred to; uiHlso far as the funds urov.di. I til mi, it will reiiii'inlier thosB vote- an i tn,. revenues of thp;i"t. a linudi as Is io-Bin.i ninler the rhaiiKeil cirt'Uiustnucrs, and doing injutl e to n. me The tux reeesmry to tiny then bunds and In-ter.-t that will atu-rne dnniu l lie twenty yeais ran all I"' proyided f r by an annnal tax of Inilf a tii it t on the dollar on the pre,i nt valuation valua-tion of taxable prop Tty lu Sail Lake City. Mr. I'ike otVered a series of rexolti-tionit rexolti-tionit and after considerable disension the following were introduced by Trustee Yoimir and adopted: Whereas. The rirht of t he t'lali ronitniinlon t man itfe and conir d th" tmi.-n.'.ln I'le.-u m eon. iirnini; the i.-mieof b ni 1- i:nuerel tmrf laus ino:ved in nome doiil.t and Whereas. The Int. restM of ,he sclm ds demand de-mand that it Hhould ht Ho- ed iy and uiiiiion-tativoly uiiiiion-tativoly determined wheii'-r Mild elert:o;i Klioiild mperly be held iiTid-.- Hie author tv of the board or that of t'lint'inh eotiiie.li-iiiin. Now. ttierefore, lu order to detenniu) thu (iiii'Btinn. lie tt Unsolved, That the tlnanre committee bn In-truettd to enjoin the coinmiiMou. in tho naiiiooi tht-bonrt, from ne;eisim; any au-tlioiltv au-tlioiltv over or par.oriiilii; any act.i in relation 1 1 (-aid election. Tho board then adjourned until Monday Mon-day night. the approaching election on school bonds: To the. Hoard or Cilnrattoti-Tlrterty, my opinion la that the election to vote upon the liiKiianre of bon is. Is an elei tluti within the meaning of tha a t of cointreai creating the L tah comml-i.iion, and glv ni; it full power to take chaiio of all elections. I aia concious that taltliu all the proviHn ns of tho iait of the law, territorial and national, liiakes the mat-t mat-t rmimewhiit obscure, but I think the course that la brill pursued is most aatisfa lory and In accordance with tue proper construction of all the statutes upon the subject. I shall, however, how-ever, within a few days attempt to write you more fully, stating the various provisions upon the subject and Informing you In detail ol 'my conclusion. Heiipectfully, V. h. Wll.UA MS. A motiou to nllov Architect Klettinj $:i)0 in fell settlement of bis claim prevailed, pre-vailed, Trustees Nelson, 1'yper and Newman taking the negative. William Crouch wai appointed janitor jani-tor of the Twelfth district school vice Mr. Pennoyer, deceased. The claim of the janitor of the exposition ex-position building was referred. The committee on school work invited in-vited atteulion to the fact that the capacity ca-pacity of the Seventh school was taxed almost to suffocation. It was referred to the committoe on school work, who are authorized to act. Tho propriety of tmploying another teacher was relerred to the committee on teachers and school work to act jointly in the premises. The linatice committee, through its chairman, Mr. Nelson, then submitted the following report, to which reference refer-ence was made during its preparation: tientlemen of the Hoard of Education -The I our 1 having decided to ask the people to vote tor the use of ifcto.lOl lu bonds for the procurement procure-ment of ichool sites ami the erection nfw h ol-housey, ol-housey, and this roiidutner h ivi..i.' lie -ti delegated dele-gated to present, to t:.o p. ople iliu re.iMiiti. tor the board's action as st ited. do uiv submit 'he fucts on which that request was based. Tiie city has a total ici.ool population, ac cotdOif to the census of July last, of is 8. i his population is d1t Hunted anion j tl.e se-ral se-ral precincts, ty old school diatri t,. as follows, fol-lows, and for convenience w have stated 1u lie same tables tlio Kca:tn capacity of the everal sclioi Is. the enrollment, and th' do-ilciency do-ilciency in a cominodatioiis in eiicli. as compared com-pared with the lotal si liool poptLaiion. Tins eating capacity is reckoned o.i the usual milliard, tllteen square teet tloor sn.ve per pupil, and of lourse In it no rented hull dnns ai e counted. The schools as nuint er. d mrre--poinl substantially witu the old d stricts, or wards: MUST I'lU'.c lNCT. Tr.tal School. S.'atinp Enroll- B.lnn.1 Seutlni? ca lacity. mint, pop inu Ucil. i ui y I '.: lbs S'ln im li HI ltd 1:4 lU a SI l.-H IS! s mo lij an., :,-, 1 P.'5 i pi :oi IT", Hi m: 4it) rio air, lift i.or.1 i.wj i.itu In this precinct the schools or eupy, tesides the piiulli: si hoolhou-es, the snn'h winder tlio axposliloh tuiluliiK, lu which are cmullrd 1-1 pupils. RKCONO Pltltrl.NCT. Total S liool Sratint; Enroll- h html Si atlcc capacity, merit, pop'li t ualelicieic y 4 im bi.i ,'ti IT.I 5 65 lis nil S4I tt "lii Hit a 14 .nl :i'.7 i"? II (CO ..'( l i 4I'II Till l va nv.ii 2,13 s ir.t7 Excess Net ileilclcncy. '1 he hoard renin in Hits precinct the Ann-iron'.; Ann-iron'.; biilldln;;. in which is tie I'.ttiinih scliool: the S.xtli ward nil etlru' Imum,.;;i room ui the Fotii'i h ward: the llusbat'it s i ulldiiiK a -ar the .'or an, and loiowu as t. e Tueutv-Mini Tueutv-Mini hc In ol : the Wliitiuy bu.lulug ami the Aiien building. ZIIIUU WIKCl.NCT. Tol 'it School. Ser.ti; (r Eli'oll- s n. ol Statin-: ca a. lty. u em. puo'l n. tl. n. y lit am .'.it .'. ;.T.' 17 1 ur lirr ,'inl 1U air, iv.5 u.-i ;;i.i .VA i.w iv.' i 1x4 The rented premhes In this jiree'ncl are the Hooper i. ml ittiiiier Lutldii.g-i and a roiniiU No; tu San. Lake. i t'OrilTH I'llKCl.S'l T. To':. I ''chool. Featlns: Kmo.l- s. h o. s. at;n capacty. iiieiu. iUi i u. dctii i cy 18 1(0 .... :,M 9i am an -us sis 21 li'l -'.' It .i (! :vki tiui) laii ten '' he rented pren i'i- in thi J vie inct are two renins ill the Kinhteentli n; rd ;iud cue in the Iweiity-tlist. FIFTH I'UEClNlT. Tot rl featine Enroll- m-h-hi! Sontitie School. capacity, n ent. p. p lat'n. deilc. cv. 11 M't -1,1 nil 451 1J ...Hit) as7 iVi VI 13 14,i llti 411 'M Ki) IIK1 lli'D SI. 'i Hented rdaee- In this jireclnct are two looms in the Kleiei'.th ward and two rot ms in tho Twelfth ward. The total enrollment is 57111. which i r Hl.Sper cent of tiie to:al tciiool iotnilation, while we have insshool huildiiiKs leatitiit cuvaclty for only :i'J':(i iui:ls. or l,ut .'HVft ier i eul oi the whole s.-hool iioitiilation. The difTerenre he-twe.Mi he-twe.Mi the actual enrollment and tl:e s MtiuiT capacity is 'MW. the excess lielua partly prov d d for in rented buildings ai d u put ly a pressure on space which makes the rooms altogether overcrowdel and theretoro titiiie ilthy. Inconvenient and hamperiiik' to t'ie s, liool work, in sevetal ! cusca the sites ar, too small and the Krounils fur exercise are Inadequate for th ne of the pupils. It Is to lemecly these evils, t ) provide scl rsils better suito.ltothr work ai d to ive the pupils more healthful surroiiaiiln .s. with more adcutiiite room for their work, that the i hoard ilecldci on the step taken. The ol 1 Hidiiiolhouses wi're not luilt on approved models, while as to the rented huihllturs It was not t hi expected that they would be es ice tally adapted to the worh of the schools; ttiey are not so, ln;t it was a cui-st en of relief and somethint: h id to be done. therefore the Lest obtainable ob-tainable iiuarters were se 'iired. Heavy as tho pressure hits been this s liool year, thrt mt or a treneriil free system In this iliy, there is every reason tn snpi ose fiat t -Is pressure , will be much incrce.-e t the coriilin; e ir. w it :i , the success already attained and the tuc.re;i.bed jMiinihit'.i n It i worthy of niienlal note that th" form of rlief proposed is not one that culls for the 1'iinieiiiiite coll . 'l"ii of a heavy tax. Authority Author-ity ti Issue b,,nds Is the request aal yo.ir rommittee tin e that tl.e people w in i.nd thin form.of iiiitk,!) the needed provision tor the scilofrts 'arlcrs I'lirdeiisonie ihan would l e a specl;!! tax. The Interest on the bonds will 1 e fiptM" vent, and they will run ten and tnentv years in equal proportion. We are now nay-mtr nay-mtr In r. nts. and tor changes in rei:t ' I ro m to tidatit th'in to school pur po'.'' a Mini that this year i, reach erjr cluseso Titi. which lac but little of tieUp li half year's nit -re t on the propn-ed issue o bonds. Hnt it was an expense which the hoafd found it lmiiossllile to avoid if tney would (fiveecen t- hep. rand me ier school ac-eon ac-eon m ulitious to the throngs of apple-nuts for insti ticti w. Ti.enee'l of the time's more seal lime ip.icit.y and tnode'n s' tuiioliioitsi's. As Htnt d m t ie 'olnt romioittee r-po't. c-n wlech tt.e requ-st (or lioinls wnstia-el, the real needs f tie schi ols wil t'i but iiartly ned w It'i this ws ie of bonds. 3ut with the Kood results to tie ex-1 ex-1 e -led and .he ptiite t:ie p-'op;e wilt tiin- in their imp'oced mhool svs.em we do not fear but that dtifi iirovtsloti win be made as the need tor the t.vue shult become apji ircnt. '. William Vvt-MiN. Cbairtuan. t .il ill N N. J'lM', KlCBaltn W. Vol s. i t i ! |