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Show TEiil' sure ' LEFT ID GQMHITTEE Board Is Doubtful of It3 S Legal Right to Heed Request Re-quest for Increase. Evidently desirous of complying1 ith r t he petition of t lie Salt Lake Teachers' 1 association for a uniform Increase of $C0 P iii the salaries cf fill i.-laysroom teachers, l he city board ot" educa tion became loubt-I:.:! loubt-I:.:! last mbt of its right to take .such action. The teachers are now uon-iractcd uon-iractcd for necific salaries for tae yc;ir. On a motion ottered by H. A. Smith, the recommendation of the committee cai teuci.ei a and school wo:!; that the raise I allow :-A was referred to tlie comnnt- ec on senool law. M r. Smith said that he thoi'irlit per ha ps the action might he i ou nd at variance with constitutional pro- loions. A i ccommcuriation of tlie committee on i-:achu-s and school work that tlie maximum max-imum yalary for teachers in the primary schools be instead of $lu5 a yea r and I hat the maximum .salary for prln- i t ipals of primary schools be fixed at L T-K) war. adopted by the board. On k moUon offered by Arnold G. f ' ;iau(iie, the board instructed the su-Jjierintende!it su-Jjierintende!it of buildings and grounds to report the names of all janitors, the work heiitj; done by each and the advisability of an increase- in pay. -Much of tlie evening was devoted to discussion dis-cussion of the aivisabillty of undertaking ( a building-rfpropramme at this time or tlie J . season. Arnold G. Giatique, chairman of ' (lie committee on buildings and grounds, announced himself as unalterably opposed op-posed to the undertaking of any build-in build-in jrs with a view to winter-time enn-ki enn-ki ruction. He argue-1 that experience had - Shown thai it wmilri rxa nvr.Anoi lliat the results would not be of the best. Other members pointed out that building Is regularly accomplished on many b!tf undertakings during, the coid weather Tlie threatened congestion of the school buildings was urged as a pressing argument argu-ment lor beginning construction as goon as possible, at least on some of the additions ad-ditions contemplated for old buildings. A clause in the report of the buildings and grounds committee, recommending that plans for building improvements contemplated con-templated be sent outside the state for examination by some expert on school architecture was eliminated from the report re-port upon its adoption. it was urged that such action would delay tiie beginning begin-ning of building operations unnecos-saniy unnecos-saniy if work is to be started this fall, and that it was not needful now If work is not to be begun this fall. |