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Show COUNTY COURT MATTERS. County School Superintendent Stewart's Communication. THE ARCHITECTS' RESOLUriOMS. The Question of Stfaograplier's Fers.-Claims Allowed. At a meeting of the County Court yesterday afternoon, the architects of the city, by a special committee, presented the resolutions recently adopted by tho members of the Architects' Association, In which they demand the right of, competition compe-tition In preparing plans for the new joint city and county building. The matter was discussed tor some time, when the resolutions were filed to be acted upon today. Tlie following communication fromCaun'ySchool Superintendent W. JL Stewart was readi To tho County Court of Salt Laker Gentlemen In compliance with your request, I present you more fully tho tacts upon which 1 make my estimate of tho county school Ux required re-quired to rate funds for the ensuing y ear. I base my estimate of tho funds needed upon tha wants of tho county schools. The total school population of Salt Lako Countv Is 13 C01. School population or the city. ES1S. County school population, -1TS3. Per cent of school population in the county, about 35. Total assessed valuation of property prop-erty in the county, S32,270,JT0L Valuation Valu-ation in tho city, JIM9VJT0. Valuation Valu-ation in the county, 1 7,775,000. Of the STS.OOO estimato made to the court, the county xchools would receive about a st jt Tha Territorial aDDOrtlon- ment will give the county schools about 11,510. Tbiz would giro the )aCl7 ncnool fund H7.7C0. The school law provides for four terms of school and any district holding hold-ing school less than three term will receive no portion of the school funds. Tho compulsory and free sUiool clauses will Insure the attendance of a high per cent, of tho school population popula-tion in each district. Tho funds, $17,790,. must bo sufficient suffi-cient to jlay salariM of teachers of tbo schools. Good teachers command salaries ranging from SlO.to tlOOpcr month. Placing tho average teacher's teach-er's salary at $00 per mnnlb snd estimating esti-mating nn arerago attendance of 75 pr cent of the school population, school to lie held in session eight month, and each teacher to havo an attendance of 50 pupils, it would re-qulreabout re-qulreabout $35,000 fur teachers' salaries, sala-ries, which would leave about $I2,OX for current expenses, to he divided among thirty-fivo districts. Considering tb facts that no county Ux wrs assessed to deh-ay tho expense of tho schools this year; that many of tho districts are obliged to rent schoolroom, school-room, and thst the districts have been recently supplied in tbo past, I am of the opinion that the estimate I presented pre-sented to you is as low as the circumstances circum-stances of tho schools would justify me to make. I estimate that it will reqniro an additional ad-ditional $5000 lo pay the salaries of the county superintendent and the county trcasurerand the expenses of the board or examination for the two years required. re-quired. In order to rats the full amount of the funds needed for the schools of the county, I estimate that a tax of 1,'f mills on the present valuation of the taxable property of the county as given above is needed. WlLLtAM M. SrEWAnT, Countv Superintendent of Public Schools. Filed. J. B. Toronto, treasurer, filed his report for the four irimlhs ending December 31, showing a balance of 35,4J5.34 in tlie treasury at that date. Tlie report was approved and Hied. The action of County Clerk Allen In crediting the county treasurer witli $IO,Oiti.23 and debiting order account with same amount per cancelled can-celled warrants returned to him by tlie treasurer, was ratified. Clerk Allen reported $375 turned over to the county treasurer by him up to December 31, ISM. , The bonds of W. C. A. Hmoot and Riley II. Graves for liquor li ceases were approvtd. , Judge Birtch reported tho he had ordered of the MasherrSafe Company a safe for the collector's office fur $3j aul the old safe thrown In. ) The County Attorney presented an opinion in reference totbe sheriff" xpciir. Ho n a,l whether the county court was-authorized was-authorized to make monthly appro priations for tho same. The attorney gave it as his opinion that the court could not make such appropriations in advance The 1 iw, he said, pro-vlJes pro-vlJes that all payments shall be made in liquidation of expenses incurred and actually due at the time tlie allowance is made. The statute also provides that all claims muit be accompanied by a sworn statement that the "claim is justly due." The following claims and accounts were allowed: C. W. Rartch, umpenialiOD $ 1ST SO C E. Allen, " m a Waller Marphj, ro 31 J. n. Toronto, " ....... S3 3) A. J. Barf. ' .... 130 CO J. VI. Hurt. ....... 1 0 no J. n. Cummocs, 71 OJ Joan Mroct, 77 70 O. P. Miller. a-2 S9 J. I'. Cahoon. M ....... H 3 J. C. atorphr. expense.... 4 SO salt Lake Ola Col, .............. 34 10 CE.A1ICD. " 49 00 JofcnMrock. 4 00 Telephone C04; M 42 so w. al. Stewart, stationery 31 M Maraxtne rnuCo., 33 (0 KctlACo., " 150(0 . J. Kurt, prison.... 312 3 lABfrtonJalvnaptoa, , SCO Cieorrc uarnidre M .......... s CO siliIaieGuOa, 43 31 Iippmaa, Wallcrsteln A Co., prise n 3 00 Telephone company, prison. ... 21 49 Solwnoa tiros. ...... 8 30 A.J. linrt, panper. stto Traneif Brown - . is so Telephone Co M is to SlUart'all fnfl 137 -j Jas. s. IticharOs mm ILII Qulnn. inquest IS 01 Wm Lnddrls, r SO ro Dan J. Colton, rtliet 33 10 It. T. Spencer, roads t3) William Scirls 2S1 31 James M. Moms " 7 00 ttoocrt Itazen. Jr., 1710 ttm Wai-stat! " 2,413 91 II. T. 6hnrUlff 44 W Jas. v . tardier CI is o.s.liinlr sosKl Geo Ilrrbars 30 CO J. .V. Morns " 1C4 IS Co-op Wajpm aad Machine Co., Tatal t'3 CI The question of stenographer's fees was discussed, at length. The presentation for payment of the bill of Fred. McMurrin, for taking testimony testi-mony in a criminal case before Justice Jus-tice Laney, was then discussed, and the claim finally rejected, It being the sense of ths court that the county was not liable. This action di?poed of several other bills of a similar nature. It Is understood that the question will be carried Into In-to the Third District Court. |
