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Show BAILEY FAVORS SUSPENSION OF LEVYINGfOWER Members of Board of Education Edu-cation Given Figures Showing Variance in Cost Per Capita Through State Hoards of education of the several district of the state In convention In the hull of tha house of representatives representa-tives at th apitol today discussed matter frta liiirir to school affair... Th principal topics were a "Proponed code of ct h lea or some principle and rule which should govern achool hoards In their relation with their fellow officer and member"; "To what extent should a hoard of education educa-tion concern Itself with tha details of th school n dm In 1st rat ton ?" "The ad-TWNTTty ad-TWNTTty "or" cfeaTInga e palate. "and" distinct organisation of school boards'; should the tax levying power of achool hoard he limited by law?" One of the features of the several address! delivered was the one by William tatley. preatdent of the state hoard of equalisation and assessment, on the topic of "Should the Tax levying levy-ing Tower fur School Purpose He In the Hands of the Boards of Education Educa-tion or the Hoards of County Commissioners?" Com-missioners?" FAVORS CENTRALIZATION. Mr. Bailey strongly advocated the central supervision of tha levy In ff taxes. He presented figures showing the valuation for tuxea In 1921, the local school lev lea, the amount of taxes, the school population, the per capita from local taxea, tha per capita from state district school fund and the total per capita, "On a total valuation of $rt7.SM,270 In 1921. the average local achool levy was S 64 mills and tha amount ofj tax collected t;.187&.n.1. Tha total school population was nn.SRJ and the average per capita from local tax wjis $44 Hfl. while the per capita from state district school fund was $2190 and the avem ice total per capita fflS.69." He then asked the question why It cost $112.11 per capita to educate a pupil In North Summit, the highest In the state, and In Wayne, where the cost per capita was hut $37. 4k. and why In flrand and Granite dlatricta It cost so much, the per capita there being I106.&3 In Orand and $100 64 In ' Oranlt. SALT LAKE HIGH. Mr. Tlalley also presented figures showing that In Salt I-Jike the total cst per capita, for education was $79.M; in Ogden. $65.72; in Trove J $r.0.2S; in Imogen. $47.74. and In Murray, $6-V34. The per capita from l"ral tax In Salt Iake was riven at $9!t6; In Ogdpn at $41 82: In Provo at $263; in Iojran. $26 85. and In Murray at $3. 44. while the per capita from the state district school fund was $23.90 In the five cities named. Am an Instance of the need- of. a central supervision of the matter of bvyJnr taxes, he cited tha city of Nephl. which in 1921 levied a tax that-realized that-realized $12,100. and this year, "without "with-out any reason whatever." dechtred Mr. Itailey. "the authorities Increased the levy so as to raise $20,500. No one controls except the city officials themselves and If the law Is not broad enourh the taxing authorities make a law unto themselves. I am of the opinion. continued Mr. Halley, "that w must do as Is done in Indiana, have some central authority to prevent such breakneck extravagance. It does not niatr how bad we need It, we ought not to expend ex-pend our taxs in such extreme without with-out the consent of the people. No taxing authorities should be a law unto th'-msflves." Hesolutlons were adopted inviting the public to Inform thunselves more fully on the cowl of schools and with the proWems that hoards of education have to meet. Kconomy In school administration adminis-tration and rtseognitlon of the principle princi-ple thut education is a state function and that hca boards should be permit per-mit ted to determine and administer their own finances, were emtmdied In other ftenolut ions. i'reatlon of state funds for schools by revenue derived from undeveloped resources was also urgt'd. |