| Show BUY it ie daiil al closed yesterday for Purel purchase tase of property of L 1 D S church tho the star hall anil and half of the I 1 L D S church lot at moab wore were pu purchased chased cesti liay by the grand county board of education nt at the regular tular rc meeting of the board present were Tr trustee ustes C A robertson J 11 miller II 11 17 balsley and find william cooley superintendent in D S L mccorkle and clerk W II 11 mcconkle McCon klo tho the moab ward had submitted in offer in writing to the board to loll 1011 the star hall to the district together with one half of tho the church lot for a consideration of the tho offer as a accept accepted td tho the total amount may imy be paid at any time before three paid yeara years after ater date provided that one third of the amount be paid each bear ear the offer act apted also gives rive the school district an option on the remaining portion of the church lot including tte the church building to be accepted at any tirre within two cara for 2000 the board of edu education catton in addition accepting the offer ai as above outlined made the moab ward a counter effir to purchase the remaining halt half of the church bt nt for a con consideration of 1600 the amount to be paid during a term of ears cars and tho the df oferrel di ferrei errel not to bear interest until possession to the church building can be riven given probably one ome kar car from ram now this offer Is being considered n b the church authorities the ward will ghe the school district an abstract showing merchantable title to the star property proper property tr and the deal will be closed with within I 1 n the next few days for tho the past two bears the school has been leasing the star hall which has been used for gymnasium and entertainment pur poses at yesterdays meeting of the bo board ard the tentative autret required i by the new school budget law was submitted by superintendent mccorkle ikle I 1 and will be finally cassed i assed upon at a me meeting eting of tho board to be held later in the month of which public notice will be given so that a any ny peron to arote t the budget appropriation appropriations may have an opportunity to bo go so tho estimated expenditures proposed for the school year beginning july I 1 are the same aa as those adopted by the board at its april meeting these proposed expenditures have already been certified by the president and clerk of the board to the taxing authorities 0 of the th bointy the total expenditures estimated for next year total thu this includes for the support and maintenance of the schools for the purchase of school sites and erection of school buildings build for bond interest and for bond sinking jund i fund the propone pro tax 1 levy for this year is the same as for last year 8 2 mills for esmeral main cenance te nance the pur purchase chace of sites and erection of buildings and X mill for bond interest and sinking fond fund the assessed valuation of the school district indicates that some will accrue to the schools as a of the 82 mill levy but the actual return is something eom ething like 2309 2300 less than this amount due to a loss oss of about 6 per cent through un collect able taxes in grand county the estimate made in the resolution of the board passed at the april meeting showed that the district dittri ct would receive from the state school fund and the forest reserve fund an aggregate of the probable total revenue of the year will be at its meltini mec tini yesterday the board offered contracts to five additional teachers for positions po sitione in schools in the outlying communities of tho the county t A complete list of the teachers defected elected for the next term and who have slimed contracts will be published soon |
