Show BOARD I f I SU Disbursements en Sorrowed money past due of teachers eel uel el chool supplies laries of Board Members 1459 1456 glary a r- r rand and expense of oC Superintendent Super Super- Superintendent 1560 of Clerk and Treasurer Treas- Treas furer 1 40 stationery and ad- ad on bond and floating indebtedness expenses 2000 ur ui- r portion of expense of running run- run ning ing Hayden den school I. I Receipts tate apportionment Children hildren at 15 orest Reserve Fund 1300 mills ills regular tax on valI valuation valuation val val- I I of mill levy for bond interest I on 1 ligh school apportionment I ii lOO pupils at 14 1400 fees for high school I pup pupils ils 20 0 mills special tax special election 4 22 Duchesne Utah April 4 1916 We hereby certify that the above four our estimate of ot the receipts and andrt rt necessary for the op- op cation atlon of the the- schools of Duchesne WHon nty for the they year r beginning July 1916 and respectfully request the board of county commis- commis b ers of said said- county to make the res' res above aio the he five mill millIas 1 Sc I as soon floon as as proper authority is la d by th the electors lectors of said county t par aril Duchesne Per Per H H. H P. P Ottosen I Vice President Ed F. F Harmston Clerk Pursuant to the requirements o of or e e. e school laws of Utah the forego- forego g estimate of expenditures of the schools for Cor the year ear 1916 17 rs as s given the board of county corns com on which to base the ool levy There here s ems to be some Handing anding concerning the purpose oe o of I e especial special five mill tax to be voted j by the taxpayers of ot the county the of this month oil 1 on will note that the first item of e c budget un under er disbursements is borrowed money This rep rep- gents the floating indebtedness landed ded over to the central school schoolyard ard yard from the various local dis- dis nearly all having contributed the sum total of the debt It is hr r r supplies long since used up text 1 furnishings and ana app apparatus old arrants held by teachers for past vice etc Warrants of this kind known and unaccounted for are coming in some of them sting as far back as 1908 This is legal it is drawing 8 g to 10 interest and must be bo paid i the present school district and editors are concerned about leir pay Referring to the tax notices of 15 we find that the county hool levies for the several districts r the county were 20 to 25 mills r Duchesne My Myton ton Roosevelt lexander Antelope and Hayden I iese six districts held an average of ot 8 months of school with an Si floating indebtedness of Iter ver the previous year The other except Fruitland levied I 0 gi Di to 15 Hi mills held eld an average of 5 months school and had an in in- eased floating Indebtedness of ot Fruitland levied 10 2 1 Ills held 8 2 1 month school with o 0 T increased debts except tended This makes an average ot or Y mills for the tho elementary of the tho county with an addi- addi I to nal 75 mills for the high school glover f over 23 mills for all the tho schools r rs I the county for that year It v will willo o seen also that the county had an Vt 1 of 76 months school term terra The lowest 5 months the highest K with a total Increased floating in in- I l elementary schools only tf tier over the previous year hese figures are taken from the re re- J ort rt of last year Q 0 The tax notices of 1915 16 show I that mills were levied for th the county county schools including both elementary elementary elementary ele ele- and high schools as against 23 mills in 1914 For 1916 17 the property valuation valuation valuation tion has been increased and the ra rate e of taxation correspondingly decreased ed cd to for all school purpose both elementary and high school If we give these 3 7 l mills 2 2 1 times emes th their ir former value on account of the increased increased increased in in- creased valuation of the property we still have llave mills the same as asat asat asat at present In 1915 then the schools which continued more than 7 months except except ex ex- Fruitland were taxed over 20 mills and fell behind Six of the other seven districts reduced the length of the school term and was still short a total deficit deficit deficit def def- of In the same year there was a total of 56 teachers inthe in inthe inthe the county The 1916 17 budget provides for at least 77 teachers an increase of 31 and a full term of 8 months for each school In 1915 the schools fell behind while the A 1 A budget includes the payment of 25 in debts which evidently cannot be done without the five mill tax ora ora or ora a correspondingly shortening of the school term No institution can successfully continue continue continue con con- con con- to do business which either cannot cannot cannot can can- not or will not pay Its bills The t l rat rat- county needs a good ing Everybody can see the importance import ance of such a condition In view then of all aU these conditions shall we vote the tax pay the debt and retain our commercial standing We must meet one of three conditions viz vote the tax and pay it cut the school term and pay it or let it go unpaid Which shall it be Every man every every where should forget any existing prejudice weigh well and fairly the whole problem and then act as his best judgment directs remembering all the time that he must share the responsibility Y of the final results whatever they may may be Be neither a knocker nor nora a kicker but free to give honest criticism crit Grit and nd suggestions suggestions' for the betterment betterment betterment better better- ment of all aU public interests Duchesne Consolidated School Board Doard 0 o 0 I |