Show SCHOOL BOND ISSUE APPROVED AT MASS MEETING THURSDAY state supt bupt says meeting not legal citizens disagree artesiano Arte at a mass met metting ting held thursday evening at the A arthur r t h u r baxter elementary school voted in favor of the local school district floating a bond issue to finance the construction st of an additional two rooms an auditorium and a gymnasium um at thi school the bond issue would also include payment of the debt still unpaid on the structure the vote was 39 in favor of the is sue and nd 15 opposed mrs pierre morgan read a letter from the colorado state school superintendent stating that the state school board had complete authority vested in it regarding the approval of adal dional school construction and bond issues the superintendent s stated that the holding of a meeting and a vote has no legality and that the school board is not obligated to follow the action recommended by a vote at such a meeting the superintendent stated that she would visit ar tesla testa within the near future to confer with local leaden leaders regarding the matter however several local residents at the meeting stated that tha they had consulted attorney attorneys who had assured them that the holding of a mass meeting and botin voting at said meeting is legal bat and that at the state and district school boards are bound by the vote passed at such a meeting the meeting was conducted by al local representative senta tive on the district school board it was evident at the meeting that there Is now considerable unity of opinion in the artesla artesia regarding the need for additional improvements at the school schol 0 and the liquidation of the out standing debt mn mrs I 1 W cox has returned to her home after spending a week in a vernal hotel due to crowded conditions mrs cox waa was unable to get in the vernal hospital to she stayed i at a hotel to be near the doctor during her illness |