Show BOARD OF EDUCATION at a special meeting of the city board of education december trustees young johnson John Bon snow nelson armstrong newman colbath and were present in the absence of mayor scott vice president nelson presided the meeting was called for the purpose of discussing the recent school tax levy made by the board W M diewart dt ewart county superintendent of schools was present predent and stated that the new school law prohibited d districts from levying special taxes that the school revenues should be confined to the territorial apportionment tion ment that the law compelled him to certify to the county court the amount of money necessary to support the county schools the sum u m of 78 was raised by the levy oali mills made by the board but this was incomplete inasmuch as it aou would id not give gi ve the cou county nty sufficient su M cle ut funds to run the schools the rhe county would be compelled to make another tax levy but under the law the city would have to pay the same per as the county thus imposing on the city a heavy and unnecessary tax to run the schools required of which the city furnished while only was collected from the county but ibe county schools required for their support while went to the city the total number of children of school agell the county is ie of which number are credited to the city the territorial tax levy of 8 mills allowed but 45 for each pupil the amount received from that source being inadequate to pay the salaries of the teachers the sum of would be required for the support of the schools outside the city which have to be in session at least three terms during the school year otherwise they would receive no benefit from the public school fund the county court would levy the school t ta 0 on 1 1 the valuations made by the boli county 1 t y assessor viz on the outside of the city and within the city limits the amount received by the city from the apportionment made anade by the county court would be to set act matters right and to make up the deficiency mr johnson moved the withdrawal of the li mills levy and the substitution of a half mill levy which would arrange all the inequalities this would give the county sufficient funds together with the territorial apportionment tion ment without burdening the city wrongfully mr johnsons Joho sons motion was carried unanimously mr johnson next moved that the new levy be certified by the city assessor and the old one withdrawn the procuring of a seal for the buard board was referred on motion of trustee snow to the finance committee with power to act A pamphlet entitled circular of the public schools of salt lake county by bupt supt stewart was distributed tri buted among the members of the board and press representatives the meeting adjourned after extending the cordial thanks of the board to mr stewart for his promptness in attending and his courtesy in giving all the required informs information it should be mentioned that before the meeting was called to order the members indulged in an informal discussion of ef the proposed plan an of consolidating the east and west vest side hi high h schools into one building viz that hv of school no 14 aud and that the superintendent be instructed ted to utilize in that school the teachers now employed in the east side aide it was finally determined to allow the proposed change to remain in abe abeyance Jance until further orders from the board |