Show IMPORTANT TO SCHOOL TRUSTEES J B walden Walde 39 esq of tola this city very kindly places at the disposal of the NEWS the following correspondence which la Is explanatory self and which is ie gladly published because of the importance of the subject ta school trustees throughout th the territory SALT LAKE LAIKE CITY oct 3 1892 hon judge foreman boreman ogden utah my dear sir for the purpose of ascertaining taini ng the authority that school boards in the different districts throughout the terr territory atory of utah have in the bisou issuance a nce of bonds bonda I 1 call your attention to article XIV of the laws passed by the legisla i ture of 1892 under this act is any school district to issue of bonds or are they restricted to a 2 percent valuation upon the property in said district the law as it reads appears somewhat ambiguous and those desiria desiring to buy this ibis class of bonds are necessarily necessarily fly hampered in bidding forand also in securing a legal issue section 92 and section 93 seem somewhat conflicting was it the intent of the legislature to allow any school district to build a school house and issue bonds accordingly or was it their intent that each ot of them should be limited to a 2 per valuation will you please give me a ruling upon this proposition and if it does not come within your jurisdiction luria diction kindly refer it to the proper source yours very truly I 1 signed J B WALDEN in answer to this query judge bore man in his bis capacity of territorial superintendent perin of district school writes as follows OGDEN utah october 10 1892 J B walden esq salt lake city utah dear sir yours of the 3rd ard dinst was waa duly received but I 1 was called out of the territory for a few days and thus answering in was delayed ader under the sections 92 and 93 98 of the school law referred to by you no school district containing less than five hundred inhabitants abitanta inh can issue bonds to a greater amount than three thousand dollars for any one school house but where the district contains more than five hundred inhabitants a greater amount of bonds can be issued but in no district shall the amount exceed two per of the assessed valuation of the dia section 92 would seem to indicate that the two per of valuation was waa confined to having over five hundred inhabitants but section 93 03 makes it apply to 10 all districts whether having more or less leas than five hundred inhabitants it seems to be the intent of the law that in every case before bonds can issue inns section 93 the sworn statement of the trustees must show that the amount of the bonds proposed to be issued does not exceed two per 10 etc this requirement is not confined to districts of more than five bundled inhabitants I 1 am very truly yours JACOB S T |