Show THE BOARD OF EDUCATION the city school board held an ad journea session may president nelson the ibe chair all the members were present except pike amri rittar homes cassidy of salt lake and U C M of chase kau applied lor ionis as aa teachers committee on teachers and school work george A and mrs mary conroy applied lor positions as janit tors lors committee on oa furniture and aad supplies THE COMPLAINT the committee on sites and build ings reported as aa follows your committee on sites bites and build inge inga to whom was referred the cow coin ot of H W redfield red field and the bu idere Idera and fraties exchange both in regard to the oquirrh school i begs bega to that the board has adae advertised raised tur fur ana received blue bids lor each class of work separately anu and in the aggregate anu and believe oat hat the course pursued hasi ha been in accordance with law your committie commit tte has hag directed the tu to make nce esary excavation for the fun foundation dation and when completed will report to abl bia board the experience of the board with the foundations of the jackson franklin and baumner school building demonstrates that owing to the uncertain character of af the soli soil in many parts of the city it is impossible to determine the extent of the foundation required until excavation is ia made and belleve believe that this athla course will bemore economical and be productive of beuer bebler results than if eluded in Is in the general contract aCL in the opinion of your committee the theo course oune pursued Is ia dictated by ordinary prudence I 1 the published report of the treasurer shows the financial condition of the board your committee is of th the opinion abert this thie contract con tract should no not it be awarded until the matter of the issue of bonus required for the erection of the oquirrh and other school buildings requisite to complete oom the system originally intended int ende 9 to I 1 supply all portions por tiona of the city with proper school facilities be first submitted to the peo pie the rho communications have belan been referred to the attorney att oraey ot of the board whose opinion to la hereto annexed sina and made a part of this thia report the attorneys attorney report was as follows followay fol lowa referring to your letter of this thic date autive to the oquirrh school buildt building dg ind and the be question whether or not the board is right under the circumstances egstad feted to proceed with the work of putting I 1 in n a foundation I 1 uve have to advise you that I 1 had bad upon noticing the action of the build amand traders exchange as re ported in the newspaper looked at the statute to tute the strict letter ot of the law might be construed to require the board to continue advertising for or bids until udo bids are satisfactory adherence to that view of the law might result in requiring an unlimited number of repeated ond and unavailing invitations for bids and prevent indefinitely the construction of the school house I 1 incline to the opinion that the statute is to be considered as a directory I 1 have net had time ime ad 0 o examine in the light of authority on athla question but would hardly expect found find any decisions in such a case while in doubt 1 I am inclined to advise that the action the board has taken to is legat legal and ought to be pursued for in moli a cases if there was doubt doubty would delse that the doubt be resolved in favor of the right of the board to not act as ift ft baa attempted in other words it ms to me that you ought to have an to build the school house bouse or of any portion of it inu independent epe indent of the contractors if you cannot get a satisfactory bid and to concede the apropo atlon that the he board has not that right would put it into the hands ot of contractors to rs by combination to prevent the construction ot of the school house for a gesson reasonable atols return herewith accompanying your letter oa 01 filed INSURANCE EXTENSION the committee on sites bites and buildings roo omme ded that the temporary insurance on the washington chool be extended to three years FORM OF CONTRACT the name committee reported th that at the form forin of contract heretofore Jid adopted opted required no bonds from the don contractor tractor tar lor steam heating hence cnare brad bad been no guaranty that the work vork would be commenced and no doad that the plant would bo be acceptable ble the only guaranty being that it was A satisfactory in its workings at the atal to which h the plants lants were subjected VW by y the board hence vence the committee recommended that it a bond be required end and that beating contractors be paid as the work progresses on the certificates sit the luperi superintendent liten dent in the usual ater and this rule be applied to the contract for heating beating and ventilating fine jackson school building adopted LEGAL OPINIONS I 1 the tha attorney of the board reported a report of the finance corn com which had bad been referred to him the Tho committee report recommended anat no further payment be made to F ja M wright W right contractor for the washington school nor to his bis bondsmen bondsman as 88 long ong as any filed bled liens against or build log or garnishments garnish ments existing against the contra contract ctr r the attorney stated that he be did not chink the adoption of the report would invalidate the contract but instead was in ft harmony with the sime same with re mence fe lence to it a writ of attachment served OB elm the board in the caw case of peter L inson VB a Kl ambeck parsons et at a al he thought it was operative hew he waa also of the opinion that liens filed would operate to injure in the bands of the board any resources due to the principal contractor and in am such buob liens were filed bled oo no further payment should be made to the contrat contrad t r u cotil 0 til such liens are discharged or released or until the parties should inter plead and have their rights adjudicated committee on sites and buildings the committee on teachers and school work recommended that the superintendent of schools te he author iced to have printed cards of notification to children of their classification fi in the schools at the beginning of the next school year and that he be als ale be authorized 0 t order such stationery as he needs and to frobase uro base stamps to the amount of 10 adopted BILLS PAID claims amounting to were allowed REPORT the treasurer submitted his report of receipts and disbursements for the month c if f april as an fol follows loWe RECEIPTS balance on hand april 1 93 received from J B Morton school fund rent 8 00 received from J B morton worlds fair papers so sold d 4 26 25 received Bece ived from J B morton rebate on freight 14 90 received from J 13 morton first 1 payment on seventeenth ward 1 school hool site 2760 2750 00 total 08 paid clerks warrants 20 balance on hand april 30 88 committee on finance SCHOOL BOND ELECTION the committee on finance reported as follows follow gentlemen your committee on fina finance uee to whom was re referred referrer report no 82 of the committee on sites bites and buildings dotted dated april 18 1898 beg be to report that they have bave the same under consideration a d recommend thattie that the following resolution to provide funds to supply the needs mentioned therein be adopted whereas it is in the judgment of the board of education oi of the city of salt lake advisable to issue and negotiate bonds for school purposes as hereinafter stated now therefore be it ordered and resolved by the said board of education that an election is hereby called in each of the municipal wards of the said city of salt lake to be held on the ath day of june 1893 to H submit to the legal voters of salt lake city school district whether 5 per cent twenty year bonds of the said district shall be issued to the amount of for the purpose of raising money for purchasing school sites for building or purchasing one or more school houses and supplying the same with furniture necessary apparatus and improving the grounds and for liquidating the indebtedness already incurred for such purposes your committee in furtherance of the above resolution asked authority to prepare an address to the people concerning cerii ing this bond issue the same to be submitted to the board tor for its approval STATEMENT OF FUNDS SALT LAKE CITY may bilth 1883 to the honorable board of education salt lake city gentlemen your committee on finance in support of the recommendation herewith submits ab the following statement there was unpaid on the building contracts may 1 24 there was unpaid on the heating and ventilating contract 1 f 1893 16 15 there was unpaid on architect con tracts trac tsMay may 1 1189 1893 2198 95 total of 64 54 an aa an offset to the above indebtedness there ws was to the credit of the building fund in the hands of the treasurer on that date the sum of 10 leaving a deficit of 24 with no provision whatever tor for the erection of the oquirrh school building improvements to school grounds and some new furniture and apparatus tor for the washington jackson sumner and wasatch schools in this connect connection ion we respectfully call the attention of ane board to the following facts the building fund has received a credi creti tso far from sale of bonds interest and premium on same and property and old houses sold the sum of 81 out on t of this sum we had to repay the school fund tor for indebtedness incurred prior to the issuance of bonds 19 refund of tax 1890 82 01 leav leaving v 1 n 80 to be eap exp expended e dmd in sites and school buildings 00 after deducting cost of sites we bad but so 80 to expend in ift the erection of nine school houses containing nine ty four class rooms heating and ventilating same architects services new furniture and apparatus and making and improving grounds it is easy to be seen why we are short of funds to meet amounts to become due on existing contracts and why it is necessary to ask the voters of salt lake ity school district tor for additional bonds the valuation of all taxable prop ert eriv as per county tax roll within the district for 1892 was 2 per cent of this thia si am the the limit to which said district tr way may be bonded would be 00 and hat having ving already 1881 laried ed in bonds 00 leaves but 00 or in round numbers that we can ask the people to vote but this sum would world enable us to meet the deficit above shown and provide three or more additional school houses bouses in localities greatly in need of them the resolution reio lution was unanimously adopted and the finance committee auth to prepare the necessary address |