Show SCHOOL SC BOIRO RESENTS C L OF gr r THE BOARD OF upon request of the county cam carl R marcusen Marc sup up erin of ech called the boar of education of carbou county ailigh school district together laet it la in session la in order to decide whether or not the high school books should be turn ea J over to the county commission ens era as per demand they bad had made the tho adek of their et tomey 0 C neau N it yoa wad the una almous opinion of the me members 1 present that eald said action fiction of the county commissioners wae was an outrage and a personal reflection the honesty and integrity of tho the members of the bagh board boa rd that 14 d demand was not mado made any good couves mot alvee but merely oa as a i 4 effort to drag the ithe thool system of carbon county into a dirty political fight which they a are conduct lag in carb la n county I 1 george D on behal of at the it school district opened the discussion by stating that he lie had carefully caro tully examined the statutes and had conferred confer ped with prominent attorneys bout about n eald said demanded audit and that be wae was of the opinion that the school cot not only was andr no obligation to deliver the books to the county but that they bad no right whatever to turn thera over oyer that school trustees truet ece are not county officers and afao not under the ho supervision and control ot of the that it the books should be audited it should be doag by or tha supervision ot of the state of boots lie ile fa FAW be he wanted to go on r record cord as bitterly aning the athlon ot of the comi 11 and strenuously coppos iny ing their insulting amand samuel aylor 1 of Suny alde k alake nt stat trig c he wae was c clearly of the opinion that the C county nty commissioners lad 1 ad no control whatever oy ove tb ma schools of carbon county nell X madsen ot of scofield wae was of the name opinion as the grevl ua speaker speakers and moved that t of five lv be appointed to dratt draft a contemning the action of at the commissioners which mallon was unanimously carried E E branch of wellington approved heartily of af the tf the pra preceding ceding speakers era samuel Wood bead of clear creek elated tha that t ho he considered tl it absurd to think that the could hire an auditor to audit the me boor and sad compel the high school to pay the bill II e was 0 of the tha it waa was customary for the an who paid the bills to also the power to hire and fire the robert ot of winter quarters stated that bo ho considered the action salon ot of the commissioners oa aa a gross insult tn in the ra em ot of the board robert W powell at 01 I 1 0 stated that be he was strongly orp opposed to the action taken by the cuaty county commissioners andrew yung Y ung ot of capo cap o gate considered that carboa carbo county high school was wa ully fully atis to taice take care oc of its own attain without aho oa as al stance of tho the commissioners john T ot of lien glen wae was la in favor ot of the me teAl monts already expressed Glano of helper fated stated that the high school records are cheerfully open to any perron person who wants to look then them over that there la to nothing fco to conceal co aceal but that ni ha thought the commissioners acted un in trying to demand tho ue WC school booke books car carl IL Alar cusen ended the db dla copelon by stating that bo he bej believed eyed the high school board bould should ir bitter term terms the action of the county colw boners in 1 trying to drag the schoola of carbon coun ty into their political fight elating stating that be he was wa clearly of the opinion that the action ot of the tho com acra were not zot actuated by any good motive or lut interest in the a of carbon county nor be cauce of any particular interest In in the welfare of the children but merely as a PoU political move the board the following tle tue honorable board of county commissioners of at carbon county have adopted a resolution requesting reQue eting carbon county high school district to submit ile its ac sc cu ants and books to one on J W bd ed munds for audit and whereas prior to the adoption of majd resolution said commission ere adopted a resolution demanding the surrender of eald said books aad ad record to eald J W edmund lor for audit and whereas roas carbon county high school tur has taken the ad vice of several attorneys attorn oye as to tho legality of the action of eald corn cam and has ban uniformly advised by euch euc h attorneys attorn eya that no power ehlts on an the part ot of aid said to edart euch such audit and that no duty devolves dev olvce upon aid commire loners with reference to tho the regulation ot of carbon county counti high school di district which la is an independent in corporation corpo radon organized pursuant to a statute of the state ot at utah positing To the control of the cicil school in a board of trustees truet eee who we tire entirely of 0 county government and are not officers of tle county so as to be ab sub jec to the supervision of he the corn cam and whereas the request of old said commissioners aa as detailed in the carbon county no N s la Is coupled with a threat to attempt to enforce through judicial odin the submission ot of the school accounts to the auditor by said now therefore I 1 be it resolved that carbon county tuch school district the a tion of at said aid commission era in the premises as being entirely without legal right or authority and an at on the lart part of said commas honere to usurp the powers and vested by law in the of eald said district who are Ier capable of doing the auditing of uti district when in their judgment such auditing may be ce te coessa cedeary 47 or advisable and em bo be it further resolved that tho the request of me bald id commissioners co nunlee toner be denied and thua a copy oc of thia this reso resolution lutton duly by the clerk bo be tra nelt ted to the board of county commis loners of carbon county utah as the answer of this board ito 0 aid said re ro nut atut at |