Show WILL NOT PAY SPECIAL TAX OF president joyce declares that special taxes cannot legally be collected from board from saturdays standard i we have decided to rescind our former action in regard to the payment special tax to the city and to decline paying any special taxes aplha present time this statement was made by dr R S joyce president of the city board 0 education after th eb oard arose from an executive ses slon held after tha regular meeting thus the whole question of the board paying the special taxes to the city is opened up and this time it Is stated that the ground tor the action taken bythe board Is that the payment y be illegal sp that the matter now resolves iselt into a point of law which will probably be fought out sooner or later at the regular session of the board last a notice was received announcing that there was now due for taxes on the dee school property and immediately thereafter clerk announced that he had addressed a letter to city treasurer halverson asking that official to call at the office of the board for the warrant in payment of special taxes that had been previously ordered drawn to this request the city treasurer sent tha following reply which Is alv en verbatim AU special taxes are payable at the office of the city treasurer washington avenue I 1 therefore decline to call at your office for the warrant you can send same to my address by mall and I 1 will return proper receipt it you desire an affidavit though I 1 am advised by the city attorney that it Is unnecessary in a case of taxes 1 will cheerfully subscribe sub scriba same tor you at my office after the board listened to the reading of the report it was decided to take the matter up in executive session which was done with the result above in an interview after the executive session the president of fhe board stated that the board had been by its attorney that tha payment of the special taxes was entirely illegal therefore the board re its former action in allowing one claim and decided to withold any future payments without the lawful right to appropriate for this purpose the aboard feels that it can do nothing in the matter whatever which now leaves the matter up to the city for disposition under the regular order of business the finance committee reported having received during the past week which made the total of cash on hand the supply committee recommended the purchase oi a number of grade books and the recommendation was adopt edae was also the recommendation of the teachers committee tor tha appointment of miss edith roach and lillian keating as teachers superintendent allason reported that the examination of teachers was progressing nlaly and that it was expected that the came would be concluded today A report on the results will be tendered at the next meeting of the board upon the recommendation of mr allison the janitor at the five points school received an increase of five dollars per month making the same 45 instead of 40 the question of abandoning the chlap school was also brought up by tha superintendent who stated that the attendance at this school numbered from 26 to 32 scholars and that the samo could be taken care of at tha five points and mound fort schools there was considerable dis chaslon on the matter and it was finally referred to the tea cehrs committee one application for position as teacher was received and one was read from W L underwood principal of the leate school who petitioned for the of a higher grade school both applications went to the teachers committee A communication was received from architect smith to the effect that there was now due contractor J T newton the sum of in this connection the clerk r sorted that mr newton had never properly executed hl after which a motion prevailed that the claim for be al lowed after the bond had been properly executed byank E clayton presented a written request for the use of a room at the high school on september and 2nd for the purpose of holding civil examinations the request wan granted after which adjournment was taken |