Ogden Daily Standard | 1888-01-31 | Page 1 | XXIIND Day of the Twenty-Eighth Legislature of Utah Territory

DAY of ia T twenty b II 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 bublic Scho ois S 0 front HIO present educational ol FISH AND BILI I 1 the 0 it BIU gets the council and Is referred to the col notes to titz jan 30 iese the educational bill introduced to tay antho ilou b 1 moyle ill if made into a baw th school system of the territory so Is the measure Q print it herewith in full trusting that all persons interested in education mill give it careful consideration and if they find it A ill urge the legislature to pass it A BILL for an act to amend an ae flig fo the and sumpod of th di i nd boother fo other u pw approved february 20 A 1830 arc 1 IT exacted v t a OV arnor and legislative bly 0 f the territory of utah that each county of the territory of utah con in law ono county school district and that all provisions ot the laws of the territory now in force applicable ta school dis tracts and to untied iea as dio tracts shall unless superseded by or inconsistent with this act apply to the county school dietrict SEC 2 that power to consider determine and execute all matters pertaining to the interests of public ach out education in each county school jh strict and in the several sub districts thereof except such as are berc in distinctly conferred upon the local trustees is vested in a board of to of five members two of whom shall be ap int et d annually lv on or before the first bionday in agoust by ilia county ct c t and three ho shall be elect eZI lt th time and in ile manner and for tile period by law for selectmen one of whom shall be denominated county super of and be so elected that the counte superintendent perin of district schools now in doffies shall continue un I 1 superseded by the annual lection of I 1 1889 and shall perform the dumica of said office as by this act and that of which it js amenda tory at the general election for IW one member of the board shall be doted for two and je aan one for three years h member of the board shall be qualified and conditioned in like manner as now prescribed f or 1131 U uty superintendent SEC S the board of education within thirty days after their election and as herein provided for shall meet and organize by electing from their number a president a rice en an shall their duties they ahall a so appoint an a aitor not of thess r and I 1 collector and treasurer of the county I 1 shall be ex officio the like boffl era of the board SEC 4 the beara boara shall have poser to district the county for the purposes of education and to revise the boun d aries and proportions Iro of ako tko dis as and vt lien it may debill necessary nece spary to esta bilah organize and ade schools arid in every way regu to employ teachers to determine the text boo ks that shall 16 used to collect or provi a for the collection of tuition f ees an to regulation u it n i ay de necessary for the sup port uck and convenience of t I 1 I 1 a d iso r i c t bools of the county and their late and shall bare and may exercise all the powers privileges and trusts which are now by the laws of the territory conf board of school district true tees an hall perform the like burtes so far as applicable and with this act in reference both td each sub district and the county district sm 5 the board shall meet regularly on the first alunday in january aard july and 0 tober of each year and at such other times as may be de the mem bersand shall keep fu and complete records of all its proceedings I 1 ing the notices and minutes properly of all its r special sub dietric 1 a A aich shall be t to any citizen taxpayer 0 tile duties of the bounly of district hall be as defined in ilia act of A aich act Is amendatory and heavily heA vilh the resident and secretary of ilia rs t ballee borin the duties of tile examination therein defined and further he shall perform buell other duties its be prest ribo dby the board of education ho shall also fix his salary and change the same when judgment may require it such chanco shall not reduce ilia salary of any then present incumbent of the affied SEC 7 any vacancy in the board of education shall be filled by appoint the coulty court arc 8 that cacti school district that is now organized or that IDAY hereafter be organized within each school ditri ct shall constitute 1 and shall have all the I 1 and benefits which would I 1 accrue to such district by of the provisions of any JAW of i the Terri jor V tile time as if this act I 1 did uke effect r wele antl trusts vested in ri net board of trustees tees shall ruo to and be exercised for the befefi t q the district by the board of edu bation SEC 9 provided I 1 n each shall be one local trustee who ahall be 8 I 1 at abet next general clec P 2 ter the passage of this act and an thereafter who gorhau qualify b y toan oath of loftice an d I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 biving a bond to the in which 8 in such sum and with buell as ilia aprobato of ill county may for tile of the tint es of office lie shall visit officially each phool in his at lea st once during each terin an ai oil or alx lx fore ilia second in july in mch year take a of tile celil dren between the ages of 6 an 18 ro siding therein and on or before ilia lentil day of august next ending shall make a report to tile board of education ill buell form as may be prescribed together m ill such other statistics and information agthe board ol education may SEC 10 no hemn shall be eligible to employment an a teacher in tile district schoola if the territory without first roc eivin a certificate signed by t h board of examination valid for the current school oar in lit e h ile it employed the employment of any deac er in violation of this cfall sub districting i hie h lie Is employed tile apportionment of school mona for such school year bec 11 that whenever more than tile amount of territorial money to any school dis brict sha I 1 bo ne T t 0 keep school houses an d g r 0 n idelair Ir elair to employ teachers furnish juel alls chaab and other suitable articles for purposes to pay a gala county superintendent anti for obber set ool purposes ves an estimate eti mate of tho provable pro hable amount so required shall he made by tile hoard of aduca lion and for ruch purposes the board biall make a formal requisition upon ilia court for the an essi nent and collection of the amount so call oil or wore the tint of december of cacti year see 12 whenever it shall seem necessary to bereut and furnish a school building in any sub of the bounly or to purchase ground on va to erect such hummings hui then the education shull make an estimate of tile approximate cost and pre ent the same at a meeting of tile I 1 0 r y tax jis resident in t a tion to levy a tax on the tax a ble property of ilia sul district for tile pur exise of notice of buch meeting adall be even by the board ut least ten days afore ilia meeting by advertising three times at least in bume in the county having general circulation chemin or by posting notices in the 1 liblit in the mb district said adverta ement or notice shall state definitely the time pla e aud object of said meeting the voting at such shall be done by ballot and any tax of tile sub district be entitled to vote thereat at such meeting any berot th aboard may preside iino member of the hoard be present then the local trustee shall preside and b uch presiding officer shall have pres cut a rax liba of tile bulb district for I 1 lie previous year in case of a chat lenge of a right of any person to vote on ea i d taff his oath as to fica tion ilia tax receipt for tile year or a copy of ilia tax list All that 8 aid peno 11 taxable in be shall be rec ive as evidence of such right to vote if a mabe bority of the votes so cast shall in favor of uch tax t ion the board of education shall said estimar to the county court ds a requisition for the an d collection of the amount so estimated SEC 13 tile board of viti cation E hall the grado of in terme diate and high schools and as necessary and establish one or more such schools at locations the county the most available avail ahle and eligible and most convenient to tile pupils of he section ol 01 the counte chev shall be designed to date aich shall form part of the territorial district and be entitled to all rights privileges and b rie factions appertaining to district schools under the whenever it shall be abary to erect and furnish school build lings for the accommodation of the ia ame diate and bagh schools aforesaid the board of education shall prepay plans and specifications tuf the buildings prod ased to be erected with an eatna a af pf 0 tile approximate ceist thereof in grounds buildings and fur mailings and submit the same to the county cobit for assessment and collection SEC 14 all special school taxes mathin any county school d all hall be determined and lev ed bj the board of education A on a formal requisition from said board to the county court setting forth the amount and purposes bes of said levy flig county court shall caused to ahe assessed and collected at the same time and in the same manner as territorial rit orial and county taxes are assessed and collected the amount of said levy which amount i r list be paid into the county treasury to be kept as a separ ate and distinct distin it fund not to be ap ii d for any other put a th a t hat F r h ib it was levied nor to be paid than that of ilia board of aducal ion bythe county superintendent d that no mu c h tax in any beir exceed one half of one per cent for general school purposes one half one per vent for we erection of any intermediate of high school building and tile p U of grounds there for nor more than two per cent on ole taxable property of any out dis brict for a school building the reint or purchasing SEC 15 whenever it shall seem to the coant of education that a ina bority of the lei in the c 1 y distrait t favor free tuition i 1 1 b I 1 itrice itri ct school t lie board mihall at of tile imata cost necessary nece seary to establish stich free schoola ili the district for one year and shall publish the bame as it note of proposition t j ralso the amount of such by taxation ill some nem paper or in ilia count y having ken eral circulation therein th orein by ailt least three insertions and abo y posting the n ti tice in some purdle place in cacti at least t belity days before the general election at which it shall he submitted to VC to and nall notice shall et ato tile rata per of taxation I 1 fotios ed for the described a a t the election each legal voter WAY vote for or against the tax if it be found that a of tile votes so east simil tie in fa vor of paid t then tile cunix court on apoita tion of the board of shall vause to be assessed ass eased and collected tile amount 03 required 10 in af ten and dollars is hereby y appropriated annually to the university of deseret to be drawn by and expended under the direction of tha ind fa tit that fifty pupils shall E an dually to be instructed broo of charge for tuition for two years inthe normal of said pupils shall 0 bel actea by t 0 commissioner of schools from s nominated by tile y t of the several counties fic courdin to the district tai i w e his population d del to all t j all entitle the k I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 7 1 the benefits of this provision that notification of buell apportion anent of pupils shall be made to cacti county superintendent of in y county or it notice has not been re by ilia of ch before the tint day of september of cacti year then tha commissioner of shall proceed to select such pupils at large each pupil so aduca led shall sign all obligation to tile commissioner of conditioned that for such free tuition a mill servo it period its district chool teacher in the territory equal to that duri in m aich lie received budt free tuition that in case lie fails so to touch he ill refund to tile commissioner of schools a sum equal to tile tuition fees regularly charged for any pupil in the normal department of the Un hersity during the time of his at tend thereat buell sum shall be applied by tile of in payment of the tuition if some other M lie shall belet tit I 1 ar go ec 17 any city br corporate to it of this Territory containing couta ining not le that aho tid inhabitants anav by a deci ion of its municipal counci one bohol district separate and abatt fro 1 in like county of the bounty ili it may be located and shall ilava ai the rights privileges loges 8 and the county school it 6 arii t herein fet forth amr ded that ilia board of education ca tie inde pe school district Lt shall consist of tile mayor of the city line citizen alector and from cacti elected at the time and in the ind riner prescript ed by law for the election elet tion of alderman slid three persons of expert i lance two of hom shall io appointed annually by tile city council aind oue who shall be city oil dietrict ct scho and iw elected at the time and ili the manner prescribed by law for tile ate cioll of mayor that tile city council ili its jur shall the coun ty court and the city cut lector and treasurer and tile like ow cers of the to li ta inac 18 tha t sections 1 3 4 5 16 19 20 21 and such other portions portio nv of the act of aich this act is abury and so much of all oth er of tile territory general and local as may be inconsistent incon ith this Act or any of its are hereby re a BEC led 19 this act dball take effect and be in foice croul and after its passage MUNICIPAL CLASS the discussion in the house this afternoon relative to M ar m 1 municipal uni cipal classification bill developed some warmth on the part of cloge and A ten the latter particularly these two liberal were determined to force the bill through today to day if possible in deblance de flance of the manifest desire of the committee oa corporations to take time ia which to consider the advisability of giving the provisions of this bill proper place in a general law upon tile same subject it was not at first blush apparent to the house hy cloge and allen were so per in their action and bitter in their comment but subsequent ex ami aaion of the matter belays the fact that if the bill had baen a heedlessly and inconsiderately as they desired and had received immediate executive approval it would have thrown the coming municipal election in SaIt Lake into from milich the liberal party would certainly have nothing to lose and might have much to gain it is well under the circumstances that tile house better than it knew had the absurd request of the liberal members been complied much trouble would hae been occasioned and a argrave injustice would have been the essential principle of this bill 14 td ac cord fall local representation to every u ard iti a city t us involving a careful districting of the municipality into equally populated poi eions aalt lake like other utah cities has been governed by geographical convenience in forming its aldermanic wards and this has not worked any injustice for every alderman has been elected by the entire vote of the corporation so it made no difference whether his ward was above or below the average in population there want I 1 be no chance for ilia city council of 8 ait take to apportion reapportion re the city in time for the next election A general law of tile territory requires that fifteen dayss notice of such an election shall be given and as tile mahi cipAl elec tion of falt lake will occur 0 n ilia day of february just fifteen days from todi to di v it is clear th at no fair districting clotild be accomplished tut AS 1148 been 9 by heated artiries ar tivIes is in favor 0 f 10 cal representation in manic we sea no reason why the first ward a I 1 any city I 1 have a voice I 1 selo ting the alderman and councillors councilors counci lors from the fourth ward and we le lieta further lif such local election because it often leads to a minority as for instance from 4 ward which his a cahty of alb arala although the people MAY be in ilia majority so far as the city Is concerned but we see no reason why legislators a bill