Show an appeal of or the board or education to the he tax paying paling voters of city the board of education having called a meeting on the of march to ask the tax paying voters of ogden to authorize the issuing cf bonds to the amount of 0 deem an explanation of the rea reasons sons for making euch such request due to said voters at the opening of the schools in september Bep last the board found it necessary to rent rooms for school purposes and sinca that time they have rented additional buildings build inRa besides occupying two large rooms in the city hall there are at present in round numbers in rented buildings and in city buildings sixteen hundred beats seats while the actual monthly enrollment is about two thousand p pupils 0 pi Is the city enumeration shows thirty three hundred childr children cn of school age the seating capacity owned by the city will accommodate only one chiri third of that number some of the buildings now owned by the city and occupied clu by the schools are in poor sanitary condition they were b built in n earlier times and having served their purpose should be replaced by be better t ter on ones S 9 the modern school building is constructed ted with strict regard to light heat beat and ventilation t three b re 0 things essential to the physical and mental welfare of our children the rooms at the city hall are need used by courtesy of tho council and are at anytime any time liable to be needed for other purposes the present necessities of our schools their seady growth and con continued tinned increase ot of our population latin warn the board that something must to provide for the children entitled to school privileges privileges the board ask for power to issue bonds to the amount of luf but will beell the bonds and expend the money only in such gums aa as are ab bol necessary of the money expended for build ices logs at least two thirds will be spent among our own citizens for labor etc thus keeping a large sum in in birc circulation isa among us while the remaining roina ining one third will probably probably be sent from the territory for or building materials etc these bonds will bear a low rate of interest and the entire annual ex benee for the whole bo be only about 25 23 cents for each citizen of ogden the present elpe expenditure for rents is nearly two fifths of the interest that would accrue on the entire of bonds bond 8 the board regard the schools of vital importance to a young and growing city ity the class of citizens that ogden desires will be attracted as much by her schools as by any other one thing children should bo be made as an comfortable for table in the schoolroom school room as at home and the happiest period of the twenty four hours should be that in which they are engaged in school work with pleasant and healthful surroundings u andings in view of those considerations consideration 11 we appeal appeal to you to vote tor for the issuance a of these bonds section 37 of the new now school laws defines the qualifications of voters at this meeting as follows SECTION 37 every male person pergola of the age of 21 years or over who has been a resident of the territory for six maths and af the school district for thirty days both immediately preceding the day on which any meeting 18 is held for the purpose of voting on the question of levying taxes or issuing bonds for any school district and who has paid a territorial or county school tax in any such district during the preceding year or who has been assessed for any territorial or co county u nty school tax in any such district for fr the year ear in which any such meeting is keld held shall be entitled to vote at any such meeting WM 11 II TURNER president RANSFORD SMITH NV W FUNGE L B ADAMS titos D DEE W IV COBBY COREY Trust trustees ece t |