Show SHALL THE SCHOOLS CLOSE the J oard of education to ohp people of olan A becard that ogden shoula proud of our schools ahe most economically administered in the what would if the school children roam ahe streets the balance of 1897 read reflect then vote TO TUB TAX PAYERS PATRONS TUB PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF CITY 0 the actual cost of maintenance for th children enrolled in the public schools of ogden tor the fiesal vear end let and ending june 1897 is or for each child this per capita amount interest on school bonds rents salaries and all other expenses no other in the united states of the same eize and with a similar school system can show eo low a cost the average per capita in city echlos of hie unites cost states being u according to the returns from the ax collecting cers the amount of revenue that ogden city should have received from taxes for the year was 00 or a little in excess to tie expenses but on account of a recent supreme court decision holding in effect that each school district after rei riving its pro rata of the elate fund must bear its own barden and the assessment of county school taxes not having leen made on that basis the entire county school tax was declared illegal and tt e amount of aiyah maxee will to the people while thie deshion lea financial advantage to the taxpayers tax payers of ogden city and will return to them f r distribution about al 21 yet it places the schools of city tor the present year in an embarrassing position ol 01 baving its receipts reduced by it will take practically the entire amount of taxes actually acu ally collected our tion ot th illegally collected county achoo taxes to run ahe schools for the year alie board of education will be compelled eita to dose about march 1897 or borrow the u until the taxes of next year collected knowing the disastrous results that would follow from closing the schoola this sarly in the year and preventing over children from attending school for nearly half a year from the middle of march to the beginning of and realizing also that much of the money expended for education daring the past year would be wasted by reason of the children being unable to maintain their present educational standard ater being awry from educational influences for fo loan a time the board of education feel that it is their duty not to permit renalta without first submitting the question to the tax of the city of cours individual the members of the board have no greater interest ahn that of any other taxpayer tax payer in keeping tam schools open for the remainder of the school year but being intruded by their fellow citizens with the care of the school population of the city it is their due to attempt to make some provision tow every contingency that may atiee v the present legislature recognizing the necessity of keeping the schools open promptly passed a law authorizing the board of education to kubait to the people the question as to whether the board should be permitted to borrow the money temporarily which they lost by the accent decision in accordance with that law the board of education hae named tuesday the ath day of march 1897 as alie time when thia question will be submitted to the people of tor their consideration and vote while we are very desirous that the should be permitted to finish ameet satisfactory year and re cureto the children a continuation of the which has produced euch great tion to the people at large yet the board ie absolutely powerless without the support of the parents and taxpayers tax payers of the city ve therefore urgently request the people to attend at he various places on march ath 1897 and vole YES upon the proposition that the board of education be authorized to borrow 1 for the support ot the schools during the remainder of the school year all registered voters who have paid property tax either real or ekx are entitled to vote submitted DEE president W P vice president josephil F BUKTO Sf D M MRS HS members board of education H MATRON clerk bated ogden ulan march lat 1897 the polling places are in the first municipal wardin BIX 6 in the city hall of ogden city in the second municipal ward in the office ot nelson A bellfl livery stable at no Twenty fourth estreet in the third municipal ward at R S II adleys store no washington avenue in the fourth municipal ward at the livery stable of corey bros co at ito 2132 washington avenue in the fifth municipal dardat the abstract office of charles under the ogden state bank at the corner of twenty fifth estreet and washington avenue polls open from 10 a m to p d tuesday march D |