The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-07-15
For the Democratic .4drocnte.
Public School Teachers Salaries.

teachers, the writer of this deeply regrets tn,
necessity which calls for some remarks upoI
your editorial of last week ON this subject
No one in the county can regret the neces
sity for the preparation of the very great in
] justice of the proposed reduction more thai
the writer and the several members of tn
/ School Board; and it can not be fair or jus
to allow an implied eensure to rest on official
for the necessity to which they are unwilling
| ly driven, when it can be SO easily and 81
clearly shown that they have faithfully anC
continually striyen in every possible prope
| way to prevent it.
Seeing the necessity for this deplorable re
duction of salaries or the abbreviation of tn,
school time in the year in the near future t.
be inevitable unless the funds entrusted to the
! School Board should in some way be aug
mented, that body, at the proper time in MAJ
last directed the Secretary thereof officially tC
address to the proper authorities a communi
cation of which the followingis full abstract
obviously not then intended for publication
1.-The School Commissioners have directed
their Secretary to address to you, in as forci
| bic terms as possible, a written appeal for the
necessary fluids to enable them to comply in,
at least, some slight measure of success, with
the legal requirement to s'build, repair, and
| furnish school houses" whenever pressing
necessity for Building, repairing &c. exists
The school-law, as will be seen by referring
to CHAP. w., Sec. 8, is mandatory upon the
School Commissioners to make provision for
public schools, &c, whenever necessity, Jus
/ ice, and due regard to the equal rights Of
tax payers require il; and when the STATE and
County funds available in their hands shall
prove INADEQUATE for the purposes aforesaid,
the County Commissioners of such county are
authorized, empowered, directed, and REouIR-
I'D to lay and collect such tax upon the as
sessable property of such county as the Board
Of County School Commissioners shall desig-
nate as sufficient 10 make good the Deficiency
In the writer's opinion, and in the opinion
of every member of the School Board. after
having given close attention to IT, lawyer s
construction is not necessary to enable any
clear, commons sense mind to decide that this
requirement upon the County Commissioners
is Just as much Mandatory to require them to
provide the requisite funds as il IS upon the
FIRST named body to disburse those funds judi
ciously, unless the latter shall roaSrie7sfiOlsig
belieye-asainst abundant evidence 20 the
contrary from almost every qnartsr-that no
such necessity exists. The evidence, how
ever, Of this pressing necessity, giving dissat-
iElhetion 10 an alarming extent, Is 10 be found
in several important localities. Ia one instance.
AZ least. land not the most necessitous BY any
means,l resulting in a successful effort to Sc
cure especial legislation regardless Of the reg
ularly constituted school authorities, which,
If followed by fruifion In that fasiicisfsaf case
would establish preeedent leading ultimate
" u 8 complete denomination Of the whole
public school system, as = unity, as Ear as
Carroll county Is concerned
Omitting the speciaf case referred to, which
j. far from being the most necessitcus. and
which has consequently given less eoaceEn TO
the School Board, may herr be nasniioaed only
q few other important localities, Saerein, aA-
less immediate provision Cor building. repair.
ing. 6e., be made, many Of the county best
eifiaena will b. eaecsnally deprived Of the
public school heuefts 70 which teey arr lastly
entitled. The Old school houses, Nos. 4. :.
aud 1: in the 81 election distriet--Na. in
the ath elecgioa district-Nos- and 10 in he
ssh election election district and In
the Ssh election district Nos. 8. 1, amd in
the eih election disfFict--Nos. II. ~, and a.
ia the Tth eiection disirict--and several eth
erS, % name which there Is no space here,
though still occupied As school. houses, arr
now entireiy unit for use. At SExssA.
growing and thrifty village in the ath election
district, a new school dissFSes and. cOnsr-
qnently. new school house have hecnne >
pressing necessity. the schools that might be
within tie resch 81 older pupils being ALREADY
much too largo; 81 Union Bridge The School
Board has been forced 60 pay an annual r<nt
Of SEQ. % Tor eharch basement 70 Mrcsmmo,
date he increasing uamher u pupils; and a.
FpeedOm. Tor the want d fands e build on q
school los long sinee paid fer, an annual rent
Of 600 has had 20 be paid for years.
These considerations. which arr BY 40 nlezns
exagseFazed. nor even Strongly stated, Nban-
dAnily sh0w that an additional apprnpriafiots
a "a
~ afrs PiuF can nevpF h. criticised sac.
eessEally 70 TIE injury Of any oiieial: aud thar
. liberal Ap3,raprsatiou aader the@e necessi.
toas circumstances for the hrnefs of salcrinr
taxpayers. viii be noahiag bas "fAIR.PiAr,
can pot be Questioned
Il Is therefore respectfully suggested 10 yoa
thar you Invite q cpnfeFenee with desexsticn
FROM the School Beard, ~ yoar eariiesi con
ycnience. 10 make inquiry. % renlave any
doabts thai migks exist. and 10 aEree upan
about what an0uni Il i proper Asd expeasent
10 appropriate 70 the school fand this year.
Signed By order Of The School Board.
The substance u the foregoing qsoted inst.
Ter vas, 81 the prsper time, sahmisted N the
proper authorities IN the caasdeni hope ard
belief that the necessary funds would be
promPsly provided bat the aRsweE Fetarned
in dee time was that in 8iew Of the prensare
School Beard coaid net exlsees any snereass
Of the eoanty appropriation Aboss that q lasf
year. which hsa been found 70 be Inadequate
to meet the eontinaaliy Interesting expenses u
the schoolsl What, then. WAS 70 B. done
The School Board sAs dFieea TO think % Fe-
signing, a. was freqaently spoken Of; TO ".
dnee the school time 20 two terms IN the wear,
by which The Spring tern State appropriation
would be lost 70 the county OF to the other
~ painful and UNJUST A. Il Is. TO
make q slight reductions per term Of the teach
EN- salaries, which an Intelligent teacher sho
happened 10 be present shought woald be de-
sidediy preferable 70 reducing the school time
20 only t~o terms year.
Thus, i i plain 20 be seen and i ought
freely 70 BE- acknowledged By all Who are dis
posed TO Be lust 70 the President ard members
thar the alane OF eensaFe for this censeqaeu.
Iial reduction cannot properly rest upon The
School Beard.
In these remarks the writer desires anything
rather than a controversy with the ABvocATE.
or 70 give pnbiieify 10 a word that cas- by any
torture Of rs meaning reaees upon any person
or any officials, all 81 whom must alike regret
the painful asiinH fnrped BY the condition Of
aiiaits np0u the reluctant School Board. HIS
only object i 70 prevent erroneous impress.
si0ns from resting on the public mind IN ~
gard 70 the faithful oii1eials who have 20 con
tinually and 50 sacrihcingiy lni1Eed for the
pehhe schools and all therein interested.
Only few words more 10 reference 10 mat.
iers which, doubtless, led the writer Of the ed
itorial IN question into slight errors Of fact
and argument: ito most people, says the
1sirocafe. ''the resolutions viii appear nn-
qecessaFY;' and this Is again repeated in the
same editorial, Ifsueh impressions are made +
remain on the minds Of most people, il must
result from reiterafions ofthis sort, and notfrom
he fapis a. they are, and as they will appear
h any one Who win iayesligsis EgF eDpgga to
aarl tbs aponnt appropriated to ths School
Board. the disposition made Of It, and the ne
aaaAisies pressing thsyaup0p.
The Adsoogfs nlse aays THAT the County I
are directed by fha issgisla.
hire to build school house at Harvey" A
reference TO the act win show that this is an
sFFoF. Il will be seen that instead Of being
70 ssdtreefsd." the County Commissioners are /
Dnly authorized, NJ taeiF option, TO provide i
he means to build said school house, power
which they previously had, 10 supply funds to
he School Board, the only body in the county
charged by law with the duty OF building pub
ie school houses aud establishing public
sehuoIe therein. Should the County Commits.
loRers he thgs authorized TO provide funds to
1Rild school h0sses feE ANY number ofpersons
lfhsr than the School CgHimissi9neFs, there j.
l0thiHR In tha school Jaw to require The Latter
BODY 70 establish schools therein; and i Is not
likely that they viii willingly participate in
nv measure wherein they are thus pOiptedly