Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-19
THE RATE OF TAX
Fixed BY the Bard Of Education,
Last Hight,
FOR TIE ENSUING YEAR.
II VIII be Onc And . Half Mills
Report Of the fineace Com.
msttec-0ther Business

m'ttee-0ther Business.
The Board Of Education rrr; las,
evening in regular cassion at 7:so
The follovick members were pres.
emf Armstrong, Goliath, johnson.
Nelson, Pike, Snow and Young,
President Scott In the chair
Williams reported that the
amount OF tsses enjsined in the
tax Cases was $500. He expected
inst The question would he de.
iermined at the coming session Of
the Supreme Court.
The claim Of Taylor. Roh,ney &,
Armstrong represented thot they
held q note for 5000, given by the
trustees Of the Eleventh School Dis.
trict, and they wanted the cash.
Referred b the Ssnihiittee on
finshce.
Miss Lizzie Keim, oneof the pub.
lie ,chool teachers, rendered her ~
signation On account Of III health.
Accepted.
The tui,s.hg committee reported
that the Fourteenth Ward school
baiiding mas been finally completed
and there was due the contractor
about $1,000. Accompanying this
was a standardization from Archi-
tees Monheim, in which he recon-
nended that the building be accept
ell and that the penalty against
Contractor Baldwin fer DELAY be
not enforced, 4. ti,e delay could not
be avoided rrd The contractor had
lost between $4,000 and 5000 on the
building because of the advance in
the price Of material.
Mr.. Pike thought it might be well
to find out whether there was any
mechanics lien on the building.
but on Mayor Sc0tt's statement that
a lien would not hold against city
building, this was dropped.
Mr.. johnson stated that he knew
there had been n great difficulty in
obtaining building material.
Other members stated that, on in
vestigating the matter, they had
come TO the conclusion that Mr..
Baldwin was net to blame for the
delay.
A molten 70 pay the contractor,
accept the buiiding and not enforce
the penalty, was carried.
Attorney Williams, to whom was,
referred the claim OF Hanlon &
Benson, who were awarded con-
tract for erecting the Fifteenth Ward
school building and did not get a
chance to carry it out, and who
therefore clsimed damages Sl,90o,
the amount Of profit they would
have p'sde. reported that the parties
were entitled 10 some compensation,
but he thought a few hundred
dollars would satisfy them. As a
matter OF law, the measure of dam
ages would be the profits they might
have made il the contract had been
performed. Referred TO the COM
mittee on buildings.
z. j.. Moran offered 10 put in the
Fourteenth Ward building 3 So
gallon boiler and heating apparatus
for sil9. Referred to the committee
on building.
Mr.. Armstrong. of the committee
on furniture. reported that another
carload OF desks had been ordered
from the Grand Rapids Company.
The two school bells had arrived and
were ready to be hung. Adopted.
The committee on teachers re-
ported that another room in the tx
position Building had been fitted up
for school purposes. They had in
structed the superintendent TO ex-
lend the holidays from Friday sntil
the first Monday in the New Year.
Harper's series for supplemental
readers be adopted; that east and
west side high schools be consoli-
dated into school Fourteen, ami
that the superintendent utilize in
that school the teachers now en-
ployei in the east side school, the
consolidation 10 take effect immedi-
ately after fhe holidays. Adopted.
On motion OF Mr.. Pike, the COM
mittee on buildings was authorized
to make such disposition Of the east
side high school building as might
he deemed best,as soon as ii becomes
vacant.
The committee on finance, To
whom was referred the matter Of
compensating p. l.. Williams, as at
torney of the board, recommended
that the compensation lie not fixed.
but that Mr.. Williams be required
to furnish bills for services from
time to time.
The committee also reported sew
eral accounts referred 10 them
The same committee sent in the
following report:
In accordance with the provisions OF seo-
ton i2i. chapter az, Laws OF Utah. ls-n.
your committee or Gn3noc beg leave TO
submit their estimate and financial state
ment ss therein required. The revenues
estimated to be available for The schools of
this city for the current year ending June
% next arc rs follows;
From the district taxes. as per
Collector Hardy's reckoning
leaving out amount in litigation >il{.t95
Territorial schiol fund spporilon-
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