Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-08
COUNTY COURT MATTERS.
County School Superintendent
StsHaft's Communication.
THE ARCHITECTS RESOLUTIONS
The Question Of SteHographer's
Claims Allowed.

At a meeting Of the County Cour
yesterday afternoon, the architect
Of the city, by special committee
presented the resolutions recent.
adopted by the members u tn
Architects Association, in which
they demand the right Of compe
tition in preparing plans for the new
joint city and county building. Th,
matter was discussed for some time
when the resolutions were filed to bs
acted upon today.
The following communication
from County School Superintendent
w. NJ. Stewart was read:
To the County Court OF Salt Lake:
Gentlemen = In compliance with
| your request, l present you more
| fully the facts upon which / make my
| estimate OF the county school tax re-
quired 10 raise funds for the ensuing
wear. base my estimate OF the funds
needed upon the wants OF the county
schools. The tc,rl school population
| of Salt Lake County is - COL. School
population of the city, Ssls. County
school population, 47S3. Per cent OF
school population in the county. about
IS. To:al assessed valustion Of prop
erty in The county, So, go, go. Nalu-
alton in the city, sii ,495,9I0. Nalu-
alton in the county, sT.T5,oOo. or the
$1,000 estimate made TO the court, the
county schools would receive about
81, 80. The Territorial apportion-
ment will give the county schools
about $2i.5io. This would give the
county school fund $i5,160.
The school law provides for four
terms OF school and any district hold
ing school less than three terms will
receive no portion Of the school funds.
The compulsory and free school
clauses will insure the attendance OF q
high per cent. OF the school popula-
ton in each district.
The funds, 1879, mus: be suffi-
Gent to pay salaries ef teachers Of the
schools. Good teachers command
salaries ranging from $40 TO 500 per
month. Placing the average teach
er's salary at go per month and esti-
mating an average attendance OF 20
per cent of the school population,
school to be held in session eight
months, and each teacher TO have an
attendance Of 50 pupils, 1t would re-
quirc about s35, 900 for teachers sala-
ries, which would leave about $1,000
for current expenses. TO be divided
among thirty-five districts.
Considering the facts that no county
tax was assessed TO defray the expense
of the schools this year; that many OF
the districts are obliged TO rent school
rooms, and that the districts have been
recently supplied in the past, am OF
the opinion that the csi;iriiate / pre-
sentca - you is as low as the circam-
stances Of the schools would justify me
70 make.
estimate that It will require an ad-
5000 10 pay the salaries Of the
county superintendent and the county
and the expenses of the board
Of examination for the two years re-
quired.
In order TO raise the full amount of
the funds needed for the schools Of the
COUNTY, estimate that q tax Of IL
mills on the present valuation of the |
taxable property Of the county as
given above is needed.
WILLIAM NJ. STEWART,
Superintendent Of Public |
Schools.
Filed,
J. b. Toronto, treasurer, fled his |
report for the four months ending
December 81, showing a balance OF |
SIS, 1854 in the treasury at that
date. The report was approved and
filed.
The action Of County Clerk Allen |
In erediting the county treasurer |
with $40, 026.2S and debiting order |
account with same amount per can
cellei warrants returned 10 him by |
the treasurer, was ratified.
Clerk Allen reported $375 turned
over to the county treasurer by |
aim up 10 December 81, 1890.
The bonds Of w. G.. A. Smoot and |
Riley H. Graves for liquor licenses
were approved.
Judge Bartch reported that he |
iad ordered Of the Washer Safe |
Company a safe for the COLLECTORS
,fiice fer 1926 AMI the old safe
in.
The County Attorney presented |
IN opinion In reference to the
expenses. He was asked |
whether the county court was
to make monthly nppro- |
1riat;ons for the same. The attorney |
,s:e it rs his opinion that the court |
,ouli not make such appropriations
IN advance. The law, he said, pro-
rides that all payments shall be |
made in liquidation Of expenses
incurred and actually due at the |
lime the allowance is made. The |
also provides that all claims |
must be accompanied by a sworn
s.atsment that the "claim Is justly
iue."
The following claims and accounts
were allowed: