Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-29
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING,
,rrual Reports Of The President,
Superintendent and Other
officers.
REVIEW OF ThE LAST iEsPS
WORK.
Valuable statistical aud Olher inIor'
malion.-i,ouiinc Business
Transacted.

4 CITE OFFERED.
NJ. L. Steel offered the board the
sllowlugi A lot on the cor.
ner 4 Douglas avenue and Fourth
south Street, lsOxiin feet, with alley
aiming north and south, for $50 yer
west mont foot, or i55xliJ on corner for
$1,000. Douglas avenue IS between
twelfth aud Thirteenth East streets.
The offer was referred to the commit
ice on sites and buildings.
APPLICATIONS rom POSITIONS.
Jane, W. Sanders sent in An nppli.
cation for the petition Of janiior OF
the Lincoln school now In course OF
erection. Referred TO the committee
on furniture and supplies.
Joseph l.. Green sent In nm nppllca'
ton for the position OF assistant super
intendent Of buildings. Referred to
the committee on school work.
IA. L. Llcwelyn sent In an applica'
ton Tor janitorship.
The Presidents ncport.
Tho following report from tho Presl.
dent was read, received and filed!
To the Board OF Education;
Geuilemen.--rhis the second annual
report ot your president, Ia much more
satisfactory than Il was possible TO
MAKE the first. The schools have
prtspered, regular Instruction has
been given hud good progress has been
made. The financial situation is also
much more satisfactory.
Thoanuunl report Of the several CONF
mlilcrs snd Of tho CLERK and superin-
tendeni will show In detail the work OF
. the ytnr.
Last year closed with the current
school fund In debt TO the amount Of
81, 300.OG. This liability was incurred
Ia necessary advances TO the build.
Ing fund; indeed, but for these neces-
tafy advances there would lave been
Sandstone surplus. These two funds
have now been adjusted, .on a basis
mlly explained In the report Of the
finance committee, and there remains
to the credit OF the current expense
account Mt the cloee Of the year, the
tum Of sdO9S.Si.
During the year, bonds to the face
value ~ sibO,nOO have been sold, net
ting Si3B,Oil.b5. or these bonds, Ont-
third was sold to repay, under authority
Rfnutyt by the legislature the advance
Of tnXes on school lcv!ra Of 1880. In
orIer TO equaliLs the school burdens, ~
declared 10y TINS board from the ilftt O.
To desirable. RMS fciundlnE 70 tho
taxpayers mas ilithluly betn made,
until now but small remainder OF the
ssoi--e,ss received rom Inc county
collector on account on such taxes re-
mains unulsbuIsoJ' lhete nave oten
some inJustices connected WIN lhls
matter, not however, On tue part OF
the board or any one connected WIN
u, Whleh l uhuetstanu II u ihe uetiB a
" the finance committee TO bring TO
your attention IN n sleclal report,
The proceeds OF BOND ehlcs, AVnilahle
for retunding, .or building purposes aud
purchase OF rlt.' amounted neli "a
slp,O'l.oOl NJ above stated VI TINS
sum lhtfe ma bctn expended 10 june
~, lob2, tie sum 81 s!ll iIoO.bsi leaving
balance OF -ziiool'iO Available on
lhls account une 30, lsp2. Fay menii
since June SOth, on contracts entered
into LOT lhe purchase OF Sues ana lhc
erection OF buildings, anu iutther pay
mentn called ior ny ruch conlfhcls,
hnco Tor iufthtr hulIJlng operations ana
tlle buying Of but vi lgo'oH' Ihert
are YET available in sddiliOn sloO,uOC
In bonds that tho Hoard has ordered
rold IN tho discretion OF the Finance
committee,
Inc buildingoperhtions contemplate
~ TIE Board when II laid out It's worn
unuer this head Included nn eight
room building IN the old Filst district
~ elghl'room building In the Sec0nl
District an eight'room building IN TIT
SGln district; M eight-room buildinl
IN lhe Fifteenth ditr!cii n twelve
I1.m building In the sixteenth
uaue' twelve. room building
~ thv Nineteenth district; twelve
iooM bullling In the INeniisth dis
u,i lWelve'room building 70 Ac
y9hlmodalu Jointly the Eighth nnt
hlf,enlh dhlnctsjE COURTROOM addi
non 70 Tue Eleventh district school
Anu an sightIoom building Tor mo olc
,tyehth and ana IWenty-nrst dls
,WIieNi on about twelfth East street
s5 h,s schedule whs estimated TO cos
s9liOOl, reckoning all available as
Hpparent vIich a ,,ns su,,nos,,'t u,II,Il