The herald., 1894-03-31
THAT SCHOOL BOND PROJECT,
A Little Surprise for the Solid
Six.
They Will Not Handle the Money
For the Bonds.
s15O,0OO Meets the Approval of
the Voters the Council VIII
Control the Same.

The board OF education, or, rather, the
"solid" section thereof, that thinks and
moves as one. to paraphrase trite say
train nicely to secure the handling Of
$3.50 900 of the peoples money in the
construction OF new school buildings.
Now, while it is generally admitted
that the city OF Los Angeles needs addi-
tional schoo! buildings in the conEestsd
districts and in certain suburban locali-
ties. there are few, very few, taxpayers
in this city and state, where Evans and
Sontag held sway 80 long. that would be
willing to entrust the expenditure of this
large sum of money to the present school
board.
In furtherance OF the plan by which
the board would control this outlay of
the peoples money, Mr.. TrAsk submit
ted list OF school houses needed, sddi-
tions, school lots and furniture at the
last meeting OF the board of education,
in all footing up $l42. 900 of estimated
expenditure, aud the following resolu-
ton:
quested to call an election for the pur-
pose of voting bonds to build, repair and
furnish school houses.
The act under which the board expect
to have the outlay OF this money is
section 1880 OF the political code, which
provides that the board OF trustees OF any
school district may submit TO the elect
ors the question OF issuing bonds to be
used to build school houses, buy school
lots and furniture for the new buildings.
The succeeding sections provide that
the school trustees shall have absolute
control OF the expenditure of the money
so raised, and that it requires only q
mere majority vote to decide az to
whether the issue of the ronds shall be
authorized by the voters.
As this matter OF calling an election
will be submitted to the council on
Monday, HERALD reporter yesterday
interviewed Deputy City Attorney Dunn
ss to what legal course the council
could take in the matter. That gentle
man stated that the city attorneys
office had been giving the matter care
full attention this week, and had made
careful examination of the law. They
had decided that if such an elect
ion is called it must be done
under the act of 1887 which
was amended and repsssed in
1889 This is the same act under which
the outiall sewer bonds vera voted by
the people, and what is more important,
it places absolutely In the hands OF the
city council the power to issue and sell
the bonds which may be raised for the
erection OF school houses, purchase OF
furniture and school lots. In fact, as
far as the school board is concerned,
they will be simply lockers on in
Vienna" This law also stipulates that
two-thirds vote for the issue of bonds
must be secured before their issue will
be legal.
A precedent for the above interpreta-
ton of the law can easily be found in
the 100000 issue of bonds made at
the time the high school was built.
The city council was the controlling
power from start to fnish, although it
is true that they consulted with the ex.
listing school board, but, as a matter of
fact, they held the reins OF power. As
the matter stands, the city council can
go ahead and order a bond election for
school house construction purposes
under the act of 1879, and exercise
full supervision and control over the ex-
penditure of the money raised, just
ss was the case of the building OF the
outfall sewer