The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-02

eaucation 81 the cki1sren a. ~. 60. -. -
ths paramount duty CT he .x.t-. -
's1 support Of the sahooss Il st,@ <hs.r
70 that end; Tor there en- - -
asapsiea Bower IN the lace Of tkpxe c..arsv
suppressed The state csothe. s.. .r.ns-
tne boards Of etuczfion. xssz errf.s- ,,.,,-,.
ers and directs the M pre~ e .,..s- -
49, r-.'9n asnin These prescribed limits.
e ies'ssasure atone determines what
= :. oe cone 70 discharge tia obligation
- re state 70 the chskdren.
There - sense IN which su ssxe~
Are one tax TIE term .ssase tar. ~rou,1s
enDracs the aggregate tar raised Yo~
sne support Of All offsets under ste Al.
Ssck care Of the state. wtetner rx.~css,c
OF general. but for specific objects th@
TAI therefor must ~ collected. hss.f arxs
pad 20 the exclusion Of al other ohsersx
even though more merstorsous in sh~u-
serves. This Is rue Of county, CITY. town
Ana district taxes. bat OF these there nav
oe as many funds as there are specific
objects.
Section -. beginning, The aggregate
school tax. obviously means the sun Of
the taxes Tor the several opfec,x .xnaaf
rot exceed per cent etc. else how easy
20 have safd. a :ax Tor the support Of
tns scaoois shall In no one year exceed i
per cent
frosissaas ar the Lsw Plain.
me general school law pzeiniy MAN.
fains the proposition that taxes rsssed or
estimates for specific objects cannot be
diverted TO ofner and different objects.
Par. 3, Sec sls. First Hin. requires the
county treasurer and ex-oficio school
District treasurer, in his annual July re-
port to inciude. among other things, the
amount Of funds disbnrsed upon orders.
or warrants OF each school district dur
ting the year and for what purposes, .
The amount OF funds remaining In his
Possession at the close OF the school year
and the fund TO which said
moneys belong
Zee sseapfnx OF the Law.
Par. 4. He shall keep q register of
all school district warrants presented TO
him for payment. which register shall
show tho number Of the warrant, the
date OF Issue and registration. the
amount and purpose Ter which It was is
sued Whenever a warrant shall be
presented. he tthe treasurer) shall pay
the same out OF the proper fund OF the
district IL there be funds In his
possession for that purpose, but II there
be 10 funds for that purpose he
shall indorse.' etc. The entire scope OF
the general law recognizes plurality OF
objects and a plurality of funds 70 meet
them respectively These provisions bind
the school officers of large as we'll as
small districts In ali their dealings with
school warrants. and they are not repeal
ed by implication by the enactment Of
Sec. ]. Chap. As, before cited. On the
contrary. instead OF repeating. I think
the act of 1883 was intended to add q
requirement that was thought TO be want
Ing In the law as Il stood Under the
law as understood by some and from
which have quoted, all warrants might
have been numbered consecutiveiy. The
new act, though not aptfy expressed, OBJ
viously meant to require that warrants
against specific funds should DO numbered
by themselves, and the objects for, or
fund against, which they are ISSUED
should In some way be expressed; other
wise the treasurer would be at a loss
TO know from what fund to pay the war
paid according to number. date and Is
sue, simply means number. date and
fund against which warrants may issue.
This would have been more clearly ex-
pressed / think. had the act been made
to read. according TO number. date and
object The contention that the words
quoted mean the same as II they read
according TO number and date OF issue
is only warranted upon the other equally
faulty theory. as think. that all funds
become ono fund, ami the necessity for
Issuing warrants against separate funds
no longer exists and Is made superfuous
by the new act This would carry the
doctrine of repeal by implication beyond
any adjudications that have come to my
notice.
Tho Lew That IL In Dispute.
.sThe board included In It's annual esti-
mate fer 1884 the sum OF $1,000 for new
bsiiidings,' and this went Into the levy
for that year BY this act or the board
the Law, by It's OWL force and operation,
appropriated that much OF the taxes for
that yeas. or SO much thereof as should
be collected TO that epeciEic object and
no other.
THE board did not appropriate Tho
morpcy, IL only expressed Its wants In a
lawful manner and the law made the
appropriation. The people were already
called upon 20 pay. for the year isst. for
salaries. fuel. supplies. etc. about the
sum Of sie5.eoa. which properly fell unjer
the head Of school support They were
also required to pay 5000 for interest on
bonds II tho board did not Intend TO
use the s25og for new buildings. why
ask n or the people, Or. having received
II, why withhold II from the use 10 which
the law appropriated lit
"The answers say II has been applied
toward the discharge Of district debts
sites. etc. But hy what law or sesnblancs
of authority does the beard Of education
divert the estimate OF lSss. whtch in law
is supposed 10 be Only sufficient for the
purposes Of that year. to the payment %
deficiency warrants OF past years issued
for objects rot named 81 the estimator
Annual estimates do nut look back
ward for objects upon which TO bestow
the revenues OF a given year TTssy re-
late solely 10 tAe warts OF the ensuing
wear. and 10 divert them 70 the dema t4fs
OF other years or the praxnatssn Of other
objects would he clear ,isspnstca tioa
of the district funds.
at may be unfortunate for thu public
and embarrassing TO the board Of etnca-
ton thar TIE district Is heavily charged
with dehts long overdue. but no con iiston
OF the district finances viii warrant the
board in departing from the plain re-
oasrensents % the law This wcsald cnly
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