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

present ct ne meeting. an1 IN "A opinion
% the deeiston sssss:
1ass. decision earrsed 70 - legitimate
eoaclus5on n effect hca1x fhxx funds rats
% ~ The annual tax bery for tie suppors
AMI naa1nte<Ance OF The srhscas and the
cu&A1znx OF schocs houses can oasy be
used Tor the particular year Tor xsAsch
sucn funds were Tzined. and can nor BE
sppaaed to the payrs<ns Of the past war
rant indsbte1ness OF she dxssrscs. This,
IA ekect, VIII amount 70 4 repu1ssxson
OF Al unpasd wa-raass issued By the ssi.-
srscf since April i. 1850. except warrants
hssed Tor the curreut expenses Of this
year. and 10 fund whatever Is avasaanie
1or The payment Of sacA warrants.
Question 80 vital 70 the ereass Of the
district should not be allowed to rest upon
tbs decfsior Of the superior court. Dns
should hc ~ oace appealed to the supreme
court II such appeal il forthwith takeu
fais question can be determined ana -
tied by the supreme conrt before the i'd
3ourrnsent Of the legislature.
"A case involving q question OF this
Kind viii no daubt be advanced by the
supreme court at the. reQnest OF the dis
frsct. Il the decision OF the superior
court - correct legislation must be az
once provided for funding the warrant IN
debtedness OF past years or for sevyinx
tor the payment Of the warrant indebeed-
mess OF the district II In effect to repud.-
ate the same. and we think that common
honesty requires the board OF directors
20 dosau thai Hes In It's pswer to provide
Tor the payment Of Its warrant indebted
ness Of the past. a1f 70 that end this
case should be appealed to the supreme
coz1rt that that body may point out, IL
any. the defects In the law. and suggest
the remedy. or may reverse the decision
OF the superior court * the same II erron-
eotis."
Directors King ard coakett Thought II
would be we'll to wait awhale until the
fuh eject OF thu decision might be known
and eceson had been taken on Legislation
70 come up before an appeal was taken.
On motion OF Mr.. King the attorney
tor the beard was instructed TO take no
steps toward perfectfng the appeal until
further ordered by the board. Il being
the intention to fully discuss the matter
81 . future meeting.
A Boan to tho reachers.
Charles +. Hanback,. who represented
the piaintin IN the sun. IA an interview
last evening concerning the case said:
The decision OF Judge Langley 10 par
ticuiariy important from the fact that a
great many people have been misled as
~ he 1txfx <<f . -
erence to the outstanding deb. of the
district A great many Of the teachers
In our city schools have been under the
impression that their warrants could no;
be paid legally until the outstanding debt
created In former years rad been en;ire-
ly wiped out OF existence. According to
Judge Isangiey,s deets'~- 80 estimate of
the board OF educs--.or for the ear 1894
must be applied to IA pacc. Uses therein
mentioned. one OF which Is salaries OF
teachers The money which 10 raised
by taxation for this purpose cannot legal
" be devoted to any other purpose. It
must be applied to the purpose for which
the tax was created Teacherz salaries
therefore. constitute the part OF the fund
called support OF the schools and the
money raised for that purpose must be
applied 70 that purpose and no other.
Judge Langley calls particuisr attention
to the fact that there Is abundant pro-
vision by law for the payment OF debt
created IN former years. and 1t follows
directly from his decision that any diver
sion OF the funds raised for the different
purposes mentioned In the statute. among
which S. the erection of new school build
ings and the purchase OF school sites. is
fraud upon the taxpayers- Tho board
OF education will understand, therefore,
that thu money raised for each enc OF
the purposes mentioned in the statute
constitutes a separate fund warrants
upon which are payable out OF the par
ticular fund upon which they are drawn
In the order OF taeir number and date
always remembering that the statute Of
1898 Is prospective and eikais with the
warrants to be issued thereafter, rather
than retrospective as to the past debt
OF the district. We Feel assured that
Judge L.angiey's decisior Win be gasp-
tanned by the supreme court Whenever
81 Is called upon to review It,
oae~n anne VIII Demand a school.
III. r. C.lzse. who Is among the Queen
Anne hill people who have petitioned the
school board for n new school building,
said last evening regarding the decision:
"we VIII now renew our demand for a
building. and, since the fund Is available
believe we win get II A site has al
ready been selected and all we want now
Is a six -roorn building, so constructed that
n can be enlarged when the needs OF the
district demand The bnsldsng we have
now Is an OPEN barn~iike affair and not a
safe paane for children to 60 In this dis
trict there are OYER 90 children between
the ages OF ard u years and the pa
rents Of many viii nor permit them TO att
healthfui cansiition.''
ftepeFs ~ s.aitssd scheats.
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