Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-05
CITY AND COUNTY SCHOOLS.
Scum CUrrONwu0p.
Ausust 81, 1895.

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AuEusI 81, 1895.
h,i'tor Dsssrsi NcgE
Your favor la auswetiug my quvs.
ton OF the 2Jth Inst. II appreciated.
The view you take Of the question IL
the opposite Of tue view I and Others
hold with reg ,ri 10 section d. article %
Of the Constitution Of UAh. Your
comment On tue section seems to b. VI
nature 10 invite urlhef discussion OF
the issue, therefore hope you Will BE-
A. kind In procuring my We've ns you
wero Ia giving my last com unlca.
ilon space Ia your paper rhs only
apology l Offer Is thAI of difference
~ 0WuiIui which haing discussed, IL
always beneficial. Alsl b-lievs tDif
question should be placed rluscly br.
lore tue people, because, ~ my view
DO a correct one, tuutr are c1nseuu-u.
COS 20 be looked Tor o. iai Toauniug Im.
pOftAnce.
IL would, indeed, be 4 satiaiaction
could cUnsoicnIlousiy agree with
tue differentiation yIu present.
But 10 mo It ssg'us there 1,
an inlen1oI departure from the ave.
tom now In vogue, win fegaru To tLs
maintenance { IN pub ic sChoDle. II
IL aquesii1u that hss been before IL,
legislature a number " times-thAt Of
separate taxation Tor city schools. It
also appoaIs that this light IL to be
eetlled TOT all time by the adoption OF
tie Constitution. / iuiet there iaa
change INTENDED; n not why wa. that
section placed Ia the Cone ituIln? |
not ths existing law sufficient to Ier.
peiuals tie 6ysiem2 AM why wa
the wording VI tue present law ~
m atcTiAlly changed when the sub.
stance was transferred u the COustitu.
tIuu,
Article 10, sec ion l0l, OF the school
law relating 10 cltlea ~ tue first anu
'eCIud class say: Gan nun.
llu schools ana property shall he under
tue direction aud control II tn, BuafJ
OF Educsilon." Section ll2 OF the
same article says. "Tnu Board Of !
Education thsll establish, locate |
anu maintain" schools Of the various |
grades But here thore ~ ho chance |
tor the question Of tHGaIion, or the |
meaning Of the word "mainlaiu,p ~
the law specifically states how the |
funds i0r the maintenance OF such |
schools shall be- provided; this the |
Consultation does not dc; II 10 truly |
silent on that subject"
We agree precisely 10 that the sec |
ton Implies that the schools OF the |
cities Of the first And second class
"must DO maintained separate ana
spltt from those OF the c0untirs.p If |
that be true why II the converse not |
true also, there being nothing stated to |
the contrary? We DO not alf,e in that
the schools Of the cities Of the first and
second class are now "mSintAined
(suppOrtod )and controlled separate and
apart from the schools Of the counties"
There Il n uniform taxation for all
property In the cluutie. for county
school purposes; whether that property
be " this city corporation or mol, and
the money acc.uing thefeifOm IN dis.
ttibuird equally according to the
census enumeration, whether the
children reside within or without the
cities. The only separate fund pro-
ylded for the maintenance Of schools
In cities separate from those OF the
10 that furnished by spec al
taxation, aud th.t power " special
taxation cities have only IN common
win other organized school districts In
tbs counties, Hence, cities u tho fret
and second class are not taxed "twicep
any more than any country districts
the power, vested In them,
" lsvylng special school taxes,
There lisa wal difference between
or lunIamsntal law, ana
legislative enactment permitted by the
provisions Of the fundamental law;
AMI there must likewise be u difference
10 the scope Of thu meaning placed
upon the constructions OF the same.
fho Constitution provides for separate
Of schools In cities Of the
hrsl ami second olass, aud vests In tns
Legislature power to delegate TO the
authorities Of cities or towns the power
" taxation Tor corporation purposes.
n there IA 10 be any discrimination
with regard 10 taxation f1t school or
lthor purposes, II IL q question OF vital
I'm pOftanCF; one tuat Affects the under
Iying principles Of all democratic Ia.
itilut Ons, aud Oue that demands the
attention u every citizen,
Very sincerely
IN ~ AfnR..,