Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-01-15

ceived from James NJ. baiinIli OF
Grafton, Utah:
Etior D9ro Naes
Ifltsnot asking Zoo much, would You
be 20 Kind as tu answer ihn following
questions I'm regard .o our ira1 SCHOOL
law;
]. In Sec. -8ltroads thua $50 school
district shall receive any aUr1runniutul
OF school moneys unless such disc
trici shall uHvu maintained school
thOrUiu Tor ut l.lH. tWUn.y W'uaH during
tho uoEI rr.rHIIur school s#Is. N1Wt
docs the Jaw contemplate form. hing lhe
funds t1 maintain srHuH. iIr .hW
length Of umn.ur doc. lLIu.Uut ilIi when
The uppurtnuWeut IUr such district D.
exhausted Cha, 'ho rH1uo open .1g'r
own purses aud maintain Che school .ho
required lougih OF time ut lhoIr own tA-
pousri
q VIII tho Iaw compel such dstr.r. Go
maintain "a -ohu0I Iwou.v weeks unless
tho funds nIU uuIsUrl' our school
population b. small, consequently our
uur1riOumcut ia leut, hui ln order 90
maintain our school IhH required InuEih
OF Time, we hayU had t1 r'N fora p1rlun
oi Dr. out ~ our own puHNUHi which ih
Issued cost us nearly tour dollars pos
scholar.
while We aro thus sItuat1I thOre aro
districts uu both H.dos OF u- tupi draw
funds CnoughIu maintain th1ir school thu
required lonsth NJ limo.
From the foregoing j DO not wish 10
understood tht. ] am NO lrloud tu Uiu0t-
ton, Cor thpru is uu ono who would mako
greater effort Tor thu cause OF education
thuu i would.
Woaro supposed toc1mp'y with code
OF fchuul lave, HuHh us the changing 90
books. tho omulnymou. ~ suitable
tonchor aud b.iug compelled 90 tDnl
childfon between certain agosior Boo hnri
Tor NOT doing H1.
Now 10 looks mel though. II tho law
compolH us 90 do those Things, that %
ought 20 como to our aid with iuudH il
maintain our school, and not because VIC
arc small district leave us out boo ihO
cold 10 nko caro- OF ourselves the bosi
that We eau.
AZ TO the fret question. The law
contempls,es furnishing the funds to
maintain n school In each district tor
the length Of time stated; but 10 does
not contemplate that the Apportion.
ment named In that part Of the law
quoted Il the only available fund for
the purpose. The law Intends that
when the apporllonmont for such de
triot IL exhausted the owners Of tax.
able property shall open their pufsgs
and maintain the school the required
length Of time.
For q further explanation II may be-
stated that there are three tax funds
from which TO draw for tho expense VI
supporting and maintaining public
schools. These are (l) the Territorial
levy ~ the county levy; aud t8) the
school district levy. Tho Territorial
lovy Greats n fund which is appor.
toned by tho Territorial oommissionur
Of schools; the county fund Of the same
character IL apporIloned by the county
superintendent. The distributl0n IL
based upon the number OF school chill.
dren Teoiding In each district; and u
the district trustees DO not keep a
school twenty weeks In the year for tho
benefit Of the children referred 60, no
distribution IL made 10 tho district.
That ia the hppot,ionment mentioned
In section ~, quoted by our o0TfeB-
pendent. The other fund 20 be- drawn
on IA on wholly under the control
Of the tIuiteos, aud IL provided for In
section IS Of the school law, where tho
trustees are empowered 10 raise "on the
taxable property Of the district, ono.
fourth OF one pof cont for the support
VI schools, aud 10 doiray current eT-
pensos." rhis latter fund Is tho one
referred 10 when We say the owners OF
taxable property are required TO olen
their purses 10 maintain tue tcho0ls.
They do 20 In the case Of the other
funds as well, Tor II all comes out Of the
taxpsysrs' pockets
Coming 10 the second Interrogation.
Tue law directs (atotion 800 that the
trustees "shall organize, maintain ami
conveniently locate schools Tor tue
education OF the children OF school
age within the district, or change o.
discontinue any Of thum according
to law" The change rclousI o.
relates TO the re.arfAngemuut OF
districts, etc; the dlscontInuauco to
schools where the average Attendance
Of pupils IL lees Than eight Tor twenty
consecutive days, la al other cares II
Il provided la,clion ls) that "ovefy
district school shall bo kept la te.s.0u
not LEES than two terms IA each school
Year," that T., twenty wusls. Tas
Is about as n0ar compelling the main.
tenanCo OF a school Tor that length f.
time az can DO we'll done under rNl-i.
ing circumstance, the penalty ul
failure 10 comply is 60 deprive tho I's.
triUt u the nppurti0nmcut OF Vclalul.
ial ami county school funds. But tAu
failure 10 keep school b. hardly charge.
able 10 the law not furnishing the
funds, since II tho twO.aud.g-half mis
dialT.ot tax be- collected in addition
to the appoHiOumeuts referred
to, there probably is no school
district sufficiently Iur.r 90
BIO entitled o. that llugprudsn.
which VouIu no, then
have plenty ot funds to run school uuli
time.
This answers aIl the diact queries Of
OF cur correspondent, HIS abatement
Of the advantages dislucm uu both
sides have In securing enough from the
aud county lrp1uluumput
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