The San Francisco call., 1896-02-02
CHAOS AMONG TEACHERS,
The Annuity Fund Is Not Being
Collected and Somebody
Is to Blame.
The Banks Are Anxious to Get Rid of
the Funds That They Have
Held Back.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL
Q0Q D.ooA...ax= 1.

90S Broadway, Feb. 1.
A crisis has been reached in the matter
of the teachers annuity fund that is o!
interest TO every teacher in tie State, as it
affects not only the safety of money
already contributed. but also their chances
of benefting by the provisions of the law
in the future.
A meeting of the Oakland teachers was
held to-day and the matter was thoroughly
discussed. The idea seemed to prevail
that the officials who were charged with
the duty of collecting the per cent each
month from the teachers refused to do it,
claiming that the law was imperative. 1t
was also stated that in San Francisco the
law seems to be working fairly we'll and
that six teachers are now receiving their
monthly pensions. On this showing it
appeared that the officers in Alamed and
other counties must be delinquent in their
duties.
The practice in this City has been for
Superintendent McClymonds to stamp on
each warrant, Deduct per cent for
teachers annuity fund" This money was
intended to be retained by the County
Treasurer when he paid the warrants
This Treasurer Sanford refused to do un-
less County Superintendent Garlick col
lected it and handed it to him in lump
SUN. OdIllCh NOUlu llOL 10 LQlS ana IDer6
was deadlock and many of the teachers
were forced to stop paying because no one
would take it from them.
There is still another complication. For
many months of the year the funds are
in such condition that the banks cash
nearly all the warrants, and when thev
have done so they have always retained
the 2 per cent, and they have it yet. They
want to give it to somebody, but nobody
will receive it.
By Sanford refusing to receive it the
teachers now claim that they are delin-
quent and cannot partake Of the benefit of
the fund nor draw out what they have put
in. The banks have also stated that they
will return it to the teachers if it is not
taken by the officials. One of the High
School teachers made formal demand on
Superintendent McClymonds few weeks
ago to cease stamping his warrant, but he
declined.
The teachers submitted several questions
to the City Attorney regarding the mat
ters. They were as follows
''lf the payments to the fund are stopped
will it debar the teacher from entering the
fund when the law is modified ?"
City Attorney Peirsol says mo"
'How can teacher stop at any time ?''
'They never stop; the payments once
started are compulsory"
If they do stop can they get the money
back? ?''
"No."
Teachers are therefore afraid to take
their money back from the banks, and
City Treasurer Gilpin has stated that they
will not accept il after this month. City
School Superintendent McClymonds has
refused to stamp any more warrants and
the whole affair is in state of chaos, with
the teachers money and interests at stake.
At to-day's meeting one teacher from
each school was appointed acommittee to
find out how many of the teachers had no.
titled the superintendent that they would
accept the terms of the act and what they
owed to the fund. The meeting adjourned
to March z, when the committee will re-
port and an attempt will be made to for
mulate some course that will protect the
interests of the teachers.