The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-23
THE COMMITTEE REPORT.


The committee on finance presented
the report relative to the amount
necessary upon which the assessor
should base his levy and the same was
! adopted as follows:
Your committee on finance, in COM
pliance with section 45, chapter Is of
the school law, presents the following
statement and estimate of the amount
necessary for the support and main
tenance of the schools under its charge
for the school year commencing the
first day of July, 1897, and the amount
necessary to pay the interest accruing
on bonds issued by the board. and the
amount of sinking fund necessary to
be collected during the year. and the
amount of an additional tax necessary
TO be collected to reimburse the sink
ing fund for the amount taken and
used for the maintenance of the schools
during the school year ending June 80,
1897, and an additional tax of l mill on
the dollar on all taxable property
within said city necessary to be col
lected and used exclusively for the pur-
chase of school sites and the erection of
school buildings, and we recommend
the adoption of the following resolu-
ton:
Resolved, by the board of education
of Salt Lake City, that the amount
necessary for the support and MAIN
tenance of the schools under it's charge
for the school year commencing July
l, 1897. be and is hereby fixed at the
sum of S19S,000; and the amount neces-
sary to pay the interest accruing dur
ing such year on bonds issued by the
board now outstanding and unpaid. -
S40.250; and the amount of sinking fund
necessary to be collected during sue
year for the payment and redemption
of said bonds is $16 100; also for the re-
imbursing of the sinking fund taken
and used during the school year ending
June so, 1897, under the provision OF
An act to authorize boards of educa-
ton of cities of the first and second
class to use their several sinking funds
for the maintenance of the schools for
the years 18961S97.' Approved March
2. 1897. Providing an additional tax
mot to exceed IL mills on the dollar
on all taxable property within said
city, of $37, 977.33; total levy for sinking
fund, s54, 077.33.
And further that an additional tax
of l mill on the dollar on all taxable
property within said city is necessary
to be collected to be used exclusively
for the purchase of school sites and the
erection of school buildings.
And that the president and the clerk
of this board be and are hereby in
structed to certify to the same to the
assessor ana collector OF salt Lake
City"
On the adoption of the report Pro-
fessor Toronto voted negatively, but he
did not explain why, and no questions
were asked.
APPLICATIONS FOR POSITIONS.
Applications to teach We're received
from the following: Grace May Heikes,
Sue Clark. Claire Whitehead, Luella
Bitner, Flora c. Blackburn, Mae Kane
city; Gertrude Thomas, Peterson,
Utah; Mrs. Carrie Liddle. Salina, Utah;
Eva NJ. Borquist, Richfeld, Utah: Iva
Thomas, ogden, Utah; A. C. Harring-
ton, Bingham, Utah; Marty J. Pierson,
Bozeman, Mon: Jennie NJ. Whitman
Fond Du Lac, Wis; Nora r. Loehr,
Warsaw. Ind; Mae Gilkey, Missouri
Valley, Ia; John ]. Mitchell Frankfort,
Ind: L. E. Amidon, West Bend, Wis;
Irna A Heath, Ann Arbor, Mich;
Olive Wells. Keokull Ia; c. W. Hen
derson. Sidney. O.; J. L. Wright. Wire
land, Cal; J. R. Bevis, Middletown, O.;
W. n. Turnbul. Sioux CITY. Ia; f3liz-
abeth J. Taylor, West Duluth, MINI;
Benjamin Evans. Monongahela City,
Pa; Anna E. Rhodes. Algona. Ia; An
ME A. Brown, Laramie, Wyo.; Mrs.
Nellie Stone. Malad City, Ida; Mary
Henry, Cazenovia, n. Y; w. w. Grant,