The San Francisco call., 1897-04-16
THEIR SALARIES
WILL Be PAID
Teachers Need Not Worry
Over Their Warrants
for May.
To Protect Tradesmen June
Salaries to Be Withheld
Three Weeks.
Then Warrants for the Balance Due
Since Novam Der Will Also
Be For rthcoming

1t seems that of late some little alarm
has been manifest in school circles
through rumor that the Board of School
Directors had found it necessary to with
hold teachers salaries for the month of
May.
communication addressed to the
editor OF The CALL was received yester-
day, in which the writer stated that she
understood this to be the case, and as
serted. furthermore, that on top of the
withholding of warrants for half the o.
vember salary, such action was an out
rage and deserved the condemnation of
the press and the public generally.
Inquiry has elected the inform alton
from reliable source that there is no
ground whatever for any anxiety on the
part of teachers. Warrants for the pay
ment of the May salaries will be forth
coming on June s. but, owing to peculiar
condition of affairs, the payment of June
salaries must unavoidably be postponed
until the last week in July, at which time
the remainder of the Novsm ber salaries
will also be paid.
In explanation of this state OF affairs
School Director Samuel Waller said last
evening:
I'm the month of November the old
board deducted halt the teachers salaries
amounting to $4,000. They spent this
and together with other expend Itures it
made total deficit OF sol 600 on January
l, when we took our seats
"ln the last tax levy an error was m ade
by the Board of Supervisors in fixing the
rate for the School Department., and in
stead of getting 1926, 600 for the fiscal year
from July l. 1896, to July /, 1897, the
Finance Committee of the Board OF Edu-
cation, by consultation with the Tax
Collector. Auditor and Treasurer, came
to the conclusion that We would get only
$3l5, 600.
Again, the Stale school fund, the first
instalimeEt OF which was paid in Decem-
Der, should have been $430, COO, but we re-
ceived only $413.000, making deficit OF
$17, 900 there.
''The first installment of these taxes will
be due the 1st of July, and instead of get
ting $500 900 We figure that we will get
only $197. 600, making another deficit OF
$23, ,0o0 Adding the sums of sol, 600, $17,-
00C and S23, 600, there exists total deficit
of $4,000. This will come on July l.
This board has saved about $50 600
since it has been in office by cutting down
supplies. Now, by the closest kind of
figuring we have arrived at this con-
conclusion: On July 5, when, in accord
ancs with custom, the demand for the
previous month Is made out we will be
BILE to add to the June demand the half
months salary for November heret tofore
withheld.
"These demands will be then held out
until all the money due tradesmen who
have furnished supplies and material has
been paid. Otherwise under the provision
of the one-twelflh act these tradesmen
win lose all they have supplied the de-
partment with.
But the teachers warrants will be
made out and held in our possession Until
the tradesmen are paid, and teachers will
be given sheiI warrants about the last
week of the month of July.
According to the law the teachers
must receive their salaries, but tradesmen
are not protected. The teachers are sure
of their salaries, and will have to wait
only two or three weeks"