The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-14
SCHOOL BOARDS ACTION
Some Further Facls Regarding Pay Of The
Secretary and treasurer
MONEY 70 COME FROM LOCAL SCHOOL FUND
preparation Gam only lie tscd 10
Pay Ne .chcrs.

The headlines to the report In yester-
avs Post concerning the public school
ind to the effect that the school board
ontemplates paying salaries 10 some
Iembers Of the board out OF the money
for school purposes by the
tate were inadvertently inserted, as viii
ppear from reading the body of the re-
ort. The law governing the expenditure
the State and local school funds is quite
iear and in order that the public may
now the law on the subject the section
the statute covering the matter is
uUted IN Iun;
seotion /. The public school runas
hereal.er snan no. De expended. eX-
eept lcr the following purposes.
/. ne state and county a,alable
scnooi lunus snan DC useu exclusively
Tor the paSmen. oI Leaeners ana sd
DerintendsIts salaries and fees Tor
ulhlng scnolastlc census. ana COM
<nIsslun TO the county treasurer OF
vhe-naIf OF l per cent tor receiving
ana onehalf OF ! per cent Tor dis
Durslng the scnoOl Iunds; provided,
40 commission snail be PAD Tor re-
ceivlng the Dalance transmitted 10 nlm
py his predecessor or Tor turning oVer
the balance in his hands to his sue
1essor. and that he shall receive no
commission on money tp3nsferleu;
provided, that nothing in this act snail
De construed to increase the maximum
now allowed by law.
2. Local school funds from district
taxes. tuition fees OF pupils not en-
so,,rcss ma, 'd a. a.iI i',',.,,O,
..n7,n,aro1od ~, So, "a ,. ~ 49,.
md tor ,,,,ron,gtu ai,u ,3 $3.50 Ia
,un,,i,ns ~ Up, ~ anu
nnce rrer,, IN, ,o., ',, ,a.'5
nIoves .or hn,,i,,s s,blol si,on h,,,,nr.
huiidin,, nd raratrina "a $500
scboni h, ne go ~ @n a, e n.lns
nacessa,.-. 5,o. i put
Ia sohoois -, 49,, a., % ~ Puo
Moard ~ ,r,s,s Ir,a iliieu pS tn we
votcbers ,or oo,,n9y Az do.ou,n' III anu
'r,1,t.t ~ u.s.' ' ,-' gu cV,n
-, 80, W " app w ~ y? tuo 1ouh
.sho, ~ So ~ w 80 80,
nv ooa.e ",a.I"p.e ovnoVl tun"
~ Hny ~ " o"un.N - SUI "
49, go sOo'a ,'e. eot Al
iaa, a. 49, Us, a.
aSra,aaa 81, ~ ~, 81, 70 o
horoin o ,oo. men .Ioi ,on
600 ~, IL y, i'+'' paSe '-'
,Sra,, oi -
700 =. =. inI ~ ."e u"''u vi ~ US
odnnted h tba boar [" S tho ,ins
''op'e gu Wy tnu pu"iu au'holH'hS lhe pay
that sucn payment shall he made
nut OF the local school funds and that the
noaru has no intention OF using the tund
nurnosas . p, tbosa roo;. a an, o'me. Ne.
quoted ahoy,.
Through the efforts of The Post the &C.
uon OF the schooi hoard IN allowing COM
,rer ~ the hoa.d vac haoy, hr1,, o ~, ~
= ttention of the public and the fact thai
MIR. Andrew Dow has instructed his at
,orneys 10 nring SUIT TO en1oin the board
st,tad IT. I'D Aro,'nht IN n' H., a'SD neG ~
a friendly one and is 10 lost the IspaIitv
Of the school hoard's recent ertIon Mr.
Dow contends that the new law creating
'he school trustees for independent school
d districts specifically saws that ''thev shall
serve without compensation. and he be-
Itaves that the mere creating or an of-
ecer out OF one or more of the trustees
does not in anv wav alter this law-that
,hev arc styI members az Inc hoard no
matter what additional Offices or duties
NAV he imposed upon them. He has lefl
the matter with Nfessrs Baker potts
Baker & Lnvett and they are eynecte cd
20 file the Injunction proceedtngs this
week.
40
Mr. 9 u Tr,o,. sao,o.arr =, ,.o so,o,,
w WIS ''"o''
BOARD was asked yesterday TOT further
statement OF the facts in this case which
is still the subject of much talk Mr.
rrsor s,a+oa .h.4 49, ~ 80
'"a' .'o aN. ''H VI 'ne ooa
was taken advlsedly and only after the
attorney general and superintendent OF
public instruction had been ofsciallv
co,,r,,,io,t,a n,,,h "a hsa aa,.,-as 49,,
' VIZ anu va" "u'iseu 'ne
poaru that II mad the right to pay sal
airy TO the secretary and a commission to
the treasurer. The following corresnond-
enoa nol.,t,. .
- 70 'ne in"''e' Yves snc"
NJ ~ T 'ei ,,
80. ~ 'aeS' li nus ~ ieAas'
Tava .pl rna ol Euueatlon; Aust'h'
~ ~ 90, A'uV.. Sii iout let
a,,or va sAe to.u ihseaut' auute essen 10 tu'
~. Lr e' eueldI mas ausN eleu IN par
-. ~ Ie lel'aihuVl Vi lhe ietteI na'
u,'ii. tu'neu over TO TINS department lor
-
- se 10 auFlse you tnat we senoo
,.'' - ulus eieoI aeeIe'atS anu tleasul 81
!, ~, va Iuei' uMn nulhper OF they may cree
~, - Hoiu the outslue' ne treasurer o.
t srn s0uool Soaru Would nanuie an Oh tn'
'Nnes uaeu ,oI sunool PURPOSES IN me IN