Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-07
0CHANGE TAX LEVY
School Board Recommends the
Raising of $500 for
Next Year.
Suggestion Is Agreed to by a
Unanimous Vote-The
Monthly Meeting.
A Patron Who Was Doubly Taxed
Plans for Commence.
ment Week.

The school board met in its regular
monthly session Monday night, but
transacted little business of import
ance. The tax levy for the omin
year was the most important feature
and the recommendation to the board
of supervisors for 1902 will be the
same as for the past year. Last year
the levy included $4,000 for the teach
erS5 fund, $4,000 in the contingent
and a ten mill tax for school house
purposes. AS the teachers fund is al
ways added to by transfer from some
other fund, generally school house, II
was thought advisable to alter the
levies somewhat and ask S26, 900 for the
teachers fund and $4,000 for the con-
tingent. The ten mill tax for school
house purposes has already been made
having been voted at the town meet
ing in March. The tax last year In
the school house fund is estimated tn
have raised $4,000, with $1,000 add
tional after the new west territory was
annexed. The pay roll for teachers
already amounts to between $4,000
and $4,000 annually, and in the con-
tingent fund last year about $4,000
of the $4,000 was used. The arrange.
ment as recommended to the board
of supervisors proved satisfactory to
all Of the board members and viii
MAKE $4,000 In all, the same as for
the past year After the new Third
ward school is built this year, the levy
for school house purposes can be ma
terially reduced.
o. S. Lord, a farmer living in the
new territory recently annexed to the
district, appeared before the board and
asked that SIS that he had paid in tu-
ition for the first six months of 1901
be refunded. Mr.. Lord has been taxed
SO he claims, for the full year, his as
sessment being raised from 20 mills to
70 because Of the annexation to the
school district. He feels tina as he
has been assessed on an increased levy
and has paid tuition for his children
In the high school during a part Of
that time, the tuition should be re-
funded. as he is paying taxes on the
school property of the district. It was
the sense CT the board that Mr.. Lord
should have the matter remedied with
the board of supervisors, but he was
assured that If the supervisors could
not make any change the school board
would De ! to remunerate him as
far as the tuition was concerned.
Mr.. Church, Of the special com.
mencement committee, reported that
the Odeon had been engaged for the
9th, at q rental of $50; also that satls-
factory arrangements would be made
for the music for graduation evening
In the same line Superintendent VIII
lard reported that he had received q
letter from Professor George e. Vim
cent, associate professor Of sociology in
the University of Chicago, who ia to
address the class OF 1902,
his subject to be "The Larger Selfish
ness"
A petition from Jesse Painter, iani-
tor of the Woodbury. school, asked that
the school board pay a board bill of
$500 incurred during a nine days quar-
antine from his home on account OF
scarlet fever. Mayor Jones had given
Mr.. Painter permission to remain at
home during the quarantine, but the
patrons of the school registered a COM
plant, fearing that their children
would be exposed to the contagion. The
shcool board notified MI. Painter that
should board elsewhere IL he wished
attevd to his duties at the school,
and now Mr.. Painter want the expense
incurred paid by the board. The MEM
bers thought that Mr.. Painter was en-
titled to the remuneration under the
and allowed the bill.
Superintendent Willard reported the
tuition money received for the quarter
May 80 to be s123.67. OF this
amount the money Is apportioned, high
$500; grammar department,
primary, 1915; kindergarten.
A statement of the text books
on hand and the receipts for the sale
of same was also given.
sAs
Miss Pearl Williams, who is a kin>
dergarten assistant in the Fourth
ward, requested hat she be allowed
free use of some tables n other
supplies to be taken to
for the summer, where she ex-
poets to conduct a private kindergar-
ten. The board considered that If the
were allowed it would be es-
a bad precedent and 1t was
denied.
Superintendent Willard reported
the teachers contracts for next
year We're coming in, but a few had
asked for more time. The promissory
attachment to the contracts, call
ing for the forfeiture of one-half
months salary If the contract is violat-
ed after Aug. /, without good cause, 1t
s thought will have a good effect.
)ywbeof-i;iR, S~i-wr-dbtu cd NIB NIB
CHANGES IN PosToFFicE FORCE
Night Clerk B%auehman Retires Be-
cause Of III Health-Several Pro-
motions,