The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-21
TEACHERS TO MAKE DEMANDS.
Ask That Fund be Set Aside For
Their Salaries.

Ask That Fund be Set Aside For
Their Salaries.
The members OF the salt Lake city
Teachers association decided al a
meeting held yesterday afternoon TO
ask for am increase of the school tax
Ia the city and county. demand a nine
months contract, ask that the money
for teachers salaries be placed i'm n
separate fund that cannot Doe touched
for other purposes and that all con-
tracts Doe signed by the LIST of April Of
each year SD teachers may know be-
tore the close of school whether or not
they are t0 be retained ior The next
year. A committee was also instructed
20 take steps towards the investigation
OF alleged tax lodging ON the part OF
some property owners.
When the meeting opened u the as
semb.y room of the West Side High
school. Mrs. p. y. Sheppard pat before
the teachers the plan 90 have the tax
levy Increased. She stated she had
been assured that il the tax levy We're
raised tO go mills from o. l-5. the
school board could borrow enough
money from next years funds Co keep
the schools open for the remainder OF
this year. She was OF The opinion that
as This offered immediate relief for the
delay. The matter of investigating
those who were not paying sufficient
taxes. she thought. should be looked
into later.
Make Property Owners Pay.
n The teachers seemed undecided about
the matter Miss Susan C.. stokes said
that the increase of the tax levy would
only add 90 the burden of those who
were paying taxes. and she thought the
remedy lay in making those who were
not paying properly do their duty.
A motion was made that "a committee
Dee chosen to confer with "a similar com
mittee from the Principals association
and then with the county commission
ers relative To the increase I'm taxes.
After considerable discussion over
whether the members should be- ap-
pointed Or elected. the latter method
was chosen and ballots were cast for
Mrs. II. y. Shepard. Miss Kate Nc
keuzie and IT,. s. PeuderEr8ss. The
date Tor the meeting with the com
missiOners was not set. but il viii be
soon.
Mrs. shepard moved that n commit
tee Dee appointed 90 look into the mat
Ter of taxation and the alleged dodgers.
Another motion was made 90 recon-
slider this one and refer the matter 90
citation, with power to employ AN at
Ioruey if necessary and take what steps
they saw tt Zoo relation to the proposed
reform. This motion was carried.
Nine Months Contract.
AZ this point Mrs. A. b. Jennings
arose and stated that she thought the
matter of importance for The associa-
lion Co consider was that of obtaining
a nine months contract for teachers.
"I suggest said She that YOU ask
for sucI a contract. also that you ask
that The money for The payment OF
teachers be made separate fund
which cannot Doe used Cor any other
purpose. and that all contracts be- made
by The lst of April of each year. so
the teachers may know before the close
OF school whether or not they win be
employed during che coming year
When Che matter 0f closing the schools
tAls year came up the board told us
DO would not take money from the
building FUND or other funds CO. keep
the schools open. because It would be
Illegal 3 think We should have our
funds So Che board cannot take them
90 pay principals and jauitOrs and the
like without Do being illegal too
The suggestion of Mrs. Jennings was
received with loud applause by the
teachers. They were AN DOB favor or
adopting her plan. As result mo-
ton was made and carried nstrucung
the executive committee t0 draw up
resolutions Co that effect and present
them 90 the board.
At this juncture one teacher arose
and stated that she thought the mat
Ter of tuition proposed ny NE school
board for children taught after the
closing of the schools should Doe taken
up. Before she could sit down there
were several teachers ou their Feet
making motions 90 adjourn These
motions were rushed through ln such "a
hurry that the association wound mp
IFS business without deciding when 90
meet again. The committees VIII arr
range for their meetings later