Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-03
TEACHERS ANNOYANCE
IN THE MATTER OF GETTING
THEIR MONTHLY PAY.

The residue of the teachers salaries for
the month of December was paid yes
terday. Work for the month of Deem
Der was completed as early as December
81. Delays like this and the requirement
of signing the rolls and later returning
to receive checks and sign an acknowl-
edgement of receipt is causing. it Is said
much annoyance to the teachers.
One. speaking OF the method in vogue,
said:
1T has been stated that the present
method of payment is much more salts
factory than the old and insures greater
promptness. l. who have been associated
with teachers for many years, both under
the old and the new regime, may make a
statement as to the facts In the case. For
years past teachers have signed the pay
rolls on the last day of the month and at
the same time have received checks,
making one visit to headquarters all that
was necessary. Under the present So
called satisfactory method payrolls are
signed several days In advance, and a
Second trip. requiring extra car fare and
extra time on the part of many, is neces-
sary to secure the checks
When schools close for the Thanksgiving
and Christmas holidays the work for the
months of November and December, re-
spectively, is completed. The old way gave
teachers their months salary before these
holidays thus enabling many to take a
much needed vacation away from the city.
In the month of November, 1905. not only
were the teachers deprived of their money
before Thanksgiving, although the month s
work was finished on the 10Th, but they
were obliged to spend a part Of the fol-
lowing Saturday at the Franklin School
waiting for checks.
The controller of the treasury has ruled
that the full months work must be COM
pleted before payment can be made. The
full months work of the teachers for De-
cember was completed when the schools
closed for the holidays as they did not
return to their schools until the morning
the second of January. Then, too. If IL is
unlawful for salaries to be paid until after
the first day of the month, why is 1t not
just as unlawful for payrolls to be made
out in the form of receipts? The present
payroll Is receipt for value received, and
it is so distinctly stated on the roll.
Teachers signed the December roll on
the 9Th, with the notification that checks
would be ready on the 10th, the time stated
on the roll being from the LIST to the 18th
of December. Then teachers were informed
that they would be paid on the Goth. twelve
days after the signatures had been placed
upon the rolls which state that value has
been received. In the month of December
the 18th was designated as the end OF the
half month, for which payment was to be
made
What reason can be given for the reten-
ton of money, lawfully due, until the Goth?
Moreover the schools were closed December
81 and checks were not received for work
completed at that time until Tuesday, jan
uary 2.
1.-The teachers feel that these inconveni-
ences and actual illegalities amount to
grievances which they are themselves pow
erless to redress 1t is difficult to see just
where aid is to come from, and yet every
month the teachers are subjected to these
annoyances.