The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-19
HOUSE ADDS To
GREAT BUDGET
Eighty Thousand Dollars In
: Guided for High Schools for
Next Two Years.
BLUFF AT TRIMMING BILL
PRINCIPAL COUNTIES NOT TO
HAVE ROAD MONEY.

The appropriation bill passed the
house yesterday. 1t was amended in
some respects. although the amend
ments were not so numerous as had
been thought they would be. The prin-
cipal amendment to the bill is the addi-
ton of $4,000 for state aid for High
schools for the two wears to come The
governor has indicated his desire to aid
high schools in the smaller cities. and
bills, apparently drawn in accordance
with his views, have passed both houses,
but were disapproved by him on con-
stitHticnal grounds, evidently following
/ legal advice on the subject. The amend
ment, which was offered by Mr.. Funk
OF Cache, Is one of the most important
items in the budget. 1t reads:
For the support and maintenance OF
hish schools In such cities. and school
. districts as have or shall establish high
schools for two school years from July l.
1909, to June 80, 1911. $4,000. The said APP
preparation for high schools shall be ap-
poruoned among the several cities and
school districts in the following manner:
On the first day of December and
March of each year. the board Of educa-
ton or trustees of the city or district in
which high schools are established and
. maintained, shall report to the state board
Of education. the actual number Of stu
dents enrolled and in actual attendance
at said high school. together with the
daily average attendance of the students
81 enrolled during such school year. which
report shall be verified under oath by the
president or chairman and clerk OF the
board On the receipt OF the reports of
the cities and school districts maintaining
high schools ss aforesaid. the state board
of education shall appOrtiOn 10 the several
cities and school districts, maintaining
high schools. the sum of SO. 600 such APP
porti0nment shall be made according TO
1ne 90 f.
tendance at each high school as shown
by such report; and Immediately furnish
to the treasurer of each school board, in
districts where such high schools are
maintained, an abstract OF such apportion-
ment. He shall also certify such appor-
tionment to the state auditor and upon
receiving such certificate the auditor shall
. forthwith draw his warrant on the state
j treasurer in favor of the treasurer of the
hoard of education or district as the case
may be, for the amount the said board or
district is entitled to under such appor-
tionment'
County Road Money.
In accordance with the wishes of Mr..
Mcmillan. chairman of the aDpropria-
tions committee in the house, the road
appropriations for Salt Lake, Weber
Cache, Utah, Davis and Box Elder
counties were stricken down. This was
done on representation that all, with
one exception, of these counties con-
tanned state aided institutions, Mr.
Thornley, of Davis made a sturdy fight
for the retention of the Davis appro-
priation of $1,000, but this went down
The total of this elimination IS $4,000
os which Salt Lake had been by the
senate granted $4,000.
The amount for travelling teachers
for the benefit of the adult blind was
increased from $4,000 TO $4,000.
E T7fVra Thousand dollars was inserted TO
meet the claims of the farmers in Cache
county against the Agricultural college
for damage done their property by iea-
son of the seepage and overflow of wa
ter from the farm at the experiment
fstation near Logan
Badges for chauffeuFs.
Inasmuch as a bill has been passed
providing that strict regulation of au-
tomobile driving shall prevail outside
the cities, $1,000 was provided for the
purpose Of providing the secretary of
state with funds with which to pur-
chase books, application blanks. badges
and other necessary stationery to carry
the law into effect.
The amount Of $4,000, as it appeared
in the senate bill, for the payment OF
bounty claims. was made $4,000, the in
tention being to make the $4,000 annual
disbursements; the amendment was
made to comply with the technical re-
duirementS of the law.
State Engineer Gets More.
The senate had cur the original COM
mittee draft on the appropriation for
the state engineer from S25.000 to s21 900.
The latter figure was restored yesterday
by the house.
Contingent expenses for the Office of
fish and game commissioner, s., 500,
were stricken down.
While the total amount for the state
board of horticulture Is not changed. d
house amendment segregates the vari-
Gus items in this wise:
For three members of said board for
part Of calendar year 1909. 1915: for sal
airy OF secretary OF said board, S275 Coc
salary of the state horticultural inSpeC-