The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-19
HOUSE ADDS To
: GREAT BUDGET
Eighty Thousand Dollars In
5 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. It was amended in
some respects. although the amend
. ments were not so numerous as had
been thought they would be- The prin-
eipal amendment to the bill is the addi-
+ ton of $4,000 for state aid for High
schools for the two years to come. The
governor has indicated his desire to aid
{ High schools in the smaller cities, and
bills, apparently drawn in accordance
Z with his views, have passed both houses,
but were disapproved by him on con-
sttutional grounds. evidently following
1 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:
tOr the support and maintenance OF
niSh schools In such cities and school
! districts as have or shall establish high
schools for two school years from July l.
! 1893, to June 80, 1911, $4,000. The said an
lropriation for high schools shall he 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 o. district i'm
s which high schools are established and
maintained, shall report to the state board
or 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
50 enrolled during such schoo; year, which
report shall be verified under oath BY the
president or chairman and clerk OF the
3 board. On the receipt of the reports of
the cities and school districts maintaining
high schools as aforesaid. the state board
of education shall apportion TO the several
! cities and school districts. maintaining
high schools, the sum Of $50 900. such ap
: portionment shall be made according to
the average number of students in at
tendance at each high school as shown
by such report: and Immediately furnish
to the treasurer Of each school board, in
8 districts where such high schools are
! maintained, an abstract OF such appOrtion-
8 ment He shall also certify such appOT-
tionment to the state auditor. and upon
receiving such certificate the auditor shall
1 forthwith draw his warrant on the state
treasurer in favor of the treasurer of the
board 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 appropTia-
tions committee in the house, the road
appropriations for Salt Lake, Weber.
E Cache, Utah, Davis and Box Elder
counties were stricken down. This was
done on representation that all, with
tanned state aided institutions Mr..
: Thornley, of Davis made a sturdy fight
r for the retention of the Davis aDprO-
priation of $1,000. but this went down.
E 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
E for the benefit of the adult blind was
increased from $4,000 TO $4,000.
-4.-I e.
meet the claims of the farmers in Cache
county against the Agricultural college
for damage done their property by rea-
son of the seepage and overflow of wa
ter from the farm at the experiment
istation near Logan.
Badges for Chauffeurs.
Inasmuch as a bill has been passed
providing that strict regulation of au
tomobile driving shall prevail outside
the cities, 81 900 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 if. appeared
in the senate bill, for the payment OF
bounty claims, was made $40 000, the in
tention being to make the $4,000 annual
disbursements the Amendment was
made to comply with the technical re-
quirements of the law.
State Engineer Gets More.
The senate had cut the original COM
mittee draft on the appropriation for
the state engineer from $4,000 to s21 600.
The latter figure was restored yesterday
by the house.
Contingent expenses for the Office of
fish and game commissioner, s., 800,
were stricken down.
While the total amount for the state
board of horticulture is not changed. a
house amendment segTegates the vari-
Gus items in this wise:
For three members of said board for
part Of calendar year 1909, 1875; for sal
airy OF secretary OF said board. S275: roc
salary of the state horticultural inspec-