Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-10-25
STROUP WINS FIGHT
IN COURT AGAINST
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
Judge Ira A. Abbott Renders
Decision Which Will Place
Sixteen Thousand Dollars in
School Treasures.
CITY SCHOOLS WILL
RECEIVE TIDY SUM

siNtecn thousand dollars COR the
schools ia Nernaliiio county sixteen
thousand d.I.fs co. the board 81
county comm. iunop "uutDl tp take
away tum tIr EtuutI huul fuHu
ard wr'rsfu'u appr"UHat, Co.. IA,
rpuerai county puru. mud was
.Iu.u bed tnr ...l pUf.. pt T.. sfpritt
uhgu Iud- Hl A. Abbott iu on. as.
mot court rendered indignant iu
lh, case nl tho tetfitof. oI New Mpy
90, eN r.t tIc board OFF education.
ta th board ~ county commission
rrs of N.rrl'hip county ThIH iN-
teen thUu.1ud dollars Hil, won Tor
th, seHopis 900 the CHS OFF AlhuQuor.
uI, and county nf ltfuINIlo ucr8usr
,t the piiuiu. % A. ~. St-uup. county
superintendent of school. Nho is
candidate Hn Oh. state ticket for sue
r,rIntcnd,ut uf schools. assisted Doe
a. W a. hryan, aitorn,i fpr thH
board of rdd ltion vt IN" ,lit of Nl-
| buqucrque
chapter i1f 81 the Laws of lYUH.
provides 'thtt in counties Vh,rr iho
collections fur Que year from flr
sources m,ntll ncd exceeds th, sum
oi tli0.non. -uch treasurer and as
SCISSORS az tuch counties shall not re-
| crivc 10 exceed the sum of Si.inn Tor
any one yr1r, and tic excess shall
| be- by the trrururvrs turned over 10
| the credit ~ 4 fund o. ho known AS
| the general county deficiency fund.
To be- used 'or the purpose uf paving
| heretofore approved. outstanding,
floating Inlcbtednosscs. contracted
during prior fiscai years. aud FOR the
4 N.H.aI 81 az Ns.Y d
slon has heretofore been made. PRO.
Vidcd. nov ever. that where there II
no outstanding floating Indebtedness,
as above mentioned. The excess fees
shall be- turned over 10 the credit ~
the general .ehool fund.
| CONTRARY to the provisions at this
act, tho board of county commits
sioncrs OF ncrnalllo county lasi
spring wcr" contemplating cXpcnding
this money Tor general county pur'
poses. ON The 29th day Of March the
county school superintendent. \ H.
stroup, now candidate for state SUI
pcrintondcnt of public instruction on
the Republican ticket appeared be'
fore the board OF county commission
ers and asked that this money Do
turned over 20 tho general school
fund, ns there were no outstanding
lnpprovod iudehtednosses OF priJi
fiscal years Tor the payment OF which
no other provision had been made
The commissioners took the matt
under adyiscment. ana again on Apri
Mr. siroup appeared before the
commissioners and asked FOR u Dc
clsiun In the matter. and that TIL
money be- turned over 10 the general
school fund whore u properly be-
lonEod The commissioners, at thu
Injecting. said that they were al
NiHrd that hcy could use the money
for other purposes, and refused "a
turn it over ~ the school fund.
On April n. W. u. Bryan, a.
tornoy Tor the city board ~ cduoa-
ton ~ Nhuuucraae. presented a pc
tuon from that board asking that
tho money boz turned over 10 the ger
oral school fund for distribute N
among thr different din'ricts, witch
petition was denied ar hrvan an
IhehuIl of the city board ~ ,duca
ton flied suit IN mandamus, asr'
lur thc court a. compel the hoard n
county commissioner ana treasurer
l0 turn over the money IN tho a.
Iriouc, fund 10 the general sch 'p
uud. in which suit. ~ fhs request Oh
Tho district attorney Collins ans