Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-03-21
THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE SCHOOL
TRUSTEE MATTER.
Open Letter to the Taxpayers Of School District Number Sir.

fer with him, but one thing remains
certaln,-lt does not make much
: difference to the average taxpayer
whether it is ignorance or a desire tC
do wrong, seeking to take advantage
of the people for their own gain,
chat causes his high taxes, and the
average taxpayer is capable of flgur,
ing that 500 unne ,essarlly spen,
through extravaganza is just as hard
for him to raise as $100 gone In
slaft, and we had hoped that We
might be able to remove the Board
Tor extravaganza. The Judge decd.
ed that the Board were MOI graftets
As graft was not alleged, that is a
doubtful victory for them, and tn
Judge said in Substance, that the
reports to us of where and how our
tax money was spent, We're not pro
perly temized, and brushed asid
their contention thar it would uos
too much TO publ sh them, with the
'emark that "the cost OF publication
IS no concern of the Clerk, or of the
Board" and We fully concur in tn,
Court s suggestion to Mis- Cowen
that ''in the future, in making her
reports, irrespe ctiye of what II may
cost the district, TIE only wise thin.
. to do is to make the repCrt full aid
Complete, ho matter what il cost. ~
In the hope that she anu the Board
may recoe lie the WEIGHT Of the
Judges suggestion, and also recog-
nize the fact that Lone of the ,lree
so called reports, go,,en cut for
July 1st, 1918, comply with The le
ter Or the spirit of the law, /,
with the opinion of the Judge, nor
for that matter, with any opinion OF
form that they ever had, we served
on each member OF the Board, by
register mail on March 19, the follow.
Ing notice, believing that the tax
payers of this district are entitled
to that report. Had the two men,
bers been removed, we would have
been entitled to report from the |
new board They were not removed, |
but We are just as much entitled to
the report from them. Nowhere in
the Judges decision or remarks, has
he ever intimated that the reports
gotten out this year comply with the
statutes, and only excused them on
the grounds of ignorance.
Next week we will publish some Of
the facts disclosed at the trial.
The following Is the notice served
On F. P. AXE, Chairman of the Board.
The other two notices are Just the
same with the exception of change
" title of Member of Board
f. P. AXE,
Chairman of the Board of Trus-
tees of School District No. 6, of
Elmore County, State of Idaho.
l hereby demand of you that
you, as Chairman of said board,
cause to be prepared ana post
ed a report in writing showing
the financial condition of said
School District No. 6 on July l,
1913, as required by section 10
of Chapter 115 OF the Laws Of
1913, amending Section 81, of
Chapter l59, of the Laws of 1911;
In said report showing the amount
of money received, and from what
sources, the amount expended and
In what manner and for what
purposes expended, and the
amount Of money of the district,
or to the credit of the district, ON
hand On the 1st. day of July,
1913, the said report to show in
full the financial condition of the
district at the date thereof, and
said report to show all moneys
received and from what sources
received during the year ending
July /, 1918, also all moneys ex-
pended during the year with spe,
cific items, amounts and the names
to whom such expenditures were
made, as required by said section.
C. e. CORKER. 8
THE WEEK m COURT
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