The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1916-12-14

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10 us by a member OF the boar,
ii trustees ~ the Parma schOo
district, the election held las
saturday for tho purpose 81 ~
Letting "a site Tor the proposee
new high school building result
sd 10 q vote oi 81 for the Fouet
site, ~ Tor tie johnson Watson
site and 10 ios the stock ton site
IN the voting tb. Judges were in
struetei To r,'ilisa ~ accept the
votes 81 ali Who Wefe not Tree
holders or hous.helders Nheth
ct or not thi- instruction bad
any effect on the voting Is imma-
terial THE law III the state
says that ii uqntre % two thirds
vote Of the electors Of school
district 10 sch o. site lor the
location 81 school building;
Attorney General Peterson and
Miss Mccoy nat that ii takes
ouiy & majority 10 select such
site. the board Of trustees OF the
Parma district says that II does
~ take even a vote, and that
che election WAS just called for
the purpose ol giving the people
oi the district an afternoon off,
aud that the trustees eau select
the cite anywhere they please
SO far as the merits 81 the cas-
are concerned, the trustees have
n right 10 insist on their con
stractiou al the law, based o.
legal advice that the district has
oesn paying Tor, We are send
log the trustees bill Tor the
publication Of an election notice
amounting To So 90 Il the -
lection oi site didn't call for au |
expression ii the people, the
should reiuss 10 pay this bill ~
u sill constitute Hisappropri |
alton Of the mnaeg Of the people |
II the board doesn' pay the bill
sell sue them; we'd rather talk
politics any time than 10 work
Tor nothing II the board had a
plenary right 20 select "a site, IL
that power has been granted
them by law Il they are going To
exercise thtt right, regardless OF
the vote oi the pe0ple--then the
board bad 40 right to spend
your money--throw IL away -in
TACT, 20 cali an election. Because,
che election settled nothing. |
The las says that IL takes "a
two thirds vote 70 select a site
by the people Of the district. The
attorney general aud the school
superintendent say that il takes
q majority vote. Neither con.
tsniiou iustihss the trustees 10
a site according 20 the |
SATURDAY election, There was
no two.thirds vote and there
sas no majority vote. II the
ot the trustees that
they have right 70 select the
site, regardless OF a vote oi the
people, Is right, then wby call an
alectiOu, and pay the expense oil
the advertising aud the holding
Of one7
The laws Of che state OF Idaho
are lsarluliy and wonderfully 1
inside, and il may be possible
that the supreme court OF the
state wiil upheld tho contention
Of fhe trustees 10 the effect that
4 Is Dot necessary 20 consult the
people Of the district IN regard /
70 anything; that the trustees
are given pienary power 20 fol /
low their own sweet will Ia all 4
matters II that be true (which I
We don { believe for a minute) 1
then the peopls OF this district
have been eajoled into the trou /
Die and expense OF an election 1
that meant absolutely nothing
70 them, With not a single bind
ing proposition on their ser I
wants. The matter stands today
I5st where il stood the morning
Of the so called election. In or
Ter to select a site the trustees
must exercise exactly the powers