The Republican., 1919-04-10
IMPORTANT CONFERENC CE
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200 an increase of $500.

SNAASA 1--CAiiNAASeNLS -NttN-ASAS -S'
teachers, 1918-l9l9, S64,2O0; 1919
1920, estimated upon the average f
$500 per year Of nine school months,
S83,500, an increase Of $4,000.
The average provided by levy for
167 ''other elementary teachers" in
191S-1919 was about 1886; but the av-
erage paid during the year has been
about S453.32, which has been possible
only owing to the fact that the full
number of teachers could not be Sc
cured nor employed, the maximum
number employed at any one time be-
ing about 164, whereas for all of the
schools OF the county about 185 teach
ers are required, and any surplus of
funds that accumulates during the
school year in the treasury Of the
County Board of Education, from one
cause or another, from schools not
open, etc, is returned to the Board of
County Commissioners. For instance,
On Janutry %, 1919, $3,553.45 was re-
turned to the Board of County Com
missioners as the surplus Of county
funds in the treasury of the County
Board Of EGGcation on July 81, 1918.
The above facts speak for them
selves and since the state school au-
thorities and the people of the coun-
ty are determined that the teaching
levy, totalized SAL, ATS. In the Bud
get for 19l9-1920, the estimated re-
ceipts from all sources, other than
county levy, is placed at S31, ,775, this
being a decrease of $1,000, which is
accounted for, practically, as a whole
aside from otherwise as stated in the
Budget for 1919-192O, when compared
with the Budget of 191S-1919, to the
fact that the amount estimated
would be received from the State
School tax on account of school pop
ulation and attendance, which for
1918-1919 was placed at $4,000, is
now found wall be for the current
school year as now estimated about
S25, 1864, whereas in the Budget for
1919-1920, the estimated amount from
the State School tax on account of
school population and attendance is
placed at $4,000, which decrease of
$4,000, estimated, will be during the
year of 1919-1920, this being due to
the fact that the aggregate days at
tendance of pupils in Garrett county
during the current school year will be
far less than the aggregate days at
tendance during the school year of
1917-1918, this decrease in aggregate
days attendance being due to the fact
that so many schools were closed, at
varying periods, during the current
school year on account of influenza
as also from inability to secure
teachers for about twenty-five schools
as well as due to the fact that it has
been practically impossible to have
State warrants served for violations
of the school attendance law, which in
turn will lessen the county's share in
the distribution of the State School
tax during the coming school year.
In this connection, of funds received
from the Public School tax of the
State the following data is submit
ted:
Received during 1911-1912 S21 ,69S.20
Received during 1912-1913. 23,138.7O
Received during 1913-1914. 23,47045
Received during 1914-1915. 23,47045
Received during 1915-1916. 26,892. .05
Received during 1916-1917. 19,436.OO
Received during 1917-1918. 22,603.07
Received during 1918-1919. 25,766.64
The small estimated increase of
$3,163.57 of the year 191S-1919 over
the preceding year is due to the fact
that the General Assembly of Mary
land at its session of 1918 increased
the state appropriation for schools
from mot exceeding S1,750,000" to
100000. 1t will be observed from
the above that the main distribution
of the State School tax to Garrett
county has been at a standstill for
several years. This is due in great
measure to the educational propagan-
da that local communities should bear
by far the greater burden of school
taxation, the contention being that as
a result the people viii exert more
interest in their local school system.
1t might not be amiss to add that it
will be observed there was no percep-
tible increase in State School funds
to Garrett county since the General
Assembly Of 1916 afforded the boys
and girls nine months of school there
after instead of seven and one-half
months, as previously obtained, this
being explained by the fact that the
State prior to that date placed Gar
rett county alongside of all the other
counties of the State and equal with
them, even though all of them were
required to have nine months of
school, when the distribution of State