Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-01
ALL TEACHERS
TO AID IN TAKING
DELAWARE CENSUS
Continued from pas. 1.


Elwood Houder, n member OF the
board, said ne felt It would be drtri-
mcnt 10 tho cfYiciency OF the teaching
rtaff to have the teachers do this kind
OF work and certainly he did not
think they should be required to do II
without being compensated for their
worls. However ne said he WAS willing
to withdraw his opposition II Senator
Bennett or the tax board could show
him n plausible scheme for handling
the proposition.
David A. Ward, superintendent OF
the public schools N this city, who
came into the room during the debate,
stated that the teachers can take an
accurate census and can do II better
than anyone else and he could see no
objection To their being so engaged,
| but they should be compensated for
their efforts. Later he explained that
ne was under the impression when he
made these remarks that the board
was discussing the taking OF school
census and not an adult census.
Funds Depend on Census.
| After the resolution had been passed
requiring this additional work from
the teachers and no mention had beef
made in the resolution Of extra com
pensation for the teachers doing ths
work DR.. ii. V. Holloway, the secre'
tary. explained that he felt sure tht
teachers were not the people TO take
this census. ms II was not their busi.
| ness. However he stated. the boart
is face TO face with situation tha
was n dincult one and that had I,
be solved and ne felt this was the onl,
solution and the board was only ask
ing OF them service and they wer'
In the strategic position TO do thii
service for the board. II was pointed
out that after all by doing IL for tn
board they are helping themselves fo
upon the proper collection OF th'
special tax depends upon the success
Of the school system and IL II is no
properly levied and collected tn
teachers themselves would be tn
cncs TO suffer probably more than an,
others excepting the children them
selves. Without the census the lev,
could not be made with any degree o
success.
Tax Collectors Want More Pay.
DIR. Brown. the president, voice
similar remarks and said he was sur
the sentiment Of all the members wa
the same regarding this manner.
Having settled this matter, the boar
was Immediately confronted wit
another serious difficulty when !
Warren Green. appearing az person,
counsel for the several tax collector
, In rural New Castle county. called IN
, attention OF the members TO the IA,
that there Is absolutely no provisio
I'm the new Law for paying the collie,
. tors for collecting the special scho
tax. lie said his clients did not fe
! that they should collect the tax will
, out being paid for their services.
- Mr.. Green said the law mere
Z specifies that the tax shall be co
lected the same lss other taxes st
= collected. He explained the system
. force In the county and showed whs
a the work OF the collectors is great
! Increased by the imposition OF the
{ new duties under tho new school IA
= 1 INV ne fkpitlnPu IL was co
, business proposition and ne asked Il
his clients n fair compensa ton Il
their work.
Mr.. Souder said that board hs
nothing to do with the collection OF u
tax, but Mr.. Green contended q
: board had all TO do with II for witt
out the revenue thus derived the
would be no money with which 10 n
r the schools. He showed where q
r collectors were named before Il
: present law became operative. /
: brought out this point in answer
h the assertion OF some OF the men,be
a of the board that the law specif,
: that the collectors should make Z
II collection and that 1t was their du
to do so.
II II developed that the board son
a time ago had an opinion from Will,
l. s. Hilles that it was the duty OF ev,
is state officer TO carry on his new dut
l. imposed on him by new iegislat.
20 without extra compensation VIII
such new laws imposing additio
work fail to provide for extra CO
rensation. Mr.. Green thought ~
board could authorize the Levy Co
-. TO allow the collectors n percents
:, OF their collections but Mr.. Shallcr
could not see where the state box
had any right whatsoever to say h
hs rauch the collectors should be d
~ for their work. Other members
!. pressed similar sentiments and WI
az all appeared willing that the coll
o. tors should be paid extra for their
nu ira work they could nots find a "
81 in which such compensation could
ie legally allowed by them.
Mr.. Green asked the members