The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1921-05-05
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
Reasons Given By Former Board for
Not Granting All REQUESTS Made.

DOelIu VI OOuiIJy commissioners III
which the latter board sets forth very
! clearly its reasons for not granting
in full all the requests for funds for
| educational purposes made by the
Board of Education, which totalled ap-
proXimately $334,000 for the school
year 1921-1922:
Office of the
Board of County Commissioners.
Oakland, Md, April 25, 1921.
To the Honorable, the Board of Edu-
cation of Garrett County:
Conference.-The Board of County
Commissioners of Garrett. county have
carefully considered the annual school
| budget of Garrett county for the
school year 1921-1922, or fiscal year
ending July 81, 1922, as submitted to
it by the Board of Education of Gar
rett county, and are herewith return
| ing the same and submitting herewith
and thereto the several amounts and
items which we have declined to allow
| or approve, either in whole or in part.
The amounts asked for by the bud
| get TO rsaid school year being in eX-
cess of forty cents on each 500 of
assess2ble property in said Garrett
county, the same being 1929 on each
500 of the assessable property of said
| county, and the various amounts of a
number of items in said budget con-
tanned and specified being in the judg-
| ment of said County eX-
| ceSsive and others not necessary or
actually required for the financial
needs of the public schools of the
county for said school year, we have
disapproved and declined to sanction
the amounts of the several items here
matter set forth, for the reasons here
in and hereinafter stated, namely:
A-General Control:
Office Expenses: This item of
Office expense, by which we are asked
to allow the sum of $3.50, we disallow
in part and allow the sum of $500.
! We consider the amount asked for as
! excessive and not necessary, and con-
slider the sum of $500 sufficient and
ample. This amount has been found
sufficient heretofore. Prices of most
things are being and have been defat-
ed, and in a large number Of things
there has been considerable reductions,
the costs of business has been les
sened, not increased, and this is true
with ordinary Office expenses.
Printing and Advertising. We
disapprove of this item of allowance
in part. The amount asked for is $3.50,
and we approve and allow the sum of
$3.50, and disapprove of the excess.
We consider the sum of $3.50 sufficient
to take care of all proper expenses for
advertising and printing. This amount
which we approve is an increase over
the amount heretofore allowed for this
purpose.
Auditing and Legal Service. The
amount of 500, asked for under this
item we consider unnecessary and
have allowed the sum of $50, which is
the same amount requested in the pre-
vious levy, which we consider ample
and sufficient, and therefore deny the
, excess of the amount requested, to-
wit: $50
5.-Salary of Superintendent. We
do not approve of the increase asked
for by the Board of Education for an
increase in the salary of the Superin-
tendent, but do not disallow the same,
inasmuch as the salary is fixed by the
Board of Education, under law.
6.-Travel Expense of Superinten-
dent. The sum requested for this item
we decline to allow in part The
amount requested is $3.50, and we ap-
prove of 5000 and disapprove of the
excess. In providing the sum of 5000
we consider the same to be sufficient
for his needs in this respect. The
costs of travelling has been reduced,
and this sum is sufficient to take care
of necessary expenses in this respect.
9-Salary of Clerk. This item of sal
airy for clerk, by which we have been
asked to allow the sum of S1,440, we
disallow in part and approve of the
sum of 81 200. The said amount which
we approve is the same sum requested
in the budget of last year, and this
sum we consider sufficient and the ex-
| cess over and above the same as I'M
| necessary.
11.-Travel Expense of Attendance
! Officer. Under this item we allow the
sum of 5000 for travelling expenses.
and decline to allow the sum of $3.50
asked for, as we consider the sum
which we have allowed as being suffi-
Gent to take care of this item, and the
excess over said sum of 5000 being I'M
necessary and not required. We may
add the costs of travelling in the
county has declined.
12.-Other Costs of Control. We dis
approve and decline to allow the sum
asked, to-wit: $500 under this item,
because the same is unnecessary and
not needed or required. We have pro-
vlded for all the expenses of General
| Control which we consider necessary
or which appears to be required, and
IN the judgment of this Board there
is no need for any part of said amount.
B-lnstructional Service.
3.-EXpenses of Supervisor. White.
The amount requested under this item
Is $500, which we decline to allow in
part, and allow the sum of $3.50 and
dlsapprove of the excess, to-wit: $3.50.
We believe that the sum of $3.50 is suf-
tlcient. This same sum was requested
in the budget of last year, and in the
judgment of this board there is no APP
parent reason for an increase for the
coming year. AS we have stated be-
fore, costs of things have become
cheaper, and this applies to travelling
expenses in the county. We consider
the sum of $3.50 sufficient and decline
to allow the excess as the same is not
needed or required.
5.-Other Expense of Supervision.
We disapprove and decline to allow
the entire amount, to-wit: $3.50 re-
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