Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-04-11
SCHOOL FUNDS
SHOW DEFICIT
Superintendent Snow Says
There Will be Plenty of
Teachers Next
Year.
CUT IN SALARIES
Recent Legal Enactment In
tended to Clear up
Situation.
7 IN SALARIES


County Superintendent Snow say
that there will be plenty of teacher
on the market for the coming schoo
year, but on account of shortage il
funds there will be decrease in teach
crs salaries. generally speaking. Thu
conditions existing in the rural schools
at present are far from promising a:
far as the finance is concerned.
During the recent session of thu
state legislature, law was enacted af
fecting the situation and allowing room
for improvement. The present school
levy does not provide sufficient funds
TO pay the teachers their salaries
Several districts in Hamilton county
are swamped with Indebtedness, but
this legal action if taken advantage of
before April Is will alleviate the con
ditions. However, the new levy made
Z now will not provide extra funds until
1922. but it will prohibit further in
debtedness until that time. School
boards and trustees should avail them
selves of this opportunity before April
lj
Sections of the new law follow:
Section 2.-That in case the school
heard of any school corporation has
failed to estimate and certify to the
board of supervisors sufficient sum
for the general fund to pay the running
expenses OF conducting the school for
the school year ending June 80. 1921, Or
in the event that there are outstanding
warrants issued on the general fund
growing out of the operating expenses
of the school for any previous school
year, such school board may at any
time prior to April Is, 1921, estimate
and certify to the board of supervisors
such additional amount for the general
fund as may be necessary to pay the
running expenses Of conducting the
school for the school year ending June
30, 1921. and for the payment of such
outstanding warrants drawn on the
general fund. But said additional levy
shall not exceed, inclusive of the es-
innate made by the school board in the
year 1920, and levied by the board of |
one hundred dollars
($1OO.OO) for each person of school age
residing within the school corporation,
as shown by the last report of the
county superintendent, but one thous-
and dollars ($1OOO.OO), inclusive of the
amount levied by the board of super
visors in September 1920, may be es-
by any school board and levied
on any school corporation by the board 7
Of supervisors.
Section 3.-That whenever an es-
innate for additional taxes is certified
10 the board of supervisors hereunder
1t shall levy the same at its next meet
ing after the same is filed with the
county auditor. and the auditor shall Mt
once notify the secretary of the school
board that the levy has been made.
One-half OF said tax shall be due Janu-
ary i, 1922, and one-half due Janu-
Try l, 1923, and payable the same as S
other taxes of said years.
Section 4.-Such school hoard Is
hereby authorized to anticipate the pro- S
leeds OF the tax hereby authorized and
o issue and sell at par, interest bear
ng warrants in an amount not exceed S
ng the uncollected taxes which have
'een certified to and levied by the {
'oard OF supervisors hereunder to run
or period not to exceed three CD
ears and draw interest at a rate not c
exceeding six per cent 1891 per an q
lum, and the money received from the S
ale OF said warrants shall be used only l
or the purpose Of paying the actual
unning expense of operating the school b
or the school year ending June 80. a
92l, and paying outstanding warrants
ssued prior thereto for operating ex. Z
'enses 1t shall be the duty of the
chool board to provide separate
und for the anticipated taxes as here
n provided, and to hold the same sep
rate and apart, in trust, for the pay
lent OF said warrants and interest.
Section 5.-The secretary shall keep
n accurate record of the number and
mount Of such outstanding warrants,
nd each warrant shall show on it's
ace that it was issued hereunder, and
nall be registered in the office of the
reasurer OF the school corporation.
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