The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-01
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SCHOOL BOARD
ADOPTS BUDGET
Truant Officer Is Appointed and Cir
cular Communication From
Governor Filed.

The Board of Public Instruction in
special session yesterday morning
adopted it's budget for the coming
school year. The budget amounted to
$233,916.05. The amount allotted for
teachers salaries totalled s156,492 so
not including the special districts. The
budget was itemized and a copy will
be submitted to the Board of County
Commissioners. The board expressed
its determination to carry out the bud
get consistently. An allowance of $500
was made for the home demonstration
work in the county.
The board decided to ask for the
maximum levy of 10 mills school tax.
Miss Ethel NJ. Hayes of Century
was appointed truant officer of the
county for the next term.
A committee from the Molino school
district petitioned the board for an
additional appropriation to increase
their school facilities. The board took
the matter under Amusement also
communication received from Major
Lutz, chaplain at Fort Barrancas ask
ing for two teachers to be granted
for a school to be placed near Camp
Bennett on the reservation. The gov
eminent has offered the use of two
buildings, equipped and furnished for
the school.
Theh following circular communica-
ton was received from Governor Har-
dee and filed; Judge E. d. Beggs,
chairman of the board offered a reso-
luton which was adopted instructing
the superintendent to advise the gov
ernoc that the Escambia County Board
was in full sympathy with the text of
his letter:
The Chairman and Members, County
Board of Public Instruction, Escam-
bia County, Pensacola, Fla:
Gentlemen: l am addressing this
letter to the County Board of Public
instruction of each County in Florida
because 1 feel 1t my duty to call their
attention to a situation in our school
affairs which should receive your care
full consideration, provided of course
that your county is one which in the
past has largely exceeded the pro-
visions of the law with reference to
borrowing money. Unfortunately, a
great many of the county boards of
public instruction have incurred OBJ
legations in excess of the provisions of
law which authorize such obligations.
Many of the counties are facing a very
grave situation as they undertake to
finance the schools for the coming
term.
The recent Legislature passed some
measures which validated the out
standing debts and also authorized the
county boards of Public Instruction to
issue serial deferred obligations, the
proceeds arising from the sale there
OF, to be used in the retirement of
current obligations. The old law per-
hitting County Boards of Public In
struction to borrow temporarily in
amounts equal to eighty per cent Of
their budget, remains intact. I think
it we'll that the current obligations
should be cared for under the plan
authorized by the Legislature through
the sale of serial warrants. They have
given you a plan whereby you can
start, as it were, over again.
You are advised that all borrowings
of money hereafter must be held
strictly in amount to the limit i'm
posed by law, as defined by Chapter
6S2S. Act of 1915.
Kindly acknowledge the receipt OF
this communication with your advices
in the premises.
Very truly yours,
CARY A. HARDEE,
Governor