The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1922-03-03
.RESCIND DEPOSIT RULE.
SCHOOL BOARD ACTS AFTER COUNSEL
ADVISES THAT MONEY CANNOT Be
COLLECTED FROM STUDENTS
PUPILS RETURN AND RESUME WORK.

In a resolution passed at a special
meeting of the Board of Education OF
Carroll County Saturday night, the
board rescinded its resolution of Feb
ruary 1 requiring a deposit from pu-
, pills in the commercial departments OF
county high schools of $3.50 each for
safeguard and care of typewriters
during the remainder of the present
: school year.
While the board bows as gracefully
; as possible to the legal opinion of its
counsel. it defends the reasonableness
of its action.
The original action of the board was
not communicated to parents of the
pupils. but to the pupils themselves.
The class at Westminster, As in num-
ber, unanimously agreed upon a strike
and refused to pay. Parents of many
of them took different view from that
of their children. Some accepted the
requirement as reasonable and at once
made payment. Others without queS-
tioning its reasonablenesS or unrea-
sonableness, paid uD as recognizing
their obligation to constituted author
ity. Seventeen of the 45 refused to pay.
County superintendent Unger, Feb
ruary II. announced the boards ulti-
matum that any pupils who did not
pay up by February II would be de-
prived of the privileges of the COM
mercial course. Fifteen of the strikers
stood bv their refusal and were dis
missed.
Among them was Edgar Weigle, son
| of Can't John ~ Weigle In CAPTAIN
Weigle's name, Theodore F. Brown
and Francis Neal Parke, attorneys,
filed a petition asking the Circuit
( Court here for a writ of mandamus or
dering the reinstatement of his son.
Judge Forsythe signed an order Civ
! ing the board until February 27 to
show cause why the mandamus should
not be granted.
The board and its counsel took the
matter uD with the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
office. Friday the president of the board
its counsel and the county superinten-
dent. with the attorneys for the petit
toner. had a conference with Attor-
ney-General Armstrong and his assist
ants
The proceedings of the board were
las follows:
Al a special meeting of the Board
Of Education called at 6 D. m. the fol-
lowing members were present, Wantz
Koons, and Feeser, whereupon the
Board after thorough review and
discussion of the Resolution authoriz-
ing a guarantee fee to be charged for
the protection of typewriters in the
commercial schools unanimously
passed the following Resolution with
the attached explanation.
Whereas, at a meeting of the Board
of Education of Carroll County held
the 1st. day of February, 1922, the fol-
lowing Resolution was passed, name
ly:
''The Board decided that it is nee
essarv to demand guarantee fee
from each student in the CONNER
cial department in order to safe
guard the care and use of the type
writer's in the department. After the
machines are inspected at the end
of the school year pro rata charge
is to be made and the bal
ance refunded to the students The
fee for the remainder OF this school
year is two dollars and fifty $3.50
cents"
and, Whereas, the Board has been ad-
vised by its own attorney and also by
the Attorney General of Maryland,
that the Board has no legal right to
demand from each student in the
Commercial Department, deposit of
two dollars and fifty ($2.50) cents as
provided in the afOregoing Resolution.
Therefore. be it Resolved that the
Board of Education does now rescind
the aforegoing Resolution.
In view of the fact that a number
of the patrons of the Westminster
High School have taken exception to
the resolution passed by the Board
of Education of Carroll County, in re-
quiring that the pupils of said school
who are in the Commercial Depart
ment should be required to make
deposit of $3.50 as a guarantee against
any willful breakage of the typewrit-
ers used in that Department, the
Board has today rescinded that reso
luton.
When this resolution was discussed
bv them on February 1st, every plan
was thought of by the members of the
Board TO put in force a rule that
would prevent further breakage of
these machines. and would save the
tax PAYERS of Carroll County a large
sum of money in repairing machines
that had been reported to them as
having been willfully broken and de-
stroyed.
After careful thought this plan of
$3.50 deposit seemed to them fair,
equitable and just and authorized the
County Superintendent to so notify
the different Commercial Departments
in the schools of the County of this
action. and that any pupil who did not
comply would be considered as one
who had not complied with the rules
and be refused the privileges of that
. Department.
: Since some of those patrons have
taken exception to this and have en-
ployed Counsel to prevent the enforce
ment of the rule, the Board of Edu-
, cation has consulted its attorney and
the Attorney General of the State, and
! are advised by them, that although
this same rule is now and has been in
forpa in nparlv pVarV Comfy Of this