The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-05-30 00:00:00

STOURBI UDOE CWASIMAH SCHOOL.

MAI, lit, 1874.

Sin,—l am dii acted by the Endowed Schools Com-
missioners to eat :lose you two copies of the revised
!Winne for this I ellool, which they are about to submit,
to the Committe of the Connell of Education. The En.
dower' School AA iendment Act, 1873, withdrew Wheeler's
Foundation from the jurisdiction of the Commissioners,
and they,have, th erefore, felt compelled to remove from
the scheme those clauses which related to the establish-
ment of a gins a :boo!, to which Wheeler's Endowment
was to be applied. . They have, also, made a few other
alterations, whicl i they trust will be deemed satisfactory.
'file Commission era regret that they cannot comply with
lhe request to out .stitute the chairman of the Sturbridge
Commissioners Is m. tho chairman of the School Board.
as au en-officio gc Tenor. When the scheme was origin.
ally published, us , School Board had been established in
Stourjaidge ; oth, :miss, the opportunity of securing the
aid of one who, b y his position, must necessarily have
some experience ,n educational matters, would not have
been neglected, a id the Commissioners would remind
you that two of tl ie gorenors are still to be elected by
the Improvement Commissioners.
. . . _

The rt:ndowed Schools Commissioners have, as you
will terceive. rais ed the guaranteed salary of the school-
master, which thi I believe to he in accordance with your
wish. They hays • also carefully considered your other
suggestions, whic h are principally on minor points, but
they think they It ould hardly be justified in adopting
them in the prim at came.
(Signed), _ _ _

D. C. RICLIWOOD.

On the ea ggestion of the Chairman, the
scheme, as an ,ended, was referred to a •special
committee for consideration and to further re-
port.

FINA NCE COMMITTEE REPORT.

The Clerk read the above report, which
showed that t here was due from the treasurer on
the Unproven ent Account, £345 165., and due
to the treastir er on the Highway Account, £135
2s ; due tc the treasurer on.the Urban Sani-
tary Account, £2O 19s 10 A number of ac-
counts were e twinned and ordered to be paid,
amounting to £2lB 18s 14 on the Improvement
Account, and £l7 18s 94 on the Highway Ac-
count, and Xi '9 15s 104, on the Sanitary Ac-
count.

On the mol ion of Mr. Hughes, seconded 1 y
Mr. Kelly the report was adopted.
A letter we read by the Clerk from Messrs.
Harwaids, 81 ,epherd, and Mills, solicitors to the
Commissions rs, relative to the auditing of ac-
counts by Mr . Knott. The solicitors said the
matter of " :Nina r, Commissioners " had been
arranged, ant 1 the rule had been made absolute
by consent; hot the writ would not be issued if,
within a wee ,c from the date of of making the
role absolute •, the Commissioners produce for
their a cconnts so far as such accounts re-
- __,oo :rs: within the scope of the Sanitary
to A had been ordered against the Com-
,nl.l not be resisted.
-;tten to Mr. Knott,
-4• but that

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already said; that there su.
a itin3t eligible piece of land, that ". -et•-- Asa \
\to them without reservations. Such rev..
were being made with reference to Mr. Btu..
land that they (the Board) had no right to enter
into a contract on such conditions, and the Board
had not the power to do so. Bearing in mind Acts. t......
in proportion he should Lppose their entering The Clevk sthat Baylie's property could be had Jor £l7O less
missionerit fib ...
1 ,s&id he had ~„.
' into a contract at such a rate. stating that the b,)oks could be atm.,.
i Mr. Scott said the question of the draft con- gentlemats had replied, stating that be WU us..
tract was a serious question, and before the unable till fix ax 1 date for holding the audit