The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-12-31
The EOarsl OF Education,


Dec. %.-RoBERT KELLY, Esq, President, In tho
The minutes Of the preceding meeting were read and
The report Of the committee on the application Of
the Public School Society, of New York for an sppro
The necessary legal Of the schools Of said So
cisty was called up by which It appeared that the
mitee reported to certain extent in favor of the ap
plicaton and appended to their report the following
resolution
Resolved, That the Common Council be. and ara
hereby respectfully requested to be deposited
to the credit of the Public School society of the cy
of New York, the sum Of SO oO0 to supply deficiency
ead Society, accrung since the first of February last
such deficiency arising in consequence Of the APP
nual spportiopment not being sufficient for the proper
port OF said schools, and being in the opinion Of
M Ewos moved that the report be accepted and the
resolution adopted
Mr. BoswoRrH objected on the ground that the
Public School Society in contravention of the act Of
May 1874 has applied the several us lie
for the use Of the schools under the Of the society
If instead Of purchasing sites and building school
houses they bad applied the money Appropriated to
their use according to the provisions of the act they
would not now be in debt. He commended the Board
cosd not legally give certificate for the grant now
applied for inssmuch as the assigned the re-
port not the true one He went say that with
7000 $4,000 of which they expended in the purchase
Of .ite for carpenter shop, and erecting build
ty nstead Of vestins L in the Mayor and comwon
atty as the act required They expended the remain
der in enlArgng schools. &c which also in conflict
Win the provisions OF the act For these reasons he
could not vote for the appropriation.
Mr.. KING supported the grant He contended that
asked, was legally expended II the society had for
mery msapped their grants, the Board should at tho
time they were 50 m,i.appying them have interfered
to overhaul the FORMER proceedings the society The
appropriation cow sought for perfectly legal, and
the Ward Commissioners and Trustees; he would,
therefore, vote for the report and resolution
MIR. 1NGs spoke on the same eide, and insisted they
were legally entitled to the grant.
Mr.. BIEEcKrR went into elaborate calculation
70 chow that in period Of Eve years the expenses In
cured by the Public School Society exceeded the ex
penses of the Ward Schools, by sum ofsl7l $40 He
coDten ded that instead Of expanding their money In
purchasing lots and building school houses, they
should have unbranded their funds; they need not
now come to this Board lie would therefore, VOC
against the appropriation
Professor Dawes combstted the prejud against the
Board in consequence of the building Of school houses
Sol that after the pasfags Of the law Of 1914, they
tracted for before the law came into operation. Hs
said the accounts Of the society rigiay examn
ed by committee OF this Board, and upon that
sion resolution was unanimously passed approving
Of the conduct Of the society
Mr.. FELLOWS opposed the grant, on the ground Of
the exavassnse OF the society and their Interference
with the Legislature In order got the entire control Of
the education Of the youth Of this city and the funds
then put and7 having voted in the sfrmstvs and II
In the negative, the resolution was lost Adjourned
FIRE IN YAzoo CITY.--On the morning of the lst
inst. fire broke out in the Town Hall OF Yazoo
City. The hall was soon wrapped in flames lsays
the DenlonaD, as was also the adjoining building
on the right, occupied as a store by Kelly Berry.
The fire next extended to the old Episcopal
church, situated the left, the lower part OF which
was occupied by Dr. Camp, as a school room, and
the upper as a Hall OF the Sons of Temperance.
Here, by the active exertions of our citizens, as
sisted by heavy ram, the progress OF the flames
was arrested. The principal sufferers are Messrs.
Kelly g. Berry, and J. X. Richards, whose valua-
bic and extensive law library was entirely con-
spmed. The library of ]. III. Lawrence was also
destroyed. The corporation sustained the loss OF
all It's books, records, &C.; the Lodge Of the l. o.
q. F., the second story OF the Town Hail. together
with the reRalia and other apPurtenances, was con-
sumed the Hall Of the Sons OF Temperance shared
the same fate, The buildings, we lesra, were in !
Nlrel.