The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-20

Board OF EdueatiOn.
April 1e.-The Board met this evening, E. c. Benedict,
ESQ President in the chair The minutes Of the last
meeting we're read and approved.
COMMUNICATIONS
From school officers of Thirteenth ward, asking for
transfer of ward school No during the erection Of the
edifce on Rvington street. Adopted.
From school officers of Twelfth ward asking for ap
propration Of 1853 for furnishing ward schoolhouse
No 81 in Eighty street. Referred 10 Committee
on Sites and Sehoolhoufes. .
From school officers Of the First ward requesting the
Board furnish twenty seats for the use OF their
school. Adopted.
From school officers of Sixteenth ward, for appro
pration of SIC, TOO to buid schoohouse on the
site of No H. Seventeenth street Referred to Com
mttee Sites and Schoolhouses.
That so much Of the thirteenth section of the act rea
tive TO Common Schools in the city Of New York, as
amended 3lst March, 1854 as relates to uniform sys
tenn of instruction. be referred to the Committee on the
Course Studies to report early practicable plan
for carrying the same into effect Adopted
ton of the act relative to Common Schools amended
3st March, 1854 relates to uniform rates of salaries
be referred to the Committee on Salaries TO report
early possible plan for carrying the into effect
That the President and Clerk of this Board be- and they
hereby authorized to apply for and receive the dstr
buvc share Of the literature fund for 1885, apporoned
to the Free Academy. Adopted
The committee appointed TO apply to the Legislature
for amendments the School law-presened the follow
The people Of the State of York represented the
Assembly DC enact as :.
and reduce TO t one act various relative
ssssss Of s as hsw s
said act amended By the act entitled An act
s shs as
s T the war s for %s he is CT
tie roaId Of School ofes Of any ward shall have power
Trustee elected " the people appointed BY the Bosra
be of
he determine the seat Of the officer
sea hds
me M act 70 = S
lily Of New Yors passed the fourth day Of Tune 1913
the Board, upon the recommendation Of
a re the a q 'as
completed afu Of study in the said Free Academy
smendsd y Tie sthss acts assrssaa tss
ituting place the words Estate Superintendent
Of Public Instruction"
Pubic School IS soest ss Of city Of
With P1Svi.isns the entitled relative =
ali the rights powers duties Of the ad society which
and shall BE- held t. be lawful Of the said
existence Of the said society hereby in ts said
shs ~ s
virtue Of the said act shall during The term for yhsh
powers Subject ali the liabilities and duties
ss to ass sis s int :s society
% LIED wn n Of t t
20 PfHs si hEss s ths y Of Of a Ms
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twenty days after such suhmssion is made the delivery
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days n and hs the with their obeeti9ns the
visions Of the said act shall upon affect
to tie
shall have omitted to take such acton appropra
the
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them Board provisions Of the
The foregoing law motion ordered to be printed
and placed on the minutes.
REPORTS CONTINUED.
or Standing Committee recommending divers amend
ments in the laws Of the board Ordered to be laid
on the table and printed.
OF Executive Committee Normal Schools alive to
form Of diploma to be presented to graduates Of said
schools. Adopted.
OF the Executive Committee on the Free Academy
recommending the degree of Bachelor of Arts be CON
ferred the members of the graduating class of last
July. Recommitted with instructions Also that suita
BILE dies be engraved for striking medals to be awarded
TO students. Adopted.
OF the Committee Elections and Qualifications de-
clarng that William Monteith is Commissioners of
mon schools for the Twentieth ward Ordered to be laid
On the table and printed.
VI the committee on sites and School Houses recon-
mendng that the school officers of the Twenty second
ward be requested to advertise in accordance with the
law, for proposals for erecting school building
the site purchased for that purpose Forty fourth
street, Tenth avenue, according to plans filed with
port. Adopted
OF COMMITTEE on Repairs, recommending another
appropriation Of So 900 for repairing the hall OF the
Board Of Education. Adopted.
RESOLUTIONS.
That the Clerk request the Chairman of the Board of
Trustees of the several wards to furnish him with list
OF the school officers of the ward and of the teachers
employed in the schools therein with the places of their
residence subsequently to the first day of May next
before the 9th of that month and that the Clerk imme
datey after that day the manual for the present
year to be printed Adopted
That it be referred to Committee Salaries to FIX the
compensation of the City Superintendent and his
tants and also all other officers whose salaries this Board
authorized by the law to regulate also ascer
tain whether the salaries of the Clerk, his assistants
deputies either Of them should be either increased or
diminished and report to this Board in order that the
same may be inserted in the manual
That the Clerk be requested to provide maps of the city
OF New York with the sites Of all the schoohouses
der the care of the Board Of Education the be
hung Up in this hall. Adopted.
The Board then adjourned.