Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-12-03

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future exorbitant outlay in preventing and
Furnishing crime.
Mr. Mattocks went infor keeping the schools
open tor nsns months. We need the fun schol.
asuc year. Some of the larger boys might
not attend in. the summer time. but the roc.
would 60 just the same. We may as wen
set OUT TO 40 it at once, take strong grounds
and set our mark high. Ii He was for going on
oy adj means. All, ,.,i,-T cd, ...7 -.
Mr.. Neill said that was we'll enouob-h,,.
how, was the question There was w.v
left Of realising s95oo due the Board from
Slo,ooo required, [by the language Of the ]
act,l to be paid the Board by the Citv to,n. =
c.l. A mandamus would compel them to COM.
p'y' but he felt delicacy in proposing the mat.
eer' As it was doubtful expsdient % We have
received, Of the $lo, 600 assessed for ms .ho,,,
$4,000, and for the next three months the col.
lectlons will be very small, as everybody is
waiting to see "what the Legislature will do.n,
we would not get the county apportioument
until after the February meeting of the Coun.c
ty Board, though the Treasurer had .urea5 n
accept his orderfor several hundred dollars
But our debt ere that time will amount tn
$oOoO- lie stated that some of the fem,le.
We're in actual need of their arrearaees Of cal.
aries, and had told him with tears in tto;-
eyes, that they were unable to procure the
clothing forthe winter they needed /, qe.,.. r
MI. Fiske said the salaries paid bv the
Board to the Female Teachers were yerv Ih.
erai. They were much higher than in Boston
"nere living was not SO cheap as here. Thew
cOula DC reduced considerably, and vet be am
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THE MAYOR MAKES A SPEECH. IA --.to-
lhe President, Col. Robertson, begged
leave to say few words He said he d;a
llo' consider the case Of the Board homeless
,hey should not think of closing school or
aism'sslng Teacher. We have not reached
.nA' point yet He went on to say though.
tnat our taxes are enormous. In the old conn.
Tries 1t would create revolution. Il amonn,s
10 ialr rate of interest. No city officer should
receive salary except those who have to de.
vote their whole time to it, Respectable c;t;.
zetis would take them for nothing. But we
| nave had set of laszaroni in office living off
OF us here Men who came here to do Il
NO wonder our taxes were high. We had
llVeo LOO fast We all understood that. The
board was in debt like everyone else. Well
-"hat OF 1t! Let the debts bury the debts
Inc Legislature [''Of which am a member'l
wiz put US on the road of prosperity again
we would have Napoleonic Era. We will
iund tne debt. The Bonds will sell m 1T is
prachcable We will show the disposition to
DO right We will start on the cash system
again. lie had made an estimate for a redu.
ced schedule of expenses, and believed the
schools could be operated for the scholastic
year for $4,000. Wellix it. It can be done.
MIR. Paine said our embarrassments were
mainly from the buildings put up in 1865
ms year we have had no building expenses.
and we ought to be able to get throush. The
schools should be maintained by ail means.
lhey are our greatest advantage, and are
means OF securing to US class of population,
who might not otherwise settle here. Our cit.
'zens feel this, and they will endeayor to do
their part by paying the school taxes, to sus-
tain us.
Mr. Lott offered resolution providing that
the President, and Insp. Mattocks and Stew.
art be appointed special Committee to re.
port a plan to pay the arrearages now due on
salaries, as well as to accomplish a reduction
oi salaries and expenses and fully provide for
the same
Col. Hewitt opposed the reduction of s.la.
RES. he said to reduce them would be EQUIV.
alent to the reduction of the terms. We
would be apt to have services equivalent to
the salary given, and if the pay was stinted,
the spirit of the teacher would correspond
our dif1culties are not insuperable. They
can De overcome, and if the members of the
Board use all their exertions it will be done
MIR. Fiske regretted that it seemed neces.
sary as part of the plan of retrenchment to
dispense with the Principal, whom, he said
had been most faithful officer, and had &C.
cepted his present post at great sacrifice to
himself
Col. Hewitt pitched into the idea of redu-
cling the salaries of the female teachers. quite
spiritedly. He had yet to see female in anv
position whose services were properly reward
ed, and did not favor starving salaries.''
MIR. Fiske and Mr.. Neill both showed that
the salaries paid by. the Board to females
were much above the average elsewhere,
while the price of living was less here than in
the cities named
Some further unimportant discussion en-
sued, when the resolution was taken up and
adopted ..-.......
The Board then adjourned, having had a
harmonious and interesting session.
.W The Columbia s. Carolinian, of the