East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-10-27
HOARD OF EDuCATION.

THURSDAY EVE, October 20, 1850.
| Board met pursuant u q call by the
President. Present, the President, In
spcctors Wheeler, Pratt, Knapp and
Dude.
Absent, Inspector Smith, w. l.. p
Little, Mayor, and ID. w. G. Gage, Re-
corder.
Minutes Of last and previous meetings
read and approved of as amended.
BY Inspector Pratt:
ResOlred, That the Board Of Education
of the City of East Saginaw, request
the Marshall of this City to receive the
warrants, drawn by the authority of this
Board, on school taxes and on rate bills
as money, and that they direct their
Treasurer to receive the same as money
from the Marshall. Adopted.
BY Inspector Wheeler;
Resolred That the Clerk be and is
hereby authorized to collect and pay into
the Treasury the notes given for rate
bills and handed over to the Board by
G. w. Merrill late Director of school
District No. |, Of Township of Buena
Vista, the balance on the same, being
S26 16-100. @
Resolred, That the auditing committee
ascertain and report at the next regular
meeting of this Board, what has become
of the mill tax assessed in 1858, amount
ing to $49S 79-l00, and also what pro-
portion Of the same belongs to this Board,
with their recommendation as to the
measures this Board should take to have
the amount, their due from said tax, paid
into the Treasury. Adopted.
Resolrea, That the auditing committee
be and they are arc hereby directed to
make and return to this board, at its next
monthly meeting, full, detailed and
exact statement or schedule of all the
property Of the Board of every sort and
kind, giving the location, situation and
value of the same. Adopted.
Rssolrea, That the Clerk of this Board
cause to be printed for the of the Board
100 blank contracts Of the form present
ed this evening, 100 teachers certificates
of the form presented this evening, and
100 certificates Of the form specified in
Sec. IL of the Rules and Regulations
That the same be printed on good white
paper unruled, and that five dollars be
and the same is hereby appropriated for
that purpose. Adopted.
Rcsolred, That all contracts hereafter
made with teachers by the Board, be
signed by the committee on teachers and
books, for and on behalf of the Board
Adopted.
Resolred, That Sec. 20, OF the Rules
and Regulations be amended so as to
read as follows; "Tho salaries of teach
ers shall be payable at such times and in
such proportions as the Board shall by
resolution order at the time of voting the
appropriation, provided, however, that
warrants for such salaries shall be drawn
by the Clerk only on presentation of
certificate Of the chairman of the com
mittcc on schools showing the time the
teacher has taught, and the amount pay
able according to the salaries fixed by
the board. The said certificate shall be
disposed of in the same manner as ac-
counts, audited under the rules Of the
Board. Laid on the table.
Report of Mr.. a. l.. Bingham on text
books, read and on motion accepted and
placed on file.
by Inspector Wheeler:
Moved That the report Of a. L.
Bingham be referred to the committee
on teachers and books, and that said
committee be instructed to report in
writing at the earliest practicable time,
on the same, with their opinion and
recommendation as to change in the
Series of Readers, Arithmetics, Geogra-
plies, and Outline Maps, and also as to
supplying any deficiency existing in the
text books on the subject Of Composition,
General History, Ancient and Modern
and Arithmetic; and as to any change in
text books on the subject of the History
of the United States, and that they also
report on the suggestions contained in
the report hereby referred to them, and
that the same committee at the same
time, report on what terms any changes
can be made, books supplied and the costs
of all the books per copy after the first
purchase. Adopted.
The Clerk reported that he has made
the annual report of the Board as pre-
scrbed by law, and delivered the same
to the County Clerk.
Inspector Wheeler offered an ordinance
relative TO the levying and collecting of
rate bills, which on motion was laid on
the table.
The resignation Of Mr., A. L. Bingham
was read, and on motion was laid on the
table
On motion tho Board adjourned.
JOHN II SPRINGER, Clerk.
SHIPPING Burning the month Of
Septcinbcr last, there were fl schoon-