New-York daily tribune., 1861-06-06
BOARD OF EDUCATTON.

The stated seai-monthly meeting of this Board took
place last evening, Presdent Curtis in the chair ~,
Permission was given the School Officers Of the
Eleventh Ward TO renew their lease Of the German
Methodist Episcopal Church now occupied by Primary
School No. 2.
The School Officers Of the First Ward, in a commu-
nicaion alleging that no regular meetings had been
held by them for several months past, owing TO the
want of quorum caused by obstreperous nlnorlties,
and stating that their teachers and jantors had been
without their pay in consequence Tor TWO months,
requested that resolution might be adopted autnorz-
ing the Clerk Of the Board to sgn warrants for the
salaries mentioned. Objection was made by MIR.
Waterbury and others, who said 1t was q
violation of a bylaw. Finally the case wns referred
10 the Finance Committee and President, ith power.
A pe.llion was received from 244 Indies of the Fe-
male Normal School, representing that il would be Il
great disappointment TO thoee intending 10 graduate
were tie School stopped, as contemplate IN resou-
ton adopted at the last meeting OF the Board ana Pc
titoping that the Normal School might be continued
M iii those who had abored for it could secure their
diplomas
A queer communication was received from resi-
dent Of the Fourth Ward, giving statements WIN refer
enoe to appointment OF friends as teachers, and askn9
that the board might "put stop to the vagabond
Trustees" II was laughed at and laid on the table
Permission was gwen 10 close Grammar School NO.
2 in the Eleventh Ward until the 18th OF June, and
No. l. in the Sixteenth Ward until the l5th OF July
10 allow for repairs.
Mr.. TUcEEI objected TO certain leases, involving
a. be feared the financial transactions OF Trustees OF
the Second Ward and the matter referred to the
! Committee on Finance for investigation.p
| The Board several times lighted on the subject o
hot water apparatus, and each time loud Objections
were made TO them but permission was finally granted
to advertise for proposals. for their construction
Special Committee reported 10 favor of approprist
ing s 3OS to meet the bills of contractors for repair
of schoolhouses ia the Twentyrst Ward, made in op
| position 10 the bylaws Of the Board
| Mr. WATERBURY objected 10 their payment, snC
| alluded TO the manner in which gentlemen of thC
Tyyenty-irst Ward had endeayored to make him vote
In favor of the payment Of these bills alleging that hs
had been threatened with personal violence. Then
course had been utterly unheard of.
Mr.. DAyESFoRr called the gentleman TO order, rep
resenting that he had business to drag private mat
tiers before the Board.
Mr. WATERBURY wac allowed to continue, and ex-
hibited some feeling in further remarks OF the srne
strain when the Chair restricted him. Mr.. Water
bury hoped that the bills Of Messr Tucker and Coulter
would be paid, but the other two he desired recon-
mttod.
Mr.. SrouT explained that one Of the gentlemen who
had spoken charged the other with forgery, in signing
aMr ohnsons name, and that the reply was the threat
of violence 10 which Mr. Waterbury alluded The Board
thereafter considered the merits of the bills and de-
cided in favor Of paying all of them
report from the Finance Committee made the state
neut that the appropriations already made exceed the
annual appropriation by 800. Adjourned.