Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-03-16

1t will be remembered by those
present at the annual meeting of last
year, that the subject of erecting a
building for graded or union schools
in sub-district No. 3 or 3 was voted
upon and tax levied. Nothing has
been done towards erecting a building
except to make location Of the site
All of which is respectfully submit.
ted. A. w. FRENCH, Sec'y.
The report was accepted and order.
ed to be placed on file.
The amounts asked by the several
sub-districts were then considered and
acted epon. Thirty dollars was voted
to sub-district No. to build an out.
house. The request of sub-district No
3 was then called up, on motion of Mr.
Harwood, which was as follows:
To the Electors Of S. Charles District T5,rnslip:
The Electors Of Sub District No. 8 respect.
fully represent that the school facilities of ouI
Sub District are totally inadequate to the
scholars thereof and
WHEREAS, A large expenditure is necessary to
meet the pressing and immediate wants of
said Sub'District, therefore
Resolred, That we do hereby instruct our
Sub-Director to certify this fact to the next
regular Township District meeting, to be held
on the second Monday in March, 1865, and
request the voters to authorize and instruct
1<,t
ticable in our said Sub District No. 3, a school
edifico suitable for the accommodation of Ora.
ded or Union Schools, TO consist of at least
three in number-the schools of the first and
second grade to belong exclusively to said
Sub District No. 3, and the school of the third
or higher grade to be open and free to the ad-
vanced pupils of the entire Township District
said school building to cost not less than
eight thousand dollars (SS, 000), and to be con-
structed of either brick or stone, in the dis
cretion of the Board of Directors.
Resolred, That if it be deemed inexpedient
by the Township Board to build school house
for Graded School, at present, a Graded
School of not less than three grades be organ.
lied as early as possible, and that suitable
rooms for that purpose be rented if they can
not be otherwise obtained.
Resoired, That the District Township meet
ing is requested to vote a tax as high as the
law will allow to be levied upon the taxable
property Of the District Township, for the pur-
pose of erecting the school house asked for in
the first Resolution.
On motion the Sub. Director was instructed
to furnish this Snb-District with IA, four
months school the coming summer, and also
80 five months school next winter.
On motion, voted that we request the Sub
Director to ask for the sum of two hundred
dollars $4,000 for the purpose of furnishing a
school of higher grade for the present sum-
mer.
Mr.. Humphrey moved to strike out
$4,000 and insert $1,000 in the first
resolution, and upon this motion an
interesting and able discussion took
place which was participated in by
Messrs. Humphrey, feeling, Waller,
Lehmkuhl, Montague, Patterson, Col
Inns, Hildreth, Eastman, Petit, Har-
wood and Gilbert.
The amendment was lost, and the
motion to grant the request Of sub-dis-
trict No. as set forth in the forego-
ing resolutions and appropriate Sc, 600
for the union school house, was carried
with but one dissenting vote.
1t was also voted to appropriate
5000 TO establish third school of a
higher grade in sub-district No. 8 the
coming summer.
Mr.. Hildreth offered the following
resolution which was unanimously
adopted
Resolved, That the Board of Directors of st.
Charles District Township be and are hereby
instructed to proceed, as soon Is practicable,
to let contracts for the speedy erection and
completion of school house in Sub District
No. 7, to cost eleven hundred dollars q house
for union or graded school in Sub District No.
8, on the site of the present school house, to
cost not less than eight thousand dollars and
a suitable school house in Sub District No. 8,
to cost eight hundred dollars and draw or
dsrs ON the treasury for the same.
Sixty-fve dollars was voted to build
fence and an clubhouse i'm sub-district
No. 4; $500 additional was appro.
priated to build school house in SUBJ
district No. I, and $500 to build school
house in sub-district No. 8.
Mr.. Patterson offered the following
resolution which was adopted
Resolred, That the District Board of st.
Charles District Township are hereby directed