Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-09-14
CORPORATION AFFAIRS.

CORPORATION AFFAIRS.
BOARD OF ALDxRNkE, Sept. ID, 1862 Tn,
Chair laid before the Board commute tor
n re Mayor, in which he says: 81 deem /
u duty 70 s'ite that, although / have ap
proved the bill defining the dues of ire 81.
y -IGtsndent Of Publ S,hcoIs aui for othe,
purposes,' there are, IN my opIr ION, grave OBJ.
Jectlons 10 some OF its prov sions. As The act n
supercedeS, however, was more objection able
In many OF is features, L prr 2 rr,d that this
should become q law. This bill takes from
the Superintendent all power to Get, excspl
under sIecIal Instructions from the Rolrd a,
Irus:es ;, OF sub-bSsrd thereof, of which he
~ made the mere creature. He snopId N ar
pears 10 NE, have at ieest q voice in the adoD.
uon OF rules ana res ula ions for school man
agementi IN prescribing the couIse of studies
IN me selection of text books; the exsmln alton
and selection OF teachers. as " ell As in the
power 10 enforce order and discipline in the
sCnooi room. He should have power to call
meetings OF the tescheis, in order to make sing.
gsstions and impart i1srructiCa TO tn. IN in the
art OF tea hing and governing the pupils. He
shonid also possess the rcwer To suspend
teachers for disqualification or improper CON
duct and 10 expel pnp'Is for d,sobsdiencs or
OinrI uiS0roerly te1avICT, subject 10 ne ap.
rToNsi OF the BO1rd of Trustees. These pow.
ers should, IN my Judgment, be granted in the
DILL and not be left TO the discretion of the
Board, who may or may not, at their
pleasure, adopt regulations giving MN
any or all OF therI The Suoerir;endant
Is-sor should be al least. selected on account of
ms qualifications and experience as an
cuucdi IT. anu some OSterence should giyeu
10 Lls Judgment IN regard to these matters
Besides, nothing shCald be left that NAV bv
POSSIBILITY bring the Board Of Trustees and
Supsrints ndent IN collision on any of these
points Another objection is contained in the
third secuon. which provides .. that the com
pensaiion OF the principals of the nj ale Gram
mar SCHOOLS OF the First and Third Districts
snaH De al the rate of -, 90 per annum .
wb'e those OF tbs other districts receive 81 $40
Per annum- an at loss TO conceive wny
TINS alsunenon was made, unless because in
n
buses have been erect ~. But / capuot min b
u night that because they have inferior rhooI
houses an inferior class Of ts lcners are to be
employed Ia the other less favored dIstrIc's
The qualifications OF the teachers should he
the same in all the dis't Its, and common ms .
ice requires thar all should be paid alike
hese objections are thus stated with the idea
OF calling your ate ntion to the several points
named, hoping that should the Councils aer,
Wild me, some action may sp sed'ly be tlkea
10 II otry the law and repeiI the obnoyiors
provisions" Referred TO Committee on S.bcr,,
and ordered to be printed.
The Chair also laid be IRE The Board com .
munieauons from the Mayor announcing his
approval Of several acts which origiLat-d in
inns Board, and inelosing the statement of the
account of the CITY Of Washington with tina
fIrst National Bank to date, as follows:-pr-
S42Sl1 10; Second. S3l ,g75.S9 Third sl03s5 10.
Fourth, si0,133.37; Fifth. sI3,O99 9I: SKIN.
S2,.2.e %; Seventh, SHELLS; school fund,
$3.50 5O1.i6 Cr.-By Z. A. Boswell, Collector
s3.t~5 IS; redemption fund, s29l6 70: general
fnnd- >62,3s.c:s water tax fund, $685. IS:
metropohtan police fund, Sli,255-53; school
house fund, s22527. IS; gas fund, ssiag3 Is;
10 years bonds, 6a,g3c. 70: balance g; al; rs
TOTAL, S2o9,50i46. Corporation Dr. To baIanes
September -, S5i-S36. I6
communication was received from Mr.
Cook, City Register. IN answer TO a recolu-
tICn OF the Board requesting him 10 furnish
the Board with 1py OF the account in detsil
for the grading q y3d street west, rom the
Circle 20 NJ street north. The Register states
that "tnere has been no account Whatever re-
turned 10 this Office Referred to the Improve
Several Council bills Were appropriately
referred.
Mr.. Davis INTRODUCED a bill appropria:ing
$3.50 20 purchase, for the use OF the public
schools, the lot ana building located on the
northeast corner of X and 10Th streets, known
As Mission Cnapeli referred 10 Committee on
Schools. Mr.. Stewart introduced bill to widen
the cutters on Square l9- by days work
which was bitterly opposed by Mr. Moore, and
led TO a long discussion aud lively filibustering
the yeas and nays being called nineteen times,
after which the bill was passed. Mr. Stewart
gave notice of his intention to move, at the
next meeting OF the Board, a rCcorsiderat ON
of the vote by which the bill TO establish a high
and normal school was, at the meeting of the
Board on Monday last. indefinitely ostponei
Council bill to grade and gravel 11th street
west from N TO Boundary, was pas-e1.
Mr.. Connolly introduc a bill regulating
the compensation OF principals of c rtaiu pub.
lie schools: passed. The bill-in accordance
with the Mayors recommendation aboye-re-
peals that portion OF the act sdefining the du-
Ties of the Superintendent Of Public Schools, y
&c, which fixes the salaries OF the PRINCIPALS
OF the male grammar schools of the FIRST and
IF I'd DsIicts al $1,000 each per annum.l
Also, presented remOpstrance against the 10Th
sIeet sewer extension; referred. Also, intro
duc' OIL 10 pay for repairs on the station.
house OF the sixth precinct; referred.
Mr.. Norseli present petition of T. L. White
Tor sewer in 4 street north. from I2th to II;h
west referred. Also, IItroduc 4 bills 10 trim
and regraysl L street north. from 18th to 18th
west and New ork avenue. from 9Th to 18th
Mr. Moore introduced a resolution request
ing the Bosrd Of Common Council 10 re,urn to
thIs Bocrd the bill 70 reimburse GeneISl %. %.
Howard 1.-The sum o: -, 1859 40, alleged % nave
been eNpend oy him III laying WATT pines
from ID street east 10 1Ith stress east" which
blli passed the Board OF Aldermen last Week
The resolution Was rejected. Also. Introduce
"A Resolution adopting as part of The rules of
the Board certain extracts from Jeffarson's
Mar ual snd Irclay's Digest. which set form
The principle that "those who take excsp-
tons 10 = me particulars OF bill are 70
De- 81 tnS rtmmIttee 90 consider il, but none
%ho spec diroc;iy against the body Of the
bill, for hat would totally destroy, and would
not ameud ~" &c. The resolution was re-
JEST YEAS ., nays :. NJ Moore presented a
ecmmunIcanOn from Dir. j. Ii. Crane, Iate
CCmnIss.o neT Of the Fourth Ward, addrec "a
To The t@o members of the Board OF Aldermen
tom the Fourth Ward. Mr. Baker object "a
70 The 70 aiding, and moved thar the paper be
~ ol'cSlAi SOulultlcc having the
charles made by M. Crane against the Mayor
1Ecer eonsiderstIcn- Mr.. Moore demand
the reading OF the paper, end on the Chair put
ting the question ssShall the ommuni cation
he read 7! The vote resulted Yess-Messrs
Champion, Connolly, Davis, merry, Moore
MOrsell MCCathran, Stewart, and Slater-9
Nays-Msssrs. Baker. Clark. knight, ana
President (Croeker-4. The Secretary then
read the paper as follows, and IL was referred
TO the Special COMMITTEE:
WASHINGTON, Sept. L., lS69.-EsSrs. Emery
uaSa 0f fhS 00rd If
fourth Uard-Gentlenen Since my commu .
nicafion, sent 10 the Board Of Aldermen on the
Goth nit, was written. fnd. on going over the
matter carefully with figures, that the fraud
charged upon the Mayor, former Suryeyor
and Messrs- O'Beirne Il Co., is much greater
than At first supposed
The following Is the estimate Tor grading and
eIipg X street, made by the Surveyor
before the work commenced, VIZ: K street,
number cubic , ards grading. 1000, a. IL cents,
$500; square yards graveiing, $1,000: al 10
cents, s6,IJ0 Total estimate, SI0iO0.
This IS the Surveyors estimate Of what il
should cost to grsde and gravel X street the
entire length. Add TO this SIS for grading u
and 1sr streets, and Sl,0e0 for 10000 square
yards grayelling on q and LIST streets, and we
have total of si1,gS9, or only S2f2.6l above
what the contractors received for grading and
grayelipg up 10 about the first of August.
Al the time the last estimate was made the
CONTRACTORS were at work betw een 9th and Sth
streets easi, on street, four squares this side
Of he boundary. They are sun az work AZ
that po nj, and the work fsr from being lin.
lshed.
In the opision Of the Assistant Comm,s.
sIcner, as well as OF other competent ma "a.
there is not more than one half the anon nj 81