Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-04-10
School Meeting.

School Meeting.
The voters Of the Village School District
in this city, met at the High School room on
upon the articles in the warrant which has
been published.
The meeting was called to order BY Lewis
Selbng, Clerk, and on motion of George T..
Weeks, the following committee was raised
to receive. sort and count votes for Modera-
tor: Geo. L. Weeks, w. X. Smith, Q. Will
hanson. The Committee subsequently made
the following report:
Whole number of votes, 25
Geo. f. Weeks had q
and was therefore duly elected Moderator
On motion of S. c. Whitehouse, tie fol.
lowing committee was raised to receive, sort
and count votes for Clerk: S. c. White
house, Joseph FarnIam, Ii. Ii. Hill. The
Committee reported
Whole number of votes, 10
Lewis Selling had 10
and was declared elected.
On motion of J. a. Holman, the formal
reading of the Directors report was dispens
ed with, as it had been issued in printed form
On motion of Orrin Rowe the report was ac
cepted.
On motion of John Dorr, 500 were appro-
prated to be paid to Alvaa Fogg, one of the
building committee, for special services.
The meeting then proceeded to the election
of a board of Directors for the ensuing year.
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consisting of S. c, Whitehouse, V. ID. Pink
ham, and o. Parker, was raised to receive
sort and count the votes for the same
The balloting resulted in the election of the
house, who declined reelection) as follows :;
c. r. Moor,
W. A. Cram.
Joseph Farnham,
David Caroill,
E. 4. Pillsbury.
There was mild skirmishing of Ku- Klux
character, in the election of one of the Di-
rectors, by which fifty four persons were made
TO throw sixty nine votes but on adopting a
more strict method of ballotng, these voters,
with their candidate, vanished into thin air.
Mr.. North read the report Of the building
committee and presented vouchers for the va
rous bills paid. BY the report it appears
that the entire cost of the new school build
ing, furniture and fixtures, was SOS, 1896.
1t was voted to pay the sum of S25 to Miss
Emma Woodbury., one of the teachers in the
district, for injuries received by an accident
in September.
On the question of raising money, VIM. r.
| Smith presented the following proposition;
Voted, That for the purpose of paying the
| debts due from the district, and supporting
the schools for the current year. there b.
raised by taxation the sum of $4,000, and 10y
| a loan on a term of years not exceeding five
| years, and at rate of interest not exceeding
| I 8 10 per cent. the sum of nine thousand
dollars. For the loan the Board of Direct
ors are hereby authorize to give the notes OF
the district at such times as the wants vf the
| district may require.
Mr.. Smith accepted an amendment offered
by Mr.. North, changing the figures in the
first instance from $4,000 to $500, and in
the second place from 1000 to SIP 900, and
as amended the proposition received unani-
nous passage. So that the district is to raise
by direct taxation, for school purposes, 81,
500, and $4,000 by issuing bonds, for the
payment of accruing debts.
After voting the usual discounts, and pro-
viding for interest on taxes after Il certain
date, the meeting adjourned.
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