Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-30
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j. q. Pr6ylu In the cha3f, VIII Do1iul1-
sioners J. u. Weakleg, ,. O. Gzi6ith, b..
r. Buchanan, J. II. Evans, A. z. Grin
stead, ---. Tufbey;Eie, T. B. Rail1ss, D.A.
MoGFady, w. P. Turner, w. d. Sullivan,
John Leonard, q. 8. Williams. john Fris-
zell, ]. O. Warner, B. r. Mckenzie, A: O.
White, E A. Mathes, j. A. Payne, Alex
ander Mathews and - Marshall, present.
The Executive Committee submitted the
following as their report, which was re-
ceived and concurred in: r -.-
REPORT OF COMMITTEE.
To the Davidson County Board of Edu-
cation: The Executive Committee have
carefully audited the books of III ) County
Superintendent, and report that the state
ment herewith submitted is corr ect tran
script from said books. Upon ,,xamina-
| ton, we fndthe books correctly kept, and
that the Superintendent has proper vouch-
ers for the disbursements made by him.
The committee.state by way of explana-
ton, that soon after the present sy stem of
common schools was inaugurated, and the
committee entered upon the discharge of
| its duty, it was determined, in order to
| promote the system of common &C hools in
the County, to introduce a uniform set of
l textbooks for all the schools therein. AZ
| ter the textbooks were selected, cores
| pondence was had with the various pub
fishers of the books selected, for he pur-
pose of ascertaining upon what telims the
books could be introduced. The result of
the correspondence was, that terms were
proposed which enabled the committee to
| furnish the books TO patrons OF the schools
at one-half the usual retail prics, aud in
addition thereto commission was allowed
for the handling of the books and superin-
tending the introduction of them into the
schools, keeping accounts with the various
districts, collecting the money, etc., which
commission amounts to $273. so as will be
seen by the accompanying statement.
1t was also thought advisable to have
printed number of registers and class
books, sufficient for the use of the various
schools in the County. This was done and
the cost of printing them was paid by the
County. The registers and class books
were sold to commissioners at cost
1t was found that the Commissioners in
the various districts had some difficulty in
supplying the schools with blackboards,
tables, chairs, bells, etc., without paying
greater price than what it was believed
was reasonable. The committee therefore
determined to use the funds under its
control as aforesaid, in the purchase of
number of these articles, which was done,
and such of them furnished as were de-
sired at original wholesale cost price, This
resulted in considerable saving.
The saving to the people of the county
by the manner of the introduction of text
books, was the sum of 81, $40. rs besides the
commission and tho saving upon the
registers, class-books and school furniture,
Il A. a l.
The labor incident to the carrying out
of these schemes of the committee has
been performed by the County Superin-
tendeRt, for which he has received no
other compensation than his stated salary
allowed by the County Court.
The statement Of the Superintendent is
made part of the report, and is referred
to for particulars. j. o. GRIFFITH,
| JNo. FRIzzELL,
VIM. p. TURNER,
B. r. MoKENNIE,
B. F. GLEAvKs,
E A. MATHEs.
April 20, 1871.
SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
To the Ex Com. Board of Education:
Total amount of books ordered from
publishers at one-half the retail
| price, less an average of about 10 per
| cent. allowed by the publishers for
...,. 50. Isl 20
/ Amount Of books returned to publish
ers after completing the iRtroduc-
SIS As
Leaving net ag9unt paid publishers. ,s2,s7s 25
| Amount realized for books sold at half
retail price. ............ 2546 IS
| Leaving in my hands the allowance
1 made nv nuhliChpYc az
for distributing books, etc..-...-.....$ 273 90
Amount received from County
Trustee to pay incidental ex-
| penses, and to pay for print
| ing registers and class books 267 50
OF this there has been expended
for incidental expeBses.-...... 20 %
To which add the allowance from pub
| hshers. -'..--'...-.-........,...-.. 2I3 50
Leaving amount of assets of Board. 5s3 co
portion of this sum was expended by
order of the Executive Committee in ths
purchase of blackboards, tables, chairs
and bells, to be sold to commissioners at
cost. OF the articles thus purchased, a
portion has been disposed of to commits
sioners ct cost, and there remain on hand
50 registers which cost 81 0S each. ssl g
| II black boards" $50 60 so
l II tables 80
II chairs SO p doz. so
Total cost OF property on hand Sl9I So
OF the portion thus sold, there remains
due and unpaid. 81 90
The assets of the Board of Education
thus coming into my hands now consist of
Cash sp RanG. ESQ g
Property on hand...-........, ........... i19I IS
Amount due for property sold......----.... 81 90
IOtal asseIs''-'''''.'''.''. so53 w
| Respectfully submitted,
A. @. CARTWRIGHT, Supt.
The following resolution was laid over
till the June meeting:
Resolved, That in consideration OF the
extra labor and responsibility devolved
upon A. O. Cartwright, County Superin-
tendent, in the introduction of textbooks,
the collection of the money and disburs-
ing the same, and the supplying registers,
class-books, and school furniture to the
commissioners of the various districts, a
labor not required of him by the regula-
tions; and also in consideration of his
having furnished an Office for the transac-
ton of business, that the commission al.
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