Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-06-16


Total.............s s2089 p
There win be due to teachers at the
close Of the scho6l year .- 3l2 90
JAnitor and other ind5bteduess... 240 90
Total ............ ........ 80. 1852 90
oRDERS PAID.
Tuition orders to Feb. 20. 1871 ... s4.350 6S
do paid since Feb. 90 1871 1856 90
Schonl house orders paid since Feb.
O.1s7l ...- -. .-.-......-. 2,O29 so
School house orders since Feb. 20,
1871 71.....-.-..-..... 37l So
Grand total paid id.-...--..---$ So ,407 "a
Leaving in the Treasury at this date, the fol-
lowing amount (:
Tuition fund NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 81 210 n
School house and contingent fund 1926 ~
Total 80. ..--...--.. .-... 81, 1877 40
Ofths sum the Boarl have on deposit in the
Second National Bank Of Toledo, So, 500 on in-
terest at per cent, subject to call Of the Board
when needed.
Tne probable amount that we may expect
from She County Treasurer, on the lst of sep
tember. 1871, will be about as follows:
Tuition fund 81 800
Contingent Fund.- .. 200
Iotal ----.------- -. Sl ,tOO
From this it will be seen that our tdition fund
is in better condition than at any previous
| time since the organization OF the district.
The Treasurer has paid all orders presented
for ex enses during the year, amounting to S6 :
S52 ", and there are now outstanding orders 10
the amount 0f $34 l3. lie has paid on orders
issued by the old Board, 81 $50 Is making the
total amount actually paid ont, $s.407 Is.
The valuation Of the property of the district
IL htu ha
mend the levy of tax off mills on the dollar
| valuation for the coming year. Az mills for
tuition and "a mills for school house and con-
tingent fund.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES W. ROSS, Presidcni.
J. G. KscLL, ISec'y.
motion was made to adopt the report wbsn
Judge Cook moved E strike out an item of $500
which the Board paid for legal services in re-
ssting the bonds issued bv the old Board, as i,
is claimed, in violation of law and without the
existence Of any necessity for incurring such in
debtedness. Mr.. Cook called upon the Board
to explain why they had paid out this money
and the authority for their action.
Mr. Ross, President of the Board, remarked
that the Board were ready and anxious IN an.
swer all proper questions concerning the manuer
in which they had disposed Of the funds OF the
district. He supposed the law Contemplated
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advisers Of the Board. but their predecessor,
had taken dih rent view of the law aud EN-
piOyed counsel and paid them out of the fund.-
Of the district, and Boards in other localities had
done the same thing. So far as he was indi vid
ually concerned, he had opposed such unauthor
ized use If school funds, by the old Board and
he had taken the same position as a member q
the pr, sent School Board. He was sure Mr.
Cook's mott did not require the old Board L
refund the money thus paid out then be wnul,
support it cheer ully aud willingly pay his pro
portion Of the 5000.
Mr.. Cook regarded the payment Of the s30C
as an outrage upon the taxpayers aud IL tn.
old Board had paid out money for attorney fees
two wrongs did not make one right. The pay
ment was made without author of law and
the Board had put their hands in the packets o
taxpayers and taken the money which had beei
raised for educating the children and paid it l.
az attorney. IL was an outrage upon the tax
payers, an illegal expenditure of the people
money, and he called upon the meeting to Yot
il down.
Mr. wav desired tn ask Mr. Cook a question
Cook-V Very well viii answer it.
Way-How much money did you receiv
from the old Board for legal services ?
Cook--Fiity dollars. (Stam9ug and clap
ping Of hands.)
Mr. Knoll--l hope those present will refrai
from stamping, as the plaslering Of this build
ing is cracked aud will easily be shaken of
(Applause)
Mr. Way continued to occupy the floor. an,
said he was very sorry tu see Judge Cook :
Incnsisteut. That gentleman came here wit
$50 OF the shool money in his pocket, obtaineC
as he claims, through violation of the law, b
the old Board putting their hands into the pock
cts Of the poor taxpayers Of the district and at
stractng therefrnm the money which shout
have been used for educating the children
} the district, and handing il over to Mr. Coo
| r., Al H. A A. ~. A
snch motion he should dsgorge the $50 of III
peoples money which he had accepted an
kept. knowing it to have been illegally an
, wrungfully obtained. 1t was customary {.
county commissioners, in important Grimm;
prosecutions, to employ counsel to assist tn
} prosecuting attorney. He thought the Board
Education, in the exercise nj proper discretion
their eifmts 10 prevent illegal aud unjustihabl
expenditure Of large amount of the publ
money, cnuld properly do the same thing. TIL
$500 investment will pay over 100 per cent
the district.
Mr. Cnnk repeated The remark that the ol
} Board having done wrong offered na excuse f.
the new Board to follow in their footsteps. Il
repeated his denunciatons Of the act as bein
} Illegal, &c. and said the money was paid To a
attorney for the puspose ofgetting rid of pawn
tor the seats which they pccupied--that it wa
an expenditure for making money by getting ri
Of paying honest debts, and continued his Te
1
Mr.. Way stated that. he had always vote
} heretofore, and intended hereafter, tn vote (,
the highest tax necessary for sustaining frs
class schools. He had no children 10 send
schoo. Would to God he had. In that respct
he was ~ bad of AS his friend Cook; but b
} delegated the taxpayers should he be abseT
frum any school M citing, 20 vote in his beha
} for the highest tax required TO keep the school
mp to high standard. The motion Of Nj
Cook Is simply made for the purpose of embal
RAISING the Board in their efforts, in behalf
the people Of the district, to resist the paymer
ofillegal bonds--bonds which were issued nc
only 10 violation 0f law, but without the shsdOl
OF Justification. He went intn statement cor
cerning the bonds, and claimed that the ol
Board collected between 1868 and 1870, fo
school house purposes, aver S2l 900. Enoug
less about $iS, In pay for all repairs ufthe sehor
building, furniture, &C, without the issue Of
bond They never inumated to the taxpayer
that they had not money enough Ia pay for III
improvement. and vet they issued boads To th
amount at $l4 900. They not only issued thrs
bonds without authority from the people, bu
they<were issued in defiance Of the well kuow
wishes of the tax-pasers as expressed in pub
lie meeting called fin the purpose Ot having th
Board explain what necessity, IL any, exisie
for ineurng such Indebtedness. lie though
the people should resist this attempted impOsi
tion, and that ii was proper for the Board to em
piog competent counsel in their efforts To pro
iect the interests Of the ax'payers Of the dis
trict.
Col. shannon was not willing TO resist tn
payment of anv honest Indebtedness Of the Dis
| Irict. II ihe money was due for labor or ma
teriai, he would say paw H. But the report
and books of the old Bard, IL they show any
| thing, show that the people furnished the rrqui
site amount Of money the material and Label