Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-08-13
Meeting of School commissioner,

The school commissioners of the various dis.
tricts OF the county met in the upper room OF
the court house yesterday morning. John Iun-
nell, Esq, Chairman of the Board, presiding;
The following commissioners were present: +
Hacker, L Shepard B + Sanders, l. hlrk1
patrick, H Clapp, w W Harris, + ID Little u
G Shell, John Lester, j NJ Hsrbeson, j W
Fowler, j n Hansard, William Nlghbert,
John Tunnel, r P Bell, Robert Hardin, Nor
decai Yarnel, Galloway Grant, 5 W Lowe,
VIM T Smith. John L Caldwell, g N Rags
dale, J W Ford, A w Rose, w II Gilbert, E
Dunn, w w Cruze G NJ Monday, A G Cal
len, Isaac Sherrod, w ID Brown, A NJ Shipe,
] Nj Caldwell, P 81 Skaggs, John Chumlea, S
Garrison, George Rule, Henry Haynes and W
McCammon.
City Board.-W A Henderson, L Shepard
and A Rayl.
First the newly elected commissioners were
sworn in and assumed their duties as officers
The minutes of the previous meeting were
then read corrected and adopted.
The report of the committee recently appoint
ed to select text books, was presented and
adopted as follows:
To the Board of Education of Knox county,
assembled in the city of Knoxville, Aug. Il 1871:
The undersigned Committee on text books,
beg leave to make the following report:
l. That they have selected the following text
books for introduction into the common SCHOOLS
of Knox county
McGuffeys Spoilers and Re&derE
Rays Arithmetics
Pinneo's GrGmmars.
MitchelFs Biographies.
Quackenboss Histories.
Spencerisn or Thompson & Bowler's Copy
books,
Bryant & Stratton's G.. S. Bookkeeping.
q That A supply of the above books will he
on hands in a few days, and that by special ar
engagements with the publishers of the same,
they can be furnished at the lowest introduce
tory and wholesale prices.
g. That the Board select committee to take
charge of said stock of books to furnish the
same on application to the teachers or District
Commissioners, to keep q correct account OF
the transaction and report quarterly to the
Board,
t. That the amount for the books furnished
as under section g. be charged against the
school districts or schools, and the amount col
lected from the same pro rata of school money
due to each school district by An order on the
County Trustee, given by the School Commits
Iioner of the District.
s. That it shall be the duty of the School
Commissioners of the various districts to keep
correct and detailed account Of the books sold
and furnished free of charge to the scholars, or
cause the same to be done by the teachers under
their supervision, and report quarterly to the
School Book Committee.
e. To empower the undersigned committee to
draw upon the County Trustee for the pay
ment of the stock of text books ordered
F. Z. HACKER,
T. w. HUMEs,
A. G. Z. CALLEN
COMMITTEES.
There was not full report of the scholastic
population from all the districts, as some of the
had not completed their, emu
merations. The following were reported: lst
District, 1871 5th 244; 9th, 200; eth, $50; Sth,
BIG; 9th, 279; 10th, 655; 18th, 235; 18th, 3l7
10th, 600; 18th, 304; 10Th, 81 DIST 245.
A committee consisting of Prof. r. L. Kirk
patrick, John Tunnel, Esq, Prof. F. H. Hack
er, and John Chumlea, Esq, were appointed to