New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-10
Board of School Directors,

| A special meeting of the School Board
was held last evening at the Council Cham
Der in the City Hall The president, Fl. c..
Dibble. in the chair. Present-Messrs.
| Sweet. Clay, McCarty. Cooper, jackson,
Boothby. Longstreet, Shaw and Mcconnell.
The minutes of the previous meeting we're
read and approved.
On motion of Mr.. Boothby, chairman of
the committee on teachers, the Board went
into executive session for the purpose of
electing teachers for the year 1873.
Mr.. Pinchback meantime arrived and
took his seat with the board.
The doors being reopeneo. the board
adopted the following on motion of Mr..
Boothby:
WHEREAS. The Board Of Directors of the
public schools find it necessary to reopen
the public schools in anticipation of the leg
relation required for their orgsnlza ton, gov
ernnent and support during the present
yetAI; 1T Ia
Resolsed, That In making the following
appointments. toe board is unable at this
tiMe to enter into any annual contract, or
to tx the salaries, until the revenue can be
estimated with sufficient certainty. 1t is
therefore understood that the following ap-
po;p tment4 are provisional only, and the
board shall at any time have the power to
declare vacant any of the positions named.
Nj. Boothby announced that the direc-
tors Of the various wards had prepared
their lists of appointments, which had been
acted upon in executive session and ap-
proved, which lists would be promulgated
by the secretary on Sunday morning.
General Longstreet, for the committee on
finance, submitted various bills for repairs,
stationery ard supplies, amounting in the
aggregate to $l4o2 50, which had been
audited and approved and recommended
to be paid. Payment ordered.
On motion of General Longstreet the
secretary of the board was required to give
bond in the sum of $4,000 for the faithful
performance of his duty.
The committee on ways and means sub
mitted the following, which was ordered to
be printed and lie over:
To T ne Board of Directors of Pubic Schools Of the
city of New Orleans:
The undersigned, your committee of
WAYS and means, have taken into considefa-
ton the subjects referred to US, and have
called upon the various official sources for
information.
The very numerous subjects upon which
it was necessary to obtain the correct fig
ures have delayed the work of the commit
tee. Most of the responses have only come
to hand on the eve of the meeting of the
board, and more time is necessary to exam
inc the details and prepare a more thorough
report,
The following are the estimates obtained
thus far for the year 1873:
Rent Of schoOlhouees. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS S34 $50 IS
Salaries of secretary, assistant seere.
tary and messenger OF board 1900 %
Teachers, Boys Hign school {sx} ....o ii 500 90
Teachers, Upper Girls High School (sixl $500 %
(dveJ. ................. .......:....o 1900 90
twenty. :........: .:.:.:.:...:...:. 1890 90
(dve). ............... ...a............ 5000 90
Female principals OF district schools
forty. si1)........ 5000 90
schools (seventyl. ......... 20 s7o4o %
schools (ninei. ............::...:.s 800 90
schools eighty .dve)...o............o $500 90
schools i4O). ..9............s...o...o $1,000 90
Wages, porters and portresses. .:..... p. 3a 10
School books and stationery, furnished
pupils unable to procure them .....s 1888 80
Fuel, stoves, CRATES, repairing same..SS 1882 IS
BroOms buckets, mats and soap 1850 90
Desks, benches, curtains and other
school furniture. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS s2I5 20
Repairs to schoolhouses. ....,..........o u 9I SO
Blanks for reports account books and
stationery furnished TO teachers
printing and advertising. ..... .....o go IS
Sanitary and Pertil:zing Company 9,OO9 90
gncidentaso court fees, carriage. etc...s $500 90
Grand total SG3s $50 3,
This does not, of course, include the
debts OF I87l and 1872 still outstanding.