National Republican., 1873-10-03
COUNTY SCHOOLS.
Meeting yc-,ords, Transaction orReutine

Bu,incps.
The monthly meeting OF the Board Of County
School Trustees was hcid yesterday at the ex-
ecutlve once, corner OF Seventeenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue; ]. 8. Brown In the chair,
aud Chas. Douglass, secretary.
MI. Carter stated that the school taught by
Mr.. Carmack was not attended suficlen,y 10
sustain a, it any longer and recommended its abo-
The average attendance was only fourteen.
ground that IL was an unnecessary expense;
which was seconded by MT. Miller.
After an Interchange OF opinion, Mr.. Muller
onered the following resolution:
Resolved, That the board will not hold Itself
| responsible for the services Of Joseph Carmack
as teacher OF Primary school No. ., district No.
l. ior the current school year.
One hundred dollars was appropriated for the
repairing Of school-houses 10 the First district.
pointed % teseser Of .eSoo No. % T. Fourth disfict
Mr.. Brown offered the following:
Resolved, That the committee on supplies ne
trict in reference to furnishinq fael for the
schools for the ensuing season. Adopted.
A number OF bills were presented aud ordered
| to be paid.
ANovE roR DErrER SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
DR.. Slick. chairman OF the committee on
| school. houses and grounds, Submitted the follow
iny; which was laid over until the next meeting
Whereas the taxpayers In the First aud Sec
ond school districts In the vicinity OF Tennally.
town, ID. c., and part OF the Third and Fourth
school districts In the vicinity Of Brightwood, d.
c., are taxed IN proportion to the other tax-pay.
| ers In other portions OF the county for school
| purposes; and whereas the school-houses situ'
ated In said localities are OF an inferior quality,
| and aro rapidly becoming dilapidated and worth
iess and whereas the pupil, In said localities
education. educ S are co%peIIcS Tor want Of s propei
places 10 assemble and proper teachers 10 in
struct advanced pupils, only to be at the expense
VA WashSStoe. ~ or eisewnsre. % Or abandon t6e ides e.
OF any further progress In thoir studies; aud
whereas II Is deemed conducive to the public In
tercst 10 have provision made for ,he aocommo.
dation of all pupils In said localities: therefore
belt
Rc.oired, That the committee on schooi-house,
and grounds be, aud are hereby, authorized and
| Instructed to visit Tennaliytown, ID. O., anL
Dfightwood, ID. O., on day TO be appointed By
SAID committee, TO select site Mt each place fol
q school.house of the Dimensions Of the school
house puilt by the direction OF this board o.
Mount Pleasant, ID. O., and ascertain the cost o.
said proposed sites and report at the next regu'
lar meeting OF this board.
be, and are hereby, authorized and instructed e
make an estimate OF the cot Of . suitable bald
ing at SAID localities for the accommodation o
all resident pupil', and report st the next regua
Resoired, That this board respectfully intorn
the Governor OF the District Of Columbia OF tn,
necessity and proprety Of such buildings At sal,
localities, aud recommend to the Governor ant
Legislature OF the District Of Columbia that
sufficient sum be appropriated 10 be named b.
this board after ascertalning from n prope
architect and builder what will be required) I,
build school-house at each Of said localities
and OF the said dimensions, N, In the opinion o
the board, the necessity Of such buildings exist
Aud b. Il further resoired, That said coInmitte,
be, aud are hereby, authorized aud instructed Il
examine the schoOlhOuses IN the First and Sec
ond school districts and the four school-house
nearest Brightwood, d. C., In the Third an,
Fourth school districts. and ascertain the presen
cash value OF SAID school-houses, and report q
the next regular meeting OF this board.
| The resignation OF Miss q. Scott, rs teacher o
school No. I, district No. 4, was accepted, an,
Miss Jennie Scott was appointed In her place.
Julia A. Wright was, on motion OF Mr.. fol
lIott, appointed teacher Of school No. ., Seventh
district, subject To the usual examination.
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