Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-04-07
The Bdard OF Educatloi,.

SPECIAL sBssION-ORGANTZATION OF THE NEW
BoARD-DR. sHoRTLRDGE ELEcTkD PRKsI-
DFNT.
Last evening special session of the Board Of
Education was held, for the purpose Of induct
ing the new members into Office, and effeciing a
permanent organization.
Mr.. Ferris, on motion OF Mr.. Speakman, was
called to the chair.
A communication was read flom Col A. II.
Grimshaw, coniesting the electiod Of NJ. Il.
from The Seventh Ward, on the
ground that the election was illegally conducted.
The communication stated that about forty
votes were received before the Inspector. 4. A.
Taylor took the oath, and then he ad dminSstered
the oath to himself, without the Bible, and with
ont swearing by the uplifted hand and that the
Assistant inspectors were qualified in like IL
legsi manner.
Ga motion Of Mr. l. J. Jenl ns. Committee
on Credentials was appointed, consisting Of Mes
srs i. ]. jenkins, Johnson and Speakman to
whom was referred tho above communication
The committee retired, and after short absence
returned and reported that the credentials Of all
the memberselect had been found correct ; and
returned the COMMUNICATION from Col. A. II.
Grimshsw to the Board for action.
Mr. Lynch objected 10 MIR. Stotsenbure being
sworn in until the protest against his election
was investigated.
Mr.. ]. ]. jenkins stated that Mr. Stotsep burg 9
| credentials were correct and we're sworn TO-,
| weile the ohjecting communication was not. He
thought the seat should be Sontssted after the
member was sworn in. He therefore moved
that the report be adopted add the members-
elect qualified.
The motion prevailed and the new members
| were duly sworn or affirmed by MI Ferris.
i Mol nj al 70 ipfn ,.la "a, e.,
President.
! The motion prevailed, and Mr.. 1. j. Jenki ins
nominated Dr. L. q. Shortledge, Mr.. Higgins
nominated VIM. s. Hilles.
| DR.. Shortledge received 20 votes aud Mr.
Hilles 10, whersupon the chair declared DIR
Sbortledge duly elected.
The President elect upon assuring the chair
said
| GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD: | desire to re
turn to you my thanks for your kindness in elect
ing me to this position.
MIR. /. J. jenkins moved that The Board pro
coed TO elect 4 Secretary and Treasurer.
MIR. MIR. II. NJ. jenkins moved to amend b.
electing Secretary alone. The amendment wa
accepted. -,
Mr.. Mclntire said that the duties of the Sst
retaTy were very slight, and not worth the sa
ary Of $500 per annum, which that oi.cer r,
b
be fixed at $25 per year.
1t was decided that q change of this charat
ter could only be effected by an amendmeI
to the Bylaws.
Mr.. Nclntre moved to adjourn. Lost.
u The motion to 60 into an election for Secrt
tary then prevailed and MIR. / j, jenkins N
minated Joseph l.. KiugOTe.
Mr. Pierce nominated Harry C.. Conrad.
Mr killg0re received 81 votes and Mr.. Coz
a rad 8, whereupon Mr.. klllgore was declare
. by the President duly elected.
Z Mr Mcintire moyed that an election fl
. JanitOr now be held.
Il Mr.. Baird moved to amend by making til
election for Treasurer.
n mir. Mclntire moved to amend the amend
}, ment by postpOning the election of Treasure
i, until the first meeting In May
II MIR Zebley favored the pOstpOnement, whi,
b would give an opportunity to amend the r
IS Laws and reduce the salary of the Treasure
a Several years age the Treasurer received ON
: 500 per annum.' which was sufficient no'
The Board stands in need of every cent
money which can b0 saved.
Objections were made to the postpOnene
on the ground that the Board in the interil
R would be without a Treasurer.
Mr. higgins said this was not the case It
IT Board is q continuous body and the Tasasur
,r Is bound to hold over until his successor
- elected.
st The amendment to the amendment was tn
J. voted upon aud lost.
10 The chair then put the question as It
10 original motion, as amended, which preya
20 ed.
le Mr.. l. }. jenkins nominated Joseph l., K
is gore, who received 20 votes, to 10 for T.
Taylor who was nominated by Mr.. Bail
Mr. KillgOre was declared elected.
- James Lang was reelected JenIt0r, Iecei
e Ing % votes, to Z for John Curry
On motion of MIR. Frainl, the old memb
6 reloined the seats formerly occupied by tn
s while the new members took the seats vac
81 ed by the retiring occupants.
The communication from Col Grimshs
o was referred to a committee OF three-M ess
Roberts Eebly and MclnAre-who will rep
Is at the next meeting.
VI The.Chair stated that he would amour
the VisitingCOmmittees in few days throu
10 the columns of the newspapers.