The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-12-25

SoHsoL BeARD.-At the last meeting of the
Board held Nov. 2Sth, the following resolutions
were adopted:
| Resolved, That salaries be paid to the teach
ers at School z, Ashland, Sth district, as fell
lows: Principal, S175 per quarter; LIST Assist
ant, $125 per quarter; I'd Assistant, 500 per
quarter; provided the daily attendance should
exceed 90 during the entire quarter; should
the average daily attendance not exceed 80,
then the salaries shall be computed per table
on pages IA and Is By Laws, edition of 1872.
Resolved, That the orders heretofore passed
establishing graded schools be rescnded SO far
as relates to School 6, Sth district.
ResoEved, That the following celored schools
be closed at the end of the Winter Term, and
notice is hereby ordered to be given by the
President of this Board to the teachers thereof,
that their services will not be required after
January 31st, 1876: School 2, LIST district;
School 2, 18th district.
Whereas, The Act of Assembly establishing
and maintaining Public Schools requires an
average of so to Justify the employment of an
assistant and an average of 40 for each addi-
tional assistant;
And Whereas, By an examination of the re-
turns for several years past, it is ascertained
that the average daily attendance is about 20
per cent. of the enrolment; be it
Resolved, That the following be fixed as the
general rule in the appointment of assistants
ars 3D. Assistant when $50 4th Assistant when
2S5; and can only be varied when the average
daily attendance justifes it, to be ascertained
by at least quarters attendance. This reso
luton to take effect January SOth, 1876.
Resolved, That teachers be required 10 report
at the end Of the present term the names Of
free pupils and the names of parents or guar
dams Of said children; and the Secretary is
directed to prepare the same in tabular form,
for publication, in order that the abuses which
exist in this connection may be corrected.
BETHEL CHURcH.-The Presbyterian Weekly
says: "In the sketch given in this paper a
short time since of the Bethel church, we were
unable 10 give the names of all the past and
present elders. We herewith give the com.
plete list:
elders of Bethel church from its first organ
ization up to the present time, IN order as they
aoere elected.-Cornelius Mcdonald, Robert
Kirkwood, John Davis, James Clendenin, Jas.
Hope, VIM. Nelson, JAS Vogan, Thomas Hope,
David Bell, John Bell, William Coulsen, VIM.
Patterson, John Clendenin, VIM. Glenn, Robt.
Kirkwood, John Glenn, Thomas Hope, Hugh
Porter, John S. Sterrett, George Lemon, Geo.
West, Robert Stirling, John B. Kirkwood, Jno
H. Kirkwood, Charles Besler, VIM. Glenn, j.
Henderson Kirkwood, Samuel Beatty, william
Hope, Robert Kirkwood, }. Verney st. Clair,
DR.. Watt.
1--WE also add short sketch OF ROBERT hlrk-
wood, one Of the first elders, the grandfather of
Robert Kirkwood, at present an active and
honored member of the same church, in which
his ancestor officiated so many years ago:
"Robert Kirkwood was born in Donegale,
Ireland, in the year 1928, and removed with
his mother and sister, (his father being dead),
to America in 1871, landed at New Castle, Del,
settled at Newark, Delaware, was brought up
by his uncle Robert Kirkwood, was compan-
ion of Capt. Krkwood his cousin, who was
killed at the battle of St. Clairs defeat Nov.
1st 1871. His (Robert's) only recollection of
Ireland was picking gooseberries in London
derry. He married Miss Jane Henderson ofDel-
eware; he moved to Baltimore county, now
Harferd, in 1863, his family consisted of five
sons and one daughter; his first place Of vo-
ting after he moved to Maryland, was Balti
more then Joppa. He and his son served in
the militia during the revolution in 1776; died
March 18th, 1870"