Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-01-12
HDard OF Ed uIcaIiOn.

,t,t.lAR MEETING. LAST EVENING CHANCES OF
Ne soHERs--lHE TAXATION OF ooLohED PEOPLE
--R9UuNE BuriNLrB.
'lho Board of Education met, last night, Pres
,Iont Sortledge i'll tie chair.
Tho Committee ON Teachers recommended
that Mrs lizzie r. Duncan be promoted to first
assistant in school No. Z, in the place of Miss
Sale j. McKeag, resigned that Miss Susan
Wier OF No. 7, take the vacant place in No. u /;
ii Al one room in No. be closed III there were
Inl vacant seats in that school and in No. 10,
AT The close of the last school month that the
,,,rl-, school in No. 4 be made OF the same grade
A. the department of school No. l, OF which Miss
MARY E. Rowland il principal, the change to
tAke effect ou the Sth of February, 1875, which
viii bo the beginning OF the second half of the
school wear.
On motion the report was accepted and the
recommendations approved.
The book committee reported in favor of
a1apfmg Stewards Caesars Commentaries, aud
Aliens Latin Compositions us textbooks i'll No.
|. which was adopted.
The committee on Rewards asked be to dis
charged, which WAS done.
Mr.. Roberts offered Il resolution that after the
2Jth OF March the meetings OF the Board be
held IN Public School No. l, which OH motion of
Nh. Frock, was temporarily deferred.
The Committee appointed at last meeting, on
tie subject of the assessment Of school taxation
Me-4rs Moore and Gril shaw. submitting the
lraft of proposed Act of Assembly. 1t con-
sisted of six sections, the first requiring all per-
SONS voting at school elections to have previous
Is paid school tax the second leyying school
taxes on colored people the third, fourth and
htth requiring the taxes on colored people to be
levied separately and kept separate, and no 9TH
ei money to be appropriated TO the maintenance
Of coored schools. The sixth section provided
for special tax to be levied and collected from
no,,ln In
election in April, in addition to the regular tax
III July.
After considerable discussion, the 81, 4th 9Th,
aud 9Th sections were all struck out, and then
the report and proposed bill were laid on the ta-
lie.
Mr. Roberts moved that school be opened in
Old No. 10, corner 2nd and Washington streets,
tdr oolored children. On motion of MIR. liilles,
committee OF three was appointed to examine
,ld report on the subject at the next meeting.
The Committee on renting room Tor the
nrcting of the Board, reported IN favor of the
oae they now occupy (BoaId of Trade) for 5000
4 Il wear dating from March 25th ich, after
4 discussion, was adopted by vote of 10 yeas to y
NAYS
! Oii motion, the committee on Finance was re
q aae4ted to report the amount of money in the
hands of the city Treasurer from the sale ol
Bonds.
G. W. Weldin offered his resignation as q
4 member of the Board, which, on motion, wa'
n hcttIleu
Il AIessrs. Hllles Ruth and Ffock were author
a lied to consider the subject of enlarging the re
citation room in No. j.
Mr.. Baird offered Il resolution, petitioning the
Legislature to tax colured people for school pul-
poses and to require the payment of school taA
qualification for voting at school elections
but point Of order, raised by Col. Grim
shaw, the Chair decided it not i'll order ut th
meeting.
Mr. II NJ. jenkins gave notice Hot he woull
-. a,l,,t,s. at,, .tr of
.tSt meeting.
Z Dlug the evening the following orders wer
Ar@n l.. +. Adair, 800 J. p. Almond, ~ IL
! =. p. Biake SCI l3oughman, Thomas Il Co.
! :4ll26 b. $. Clarne. S6.25; Carlisle Hen
dcrson 1890; James DAVIS 4l5GO: Enterprs
Manufacturing Co., - so T. B. j. b. For
man, 80 cents j. II. Il q. II. Greenman, s27 .Os
James Temple, $40; Joseph Jones' 81 40
Mitchell & Wilson, a lG; VIM. i. Robinson
~ % Wm. G. Seeds, 1874 81 j. Il. d. Seed+
si0O Granville Worrell, - 90 Wedie Sou
=3I5 Wilmington Coal Gas Co., 510.26 ; Chaf
Warner 4 Co, 1903 w. II. Wilkinson, Sl.25
A. IL, Grimshaw, S4.00 Geo. G. Gordon, Sl5C
Gas & llomDauy. 81. 40 Hoard of Trade. E5l,