The daily gazette., 1875-11-09
EDITION
poard of Education.

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|,,rErING-IMPoRTANT BUsI-
GrLAn .ssIoN- THE NEW SCHOOL IN
ss Es' EIGHTH wARD-rRorosEp ruH-
1lsr OF THE TAYLOR AcAphMn DEM -
fss,,cenrRs' s,ep 'sALARIEs-'NIeHr SCHOOLS
poard of Education met in
ne !e. u session, last evening, President
prAcuss;o as;on of Mr.. Eckel, tile Treas
nO mo't authorized to draw on the
Treasurer Tre for taxes amounting ling to to
y so-$54o.O5 for 1874 and $o3l.25
ls's, s.,,mmittee on additional school
eansnrOdatiOns made the following
eh , ,hev have completed the pre-
D., .s,s ,Ir1 arrangements with Mr.. Joha
nsy Ta.:,, for the purchase of 100 feet
l"uS auS 15O deep of the lot previous
nll.,O,ted. ,ru on Walnut street, between
q.a 13th, west side, for the sum
s;Der foot; the position selected
W Sst part nearest Twelfth street,
ininipg I the colored church.pro-
a. The deed for the lot is now in
Y II nreparation, and when COM
M sI will be delivered to the Board.
''.~inations '.S asto title were made at
AaIlsl rsstle by Hon. VIM. G. Whiteley
alarmed your committee that the
Y. are good and the property
sa ali encumbrances.
Pursuant to instructions from this
I,J, at its special meeting held on
sndsy s'a evening last, the committee
sauJ, lro sisO concluded the preliminary
.sbsse of the property atEighth and
D,,ston % streets, In this city, known
Ss aTaylor Academy" for the pur.
Sp Of training or normal school for
.sbers % The lot is 80 feet on Eighth
..s s. and 81 on Wollaston street,
Al 'S' the school buildings thereon
,sr,d, orr Included in this purchase is
sSm heating apparatus and all its
,,ures. r also seventeen plain wooden
,,chps wich backs, in lecture room,
,b,y desks and chairs in school
sm s next above the lecture room, and
% s,,r desks and chairs in school room
@ @mmedistely above lecture and school
nnms inst mentioned. These desks
W almost new and are in excellent
rder
including the personal property there
|.Tentioned is $12, ,000-$2, 900 to be
laid in two years, the balance in an
mi payments of 81 900 with interest
,ml annually. Possession to be given
the 18th day of March, 1876. Title
be indisputable at the time of taking
pmsaon. Each party to pay its
|rportion of accruing taxes for the
kIt year, up to and from the time Of
&iDging possession.
Respectfully submitted
HENRY EcKEL
JACOB +. SHARP
ALLEN RUTH SCommitte'
LEWIS ZEBLEY
JAS. C. MORROW
This report was accepted and order
O be recorded.
NJ. Eckel offered the following
teOutions: authorizing the committed
draw on the Board for $500 pur
ige money for the new lot on Wal
kastreet between 18th and 18th; il
nctlng the committee to have pre-
mi plans and specifications for tn
ClNl to be erected on this lot, ant
resent the same to the Board
IthOrizing the committee to ente
ntCawritten agreement with Jonathan
Taylor, by which the purchase o
be Taylor Academy can be secured t.
he Board at the terms proposed, ant
0draw on the Treasurer for a sun
bot exceeding S., as part purchas
rouey for the property ;instructing tn
Finance Committee to request tn
Ciy Council to sell the remainin
bonds $500 of the $4,000 loa
Authorized to be issued for the benef
Of the Board of Education, SO that tn
proceeds can be applied to the erectio
d the new school in the eighth Ware
Allthese resolutions were adopted
Mr.. Eckel offered another resolution
as follows:
That committee of five be appoil
'ed TO consider the subject of teacher
salaries, with a view to the moditici
aon and adjustment of the same, a
ooidlng TO the experience and qualil
eauons OF the teachers employed, an
report to the Board.
Inc chair decided the resolutio
VlI OF order, as no changes in salari
cau oe made during the school year.
MI Eekel asserted that the obje,
u Ills resolution was not to chang
Nltfles, but to consider as to Il
Eupef compensation which should |
assfaed to teachers of superior mel
4la qualification.
lhe resolution was discussed
tlslh, and altered so as to refer Il
aaDlect to the Committee on Teacher
rstad OF a special committee.
vas then adopted.
NO. II committee was authorized
n1He II. certain repairs.
w., iae Ireasurer's report for Octob
,S, IN brief, as follows: Receipt
s,SIluaing yes, 1897. 81 balance ON han
!, !: ss. %. report, ,$S5, 800. 02; expenditur,
,,t ,Oa:oI; SaI; balance on hand at dat
,,naus ,ue Committee on night schoc
o1s. po,'eo That one school had be
M Ssled M In the Wilmington Institu
~ ss.t mat Others would be opened ne
TsA, IN the First and Ninth War,
sOrsi .uers tor these schools had be
apCnted as follows.