, 1876-11-29
School, TO which he was elected nt the lust mcct
Ing OF the Board, since hc could mt secure 4
rclcase from his present contract. Tho accitna-
tion was accepted

School, 10 which he was elected ns the lust mcct
fng Of the Board, since hc could not secure
rclcase from llis presont contract Tho dcclIna-
tton was accepted
The Committee on Financu e,l'itnitted 4 lill
for 2,SS1.;N-jntcrcst OH Il warrant Tor $50, ,0tO
Issued by the Conptrnllcr 10 tho Cashier ol tho
Amcrlcan National Exchange Bank q New
York, from Oct. %, 1sf1, TO Aug. -, 1871. at
per cent. .-....
Some discussion followed, no ono seeming to
know what fund the lnoney was TO come from.
II was contcnlrt1 that tho l3onrtl had no power
tho appropriations, md Tint the interest would
be taking so tnucll away from the appropriation.
On tho other lantl, It mas ,,rgett that tho Comm
troller had borrowed money to curry Oh tho
Of taxcs, an that II was but right TO pay the IN
tcrcst on tho loan naa,fe. Several OF the In.
spcctors wanted the matter to 10y oyer until
tic next meeting 50 t''at further light, 20 much
liowey CT, ordcred 10 bc paid-reas, q; nays, -
as follows:
Ytas--Arnold, Covert, Kohu, Pruastng. Recd,
NGlch, Wells, and Sullivan. ~.
Nayt-Ens'!sl'. iioyno. Jacobs. and Hots.
Inspector Welcli moved that there be an cx-
arntnutinn OF pupils In the Grammar School for
admission to the High School Dec. 10. Agreed
An election for assistant In the South Division
High School resulted In tho selcetlon Of Will
Iii Inspector -, Wells, Of the Committee on Normal
School, alluded to the question Of
sUrrLr OF TEACHERS,
urging that too many were admitted 70 tho
uf next Jnnu there would be $50 graduates, ant,
as only sixty teachers arc required during tho
year, there would be three ychrs' supply then
.,n lland. 1t was therefore manifest that the
Hoard was getting into 4l1lcalty. The pressure
for p!acca was becoming inconyenicnt.. FREEZER
cncc being given to Ernduntcs teachers who
rnatlo tho work their 1ife-st,.sly and had their
llengts in II were rejected. liz thought tho nd
Of scholarship nude higher.
Inspector pr.ssIng, of the Committee on
Gor'nal,,, reported that twenty scholars Ind re-
commenced the study.
Of attendance, ctc., for November. The whole
number cnrolled was 43,40l; average number
belonging, 4o,7Si; avcragc tlai1y attendance,
Attorney Perkins submitted tho following re-
1havn examined with care the question submit.
ted to M by resolution Of tho I'oard, and nm OF
included IN tho list upon which teachers nre ~
statute required to b. examined. n other branshea
Vested s S'i II ,o pa:ent w1o" oneo M se ~ soe;tioa
.s,, s!aay ASS' shs S:.sd ~ ,hss .ha Hall
elst upon inc prosecution Wtongh tno
term 1t least unless for Bo9a cause ssass
onbt. The lnnguage OF tho statute Is not explicit,
and until settled By the Supreme Conrt difference
ef opinion as to tts propor, construction will no
donbt exist. Applying I'll this statute tho we'll.
suttlcd rules OF construction. md keeping In view
the object Of public schools ia declared by tho net
it.clf, do not thlnktho languaxcgoes far enough,
when tho statutory branches arc not In question: 10
takn from tho parent the right 10 direct what tho
child shall stns and vest sch right In the board,
With power to enforco It's dcclsIon by expulsion.
On motion Of Inspector Reed, tho consldern-
tion Of tic matter was deferred, and made the
special order for the next meeting.
Inspector Arnol1's mutton, made at tho last
meeting, TO change the hours Of meeting to
l,alf-past u'clocs in tho afternoon, was taken
up and agreed to, aud Wednesday WIS sub
stltutcd TOR Tuesday.
The special order was postponed for two
weeks.
Tho Board thcn adjourned.