Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-08-08
County School Board

County School Board
The annual meeting Of the School Board o.!
the county of Alexandria, was held yesterday
at the room Ut the City Schooi B ard, Al = p III.
present: Messls Richard l.. Carnc, County
Superintendent, OF Schools. President cx cficlo
and Philip Rotcbtord, John Slater and John
t. Johnston, Of Jefferson; George Il. Adams
and Harvey Bailey, of Washington, and Ed
ward S. X. Decide, Samuel E Gross aud Geo.
OF Wunder, OF Washington, Trustees.
The minutes of the last meeting meeting
having been read and approved, the President
laid before the Board communlcatiousf lom the
school authorities Of kock6rldgc, Pulaski,
Prince Edward and Wythe counties, 10 reply
| ID its resolutions oil Nuveu.b,r last elativc to
the imposition of greater poll tax, &c., which
were read.
| Also, copy Of the bill amcn1lpg the public
school law in relation to the Imposition Ut dis
| lr,ct taxes.
WhcrcupOn, on motion of Mr.. WuuIcr. The
| President was requested It. corr. siuuu Win
the Superintendent oil Pubic Instruction, and,
| if necessary, obtain the nplulou OF the Attorney
| General as to the effect oil the provision con-
corning the couoty OF Alexandria. and the
means Of Carrying it into effect.
The President also presented report from
the County Treasurer, 10 reply to an cnQuiry
Of the Board, showing that 10 1874 out of PSI
white men in the County only % had tallcd to
pay the school poll tax. while out OF Ala color
ed men 2l3 had 80 al:ed
| On motion OF Mr.. Adams the thanks OF the
| Board were rendered TO the Treasurer Tor the
pains he had taken 10 preparing the report,
and il was ordered to be published in the Alex.
andrla Gazette.
MIR. Adams cnqured of the chair what had
been done 10 relation to the petition 10 he
General Assembly concerning the taxes on the
Arlington estate.
The President replied that he had spoken to
one of our Senators and delegates about IT, and
! had been promised that it should be attended
to. he did not koow what had been done,
however.
Mr.. Wuuder said that Gen. Huoton had cx-
pressed himself Very tuvorably Of The prospect
of getting reLet from Congress il tnc Genera
Assembly acted, and JUDGED, had several
times spoken to him about it aud urged action.
| On montiou Of Mr.. Rotcntord, the attention
of our Senators and delegates was specially
called to the matter again, and they were re-
Quested to do what tbey cIuld to procur" a re.
! l0guishment to the Scnooi Board OF any rights
the Commonwealth might have 70 taxes to1
the Arlington estate.
The Board then proceeded to elect its officers
| for the current year; whcrcupon, Philip R1tch
ford was unanimously re elected Vice Prcsl.
dent and Ernest l. Allen Clerk.
% motion of Mr.. Adams, it was unani
mously
Resolved, That il is the duty of all teachers
| OF this COUNTY TO attend the anuua Teachers
Institute, and that the Clerk send copy Of
this resolution to each teacher employed.
On his further motion, the order Tor the
| publication of the Treasurer's report in the
Alexandria Gazette was reSclnded, and the Su
/ pcriutendent Was requested 10 have thousand
copies OF it printed Tor distribution through
the Trustees, adding to it such q synopsls OF
his annual report as would be readily under
stood BY the people; an appropriation oi five
dollars being made Tor the expense.
Iu accordance with suggestion OF the
County Superintendent, on mo!ion OF MIR.
Bailey, it was unanimously
RcS0lced, That 10 contracting with teachers,
the District Boards be qucsted to omit the
time between December oath and January I'd
from the contracts, SO that there can he no
school kept during that week.
then appointed Committees 10 examine the
books, &c, of the Treasurer and the several
District Clerks.
The appointment was as follows: To exam
ine books, &C., of Jefferson District: Mcssrs
Adams aud Decide.
Books of Arlington District: Messrs Rotch-
ford aud Gross.
Books OF Washington District Messrs. John
ston and Bailey.
Treasures Books: Messrs. Wunder and
Slater with the President.
A recess was then taken from about four to
FIVE clock
90 reassemblng Mr. Adams, from the Com
mittee on the Books of Jefferson District, re-
ported that while they had no doubt OF the cor
rcctness of the accounts, yet as several bills
seemed 10 many cases TO have been embraced
10 one warrant, they could not make them
agree 10 the time at their disposal, aud moved
their reference to the Couoy Superintendent
FIR settlement, which motion was carried.
Mr.. Rotchtord, from the Comm ittec 90 the
Books of Arlington, reported that hey We're
admirably kept, but that one teacher receipt
was missing, as we'll as Two receipts from Mi.
George Duffcy, which 'he Clerk had DOT yet
procured.
The report was accepted.
Mr.. Johnston, from the Committee on the
Books of Washington District, reported the
books finely kept and the vouchers all Correct,
which report was accepted
The President, from the Committee on the
Treasurer 5 Books, reported the books 10 ey
cecut ORDER and all expenditures supported
bv y.uchcrs, but that the Treasurer had omit
ted to charge Washington and credit Airing
ton with deficit of $I4 Is iu the funds # the
former at last settlement, and had charged TWO
per cent commission 90 State funds, instead
of one, as allowed for several years past.
The report was accepted, aud Mr. Wunder
stating that several colored children from Ar
!iogton had been educated, for several years, in
Sumner School, Washington. the District Boar