, 1876-06-10
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Important Report on tie Salaries Of
Teachers and Other Employees.
A Saving OF 100000 Claimed
Under the New Plan.
Additional Work TO BE Done by tue Teach.
grs...Gcnerat Rctrencliment.
Graduating Exercises to BE Hold on
the 23d inst.

The Board Of Elucnttnn hchl rcg,lar meet
Ing lust evening, when there wesu prcscnt
Atcssrs. BlutliarIt, Clarke, English, Ifoync,
Knl,n, Oleso,l, Olingcr, Kccd, Smith, Sullivan,
Which, a1lI Ricllbcrg, President h!chbcrg In the
Gllatr.
COMMUNICATIONS.
A communication from W. J. Onahan, asking
for a chorus OF sclool-chltdrcn on the Fourth Of
July, was received mud referred.
Also, Il communication irom Mcssrs. Field,
Letter & Co., presenting tho schools with
twenty-five copies Of the historical maps of the
United Statcs, and also letter from Afr. Wells,
presenting a Ike mp to thu Wells School.
The gifts were received and uceeptc.l, and on
melton Of Mr.. Sullivan vntc Of thanks was
rendered the gentlemen for their llbcralty.
a proposition wns received from Mr.. J. Car
roll, WHO wants to lease Temperance Hall,
school purposes, for 81 5o0 Il year. Referred to
Committed Oh School Fund ind School Fund
Property.
FINANCIAL.
Financial Agent Clasc presented his report
for the month Of May, whel, Is III substance as
follows:
Cash on hand on the first Of the month, s5,-
01D.00; received from rents, 50; Interest,
irtendent, on account Of State dividend, ls7o,
So, 200. The expenditures lave bccn Sa5, 600,
}eaYing on hAnl 81, ,t'o22~ IS.
President Rtchacrg reported TINT the FInatl-
cent, duo tho teachers for thc!r salary for Feb
rlary, which would bc paid to-duy Ut the rooms
Of tic Bourd.
THE WAY TIN MONEY GOES.
hfr. r. II. Smith, from the Speetal Committee
Of Five to investigate tho sublcvt Of e1pendi-
tures. reported US follows:
The Committee glvc the resolution which
created It, anu Eo on to say TINT they have ha't
consideration, aud beg leave to submit tho fol-
lowing report:
They unanimously recommend: First Tint
after the present fiscal year the board arcept no
Of the School Agent. Tie sum received during
tho last eleven Years amounts only to s2,9S1 .g3
And while they Aave every CONFIDENCE III tt,e
present School Agent, they regard It Us unwlse
policy to do any net which In any way may Euz-
ard the principal or ingalIdato the bond givcn
!Secoud5That the Principals Of Grammar and
Primary Schools be- required to take charge Of q
the salne as General Assistants, ard that Itc.1
Assistants Of tho Division High sehoola be
required TO teach one room each.
ThiITt-That the Superintendent shall hare
power iii bis dlserctfun to unite In ono school tue
Two highest grades of two or more schools in
which there aro not sufficient number of pupils
to I'LL II room.
fourth-That in NIL school buildings having
the average number Of sixty-tl,rec Beats to u
ROOM there shall bo hut one teacher employed
in each ro1m.
FTffh-That no more pupils he admitted to
rGlrgatcd to, or made department Of, the
High 6c1lou', and TINT one or moro of the
teachers Of the Normal School be dispensed
with, as In thu judgment Of the Superintendent
lnay 8celll proper.
SirM-That the property on which the Scam
mon School fs located hu sold or 1cnsed, anll