The daily gazette., 1877-01-16
FIRST EDITION!
Board of Education.

Board of Education.
SPECIAL MEETING-REsoLUTIo OFFER
ED-FLAIN TALK-THE BOARD snoULDs
| THAT 1T HAS BEEN TWO ExTRAvAGANT.
A special meeting of the Board of
Education was held last evening, persu-
ant to adjournment of Monday the 10th,
| inst. The meeting was called for the pur-
pose of discussing the action of the City
Council in reducing the appropriation
| from ZOO, asked for by the Board to
| S65, 900. ..
Previous to the debate on the question,
Mr.. Eckel, chairman of the special COM
mittee appointed to whom was referred
| the Communication of the Superinten
dent of Public Schools asking that addi-
| tional seats be supplied for the scholars
that Will be promoted from the primary
Schools in the Grammer Schools in Feb
ruary next. The committee reported in
| favor OF yacakinga room in School No. 5,
| for that use, the additional expense by
the operation being only $50.
Mr. Price, wanted to know what would
be done with the teacher, and scholars in
| that room.
Mr.. Eckel, replied that the committee
on teachers would take case of the tea
cher and that the scholars would be pro
NOTED to other schools, and that no new
teacher would be employed nor none dis
missed. The report of the committee was
adopted
After the adoption of the report, Mr..
Heisler arose and stated, as he had made
the motion for a special meeting, to be
held last evening, 1T was nothing more
than right that he should state why he
had made that motion. The object in
making the motion was for the purpose
of allowing the members to express their
opinion on the action of the City Council
inreduceing the appropriation about S11,-
600 less than the board asked for. He
did not intend to speak of the action of
the council but would call attention to
! the financial condition of the Board
which were about as follows:
EXPENDITURES.
November Pay Roll, : 1900
Eight mos. d" $1,000 per month, 10000
| Repairs, 1000
Due on. Heater in No. 3 school, $500
| Six mos. interest on 100000, 600
Interest due Gordon, 300
Rents, 700
Due on No. school, due IN March, l, 900
Total, .E s52, ZOO
Then we have the following receipts:
Cash on hand, $4,000; less sinking
fund, $4,000, leaves q balance of $1,000
Amount believed to be collectable for
school tax $11250. Total receipts, S17 ,25O,
leaving deficiency of S33,750 Amount
appropriated by Council, $74 800, less dis
count on non collectable, $1,000, which
leaves balance of $50 800, Deduct from
this the sinking fund s6, 600, and we have
n balance to be used in the schools of
S63, 800. This leaves a deficiency S33, 100.
Amount of bonds payable, less sinking
fund, $4,000. Note discounted, $1,000.
Total, 81 100, Deduct the balance of tax
collectable, $11 ,250, which leaves bal
ance of S56, 800, which we will be in debt
No. 8, S8, ,3o4; on No. Q, $4,000; total S12,-
3o4; deduct this from the $56, 800, and we
have the total Indebtedness.
By this statment you will see that when
February and March pay rolls come to
he paid we will have no money to pay
them and the only way we can get is
through the courtesy of the Union Bank
in discounting a note for SO, 600, and do
not think from the present appearances
that we can run schools, any longer than
the middle of April.
There Is n wrong impression going
around among the people that we get all
the money that Council appropriates, but
we do not THERE'S always about $4,000
deducted for the payment of the rates
: during July, and then there is always, a
r large amount that is never collected AS
to extravaganza charged by some of the
members of Council he found upon look
ing over the accounts that it cost about
Sl7 per head for each scholar in the pri-
mary and grammar schools, while the
cost of educating the scholars in No. l
school is about S24 per head He did not
see how IL was possible for them to be
educated for any less, and where the eX-
travagance came in. One of the members
of Council said the school was maintain
ed for the purpose Of educating the child
. rem Of the rich men, but the assertion of
the member, was wrong the child of the
poor man is educated there as well as the
rich. L am sorry that the argument is adj
yanced that the poor man pays the tax,
that he considered "bun come," as the
property holders pays the tax, and it
they cannot say, as to how their children
shall be educated it is to bad. If we
have to close our schools for want OF
money caused by the action of the City
Council, we rob the city of its brightest
, jewel. He thought that instead of run
ming the schools for $4,000. in two years
1t would take 100000. On the charge of
spending money recklessly he found up
on looking over the books for the last
two years that the Board had been econ
omizing in every possible way, when he
became a member of the Board tive years
ago some of the buildings were in as very
delapdated coudition now they are as
good, condition as any, schools in the
country, ..t-.
He then referred to the amount appro-
priated by Council, $50, 600, and stated
that before the Board got it, it was all
spent, and the only way that he could see
was to cali upon the General Assembly
to help them out of this difficulty, by pass.
ing law, allowing them to assess and
collect their own taxes? He stated that
he was then the champion of the children
drawing no salary, no thanks, but draw
, ing blackguardism, and hootings from
the citizens.
!, Mr.. Fraim thought that there had new
er been oreimportant matter brought
before that deliberate body. They had
| A.. hnd " ON