The daily gazette., 1878-01-15
FIRST EDITION.
THE SCHOOL BOARD.
MENfiNtI..-NiIANnEa 1Mn

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THE fTEACHERs--FINASCIA SUBJECTS
l--RENov.AL of AsHEs- PkksENT ,lEfcS:
The hoard OF Educatfon met in regular
session last evening" PRESIDENT Buck in
the chair.
The Superintendent's report showed
that the absence Of teaehersl lon full pay
amounted to 10 days /; sick on half pay,
45 days absent withotit, pay, ~ days.
The Committee on Teachers reported
that they have transferred Miss Mary D.
Good from No. to Noi9, put Miss Ida
reS DsSIa Ms Gss RasS ia No from r1S No.
y TO No. ., and appointed Miss Rebecca
Davis, of the Training School, to the
lowest position in No. ~. The report was
accepted. sf
The Finance Committee reported that
the City Treasurer had informed them
that he had in hand school taxes for 1877
amounting to s1,1iS75, and for 1876,
s115.54; total, S2,234.29.
Mr.. Baird, chairman of the Finance
Committee, stated that estimates from
the various school committees of the ex-
pepses of the schools for the present year
had not yet beenreceived, and urged that
they oil be handed 70 him az soon as pos
sible estimates had been received from
NIL but Nos. /, 4, 8, II and 12 and those
itttiNtu dfuDiliiltu 10 -Sf ,bDU. 'N' NAf ".
Dr. Shortlidge called up his amendment
to Law 9e providing that all bills shall be
presented to the Board at any meeting,
and paid monthly after being approved
by the Treasurer, on the Friday after the
meeting of the Board special claims for
insurance, rent, &c, to be paid at any
meeting, and an elailns of a doubtful
character to be referred 10 the Committee
ON Accounts the amendment further
ha fua oh al,
be, made out according to days of actual
| service, including Saturdays, and that
when substitutes are employed no com
pensation for Saturdays shall be allowed
| either for the teacher substituted or for
| the suhnitfte employed. .rlfg.
/ Mr.. Eckel SUPPORTED the amendment !;
the reasonlfor the latter section was, he
said, thst when substitutes were employed
trouble was occasioned by both teacher
and substitute claiming pay for the Satur-
| days in these cases he thought neither
was entitled to pay for this day--the
teacher because she was not on duty, and
| the substitute because she had no duties
10 perform on that day a.H.l ~ iin 4
Mr.. Baird opposed any change in the
present mode Of paying bills. 49,
| yMr. Woouey opposed any change Of
the present financial arrangements He
also favored u computation Of the teach
ers' wages on "A basis of 20 days to the
month, and the payment of substitutes on
this basis.
/ After considerable discussion DIR. Short
/ hdge moved to refer the amendments to
a special committee. Adopted. Commit
tee, Messrs. Shortlidge, Heisler and
Woolley.
Mr.. Curry's amendment toilaw 8 of sec
tion 10, making terms of Visiting Com
mittees one year instead of six months,
appointments to be made in Nav, was
considered and adopted.
Mr.. Furry, from the committee on re-
moving ashes, reported that the contract
for removing all the ashes at present in
the school cellars had been awarded TO
Amos Eastburn, for $40, he being the
lowest bidder. He also presented |. reso-
luton requesting Council toinsert in the
next years contract for the removal OF
ashes, u clause requiring them to be taken
!, from the public schools. The report and
the resolutions, were adopted.
The chair presented to the Board a
copy of deterioration and Race Educa-
tion, with practical application to the
condition of the people and industry ;-by
Samuel Royce" He said IL was II present
! from Peter Cooper of New York.
In relation TO this gift Dir. Eckel offered
the following, which was adopted
Resoived, That the thanks OF this Board
are hereby rendered to the distinguished
donor Peter Cooper, ESD, for his ac-
,ceptable gift not only, but his life-
long services in the cause of general phi
iantiropy. - +'sA7 -
Mr.. Belts presented form of an excuse
to be used by pupils, being absent OF
tardy, the blanks to be filled up by
parents and returned to the teachers. II
was approved and 5000 copies ordered to
be printed
The Treasurer presented the financial
statement of the Board for the past year,
which was ordered TO be printed in two
papers, in accordance with the terms OF
the new charter.
On motion of Col Heisler, the chair
man of the Finance Committee was or
\ dered to present this statement to the
City Council at its next meeting.
Mr.. Eckel earnestly invited the mem
bers of the Board TO visit the night school
II No. 16 and No. 8 committees were au-
thorized to purchase window shades.
ORDERS.
During the meeting the following or
ders were directed to By drawn n.y. -
James Bradford, $223O; James NJ
Bryan, S37s59; James Davis, 2370; f. b
Furry, 81; Finn & jackson, 2OO5; Fer.
ris x Garrett, $50; Gawthrop. Il Bro.
60l.2 %; ID. w. Harlan, 7.OS; John b.. John
son, 9.33; James Il Webb, 1850; w. NJ
kennard, 1898; Caspar Kendall, 1871; j
ii. & g. X. Greenman, $50; John Graves
] %; John Guthrie, LOO; B.F. Perkins, 1862
John Palmer, 1.25; Y. Pickels, 600; NJ. s
Simpson, 1.50; James Traynor, 2.65; Chas
$50; Granville Worrell, 600; Will. Goa
Gas Co., 23.O8; Gawthrop g. Bro, 9.06
/ Teachers pay roll, 4,413.42; Officers & jan
itOrs nav roll, 473G5: total. SG o01 40