The Morning herald., 1878-06-25
THE SCHOOL DIRECTORS.
THE REGULAR MEETING ALIrTtE BREEZE
4 NEW CLAUSE "a ~.

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| 4 NEW CLAUSE, 8 5,,
A regular meeting was held by the Board
of Education last evening, President Ecktl
In the Chair -ts1a i9ySHef ,a1i' 81 20
The adoption of the minutes we're we object
ted to by Col. Heisler, in relation 70 the
minutes of a special meeting, held for,zthe
purpose fstaking action M letting Edi-
sons phonogrSph be exhibited N No.
School. The offensive part "said that while
a member was, on the, floor, Cols Heisler
asked permission to retire, but upon being
refused, took his hat and abruptly lett the
room. -,
The business, said Mr.. Heisler, for which
the special meeting was called was COM
pleted and motion to adjourn being In
order, it was made and seconded. The
Chair refused to put the question and re-
fused to excuse me when there was more
than q quorum present. You sir, when
yeu did this, acted beyond your functions;
no matter what business there was to do,
you sir, refused to recognize the motion to
adjourn when 1t was seconded, and asked
leave of absence and withdrew thinking
that that the business for which this special
meeting was called, had been done. We
all know the duty of presiding officer, and
II you refuse to entertain motion or to re-
fuse member of this Board leave of alb
se1ce when more than quorum is present
say 1t is an act of usurpation on your
part. You sir, have no right to sinstrucS
the Secretary to make the entry he has
made In the minutes and thus stigmatize
me. The power behind the throne Is
greater than the throne itself, and I leave
It for the Board to decide whether In am
right or wrong. -,s, ..-..-s.-, so
President Eckel-I will simply state the
question. The business Of the meeting In
question had been transacted, and Mr..
Woolley took the foor..as-M Mr. Davidson
asked leave of absence which was granted,
and before he got his hat, Col. Heisler and
DR.. Grimshaw asked permission to leave.
I said stop gentlemen, you will not leave q
quorum. Messrs. Grimshaw and Davidson
took their seats and Col. Heisler took his
hat and abruptly left the room. No presid>
ing officer can permit member TO leave
when 1t will break up the meeting, aud
when member lacks courtesy as though
| NO WOulu sup Juo uccIluSy u6 uUc6 HOC Vi
fer discourtesy to the chair but an indig-
nifty 10 the board. / asked the secretary to
record the fact of Col. Heisler's action, ard
the board can decide whether 1t shall stay
on the minutes or not.
Heisler.-Mr. Wooley had not the floor,
when made the motion and you simply
said "no, no, there is other business here"
And now when | am attacked and try 10
vindicate myself you would choke me off.
| And sir, when you attempt to gag this down
the throats of the members-( The chair
rapping order-'.the gentleman must speak
court .ous;y.") lam doing SO and If gentle
man are to be thus attacked with impunity
where asked is the honor Of q seat in this
boards Considering the circumSt ances,
will not submit to much gagging.
After some more discussion, the motion
to aneLd the minutes was put and carried.
, The Committee on Teachers reported
that Misses s. A. Taylor, Fannie j. Butler,
Sallie A. Miller, Maggie Davis and Ida M.
DeVou had passed the examination for per-
manent certificates.
Proposals were received for furnishing
the schools with fuel, and were referred
referred to committee on fuel.
The resolution of MIR. Belts was then
brought up for reconsideration. 1t reads
as follows, that 1t shall be the duty of the
Treasurer of the Board to efter in a book
to be kert for that purpose, all accounts
. which may be forwarded to the Board.
Mr. Woolley thought that some member
could do the work and offered an amend
ment that the auditing of the payroll be
taken from the Committee on Accounts and
the Secretary, and a member of the Beard
act in that capacity.
After some discussion engaged in by
, Messrs. Bebts, Heisler, Baird, Grimshaw,
Speakman, Woolley, the amendment was
put and lost. The original resolution was
then put and lost.
DR.. GIimshaw presented resolution in
| structing Committee on Fuel to ascertain
before awarding the contract for coal, what
kind of coal Is named In the bids, and also
to require bid for Lehigh coal from each.
Mr.. Ruth said once he" advertised for
Lehigh c>al and I'LL came from the Shawnee
miaes, and was called Shawnee Lshigh
coal.
DR.. Grimshaw-It is worth $3.50 to the
{ Board to take 1t into consideration. ,rs
The resolution WAS unanimously adopted
Mr.. Speakman asAed that a new clause
be added to Rule Q, Rules of 0rder,Ias fol-
lows Every call fora sPaciof meeting
shall state the busre stJ batrinsscted, and
no other business shall be done at such
meeting unless by agreement of.two-thirds
of the members present, The addition was
adopted. ,
Committees of Nos. 1, 8 and II wereiin !
structed to have necessary repairs ldone'
The Committee on Printing, were in
| structed to have 1000 blank checks printed.
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nually consumed (says the Tobacco flant)
in smoking, snuffiug, and chewing on the