The daily gazette., 1879-01-31
SECOND EDITION
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

BOARD OF EDUCATION.
ADJOURNED MEETING-FIXING UPON
Law FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO PASS
-REsoLUTIONs ADOPTED, ETC.
the Board of Education met in ad.
journed session lat evening to discuss
proposed amendments to its charter.
The chair stated the object of the
meeting and the bill providing for the
proposed amendments was considered by
sections.
Section one was considered for half an
hour in an endeavor to strike out por-
ton of it, nobody seeming to know how
to go about it. DIR. Grimshaw moved
to amend it by making it provide for
striking out all between tive certain
words in the original law, and inserting
therein the words of the new bill, which
amendment, a, the members slowly be-
ean 10 perceive its import, prevailed.
As thus amended, Section one provides
for striking fir m the present law clause
making members of the Board personally
liable for all appropriations overdrawn or
money expended in violation of the law,
and Inserts instead the following:
No money shall be paid from the
Treasury Of the Board unless the same
shall have been appropriated as foresaid.
Ii the Treasurer of the Board shall pay
out of the Treasury any money or draw
any order for the payment OF any money
contrary to this provision he shall forfeit
and pay fine Of five hundred dollars,
and he and his sureties shall be liaole to
the Board upon his official obligation for
INV vnnnov on maid ont nv him
DIR. Grlmshaw moved to strike out all
of the above, as in his opinion it. made
the Treasurer the financial guardian OF
the Board. He would resign his po-
sition il such law was enacted.
The motion was lost by the following
vote:
Ayes-Messrs. Belts, Grimshaw, Heis-
Ter, Palmer and Ruth.-5-
Nays-Mess s. Baird II. P. Grubb, l..
T. -Grubb, Kent, Speakman, Smith,
Poole and President Eckel.-S.
Section 2, requiring the Council to pay
to the Board the amount of the appro-
priation for school purposes in twelve
equal inst ailments, Oh the first Monday
of each and every month. was adopted.
Section 8, striking out of the present
law the clause prohibiting members of
the Board Fl ON being concerned in any
contract with the Board, was knocked
out OF sight, none of the members voting
for it, aud most CT them voting against it.
Section 4, allowing ten members to
form quorum, ins cad of twelve, as at
present, was adopted.
On Mr.. Heisler'e motion the Board
agreed to meet on Monday night to hear
the report of the committee, who will fix
up the bill in accordance with the
changes thus effected.
On Mr.. Speakman's motion No. COM
mittee was authorized to have the brick
work of the heater at that scboolrapalred.
DR.. Grimshaw, from the committee to
draft resolutions in regard to the death
of the late Secretary and Treasurer, WIN.
I'll. Cloward, reported the following:
Board, VIM. II. Cloward, departed this
life on the morning Of Jan. 18th inst.
BE it Res0lued, That during the
time he was connected with this Board
be was an efficient and prompt officer,
always attentive to bis duties, and in his
official relations kind and gentlemanlv.
Resotued, That the members of the
Board attend the funeral.
A. Ii. GRIMsHAW,
ALLEN RUTH,
ALLEN SPEAKMAN,
Committee.
The report was adopted and ordered
to be spread upon the minutes, and a
COPY sent to the family of the deceased.
MIR. Baird said he had always found
Mr.. Cloward kind, attentive, obliging
and courteous, and that lie was insar-
iably accurate in his accounts. 1t must
be great satisfaction to his friends to
know that he had been such an efficient
officer.
A motion was made to have old school
No. 13, on Second street, near Washing
ton, sold at public sale; but it was de-
feated, and the committee authorized to
relet the building on condition that the
tenants agree to leave on sixty days no.
tice.
DIR. Grimshaw offered resolution in
structing the committee on legislation TO
petition the Legislature to pass law re-
quiring the City Council to supply the
public schools with the Brandywine
water, free of cost. Adopted.
Adjourned.