The daily gazette., 1879-05-13
THE BOARD or EDUCATION.


SION OF THE cOMMITTEEs--A LITTLE
BOUT BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND
MIR, LOBDELL FROM THE SEVENTH
wARD-THE REPOaT OF THE COM
MIrTEE ON CONTESTED ELECTION
ELECTION OF sUPERINTENDENT-
Is THE BOARD LIABLE FOR ATTACH
MENTs ?-How MANY TEACHERS ARE
EMPLOYED, AND HOW MUCH IS Saw
ED UNDER THE NEW hULEs-oR-
DEBs DRAWN
The first stated meeting Of the Board
of Education was held last evening, Pres
ident Eskel In the chair.
After the minutes of the last stated
meeting of the old Board, and the special
meeting Of the uew Board had been read
aud adopted, the chair announced that
according to custom the new committees
were announced through the newspapers,
and that copy had been sent 10 each
member and If there was no objection
DR.. GIimshaw thought that it was
nothing more than proper that the COM
mttees should be read TO the Board.
The chair stated as -ohiections had been
made the appointments should be read.
After the reading Of the committees
had been concluded, Mr.. Baird asked
that he be excused from serving on the
Finance Committee, Cue was appointed
chairman of said committee), as it im-
posed arduous duties, which he had hald-
ly time to attend to. He would like to
ne excused because what the committee
would do had been overruled, there had
been meetings held outside Of the room
when 1t was decided to Overrule the &C
ton of the committee. On motion he
was excused.
eDr. Griushaw said he found by look
ing over the appointments that he was
second oil the Finance Committee, and
as he was of the same opinion OF Mr..
Baird he asked to be excused. HIS re-
quest was granted.
Mr.. Lobdell asked to be excused as
chairman of the committee on normal
school, because he was elected az a
member to the Board irrespective of par
"; he did not believe in party but he
lieved in voting for the best men nomi-
mated, and he had alway voted that way.
He did not believe in carrying politics
into the School Board; lie could not
serve on committee that had been made
out in political bias
The chair interrupting. That Is not so,
there was no political bias in making
| out the committees.
Mr.. Lobdell. have the evidence In
newspaper, where you stated that the
committees were made up Of so many
democrats and so many republicans, and
also that the committee on normal school
was made up entirely of republicans.
The chair. The report is untrue.
Mr.. Lobdell. What tight have you to
designate me as republican,.
On motion the gentleman was excus-
ed from serving OH the committee.
DIR. Grillshaw said that he found that
lie was second on the committee, and as
he did not want to play second-fddle, he
asked to be excused. On motion he
was excused.
The Finance Committee reported that
there was $799.97, in the hands OF the
City Treasurer being school taxes col
lecled for the year 1873, and on motion
the proper officials, were directed to draw
ON him for the amount.
The Special Committee appointed on
the Eighth Ward contested election case
made the following report:
To the Board of Education.
Your committee to whom was referred
the communication of James II. Floyd
and Lewis Il. Grubb, would respectfully
report, that after full and careful exami-
nation into the conduct of the election
held on Saturday, May Sd, 1870, in the
Eighth ward for members of this body
they fluid:
Ist. That the election officers were duly
sworn according to law.
| I'd. That the election officers were not
qualified to vote, and did not vote having
failed tu pay their city and school taxes
for 1879, and were all members of the
same political party but were not on
these accounts disqualified from holding
said election.
Sd. That no full and regular list was
kept of the persons voting at said cleo
tlOns.
4th. That no proof was adduced before
your committee of the admission of any
illegal votes, or the rejection of legal
ones.
While the members of your committee
strongly deprecate the irregularity of the
election in the two particulars of failing
to keep full and correct list Of the voters
and OF having all of the election officers
members of the same political party they
do not find such irregularity or illegality
as In their Judgment will vitiale or over.
throw said election.
HENRY c. CONRAD,
w. j. MORROW,
ALLEN RUTH.
On motion the report was adopted.
The committee appointed TO examine
into the question as to whether an attach
ment could be laid against the Board
made the following report. Gan attach
ment had been laid by E. Provost, col
lector of city taxes, in the hands Of th'
Treasurer against g. Voglebacher):
4 WILMINGTON, DEL, May 18th, 1879.
To the Board of Education
We, your committee to whom was re
ferred the attachment that was laid il
the hands of our late Treasurer, Mr.
Frank A. Taylor, would respectfully re
port that after just consideration, an,
due examination as far as laid in ou
power, we instructed Mr.. Tayl lor to max
the following answer:
81 Frank A. Taylor Treasurer of thu
Board of Public Education of Whining
ton answering under protest say that thu
Board of Education is indebted to G. Voe
lebacher, $52.98. That l am advise
that the Board of Public Education be
ing municipal corporation is not sub
iject to..lhe operations and liabilities of tn