Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-01-31
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Special sessiOn-What the Board
Wants Prom the Leg Res
"iutioDs oi Coincidence and Ne.
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;. The Board OF Education hek.7an az
: journed meeting last evening for til
+ purpose Of considering the report oftl
5 Committee on Legislation.
The bill reported by the committe
at q previous session was taken up i
, sections and after lengthy discussio
, participated In by Messrs. Baird, Grim
= shaw, Heisler and Speakman. Tn,
. following is the bill as adopted by tn
Board:
A Further Supplement to an Act en-
) titled "An additional supplement t
the Act entitled an Act for the beneii
of the Public Schools OF Wilmington.
Chap. ASS, Vol. XIV, p. 564, 1911
BE 1t enacted by the Senate and House o
Representatives Of the State Of Deiauar
IN General ASSEMBLE y met--two thirds o
mch branch thereof concurriny:
SECTION l. That Chapter 453, Vel
ums XIV, Delaware Laws. entitled "Ar
act TO amend an act entitled an addi.
tional supplement to the act entitled
An act for the benefit OF the Public
Schools of Wilmington, bs and the
same is hereby amended by striking
out all between the word Current" in
the fourteenth line from the bottom OF
Section 3, Of said chapter, and the
word therefore" in the ninth line,
and inserting the following:
"No money shall be paid from the
treasury of the Board, unless the same
shall have been appropriated as afore-
said. 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 sure
ties shall be liable to the Board upon
his official obligation for any money so
paid out by him"
SECTION 2. Strike out all after the
figures "ls7S," at the end of the oath
line of Section 4, of said chapter, and
insert in lieu thereof as follows:
"The amount of the appropriation
for school purposes so made by the City
Council in January, for the year then
current, shall be paid in full, in twelve
equal instalments, on the first Monday
OF each and every month during the
year, by the City Treasurer, upon or
ders drawn by the aforesaid Board, un-
der the hand of the President attested
by the Secretary. The City Treasurer
and his surpties shall be responsible
for his faithful payment of all sums that
shall thus come into his hands, and
such shall be the legal effect of the Sc
curity by him given as such treasurer,
both as to himself and his sureties."
SECTION 8. Strike out of Section 4, of
Chapter 73, revised statutes, page AL,
the words, "twelve members shall form
a quorum" and insert as follows
"Ten members shall form a quorum"
In the discussion of the bill Col.
Grimshaw took exceptions to section 1st,
and moved to strike out from the 5th
line to the end of the section, as it re-
moved the liabilities from the members
and placed it upon the Treasurer. III
the person who sits in front of you is
to be the guardian Of the board shall
resign my position. He was not in
favor of appointing guardian.
His motion was lost by the following
vote:
Ayes.-Messrs. Belts, Grimshaw,
Heisler, Palmer and Ruth.-5
Nays.-Messrs. Baird, II. p. GIubb,
Kent, Speakman, Smith, Poole and
President Eckel.-S
Col. Heislsr moved that when the
Board adjourn ii be to meet on the
night of February 81, for the purpose
OF hearing the final report OF the COM
mittee. Adopted.
The committee on No. ! reported that
the arch over the heater door has not
circle enough, and the boiler is not sup
ported on the iron front as it should
have been. The estimated cost of the
job being SO, it was referred to the
committee on No. |, the committee to
make inquiry as to the tultilment of
.he contract and tc have che work
lone.
The following resolution was offered
oy Col. GrimsLaw:
The Secretary and Treasurer of this
Board William II. Cloward, departed
his life on the morning of January
18th, inst.
BE it Resolred, That during the time {
hat he was connected with this Board
le was an efficient, faithful, careful and :
'rompt officer, always attentive to his
uti-s and in his official relations kind |
nd gentle. d
Resoiued, That the members If the
'oard attend the funeral. 0
A. II. GRIMsHAw, c
ALLEN RUTH,
ALLEN SPEAKMAN. q
The report was adopted and ordered r
, be spread upon the minutes and a Il
opy sent to the family of the deceased. o
A motion was made that the Commit II
,e on the old school building, No. l3, s.
. authorized to sell the building to II
ne highest bidder.
The motion was amended that the o
ommitt ee be authorized to rent the a
remisss on condition. that the party t.
,nting shall vacate at one months J.
office. L
Mr.. Speakman thought 80 days was
70 short a time and motion was G.
ladp to make the notice 80 days. Car b
led. "
Col. Grimshaw offered the following P
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