Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-01

| lnSS tne sum OF Jnree tnOuSanQ dollars
be raised this year to pay for one half
of the purchase price of said grounds
and building, and the further sum of
three thousand be raised for fitting up
the said building for court house. A
plan of lst story of said building with
necessary changes is herewith present
ed.
All of which is respectfully submit
ted
e. P. May,
G. j. Lee,
John Davis,
Moved by Woodman that all reports
relating to the purchase of the Liberal
Institute and all relating to plans for a
new Court House be indefinitely post
poned. Before the motion was put the
question was thoroughly discussed by
f. ?. May in the negative and w. W.
Woodman in the affirmative. The ayes
and nays were called for with the fol-
lowing result:
Ayes -Messrs. Ziebell, Sell, Coburn,
Woodman, Mclaughlin, Huebner ! Has
kell, Spangler, Grimm, Millard, Phil
lips, Greene: Royce, Reed, Clarity,
Shinnick, Mulberger, Stacy, Wood
10.
Nays-Ostrandcr, Hopkins, May,
Lohmlller, Coon, Lee, Leonardson,
Giles, Davis, Beber-1O.
The reports were indefinitely laid on
the table.
On motion of w. W. Woodman
Board adjourned.
Wednesday. November Goth, 1878.
MORNING SEssIoN.-Board met pur-
suant to adjournment. Mulberger in
the Chair. Meeting called to order by
the Chair. Roll called by the Clerk,
Members all present except Walker.
Minutes of last meeting read and ap-
proved. W. W Woodman called TO
the Chair.
Ii Mulberger offered the following
Resolution No. l5 and 16.
Resoived, That the County Clerk
be and is hereby instructed to lay be-
fore the Board without delay, the ac-
counts required to be made and fled
with him by the District Attorney, as
provided by Sec. 1872, Chapter. Ii f
Taylor's statutes, and also by Sec. 352
of the Revised Statutes of 1878; and
that the said Clerk also report without
delay, what, if any action has been taken
by him under Resolutions No. II and Is
respectively, of the last Board
Resoloed, That the County Treasu-
rer be and he is hereby instructed and
required to report to this Board with all
convenient speed to amount of all fnes
(if any paid over to him since the
last annual session Of the Board, and
that be specify the amount thereof and
by whom paid over and when.
Which were on motion adopted.
Clerk presented and read G. j.
Golfers report on schools as follows:
TO the Honorable Board Of Super
0lsors Of Jefferson County.
| respectfully submit the following
special report to accompany my annual
statistics report:
Since my last report have visited
one hundred and twenty five schools
making 222 visits, and owing to the
difficult roads last winter, rendering it
impossible often to reach more than
one school per day in many parts Of
the county: [ used up l73 days
in school visitations. [ have held
two weeks, intsi tute at Fort Atkinson.
Number of teachers in attendance Is.
I have examined 70 different persons
and granted 298 certificates. First
grade 10; second 50; third 2l0; limit
ed 40.
am able again to report some pro-
gress in school work as evinced by the
following items of the report:
Average length Of school term in
creased 10 per cent.
Number Of pupils increased 6 per
cent.
Decrease Of pupils ia the county of
school age 3 per cent.
Average daily attendance increased
II per cent.
Whole number of pupils in attend
ance during the year, 6525.
Whole number Of pupils in county
| of school age, 1O6OS
Amount paid for teachers wages:
Male teachers. ....................Sl47 90
Female teachers. .........l6 .l6i2l ~
Paid for all other purposes........ ..lO427 IA
Total paid for school purposes $4,000 81
Total value of school houses in
COuLty .....Q i5oif w
Total value of sites ..S43l 90
Total value of apparatus...... .3234 %
Total value of school propertySl3ll79 90
| Total expended for school pur-
| Interest on school, property at
~ per Ccut..'.... -. ''''''. ioii w