The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-08-22
CITY Council.

meeting last night at the council chamber,
L. F. Bohny, mayor pro tenn, presiding
Roll called. Absent, Aldermen Ervay,
Whitla and Ballard.
The absence of City Attorney Gibbs was
excused on his reporting that he was on the
sick list.
The report of the board of trustees of the
public schools was read.
Alderman Ervay arrived and took his seat.
Alderman Hunt suggested that the matter
of ordering an election for mayor might be
brought up, and moved that the l4th of Sep
TENDER be the date for holding the same
Alderman Ervay seconded the motion.
Alderman Wheelock offered the follow
ing
Resolved, That the mayor pro tenn. be and
is hereby requested to order an election for
mayor to fiji the vacancy caused by the re-
moval of j. N. Thurmond to be held on the
l4th of September, 1880, said election to be
ordered according to the charter. Adopted.
The report of the board of trustees on
public schools as presented by the president,
was unanimously adopted.
The rules and regulations for the schools,
written out deliberately and comprehending
several pages of manuscript, were adopted
with one trivial amendment.
The amount of money set aside to the 959
white children of the city, was $2,967, and
the amount set aside to the colored free
school pupils, was $6S7, which is a ratio OF
So to each child of the 1918 children of
scholastic age in the city.
BY resolution of Alderman Tillman, the
sum of $500 was appropriated out of the
general fund for the purchase OF school fur
niture, and full appropriations out of the
general fund were made for the rental OF
school buildings and all necessary fuel.
This leaves the entire appropriation OF
$3,654 to be devoted to the payment of the
salaries of teachers as recommended by the
board Of trustees.
The report of the Board referred to the
fact that the presidents of the various city
railways had granted half fare rates to the
pupils of the public free schools.
Alderman Ervay presented resolution
thanking the presidents and directors OF the
city railways for their liberality and courtesy
in thus extending half-fare rates over their
respective lines, which was unanimously
adopted.
By resolution the pupils of the various
wards are to be confined to their re.
spective ward schools, with the proviso that
not more than fifteen pupils might be per-
mitted to enter schools in wards other than
their own for good cause sho wn, to be deter.
mined by the president of the board.
The rates of tuition for nonresident chill
dren and for pupils under 8 and over IA
years of age was fixed as follows:
For primary grade, S2
For intermediate grade, So.
For high grade, $4.
The textbooks adopted for 10 ensuing
three years are as follows:
Educational series of graded Readers.
Rays arithmetic.
steel's natural philosophy.
. Kellogg's grammars.
Swinton's histories.
Swintons Biographies.
Swintons word-book.
Swintons word primers.
Spencerian system copy-books.
The entire series OF these textbooks, save
the arithmetics, the grammars and philoso-
phies, thanks to the efforts of the board, will
be introduced in exchange for other books,
without any cost whatever to the pupil.
The arithmetics, grammars and philoso-
phies are to be had at the very low rates of
introductory prices"
Every pupil in the free schools having no
books to exchange will be entitled to his or
her complement of books at Introductory
prices"
The salaries of teachers are fixed as fol-
lows: Principal, S75; first assistant, $40;
second assistant, $50 per month.
The teachers, as elected by the board and
confirmed unanimously by the council, are as
follows:
First ward-Principal, G J Taylor; first
assistant, Lulu Spivy; second assistant, Jen.
ME Brooks.
Second ward-Principal, Mrs q E W
Miller; first assistant, Matte Leachman; sec
ond assistant Mary Carter.
Third ward-Principal, Grace Kimball;
first assistant, Blanche Aldehotf; second as.
sstant, Mary Brewer.
Fourth wArd-Prncipal, G Fl Buck;
first assistant Annie Shannon; second assis-
tsnt, Lortah Knight.
The following are the colored teachers:
First ward-H s Howell.
Third wards II Smothers.
Fourth ward-Mary Carson.
The board Of trustees and the school COM
mittee Of the council will meet at the office of
James B. Simpson, president of the board,
on tomorrow, nj 9 a. m, for the purpose Of
purchasing furniture either in St. Louis or
this city.
Alderman Tillman offered the following !:
Resolved, That the city council appro.
pirate from general funds $500 for the
purpose of purchasing school furniture for
the public schools and also pay for rental of
houses and cost of fuel for above schools.
Adopted.
Alderman Wheelock offered the following:
Resolved, That the committee purchase
and the committee on schools in connection
with the board of trustees, be em-
powered to purchase school furniture
to the amount allowed by the same and to
make such arrangements as can best be
made for the payment Of same by notes or
otherwise. Adopted.
Alderman Wheelock moved that the city
attorney be required to draw up an ordi.
nance in regard to the text books mentioned,
adopting them as the text books of the pub.
| lie schools for series Of three years. Car
ried.
Alderman Ervay offered the following /:
Resolved, by the mayor and the common
council of the city Of Dallas, That the thanks
Of the council be returned to the presidents
and boards of directory of the various city
railways for their courtesy in extending to
the public free school pupils of the city half.
fare rates upon their respective lines. Car