Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-01-01
City gCh0Ol Board.

be o9eIo mCt uuQer Gluc1tles 1885, eight
The g*s Vas ircz!c, ard tao board room WAS
i!un;oatcd BY single lamp std hsf dcz:p
Candles stuck ioto old ihk bot.l 3. A: 5 O'Clock
ooly five members we're present, aud it vas DO,
uptil two mere had been scot for tha. Quorum
Tas cbtaiued, Oh hlui after the appointed time.
The chairman being too uawel 10 leave bis
house. tho Board wss called to order By the
clerk, atd Messrs. Carne. Gregory, Herbert,
Leadtcster, McLeaD. Marburg and Suogdon,
and the Superintendent of Schools answered to
their namss.
Mr.. SuoWden vas then elected chairman BRO
tenn. and the miau!cs of lie LIS. meeting we're
read and approved.
The Superintendent. from tho Committee %
Scheclbouses and Frrntors, reported that the
httiog up ct a room for Suowden School, No.
3, bad been ordsrcd, and vas 10 progress.
Mr. SnCwdeo, from tho spece! conultte oD
the sils Of lots. reported that the gentleman
who desired to purchase. declined paying the
price asked by the Board.
The Superintendent nominated William Il.
MadeIll and Aanio NJ Smith fer teacher Of
Snowien School. No. g. aud recommended
that the Board cleo. tho ftst named, 81 be
thought male teacher preferable fer boys
The vote was taken end resulted ss follows {:
For W. Il. Medcllo Nessvs Carue, Greg
DRY. Herbert, Lesibes!er, Mclean, Marbury
and SnoRden-7.
For Mrs. Smith None.
"a motion of the Superintendent Mrs. Annie
NJ. Smith and Wm Du1das were elected sub
sti'ute teachers for colored schools.
Va motion of the Superintendent it Was
Ordered, That tho byaw fixing salaries be 30
construed that teachers haviOg served else
where than under ibis Bard shall if oil her wise
entitled, receive the increase of $25 yea. only
tor each ten months they may have taught, es
our teachers do.
% his further motion 500 additioaal was
appropriated to pay tossbers. and SIS addition
al for pay ofjauitors for this gear.
DIR. 4. T. Pitts being present, then repeated
his statement ss to the suspension of his con
from Washington School, No. 8. and tho teach
er OF that school made her's aud both parties
detlrlog to Introduce testimony.
Mr.. Herbert moved 10 postpone the case no.
I'll tho DtXt maetiDg.
Mr.. Lsadbeater moved. as substitute. to
refer the appeal to the Committee o. Com
plants sod Grlevarc3s, with Instructors to 70
port O. rext mee,iog, which motion was carried
Ayes: Messrs. Carnc, Gregory, LosIbester
and McLsau-4.
Noes: Me:s,s. Herbert, Martury AID Snow.
den-3.
Oa motion Of Mr.. Caroc. tho committee 90
s'ud!:s aud discipline was Instructed to itquive
into tho cXpcdiaLc7 sDd cost Of establishing two
uIsht schools, che Tor white AID one fer co!orcG
persons.
MI. CaIns then offered the following rcs,lu.
lion. viz:
Resolved, That tho salary of the cIeik Of tits
Board be fxsd at $3.50.
He said that when The salary wss doubled
he had just been e!ec:ed to tho Board. aod tad
been informed, thss by the Heukel bill, tie
clerks work had been doubled ard 50 had 90.
opposed tho ico:eas.. He bad, however, since
Investigated the matter, aud found that thers
had been 90 lccresss OF work sire, he. 80 =
member OF the hoaIoo committee, had ex ADD.
loed he work 10 be done by the former Cl:lk
aid reported 1925 &c a fair tqpivclen:, sod be
tell Il 10 be his GUY DOW to mcvs the decrease.
dc had Intended ~ do 80 epr'ior, bu. as char
ges astiost the clerk W.re then being iuveS,i
gated. he had thought tho lime inot 1r,uoc.
The c'erk had ouly 10 keep the Minutes Of the
Board, AID grant plrDits every day fer week
10 Septeu b,r end an hour a week for the rsst
| Of the .oaool session. He was paid at the rate
OF S2O Gay OF leo hours.
Mr.. Saowdep, Mai Herber. 10 lbs chair, J
said that lhesgontIemsn had forgotten al abou;
| tho accouots, books spd is,uiog of wsrrsnts.
The superintendent had shown that co city 10
the State paid as little as We do nov, aud lie
understood lin to favor lie Increase.
Superintendent Carns said that be had ez
pressed no opinion on the sui jec, nCr should
he d. so, whether tho Board paid lis clerk
$4,000 year, CT n0thcg |; Wss noDo OF bis
business, IS no was cot o mcuber Of tho Bjarj.
lie had simply read ut tho rtquts: Ut trustees.
from anEual reports: the s4Iaries Of clerks
elsewhere. and The Virginia reports showed our
salary to he the lowest. AS the clerk bad cot
the privilege Of the floor. be would say for him.
that ho bad certainly not stated that his work
had been d5ubled by tho Henkel bill, ncr did
nc think anybody else hsd. He, 1.-THE supcEio-
sendenl) had stated that bis owa wo,k IVES 80
doubled.
MIR, SooTdeu raised the point Of order that
the rcsoutlops VAS not offered ct tna eroper
time, The election not occurring uotil next
nooth. and the Board not having poWar to
lover the salary during the term. The chsir
sustained the poiat of order, and Mr.. C.rne
appealed. His resolution might be ipoppor,
tuoe. CT Objectionable 10 s1mc other way, hut
that did DOT make it cut Of oldtr. Mr.. Snow
den ssld it had been sprung UPON tho Board
without notice. Mr.. Oerne said. so bad the
resolution for increase, but he had DO Of GO.
ton to a postpopeueDt.
Mr.. Snowien then witedrcn hIs poiGt Of
order, and, 90 motion Of Mr.. Marbury, the
resolution was LAID over uutil the next meeting,
a0d the Board at $50 adjourned.
COUPONS FOR TAxEs.-Auditor Massey has
addressed the following circular 10 the county
and city treasurer, and other collectors of State
revenue:
"rhe Court Of Appeals having decided that
coupons upon which two thirds OF their amount
haVo been paid, ard are stamped accordingly,
are receivable for taxes for the remaining third,