Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-29
He DAILY RECORD UNION.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The City Board Of Education met last
evening, all present but Mr.. Mesick.
Mr.. Butler reported twenty-five different
bids for locations for the proposed Twentieth
and o street school rooms. He reported
various walks needing repairs. Various sup
plies were reported as needed. Mr. Tracy
reporte the various insurance policies taken
out. The Salary Committee was granted
further time On the report of the Finance
Committee being taken up, the bills of Mad
den and of Pike were rereferred, the first to
the Furniture Committee and the latter TO
the Finance Committee.
The Superintendent made his usual report
for the month, showing total pupils in fifth
grade 1874 sixth, 346 seventh, 269 eighth
A. NJ grade, 965; eighth P. N grade, 2S2 /;
ungraded 1872; total In primaries and I'M
graded, 1888. Capital Grammar School,
33I; Sacramento Grammar School. 504. He
recommended. that from the three general
substitutes now employed one be elected
grammar substitute and another primary
school substitute He reported the funds on
hand as $50, 125 20. Collected in March for
tuition from non-residents, S27 80. TIE con-
tract for supplies having expired, a new ad-
verLisement for bids was ordered, and the
Supply Committee was instructed to puf-
chase any needed supplies until the new con-
tract is let.
Bills were allowed as follows: Usual con.
tracted salaries, SC. 205 80; p. H Coffee.
81 so; G. III. Hausmann, S32 so; Thomas
Deerkin, 81 90; Taft, Jotman IL Farnsworth,
81 30; NJ. Hanrahan, So; T. J. Smith, 81 !;
S. ii. Davis, 81 Capital Furniture Com
pany, 50 Sacramento Lumber Company,
IS 10; A. c.. Shaw & Co., S2S RECORD
UNION, 81; Bee, 81 so; i. L. Landes, as
signee, 50; Sweetser & Alsip, SIT 90; H. L.
Holmes. 81 so II. S. Croker & Co., $50;
4Ktna Insurance Company, S37 so; Liver
pool, London Globe Insurance Company,
$3i 85.
w. B. Davies applied for the position of
Census Marshal, and Miss Helen Egl for
position as a teacher.
The Board ordered that the substitute
teachers to be selected, as recommended by
the Superintendent, be appointed to the posi-
tons recommended, in the order of their
previous appointments.
The Board, on motion of Mr. Tracy,
ordered that promotions for the close of the
present term be concluded as follows First
and fifth grades under the supervision of the
Committee on Course of Study second,
third and fourth, under the Principals of
Grammar Schools; sixth, seventh and
eighth, under the supervising Principals
The committee and Principals are to be at
liberty to call to their assistance such teach
ers as they may select.
On motion of Mr.. Butler, President Tracy
was added to the committee for the purposes
above indicated.
The Board allowed $50 to be expended to
prepare music for the graduating exercises of
the High School. An amendment to make
it S25 was lost, the Board declaring that it
desired music, if any at all, of good quality,
and proposed to allow sufficient to secure
something worth while.
The Board discussed the matter of the
Sixth and l. street building and its use for
the proposed Industrial School, in prepare
ton for which it is now in occupancy. The
Board referred the whole matter to the Build
ing Committee, indicating strong desire to
sell the property speedily, as money is needed
to build another sehoa-house.
The Board then adjourned, to meet again
next Saturday evening.