The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-11-09
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Proceedings OF the Board OF Edueaslen
AsIts Last Meeting.

EMPoii1A, &oy. 4. 1ccS-
The board OF education met ia the
High school building. President Kei-
llogg in Che chair. Present: Messrs
Kellogg, Morse, AeMurlIie, Hall. MGR
ris, Riggs. Nix. The minutes of the
last meeting were read and approved
Application OF Mrs. K NJ 0'Rres, As
8 teacher Of drawing aad ealisthenics
also the application of Annie E Kemp
Is teacher an the city school, were
presented and ordered placed on nix
The report OF The treasurer for the
past month was presented, audited and
ordered placed on file
The following report was pfessnteti
By the committee on fiasnce and taxa
ton:
/ To he President and members IF ths
Boaracf Easeatioa II TIE Cfty ef' En-
pOriG, Kansas:
GENTLEMEN: Your committee on
! finance and taxation TO whom was re
| ferred the petition of CERTAIN persons,
residents OF school district No SO, IN
Lyon county, Kansas, asking to be at
lached 10 the city. for school purposes
only, beg leave Ia report thai upon il
yesIigatioD,
1. We are satisfied that their is greal
unanimity on tile part OF The residents
on the territory proposed 10 be attached,
in their desire to come in.
g That there is NO opposition, so Tar
| as We have been able 10 learn, GA the
part OF the remaining rcsidents Of dis
| trict 90.
3. The total taxable valuation of
| district No. IS as now constituted for
1882 is SO, 43617.
T. The total taxable valuation for 1892
in the portion proposed 10 be attached, as
nearly as your committee could aseer
tain the same from an examination of
the records in the Office of the county
clerk and county treasurer is $46, 40 00.
Add for Wood 81 Gray, 5000.
5. The enumeration of the present
district No. 90 for 1882 IS 81 males and
81 females total 81.
@. The mum Der of persons of school
age in the district proposed To be attach
ed is estimated at So.
z. The present district No. 53 is free from
any bonded or floating debt. except such
as may have been incurred in cOnnec-
ton with their contract for current
school term, and the property and the
present available funds of the said dis
trict consist in the following: A two
story brick school building, that by
reason OF its present dllapidated and pos
sible insecure condition is worth but
little more than the value of the mater
sal that could be obtained therefrom for
the erection of new building, estimate
ed by citizens Of the district, not signers
OF this petition. ut from S400 to $500.
A surplus of bond fund to the credit
of district No. 90, available for school
purposes of $l3S, balance of cash in
hands of the treasury of school district
No. SO over from tax of 1881 Of $4,000,
an aggregate tax levy of two mills on
the taxable valuation of the district for
1882, $152S7 and whatever may be de-
rived from the state school fund
s. Your committee ascertain from a
calculation based upon the taxable val
uation and estimated enumeration here
in set forth that the territory proposed
to be added will yield its just and equit-
able proportion of revenue for school
purposes on the present basis of the
cost and revenue in the city and other
attached territory.
In view of the foregoing facts. your
committee would recommend that the
prayer of the petitioners be granted and
the proposed district, as indicated by
the accompanying plat, be added TO the
present city district for school purposes
only, provided
First-There be no serious protest or
objection from the remaining portion
of district No. %.
g That the presebt building in dis.
trict No. 90 shall be valued at a sum ex-
ceeding $3.50.
3. That fair and equitable division
of the present assets OF district No. 53,
based on the taxable valuation, can be
made and rendered available on the
granting of this petition by this board
and the legal completion of this arrange
ment.
4. That in consideration of the trans
Ter to this board OF education of such
rateable proportion Of assets, this board
shall be considered under obligations TO
afford the residents upon such added
territory only four months school privi-
leges in the current school year.
:. B. RIGGS,
III. b. MORSE,
ID. w. NORRIS.
Committee.
On motion of DIR. Cordley, the report
of the committee and its recommended
ton be adopted
Moved that the matter If petition and
the same tie referred back to the COM
mittee with power TO carry out the
contained IN said re-
port.
The following bills were allowed and
ordered paid:
Republican office, printing bonds
anu feTOFiS. -----H...- p1fg w
Daniel Woods, saving wood. 90
Belle Carswcll, discount on order %
Frank KIzer, DISCOUNT on order. l 80
p. J. Carmichael, discount on sal
airy as clerk ....,............ SO "a
Grace w. Merrill, discount on or
der 3 %
Belle w. Stone, discount on order 80
Sarah Ii. Evans, 4 Z" : 2 90
Mrs. C. c. Morse, supplies. $3.50. 10 20