The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-08-17
VOLUME X-XXI.."NUMBER 3o7.
BOARD OF EDucArIoS,
Fixes the Levy for the Ensuing Year
Clerks BnnuRt htatement.

Clerks Bnnnni Atatement.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
Board Of Education was held last evening
at the rooms Of the Board in the Public
Library building. President Collier pre-
sided and all were present except Messrs.
Acker, Caldwell, Eschs1uth, Hoge, 1sett,
McCully, Miller, J. A., Pipes and
A. Wilson. The minutes Of the previous
meetings were read and approved. The
most important matter considered was the
report Of the Committee on Finance.
The committee reported that the estima.
ted expenses for the ensuing year would
be about as follows: Teachers salaries.
Si6, ,4s5; japitors' salaries, S2,073; otticerh'
salaries 5000; repairs, S2,774 40;
fnel, S2,l00 So; Contingencies, ST.
223 50; furniture and apparatus, $500;
printing, S2l7; rents, S220; insurance so;
books and stationery, S425; miscellaneous
expenses, $500; loan outstanding, $4,000;
aelinquents, double and erroneous asses.
ments Sl,2O0; commissions, 81, ,4S5; total
$G5, 1873 81.
meetthisexpenset the Board will receive
from the State distributable school fund
the amount OF SIC, ,952 81, and the balance,
S54 420 II, will have 70 be provided for by
levy. The Committee stated that,the as.
sessed city valuation would be about sl6,-
100000, and that by levyirg the sum Of 50
cents on the Sl00 valuation there will be
produced S54. $50, $50 more than required
bp the estimate. TIE board fixed the levy
at SO cents, as recommended by the com
mittee.
The committee further reported that to
meet expenses on the building fIud, which
are, for Shepherd property, 81 600; for First
ward Improvement, y, no; delinquents,
double and erroneous assessments ami
commissions, $500; total, S6,440, would
require levy Of cents on the
$i00 valuation, and the Board fixed the
levy at that amount, It also liked thelevy
for Library purposes at 8 cents IN the 500
valuation, making total levy for the en-
suing year ot 40 cents on the 500 valua-
tion. Last year it was II cents.
Bills to the amount OF Sl5S % from the
Committee on Accounts were presented
and ordered paid.
Mr.. Fred Unruh, the new City Collector,
presented his bond OF $4,000 as school
GOIiCSGSAt giving OVAh ldlI AAu IIabh
Unruh AZ sureties.
The Superintendent presented the re.
port Of the Librarin for the month OF July.
The circulation OF the Library was 2,5iG;
in the reading room, l67; the amount OF
fines received amounted to Sll.
Dr.J.E. Reeves appeared before the Board
and stated that he was authorized by the
residents OF that part Of Chapline street
that is to be paved with brick by the
Board OF Public Works to solicit sub.
scription from the Board OF Education, as
the residents had agreed to raise $500 for
the work. The Fifth ward school fronts on
this street. On motion Of Mr.. Maxwell the
clerk was ordered to draw bis order for $50
when the work was completed.
The clerk presented his annual state
ment showing orders drawn on tae Collec-
tor from August l, 1882, TO July 81, 1883. The
totals were as follows: Washington district,
81 ,240 30; Clay, s., ,0S8 81; Union. S., ,03l SS;
Gentle, S6,69S93; Webster, SG6l7 Is; Madi.
son, SG,554 y; Richie, SS,3l7 rs; colored
school, Sl,Sl7 II; office, S4O3 SO; interest
and discount, SlS6 94; books and stationery,
S420 81; printing S2l6 so; miscellaneous ex-
penses, $3.50 70; salary OF officers, Sl,99l 81;
salary OF teachers OF Germsn, s., l,540; ftrni-
tnre and apparatus, Sl,329 II; insurance
Sl5; total SIS, ,S93 Is. The above expendi-
tures were from the general school fund.
Out OF the Library Fand there was ex.
pended S4,T00 S3 as follows: Salaries,
$3.50 10; repairing and furnishing room,
81. .456 Oh; books, S9i9 50; magazines, news.
papers, etc, SlS7 65; rebinding. SITS;
printing, Sl6l; fuel and ice, sl0S 81; in.
surauce, S40i rent, S225; contingencies,
SST rs Out OF the Building Fund, 81, ,675 81
was paid; $1,000 of this was for the Shep-
herd property iE the SEVENTH ward. The
report was ordered printed in the news
papers.
Commissioner Wilson presented for con.
firmation, subject to the approval Of his
colleagues, who were not present, the fol-
lowing as teachers for the coming year in
Washington district: Martha ?. Harper,
Principal; Grammar room, to DO supplied;
assistant, Ssllie Robinson, Agnes McLure,
Laura Frew, Mary Arbuihnot, Tillie Nc
Donald. MoIIis Francis, Ada Greer, Mary
Hart, Minnie White, Araie Todd, Mollie
Kuhn and Kate Roberts; Mrs. Elizabeth
Lawery, ianitress.