The daily gazette., 1883-04-24
THE SCHOOL BOARD.
Proceedings of the Last Regular Meeting
of the Present Body.


At the meeting of the Board of Education
last evening 10 members answered to thei,
names. Upon the reading and adoption OF
the minutes the Committee on Teachers pre-
sented report, which was adopted, as fol-
lows:
Gentlemen: Your Committee on Teachers
respectfully makes the following recon-
mendations: That the teachers in the boys
department of school No. 4, below the
vacancy (occasioned by the resignation of
Nellie @. Duncan, presented to the Board
and accepted) be each promoted one place
on the list, but that they keep the rooms they
now have, SO far as they can do so without
/ sing their rank in the tchool. That Lizzie
&. Van Tramp be- appo n,ed sixth assistant
in Boys No. 4; thai Sallie Evans be ap-
pointed assistant principal of No. 15, that
Sallie X. Shaw be appointed first assistant
In No. 3; that Ella Mitchell be appointed
second assistant in No. 6; that Mary A .
Casperson be appointed second assistant in
No. IL; that Florence G. Zebiey be ap-
pointed fourth assistant in No. 8.
On motion of Mr.. Grier the secretary was
directed to distribute the ballot boxes at the
various polling places for the school elec-
ton to be held on the first Saturday in Nav
The committee on school No. IL was
given permission to expehd $3 and the com
mittee on No. IL permission to expend So.
Mr.. Wiley, of the Legislative Committee,
reported that all the requests made to the
Legislature had been complied with and
presented bill OF $50 for legal opinions
and other expenses. Bill ordered paid.
The following polling places were decided
upon in which TO hold the school election :
First ward, old No. l3 school; Second ward,
FELTON, House, Second and Walnut streets;
Third ward, No. 10 school; Fourth ward,
No. school; Fifth ward, No. school;
Sixth ward, No. 5 school; Seventh ward No.
2 school; Eighth ward, No. 8 school; Ninth
ward, the Old Academy; Tenth ward, No.
l5 school; Eleventh ward, No. 10 school.
Mr.. Hilton and Mr.. Kyne objected to the
use of school No. 10 as the Third ward polls
and suggested No. 3 as more convenient. A
motion of Mr.. Hilton to make the change
was lost. School No. was first named as
the polling place for the Fourth ward, but
on motion of Mr.. Kenny school No. was
substituted. Mr.. Kyne objected to school
No. as the poll for the Sixth ward, but no
action was taken.
Mr.. Sample asked the solicitor of the
Board, Henry G. Turner, Esq, (who was
present for the first time in that capacity,
under recent act of the Legislature)
whether the uniform ballots would have to
be used at the election. Mr.. Turner could
not say positively as he had not seen the
new law. Mr.. Reeve said the law was the
same as the old one with the exception of
the size of the ballot, quarter of an inch
being added to the length and breadth
Mr.. Hotfecker said Attorney ey-General Gray
said the ballot law did apply to school cleo
tions. Mr.. Turner was then instructed to
obtain certified copy of the new law.
A motion made hy Mr.. Hofecker was
adopted to the effect that the amount 10 be
paid election officers should be S5 for each
ward.
The secretary was directed to advertise
the voting places, the time fer opening and
closing the polls, and the qualifications of
| candidates, and also to notify the inspectors
of the election.
Mr.. Kenny asked whether there was no
way to prevent persons not qualified from
presenting themselves as candidates for
members of the Board of Education. The
| City Solicitor said there was no law, human
| or divine, to prevent any one putting him
| self up as a candidate. DIR. Mckay moved
that no one not qualified should be per-
| mitted to be seated as a member of the
Board; adopted.
Mr.. Kenny, chairman of the special COM
mittee to consider the amendment to the
section regulating the secretary and trea-
surer, reported that the committee deemed
| it nadyisable to recommend that the officer
| referred to act as clerk to the Superintend-
ent of Schools. The committee, however,
recommended that the salary be fixed to
| 5000 instead of $500 as heretofore, and that
the secretary be required, in addition to his
other work, to make out the monthly
pay-rolls. A spirited discussion followed
and the report was adopted by the following
vote: Yeas-Betts, Brooke, Fuekle, Grier,
Heisler, Hickman, Keables, Kenny, Kyne
Mckay, Reeve, Sample-l2. Nays-Furry,
Hilton, Hoffecker, Shortlidge, Wiley, Baird
| %.
A communication was received from Mist
Ella NJ Marvel stating that she had been
appointed substitute in school No. May
s, 1882, and served in that capacity for the
balance of the school year, and that instead
of receiving at the rate of $500 year sh'
had been paid at the rate of $780, Th'
Board voted to allow the difference.
The Legislative Committee was directed
to prepare for the Printing Committee tn
new laws regulating schools and directed
that the sanitary regulations in relation t.
vaccination, etc., be printed on card anC
tackled up in the school buildings as re
quired by law.
After passing votes of thanks to Presiden
Baird, Secretary and Treasurer Morrow an
Bailiff DAILY the Board adjourned.
The following bills were passed For re
pairing drain from school No. Is, $44. 4C
for legal advice, $50; James L. Hawkins, 81