Daily Republican., 1883-02-09
THIRD EDITION.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
The New Charter Amended-PrOP-
erty Qualification Retained-Oth-
er Matters,

erty Qualification Retained-Oth
er Matters.
An adjourned session of the Board o
Education was held last evening to con
slider the charter of the Board As adopt
ed by Council. A copy Of the charter
prepared with additions by Harry
Emmons, Esq, was upon each mem
ber', desk Some difficulty was eXper
fenced in obtaining a quorum, and il
was twenty minutes after the hour be.
fore the Board was called to order I'm.
mediately after the roll was called, Mr.
Hilton arose and said that great injus.
ticr had been done the Board in regard
to reducing the salary Of the Principal
of he Howard school, and AS it was dis
cusscd by the newspapers much injus-
tice had been done to all parties, and he
thought the question was whether or
not No. Ii should be lowered to gram
mar grade,
Mr.. Wiley and DIR, Shortlidge
thought that the matter was not in
order, as the meeting was called especi-
ally reconsider the charter. Dr. Short
lidge spoke OF the editorial in the morn
ing paper, and sharply criticised that
paper for its utterancrs, and said if its
editor would attend the sessions of the
Board he would understand what was
said.
Mr., Morrow, from the Legislative
Committee. presented the amended
charter, and on his motion it was con
sidered as the reading proceeded.
On motion of DIR. Shortlidge the prop
erty qualification was added, and on
motion of Mr.. Morrow, the hours vi
holding the election was changed from
to =. III, as by Council from T. to Il
p. m. Some debate followed this mo-
ton.
The number of members required to
constitute a quorum was on motion of
Mr.. kenney changed from twelve to
ten. Mr.. Morrow then moved the in
sertion "they may prescribe and enforce
such rules and conditions as they may
deem proper for the admission of pupils
to the schools" After explanatory re-
marks by Drs. Mckay and Shortlidge,
and an amendment by Mr.. kenney,
which was withdrawn, the clause was
inserted.
The clause as it appeared in the print
ed charter, rendered it possible that
those Offices would have to be held by
one person. Mr.. Wiley called atten-
ton to this, and at the suggestion of Mr..
Emmons the words, " the offices of Sec
tary and Treasurer may be held by one
and the same person, were added
On motion Of Mr.. Morrow, the
clause at the time Of presenting to
Council said estimates Of revenue and
expenses, the said Board shall also in
addition thereto, present to Council AN
estimate, not to exceed twenty thou
sand dollars, for the erection or extern
sion of school houses and the furniture
and heating of the same" was added,
and on his further motion clause that
the money shall not be used for any
other purpose.
Mr. Furry then moved that the an
nual report of the Secretary and Treas
urer be published in all the daily news
papers instead of two as in the charter
The motion was adopted.
Mr.. kenney moved that the provision
not allowingthe Board to receive over
thirty per cent. of the taxes raised for
city and school purposes be changed to
forty per cent. This, after some debate.
was adopted, Another amendment
that this should be exclusive Of the
amount raised for tn e erection, extern
sion, furnishing and heating of school
houses was adopted.
On motion Of Mr.. Wiley, the increase
each year Of the annual appropriations
which was limited To- 3prr cent. by
consent was raised t" per cent.
School District no. 20ls was added to
the number over which th, Board ma.