Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-06-19
county Board OF nduoation.

The Board met in special session. at
10 A. NJ. yesterday, at tho office Of the
County Superintendent of Schools. for
the purpose Of opening bids for supply
ing the public schools of Los Angeles
county with text books for four years
from July l. 1884.
Present: w. J. Brodrick, w. M. Me-
Fadden, T. A. Saxon and j. w. Hinton.
The President OF the Board being alb
sent, on motion, W. j. Brodrick was
elected President pro TEN.
The Secretary read the bids in the fol-
lowing order: Ivison, Brakeman, Tay
& Co.; Clark, Maynard & Co.; A. s.
Barnes 4 Co.; Van Antwerp, Bragg &
Co.; A. l.. Bancroft 4 Co.
Adjourned until 80 P. NJ.
Board re-assembled as per adjourn
ment. Present, full Board.
The opening Of bids was resumed as
follows:
A. Lowell & Co., referred to for prices;
c. p. Connor; s. k. Winchell; Lippiu-
colt h Co.; Cover, Potts 4 Co. nil re-
ferred for reference for prices. AleSan-
der Macewen; ID. Appleton Il Co.;
Potter, Ainsworth L Co.
Bid OF CHM, Heath 4 Co. rejected for
want of conformity to the law.
Bids ordered scheduled, except those
to which reference was made for prices.
All the bids being opened, Mr.. Brod-
rick moved that the Board adjourn until
Friday, June Goth, at 8 A. NJ, that a
Joint informal meeting OF the City and
County Boards of Education might be
held, for the purpose of securing an uni
form series of books for both city and
county. Lost. Ayes, Brodrick, Hinton;
noes, Saxon, McFadden and Hewes.
On motion Of f. A. Saxon, the Board
proceeded to the adoption of text
book.
Mr.. Brodrick offered the following:
Resolred, That the contract for sup.
plying readers be awarded to Van Ant
werp, Bragg & Co., for the next four
years, according to the terms proposed
by said publishers. Lost. Ayes. Brod-
rick, Hinton; noes, Saxon, McFadden,
Hewes.
Mr.. McFadden moved that the first,
second, third, fourth and fifth Of Ban
croft's Readers be adopted for use in Los
Angeles county for the next four years,
according to terms proposed in their bid.
Carried. Ayes-McFadden, Saxon,
Hewes; nays-Brodrick, Hinten.
Mr.. Saxon offered the following:
Resoired. That Robinson's Shorter
Course, first aud second parts, of Com.
plete Arithmetic, and Complete Arith-
meiic tone ,olume) be adopted for the
four years after June 30, 1884, in con-
formity with the bid of Ivison, Blake
man. Taylor & Co.
Carried, all voting in the affirmative
but Hinton.
Thompson's Intellectual Arithmetic
was unanimously adopted; also Thomp-
sons Practical Algebra.
Mr.. Saxon moved that Swinton's New
Language Lesson and Swintons English
Grammar aud Composition be re-adopted
for the next four years, in accordance
with the bid of A. L. Bancroft & Co.
Carried. Ayes. Saxon, McFadden,
Hinton, noes, Brodrick, Hewes.
On motion, the following books we .
unanimously re-adopted: Swinton's s
Word Book and New Word Analysts,
Harpers' Introductory and School G. o.
graphies, Maury's New Physical Geo
graphy, Anderson's United States
History, Bartholomew's Drawing, Dan
ton & Scribner's Copy Book. Hender-
sons Test Words, Gray's How Plants
Grow, Young's Government Class Book
and Bryant Stratton's Book Keeping.
On motion, all bids for supplying
PHILOSOPHERS were rejected; also, all
bids for supplying music.
Adjourned until 8 o'clock this morn.
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