Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-07-30
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Ways and Means Adopted by the Board
OF Education Last Night.
The Course OF Study Adopted for the
Several Grades for the Next
-> School Year.
Financial School Statement.

t-> School Year.
Financial School Statement.
The board of education met at the Of
ticc of Roder.ck Rose last night pursuant
to adjournment. A. roll call there were
present President Rose, Chambers, Ours
tine, Klaus. Kelley and Lyon.
Dir. Durstine moved that the board ad-
vance G. II. CIemmer $50. No second
rae finance committee presented the
following report:
Tothe Board of Education of the City OF
Jamestown, Dakota.
our finance committee to whom was
referred the matter of the salary of the
clerk of the Board of Education respect
fully submit that he be paid the sum of
$500 per year, commencing on the 10Th
day of May 1855, in full, for all services
by him rendered.
Your committee further report, that
they have made careful examination of
the records and books of the Board of
Edu cation and OF District No /, and find
that there are outstanding orders Of Dis
trict No. l, unpaid to the amount OF
l,2lS 81 face value, without interest;
and that there are outstanding orders of
the Board Of Education Lupald to the
amount of s25 ,443. "a; and that the inter
est'on both the said amounts will exceed
81 800 at the present time; that the total
amount OF outstanding orders and intel
est thereon to the pres. Mt time OF District
No. l, and the Board of f lucation is
$2s, l62 IS; that the time of payment of
$40 ,4O2 IS of the the last named amount
has been extended two years, until the
Board of Education can ooud the pay
ment thereof That the sum of 81, 900. 27
is due and unpaid "a portion of it since
lsSO,-somc of 1t since 1882, and some
since 1883. no provision for the pryment
OF which has been made by the Board OF
Education; and your committee recon-
mend that sutficien: levy of tax this year
| be made for the payment of a portion
thereof
| Your committee further report that 1t
will be necessary to provide for tie pay
ment of $l,75U interest on our bonds
(s25, ,00O) at per cent INTEREST; also the
sum of 81, $50 interest on orders extended
for two years at 10 per cent principal
SIT ,50O); also the sum of 5000 interest on
orders extended for two years at per
cent principal $7,5OO); also the sum OF
81 900 for fuel, &C. also secretary's sal
ary $500; also teachers and janitors pay
roll $6,225; also incidental expenses $500.
total, $l2,025; less apportionmt mt fund
| 81, ,O9S. less 1884 tax uncollected, $1,000;
total, 81 ,09S amount to be raised $7,927.
On the basis of an assessment valuation
of pr cperty in the city of $500, 900, Is
mills tax will raise the sum of $4,000
which will meet the running expenses for
the yfar.--and-- -lAara-the SUN of S2.O73
with W nlCh we can pay TIE Ufuest
paid orders and the accumulated interest
thereon, tn. levy of which tax your com.
miltee recommends. All of which is
respectfully submitted this 2Sth day of
July, A. d., 1885.
l.. LYON, Finance
ltODERICK Rose, Committee.
Mr.. flaming, member of tie board,
came at this stage of the proceedings.
After considerable discussion tue re.
port OF the finance committee was adopt
ed on motion of Mr.. Klaus
The following additional report by the
teachers committee was the n presented
To the board Of education.
We recommend further:
First, that that part of our report which
recommended the employment of lady
teacher for the high school be resclnded,
and that the duties of that teacher be as
sumcd by the superintendent under the
direction of the teachers committee, and
that for the double duty his salary be
placed at 81 500 per year.
Second, that that part Of our former re-
port which read four intermediate teach
ers be made to read three; that the as
slstant teachers be hired by the month at
the same rate per month for nine months
rs formerly recommended for ten, thus,
the Grammar room $40, A room s6j, In
termediate $50, Primary $65.
Third, in the event of any teacher fall
ling below so per cent in examination the
salary be reduced $40 per month until
SAID grade is reached. aud that said par
ties may be examined at the end of any
term.
Fourth, that the charter, rules and Ae-
gulalions and course of study be publish
! ed in pamphlet form.
La recommending the above changes OF
salary and throwing out of teachers the
board will notice there Is 4 cutting down
o, the monthly pay roll of about 30 per
cent.
N. D. FANNING,
j. A. ATKINSON, Com.
l.. B. DURsTINE.
MIR. Lyon stated that in order to bring
the matter before the board for discussion
be would move the adoption of the re-
port, which for like purpose was second
ed by hr. Klaus.
AT this stage of the proceedings Mr..
Atkinson, member of the board, came in.
lhe TepoTl was lnen u'scuSseu tnor-
onghly by nearly all the members present.
Mr.. Chambers moved that the report be
amended so that the superintendent be
paid salary If $50 per month for nine
months, which was adopted.
The report as amended was then adopt
ed.
On motion of Mr.. Lyon the secretary
respond with the amended report.
MIR. Klaus made motion that the
board levy for school purposes tax of
thirteen mills on the dollar for general
fund and two mills on the dollar for a
sinking fund, which was adopted.
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