Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-31
THE SCHOOL LEVY,
Made at Lat Evenings Meeting OF
the Board of Education.
A Bare Quorum Of Members Present---Ihe
Business Transacted With
heatness and De-
spatch.

The Board of Education met last hight in
special session, President Collier in the
chair and the following members present:
Me:srs. Acker, Dobbins, Ellingham, Han
nan, Hoffman, Jepson, Miller, ]. c., Nsylor.
White, Work and Mr.. President-ll.
Tee President stated that the Board had
b. en- called together to make the annual
school levy. Some days ago an article had
appeared in a local paper, which quoted 9
portion Of the school law. The writer of
that article had then gone on to say
that if the levy was not made
in July any n so dis
posed might resist the collections Of the tax
on the ground that it was illegally assessed.
The ~public'mind had probably been rem
dered sensitive by this publication, and he
had called ell the committees having any
thing to do with the laying Of the assess
ment to meet at the rooms of the Board
Wednesday afternoon, and had mean while
consulted Mr.. Caldwell as to the advisable
ity of calling q special meeting ofthe Board.
MIR. Caldwell thought it best to have a
meeting, and he had accordingly summoned
the members to hear the reports of the com
mittees, and make the levy, if possible.
The Clerk then read the report OF the
Committee on
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
as follows:
To the Board Of Education:
GESrLENEN:-Your Committee on Build
ipgs and Grounds, to which was referred at
your last meeting the matter of erecting I'D.
ditions 10 the school buildings in Clay and
Webster sub-districts, begs leave to report
Inst, after due consideration, it deems it in
expedient 10 put up an addition to Clay
sub district SCHOOL building a. the present
lime. With regard to the Webster sub.dls-
trict building your Committee thinks an ad-
dition of two rooms should be erected to the
north end thereof as loon as practicable,
and therefore offers for your consideration
the following resolution:
Resolved, That the Committee on Build
ings and Grounds is directed to have plans
and specifications prepared for the building
Of an addition Ct two rooms to Webster sub
district school building, and to advertise
Tor, receive and report to the Board pro-
poeals for building such addition.
JOHN G. HOFFMAN,,
Chairman.
The report and accompanying resolution
we're adopted, after come little debate, in
which Mr.. White took the ground that the
school district might get along this year
without the addition, he being, he said, uu-
wiling to ice any addition to the levy over
,hst year.
The following report Of the
COMMITTEE on FINANCE
vas llen read:
July 80, 1885.
To the Board Of Education:
GENTLEMEN:-Your Committee on Fl
nance herewith submits a list Of estimated
expenses of the school, building and library
TUGS.
School Fund-One Principal at 5000;
seven principals at $l,l00, $7,700; seven
grammar school teachers at $500, 81, 200;
seven assistants at $4I0, $3.50; fifteen Di-
vision A, teachers, st $500, $4,000; sixteen
B. at 1890, S6,240; nineteen G. at $3.50,
81 22O; one D, at $500, $500; thirty d, at
1870, $ll, 100; four German teachers at
1890, 5 1850; ten ~janitors, s 2,075; two off.
GERS, $4,000; repairs, $4,000; contingencies,
1900; fuel, $500; rents, $270; books,
stationery and supplies, 5000; printing. $500;
furniture and apparatus, $3.50; miscelIa.
neous expenses, $500; d~eliTquents, 1850;
double and erroneous assessments, $3.50;
commissions, 81 ,425; excess of last years
expenditures over receipts, about, 5000.
Total, S64,2l0.
Building Fund-Addition to Webster
Sub-district school building, $4,000; delin-
quent, $42; double and erroneous assess
ments, $50; commissions, sos; excess OF
asst years expenses over revenues, about,
500; sundries, $40. Total, s 277.
Library Fund-Iasursnce. $50; rent,
$500; salaries, 1892; books to be pur-
chased, $1,000; binding and reminding,
$3.50; local newspapers, $50; newspapers
other than local, $3.50; printing, including
addenda to catalogue, $3.50; new casing,
Sl25; fuel and ice, $50; pens, ink and sta
tionery, $l5; pspering, cleaning room, etc.,
$l00; sundries, $50; committee contingent
fund, $500; delinquencies, S3l; double and
erroneous assessments, 1913; commissions,
500. Total, 81, 70l.
To defray the $64,2l0, expenses Of the
school fund, the Board will receive from the
State distributsble school fund, the sum of
S7,276.S3, which leaves the sum of $j9,-
s33. II to be raised by levy. The asse SD
valuation is about ST., 800, 900, and q levy
of SO cents on each 500 of this amount will
produce $4,000, or but SIS SO more than
the estimated amount required.
To meet the 1921, required for the
Building Fund will take a levy Of 2 cents on
the 500 valuation which will produce So
400, or Sl63 more than the estimated amount
required.
10 meet the s4,70l required for the
library fund there is a balance on hand Of
81 1886, which leaves 1886 to be raised by
levy. Two cents on the 500 will produce
S3.460, or $94 more than the amount re-
quirtd.
Your committee therefore submits for
your consideration the following resolution:
Resolved, That there be levied on each
800 valuation as returned for city taxa
ton
For the school fund the sun of SO cents.
For the building fund the sum of 2 cents.
For the library fund the sum of 2 cents
P. B DoBBISs,
Chairman.
The report, with the accompanying reso-
luton, wss adopted.
COMMITTEE HAsGES
President Collier then announced the fol-
lowing changes in standing committees,