Daily Republican., 1885-06-30
[oard Of Education.

u,s ACCOUNTS In a had
ORk""v"r,TIoN-THE PR1N'
CIpALsRIP OF
lE HIGH sc Il . . L.
p,,,a NJ Education held . spe.
Ine e,as,;na DSn las. night, to consider the u .
met'ius % mite the Offices of the
spstary and Treasurer o! .nS lss;n noa ~ the
c,e,, ae,,ion with the principalship o, s tns
" ,aa Ar ,hs chair, and large attend
" apt ~ members was present.
Cs VI ..,,,aon n consent, q motion made
bD y. 0V VRaables 10 draw an order OF
\ W. III favor Of L. l.. Rice, Jr.,, archi'
|. y Of + the new high school, was
I. Sseu, u.oum,ttee auditing the books OF
% y. ov a nresented the following re-
ooa "htch was read and adopted
H. pres sprssident and Members of the
pas,d 'us of Public Education.
DUnS,rxpN. Dosar Alta special meeting
,hn, hoard, held June =, 1885, called
~ !.hs action on the missing secretary
a. . ,,aasnrer. whose duties were being
u,sO,sd your committee was instruc,
~ examine into his accounts II
st be write them up, and employ as.
's0cs @ in the work ii they thought
ss.arv. - We have, to the best ofour
;,,,v done 40, but owing to the
.on,, @ of work involved, we regret TO
that i, may take some weeks 70
he fulI and proper report, for the
.so, hat we find the secretary and
.ssnrsr % has been exceedingly derelict
hjs duty, in fact his negligence and
a,rntjon to the business for which he
a psid is, to say the least, open TO
ave Censure.
IVA 6nd he has posted no items to
general ledger since December, 1882,
ibat his cash book wherein he
ould enter al! receipts and expendi-
y, has no entry since June, 1855.
d can W. find any book with these
,rjes As q consequence, the books
nat be made up from the minute
hi, check. books, stubs and such
ler sources as may be available, in
yinQ a great deal of labor and
,isnt searching. We also find the
Iprs such as reports, bills and docu'
sp,s relating to the schools In great
Infusion, not being classified and ar
nged as they should be. but scattered
bound in dire confusion through
Isyers pigeon holes and safe, without
|esrd to their value, aud with a tota
|snpard of order and convenience o
csss or reference.
10 the light Of these facts, AID owini
the delay that must necessarily oc
II 10 strengthening ont the neglected
1lunsand writing up the books. ant
Eilg TO the continued absence of ant
bglec! Of duty by the secretary ant
easutr, We respectively suggest tha
)isuice BIZ declared vacant at once
ID anew incumbent be elected to th'
lace, hat your business may have thu
telliol which is,,atsolutely necessary
pdaNlals, books andpapers of curren
h:lless have proper attention to avoi,
1ia,loI. We would state that VT
unemployed Two skilled accountant
reasonable com ppeneation, to max
, The books after Strengthening out tn
Pcoune and they are prosecuting tn
etk with all despatch possible.
RESPECTFULLY submitted.
OWEN j. HRSSIoN,
SAMUEL N. TRUM;
The following report of the Commi
eOn Teachers was also presented an
jcied
WILMINGTON, June %, 1885.
oIHE BOARD oF PUBLIC EDUCATION
GENTLEMEN Your Committee o
tacae'o do earnestly recommend thI
oasd 10 elect W. W. Birdsall to th
o'ltl9n of secretary and treasurer {
u Board, TO the Office of secretary 6
I" Per annum, and to the Office ,
easlIer at 800 per annum, and
w. eject him principal of the Roy
sa school, when the office of seer
Wy aud treasurer Is declared v;
1drHrR w. PALMER,
SAMUEL r. BELTS.
ong discussion susued upon IL
lO.on Of Mr.. Palmer to adopt the r
Wv Of the Committee on Teacher
" helser opposed it, because he CO
w. tuelsd n that 1t would be undignifed f
~ rAlclpa! of the High sch ool
Wy uown to the offices of secretary al
hanya another opponent thought that
uuu'a a not be Treasurer because
Uulu nave to draw the order to p;
iso"n H.. salary. Mr.. Singley, DR.. Ke
a,s, s', MT. Webster and others ga
n ',ust a. reasons againt the adoptit
h. me report was strongly advocat,
liaaa mesars 81 Smith, Hoifecker, DIR. Shol
WIZ, WIZ, trump and Palmer. On the c.
toliae Iue yeas and nays tho vote stood ,
'epass-de.sfs. Baird, Belts, Hofiec
Hpd Wass WSmef' shorslidge, Smith, Truu
mn nn1Sss-Messrs. Ss- Dunn, Fuel;el, Ha
.isn s heisIer, Hession, keables, X
Id hyne, Singley and Webster