Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-11-30
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
A Conflict of Authority-The Holiday va
cation.

1
A Conflict of Authority-The Holiday Va
cation.
The City Board of School Directors held
their regular monthly meeting at the Office
of the City Superintendent last evening
All the Directors were present except the
President of the Board, Mr.. Petrie. Di-
rector Davis was called to the chair.
Mrs. Frat and Mrs. Clayton appeared be-
fore the Board and made an arrangement
whereby the city is to pay monthlyrental
of $25 for the school building at the
Protestant Orphan Asylum, from January
/, 1887.
One day last week the Superintendent
! suspended Professor Anderson of the High
School until Monday morning for 'unpro-
fessional conduct and insubordination.
The Board met that evening and passed a
resolution censuriDg the Superintendent
for his act but failed to reinstate Mr.. An
derson.
At the meeting last evening, in order to
correct that oversight, Director Alsip offered
the following resolution, which he read
himself:
Resolved, That W. W. Anderson shall not be
deprived Of the right to draw the full amount
/ of his salary for the month of November, 1880,
by reason of his having been suspended by the
| City Superintendent.
Mr.. Beard addressed the Board with con-
| siderable warmth. He said he hoped the
Board would refuse to pass the resolution.
| Professor Anderson had not earned the
salary; he was not entitled to cent OF II,
and it should not be allowed him.
Director Alsip-If we see fit TO allow him
the salary We can do SO.
| Mr.. Beard-He is reinstated-was rem
stated this morning-as my suspension
only run to that time. The Board at their
special meeting did not override my act.
| If the Board told him to ignore me. they
did very wrong. | will refuse to certify
Professor Anderson's claim to the City Au-
ditor until | am convinced that L am
wrong. He Justly and meritoriously for
feited his right to the salary in question. If
necessary, l will carry the matter to the
highest Court. 1 will give you notice now
that l will not certify to his pay during the
time he did not teach, and while he was
suspended. In order that the other teach
ers may draw their salaries, will certify
to the payroll, making an exception in his
case, and the City Auditor can do as he
sees fit in the matter.
Director Conklin-The Finance Commit
tee requires the Superintendent to make
out the payroll as they direct.
Mr.. Beard-Then l will not make it out
so far as Professor Anderson is concerned.
He shall not have what he has not earned.
He shall not be given what does not belong
to him What does belong to him l will
certify to, but nomore.
The resolution was passed unanimously,
and the payroll made out in accordance
with the direction of the Finance Commit
tee.
On the reverse side of the payroll the
Finance Committee sign it as correct;
the Superintendent signs the following as
ex officio Secretary:
I hereby certify that the within bills and
| amounts were duly audited, allowed and or
| dered paid out of the city school fund by the
Board of Education at legal meeting thereof
Quite a sharp debate took place between
Mr.. Beard and Director Slater, in which
the Superintendent charged that many acts
of the Board were done without the sane
ton of law.
H. w. Chapman made application for a
certificate, to the effect that he had taught
two years in this county, in order to enable
him to get an educational diploma, having
taught the time requisite in other portions
of the State. The request was granted.
The City School Superintendent made the
following report for the month of October
| III OOhOOii
$40; Capital Grammar School, 407; High
School, 1873; average daily attendance in
Sacramento Grammar, $50; Capital Gram
mar, 4G7; High School. 80; Primary
schools-Miss Mccormack, 1,17S; Mrs
Mumford, Twenty-fourth and N streets,
1913: Night school, 81. Total enrolled,
3,133 average attendance, 2,90S; corporal
punishments, %; German, 275; French, 46
The holiday vacation was ordered as fol-
lows: Schools will close Thursday even
ing, December sd, and reopen Monday,
January Sd.
The following bills were audited and
ordered paid: NJ. S. Hammer, $23 rs;
Liverpool, London & Globe Insurance Co.,
$40 SO; Day q Joy, printing, 81; S: Il
Davis, So so; Noble Fisher, 81; J. A. Laf-
ferty, Sc; John Shelton, $14; Capital Gas
Co, $50 %; A S. Hopkins, $40 As; C. S.
Houghton, $411 %; Daily Bee, so cents
Sun Insurance Co., $50; Hartford Insur-
ance Co., $54; H. Goats, S53 81; A. B.
Hughes, SAC 70; A. j. Johnston & Co.,
Sis so; total, $916 10. Pay roll, $7,11S,
After paying these bills the amount on
hand will be 81 ,744 &C..