Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-07-19
REPRESENTATIVES,
DISPOSED OF AT LAST EVENINGS SESSION
OPTHg BOARD OF EDUCATION.
The Levy for School Building and Library Purposes
Placed at Sixty Cents on the Hundred,
an Increase Of Nine Cents.

an increase Oh Nlne VenE.
Last evenings regular session Of the
Board of Education was one of the longest
held by that body for some time. All the
members with the exception of Mr.. Whally
were present, and great deal of import
ant business was disposed Of, among which
was several material changes in the text
books for the next year and the placing Of
the levy for school, building and library
funds. Toe levy last year was 81 cents
entire, "a cents for school purposes, "a
cents for building purposes and three cents
for library. This year it is advanced to 90
cents on 500 valuation, an increase of 8
cents, the necessity for which is explained
in the report of the Finance committee.
The little spat between the Richie school
commissioners was an interesting feature.
The following business was transacted:
The Committee Gu Accounts reported
bills amounting to Sl4LS2, which were
ordered paid.
The Committee on Public Library pre-
scented bills aggr5gating $2SS. OF, which
were also ordered paid.
The Committee on German Language re-
ported that they had visited the schools Of
the district and noted, with pleasure, the
progress made by the pupils Of the German
department, under the skillful and tf1i
cient instruction of the teachers. The
committee also reported the appointment
of the following teachers in this depart
ment for the ensuing year: Miss Louise
Mann, First and Seventh verbs; Lena
Riegel, Second and Third wards; F. A.
Bertschy, Fourth and Fifth wards; Anna
LooseT, Sixth and Eighth wards; Thus
MEDIA X Krauter, first substitute; Minnie
X. Neuhart, second substitute. The re-
port was adopted.
The Committee on Salaries made re-
port fixing the salaries of principals,
teachers and janitors, the same as last
year, deeming it inadvisable to make any
advancement over the present scale Of SAL
aries, on account Of the present indebted
ness Of the Board, and the heavy expendi-
ture which must be made in consequence
of the erection of Madison school building.
The salaries are as follows: Principal Ct
Lincoln school, 1000; principals Of other
| schools, 81, 200; Grammar room teachers,
5000 Assist Grammar room teachers $3.50;
teachers in A division, $420; in B division,
$500; in U division, $3.50; in D division,
1910; teacher in charge of Richie annex,
$3.50; d teacher in charge of Clay annex,
$3.50; teachers in German department,
10 ole
The committee recommended that 10 teach
era who have taught lees than ten months
in some graded school, salary Of $50 per
month shall be paid.
On motion of Messrs. White, Shsfer,
Ellingham nd Irwin, the salaries of the
anitora in their district schools were ad.
vanced as follows: Washington, Webster
and Madison to $50 per month; Union to
S27 per month. With the exception of ttese
changes, the report was adopted as pre-
scented, including the recommendation OF
the payment of bill Of O. Cooper for $40 |
The Committee on Finance in it's report |
submitted list OF approxima,ed expendi- |
lures on the School, Building and Library |
funds for the next ensuing year:
School fund, including salaries Of Princi- |
itors, $50, $50; repairs, contingencies, fuel |
and light, books, stationery and supplisP, |
printing and advertising, furniture and |
apparatus, delinquent, double and errcn-
eous assessments, commissions, commence
ment exercises, census and enumeration
of youth, refund taxes aud outstanding |
notes sggregating SIG, POS, the total being
SIC, Ss5.
Building Fund expenses, including pay |
ment Of outstanding notes and loans, Mad |
ison school building, heating apparatus,
architects commission, interest, taxes, |
double, erroneous and in dispute, commits |
lion and slate blsckboards, sggreg4ting |
500, $50 Less amount already paid on |
building and heating apparatus II, $50. |
leaving net amount TO be provided for, |
$34. S95.
Library Fund expenses, including sal
aries, new books, magazines and periodi- |
Gals, local newspapers, newspapers other
than local, binding and reminding print
ing and advertising, ice, cleaning building |
in April, rent OF building, commissions,
taxes, double, erroneous, ETC., pens, ink,
etc, sundries amounting to 81, $50.
The valuation of real and personal
property as returned for city taxation will
amount to about ST., 500, 900.
The School Funds portion of the State
Distributable School Fund will this year
amount to only $11 47076, a decrease
from last year of 81, 2OO.53. In order 10
meet the appIoximated eI enditures on
the School Fund it will be necessary for
your honorable body to levy 81 cents on
each 800. In order TO meet the approx
mated expenditures on the Building Fund |
it will he necessary to levy 20 cents on the
500. With the Bnilding levy fixed at
the amount aforesaid there will still re.
main unpaid at the close of the next iscal
year the sum of 500. 922 80, which sum
must be carried over to the year next fol-
lowing and be provided for in the levy for
said year.
In order to meet the estimated expen-
ditures on the library fund it will be
necessary to levy three cents on each 500
The committee therefore recommended
that there be levied on each 800 valua-
ton of property as returned for city tax
alton, for the School Fund, 81 cents; for
the Building Fund 20 cents; for the Library
Fund, three cents.
As there is deficiency in the School
Fund of about $4,000 and in the Building
Fund of about $4,000 the committee
recommended that they be authorized tod
negotiate loan OF Sc, 900, 81 600 to go to
the Building Fund and 81, 900 TO the
School Fund in order to meet the de. |
ficiencies in the said funds at the close of
the present fiscal year. The report and |
all its recommendations was adopted.
Superintendent Anderson made his regu-