Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-23
THE CITY's SCHOOLS.
The Number of Schools in the New City,
Organization ofthe Board of Controllers,
and Other Interesting Matter.


Organization ofthe Board of Controllers,
and Other Interesting Matter.
The number of school rooms furnished
the city by the several boroughs as
follows Johnstown, "a Millville, IA
Conemaugh, 4 Woodvale, 2; Cambria,
2 Grubbtown, q Prospect, total of
40. Johnstown borough lost 10 rooms
by the food Conemaugh-deduc
those in the new building--4 Woodvale
2, and Cambria 3 total of IS. 1t is
likely that within very short time all
these rooms will have to be replaced,
making about seventy schools. And the
growth of the city will in few years give
the city sufficient number of schools to
entitle it to hold separate institute. The
number of schoo S necessary is seventy
fivs.
One of the first duties leIolving upon
the Board of City School Controllers after
organization will be the choice of City
Superintendent for term of three years
at salary to be fixed by the Board of
Controllers.
Many OF the matters pertaining to the
or ganization of the Board of Controllers
and the management of the school gov
eminent of the city are best told by the
following paragraphs taken from the law
on the subject applying to cities of the
third class
The Board of School Controllers shall
annually organize on the first Monday of
June, by the election of President and
Secret Try, by vote Of majority OF
members elected theretf. The Secretary
shall receive such salary as the Board
my determine, and shall give bond, If
thereto directed, with such security as the
Board may require, conditioned for the
faithful performance of his duties and ac-
counting for and delivery over of all
moneys, books, accounts and vouchers
which may come into his possession. No
member of the Board shall be eligible to
any Office or employment under the
Board to which compensation is attached.
The City Treasurer shall be ex.officio
School Treasurer, and before entering
upon his duties he shall give bond to the
city school district in such amount as the
Board of Controllers shall approve, with
two ormore sufficient sureties conditioned
for the honest and faithful discharge of
his official duties, and the safe keel ing
and payment over of all school moneys
entrusted to his care. He shall receive
such sa,lry from the school district as the
Board o. School Controllers shall fix and
determine before his election or appoint
ment. When the said Controllers are sat-
isfied that the school funds in the hands
of the City Treasurer are endangered
from any cause they may require ad-
ditional security, and in case of default
in the giving thereof, may elect IL tleasurer
to serve until another City Treasurer is
duly elected and qualified.
The City Controller of any city of the
third class shall exercise the samv author.
ity and supervision of the finances and ac-
counts of the school district as he does by
law with reference to the finances and ac-
counts of city affairs, and he shall coun-
tersign all warrants for the payment of
money out of the school treasury in the
same manner that he countersigns city
warrants; his compensation for such ser.
vices shall be fixed by the School Board
prior to his election, and he shall he re-
quired to give bond to the school dis
trict, with surety or su-eties, conditioned
for the faithful performance of his duties.
The law provides that where city Is
made up of several heretofore separate
districts, each such district shall discharge
its own obligations, Which shall be ad-
justed il the annual levying of taxes until
all the debts contracted prior to consolida-
tion shall have been paid,