Los Angeles herald., 1891-01-06
ORGANIZED LAST NIGHT.
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION READY
FOR BUSINESS.
A. G. shafsr Elected President-The Ap-
pointment of the Standing Committees.
Business Attended To.

A. G. Shafer Elected President-The Ap-
Business Attended To.
1t was fully twenty minutes after the
appointed hour before a quorum of the
board of education put in an appearance
at the city hall last night, but as soon as
possible President A. +. Pomeroy called
bis colleagues to order, those present
being Messrs. Frew, Gosper, Powers
Morris, Woodbury. and Whaling.
After the minutes of the last meeting
had been read and approved, Mr.. E. f.
Powers moved that the old board ad-
journ sine die. President Pomeroy,
however, explained that before adjourn
ing it was necessary to dispose OF the
minutes of the present meeting. While
these were being written up, President
Pomeroy arose and said:
desire to thank the board for the
uniform kindness and courtesy it has
always extended towards me, and also
to congratulate it upon the good work it
has performed during its administration.
1t has dona greater work than any
former board, and possibly than anv
succeeding board may be called upon to
perform. also wish to thank the
officers of the board, the press and the
reporters for their uniform courtesy and
kindness.
The minutes were then signed, and
Mr.. Powers renewed his motion, which
prevailed unanimously.
At eight O'Clock Mr.. J. M. Wilmer
called the new board to order, and sug-
gested the advisability of at once pro-
ceeding with their organization. Mr..
T. j. Davis was then elected as tempo
rary chairman, and Secretary Baker was
requested to call the roll.
Those who responded as follows:
First ward-R. H. Boal.
Second ward-M. G. Marsh.
Third ward-J. M. Wilmer.
Fourth ward-T. j. Davis.
Fifth ward-A. G. Shafer.
Sixth ward-B. F. Kierulff.
Seventh ward-C. E. Crowley.
Ninth ward-E. G. Barber.
Mr. T. Gaffey Of the Eighth ward
was the only absentee.
| On motion of Mr.. Wilmer the board
then proceeded to the election, by secret
ballot, OF a permanent chairman, ,Messrs.
| Crowley and Barber being appointed as
tellers by the chairman for that purpose.
The result was Mr.. A. G. Schafer was
elected as permanent chairman by seven
votes.
Mr.. Shafer on taking his seat said
GENTLEMEN: 1 appreciate the honor
you confer upon me IN having selected
me to preside over you for the next
twelve months; and it shall be my pur-
pose to manifest my gratitude by just
and fair consideration of all matters that
may come before us for deliberation,
and in my treatment of you as
individuals. In making up the
standing committees l may not be able
to crafty all your preferences; but l
assure you that in selecting the commit
teemen it shall be my purpose to do so
for the best interests of the schools, and
also to crafty your personal wishes as
far as possible.
On motion of Mr.. Wilmer, Secretary
Baker was elected as permanent secre-
tary, and on motion OF Mr.: Davis the
rules governing the old board were
adopted as those of the new board.
| A recess of five minutes was then had
for the purpose of allowing the president
to appoint the committees.
On reconvening these were read by the
secretary as follows:
FinanceA j. M. Wilmer, ]. T. Gaffey
and G. E. Crowley.
Buildings and Repairs: E. G. Barber,
B. +. Kierulff and j. t. Gafley.
Furniture and Supplies: NJ. G.. Marsh,
T. J. Davis and B. F. Kierulff.
Teachers and Salaries-T. J. Davis. r.
II. Boal and j. M. Wilmer.
Janitors, Library and Printing-B. +.
Kierulf, NJ. G. Marsh and r. fl. Boal.
Rules, Regulations and Classifica-
tion-J. T. Gaffey, j. NJ. Wilmer and
f. G. Barber.
yisiting-C. E. Crowley, f. G. Barber
and I. J. Davis.
Insurance-R. H. Boai, C. E. Crowley
and M. G. Marsh.
Ways and Means-J. M. Wilmer, T.
j. Davis and J. T. Gaffey.
On motion the regular order of busi-
ness was then proceeded with, the fol-
lowing communication being received
from the city attorney:
To the Honorable Board OF Education of the
City OF Los Angeles.
GENTLEMEN: l am instructed by the
city council to notify you that the rooms
now occupied by you on the third floor
OF the city hall are required Tor other
purposes. You will please vacate said
rooms on or before January 10, 1891.
The reading of this document caused
a good deal of amusement, and a num-
ber of motions were made in order to
dispose of it. Finally, however, on mo-
tion of Mr.. Crowley, the communication
was ordered filed, and at the suggestion
of Mr.. Pomeroy, of the old board,
Messrs. Kierulf,, Davis and Boal were
appointed with the superintendent as a
special committee to confer with the
new council on the subject.
On motion of Mr.. Davis, the resgna-
tions of Misses Emma Fleishman and
Calthea Vivian were accepted with re-
grets and ON motion of the same mem
ber, L. D. Lawson, teacher OF writing,
was granted continuance of his leave
of absence for six weeks.
The board then adjourned.