Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-30
TEMPORARILY WITHHELD.

TkmPORAR1LY WITHHELD.
Mrs. Boardman,s Gift For a Manual
Training school withheld Until
the Work Can-Proceed without
Arbitrary Restrictions-The Board
Under Governor Ingersoll's opinion
Vote to Ignore the school Meet |
ing,s Action-Teachers Must Attend |
the Convention or Forfeit the |
Days Pay-Changes of Teachers
Action of the Builders' Exchange.
The teachers will be given pay for the
day they spend at the teachers conven-
ton. The schools win be closed for that
day and those who do not attend the con-
vention will receive no pay for the day.
The board considers this convention wor-
thy of recognition, but 1t does not propose
to pay those who stay away. This the
board voted last night.
The board of finance have eettled all
claims Of damages regarding the taking of
land for the manual training school, which
have been approved by the superior court.
Among these was one of NJ. Fiechel Belof
Mr.. Belof before the condemnation pro-
csedings were begun decided that his
$4,000. He then, with true public spirit,
decided that as the action taken was for
public school interests, he would make his
claim 81 900 He wished this considered
| as q gift of 81 900 to the district. He
was awarded something much lower than
| $14, 900 by the appraisers of the superior
court. Thus the gift did not materialize.
On recommendation of the committee on
schools Miss Margaret Mcnamara was as
signed to Hallock street school; Mary E.
| Andrus was transferred from the Shelton
avenue school in the place of Miss NJ. B.
| was assigned to the Shelton avenue school;
the salary of Miss Lillian Preston of Win
chester school was increased from $500 to
| $425, and Miss Grace Wilcox was assigned
to the Grand avenue school at salary of
$500.
The communication of ex Governor In
gersoll stating that In his opinion the votes
passed at the recent town meeting regard
ing limiting the work on the mammal train
ing school to labor union men and that
combining the contracting to home contrac-
tors were illegal, was read aud accepted.
| The reasons for the opinion we're given Ia
yesterday mornings JOURNAL AND CoUR
TER, viz that no prior or legal notice had
been given in the call for the meeting of
the proposed votes, and that they were
hencs Illegal
Governor Ingersoll, in his opinion given.
| after setting forth what the votes On which
he was to pass his Views and giving the text
Of the wa ming for the school meeting added:
The general statutes of Connecticut Csec. $50
| provide that 1.-The warning OF every town meet
lug. annual and special, and OF every meeting OF
| city, Eorough, school society, school district,
| or other public community, or of an ecclesast1-
cal society, or of propretors Of common fields,
shall So specify raIS the for which such meeting
And it has long been settled, jcdicially. that
the specification Of object required by the statute
must be such as fairly 10 inform the voters OF
the district Gin the case Of school district meet
ing) what subjects Of interest to the voters can
to the meeting for it's action. so that the voters
may govern their attendance accordingly.
| Without much specification of object the meet
subject not specifed) and It's votes are utilities
quite lately Qs9D, Pinney vs. Brown. 60 Conn.
1853, thus expressed this well law Of Con
cit has been repeatedly decided that town
meeting not warned agreeably to the mode des
ignated in the statute is no legal congregation o.
| the town, and its acts at such a meeting are
void; and that at meeting duly warned fo
some purposes, If vote is had upon some sub
let speced IN the arn that got
effect and binds neither the town nor its inhabi
, tants.''
The warning OF the meeting at which tn
l votes in question were passed cont aimed no init
nation to the voters of the district that the sub
for action. The votes are, therefore, in M
opinion, OF no legal effect whatever.
g Very Respectfully Yours,
4 CHARLES r. 1NGERSoLL.
a A communication was received from
q William T. Field in which he stated tina
q although Mrs. Boardman was DESTROYS o
: the speedy erection of the manual trainin
school, after further consideration she ha
. decided to withhold her gift until she wa
g sure that the erection would go on with
q out restriction. This referred to the OBJ
noxious votes limiting the labor to cer
l tain class of men, the lady sanctionin
{ no such invidious distinction.
Q Mr.. Whitney then presented q vote au
j. thoriztng the committee on construction t
}, advertise for bids for the new building
Ii Mr.. Whitney said that the board wa
T. backed by Mr.. Ingersoll's opinion, an
It could ignore the vote of the district meet
II ing. The vote was adopted.
j The following list of janitors was az
i. proved by the committee on buildings
y High school, William Fl. Clark, 81, O0C
y Hamilton school, Michael Hughson, 81 ,2eC
Q Eaton school, Almarine Hayward, $3.50
q Winchester school, Dennis OKeefe, $3.50
: Winchester school, j John Shaughnessy, $3.50
!, WEIGH school, Charles Weidig, $3.50
!, Dwight school, Wilfred G. Talmadge, $3.50
i Wooster school, Timothy J. O'Donnell, $3.50
f Washington school, Charles P. Brown
q $3.50; Woolsey school, John W. Hill, $3.50
/ Lowell school, Charles P. Blakeslee, $3.50
! Rosette street school, James s. O'Brien
f $3.50; Shelton avenue school, James Henry
! $500; Skinner school, henry s. Lopez
= $500; Fair street school, H J. McManus, $75C
a Cedar street school, b. w. Blakeslee, $7OC
j Edwards street school, Joseph Miller, 500
a Grand avenue school, William s. Green
/. $500; Dixwell avenue school, John n. Eos
Il ter, $500; Ferry street school, Franei
v Ray, $500; Hallock street school, Thoma
;. McKiernan. $500; Oak street school
|. Mary Hannah, $500; Davenport ave
j. nue. school, Patrick Stanford, $500; Yves
il street school, Patrick Donnelly $500; Hum
!. phrey street school, Patrick Reynolds, $4O(
q Greenwich avenue school, Ellen Reardor
D $500; Lloyd street school, William G1s
). ham, $3.50; Orchard street school, A. a
q Goodman, $500: Carlisle street schoo
"A Julia Coxson, $500; Woodward schoo
il Erwin B. Lille, $500; Center stree
a school, Quinnipiac street school, O. f
o Burwell, $500; manual training schoo
$500.
r The following were appointed schoe
census takers in the respective districts:
I William Terrell, Eaton district; Charlie
W. Hosmer, Lowell district; Patrick Smith
Winchester district, W. T. Peckham
Dwight district; Thomas M Fitzpatrick
J.. " ebster district; Thomas OBrien, Welc
:, district; David ODonnell, Rosette district
David ODonnell, Washington district, "
81. Huntley, Woolsey district; Patric
% McNlerney, Webster district j. Edwi
f Hall, annex.
@ Professor Jepson was given permissio
! to order for the district 800 copies of grad
uation music for commencement exercise
:, for 1894.
r A communication was received from tn
n master builders exchange, stating that tn
exchange did not endorse the vote pssse
70 at the district meeting in favor of city cor
g tractors.
J. The night schools will be reopened l.
d the regular places October9
Two Remington typewriters were order
y ed for the commercial department of tn
9 High school.
DIRECTORS MEETING.
O Questions In Regard to the Manage
ment of the New Historical Societ
Building Informally Discussed Las
. Evening.
q A business meeting of the directors Q
Q the Historical society was held at tn
I newly dedicated building last evening
The meeting, which YVES quite informal
n was devoted to discussion of the genera
: policy which shall be pursued by the di
t rectors of the society in the Management
Il of the building. The questions in regar,
g to the hours for the opening and closing