Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-21
SCHOOL BOARD MATTERS.
The Refusal 10 Vote Can Only be
Reached by the Citizens.
uids Tor ihe Erection of the oqutrrh
school building Reiec'ed.-toi-
lapse of u Defective Tank

The board tt tuuchNiou hos III 49,
lar session last night, President Nelson
An the chair. All the member except
ing Pratt were In attendance.
A good deal Of discussion preceded
the reading OF an opinion from the
boards attorney IN the matter Of the
refusal Of Pike TO vote OF the last meet
ing.
The attorney was Of the opinion
that the board did not have the power
10 compel n member to vote nor 70
offer rebuke or infiict punishment OF
any character therefor A refusal TO
vote was n derlliction Of duty, but the
nnIy remedy was in tho hands Of the
voters.
@. Newson asked to be employed as
engineer and janitor at the jackson
school. Committee on furniture and
supplies.
Florence II. Leavenworth sent In
her resignation NJ assistant teacher In
the Lincoln school. Accepted.
Tho salt Lake Building Il Manuiac-
turing Company reminded the Board
that they had submitted bill for e1-
tras on the Lowell building on Feb. Ia,
ami asked that action be taken on the
matter. Committee on sitcs and build
ings, to report al next meeting.
Fisher q D0ran submitted n bill Tor
Sis, for plastering the basement If the
Hamilton school building. Committee
on sites and buildings.
George +. Costefisan sent In n claim
Of s27l,lb, balance due for services
rendered In preparing plans and epeci-
ficatlOns for the franklin school. Com.
mitteo on sites and bulldogs.
On Recommendation Of the commit
tee on sites and buildings the bids for
tue erection OF the Oquitfh school
building wero rejected and the super
intendent OF building authorized 10 put
In concrete foundation for school
house, the cost not TO exceed 10000.
Tie committee on sites anu buildings
reported that bond had been submit
tod, properly signed, asking that the
assignee OF relfsr a Hunsecktr, con-
tractors, be paiu the full contract price
Tor the erection Of the Franklin school
building, the said bonusmen to bind
themselves TO tvplaster such portions
OF the building n, may be necessary,
put In tranaoms, lifts and otherwise
complete the building during tho SUM
mer vacation. The committee was Of
the opinion that this would be an un-
wise precedent and recommended that
the amount be paid with the exception
OF $1,000, provided all sub.contractots
anu material and men be paid, aud
ant u. a. faN Inn
against or liens filed on tho building.
The same committee reported that
they were In receipt of a cOmmunics-
ton from the Hendy n Meyer Engin.
eering company and the James
Spencer Bateman company Offering
for the sum OF s., i20 to reliuquish all
claim against the board on tue heating
and vsntilating plans ut the sixth and
Eleventh ward school buildings, and
surrender tho contract for heating and
ventilating the Sixteenth ward build
ing. Flied.
The committee al.O reported that
since the last meeting OF the board the
tank erected by the Hendy.Meyer
Engineering company Mt the Bryant
school had again collapsed from the
pressure OF the atmosphere, and being
ihe second time within sixty days, the
committee had directed the supeTin-
tendent OF buildings to prevent the
said company from placing any tank
In the said building that would not
resist the pressure OF tho atmosphere,
and asked that their action be approx
ed. Adopted.
The committee ON teachers and
school work recommended as follows:
That all teachers who are under
temporary emplOyme Il In the school
but not under contract, be reported
each month by the superintendent
upon special payroll for mat purpose,
anu which includes an oath 10 bo suit
scribed to by such teachers, that the
services have been rendered and the
amount stated Ia correct; that the
following teachers be employed NJ the
salaries per month and ut the places
named, ana that contracts be entered
into with them for tho Dslsnoe Of the
school term. Flora Irwin, Tenth
school, 500; Charlotte Fowler, Hamil-
ton school, S6b; Gene Kimball, Sec
ond school, $50; Marion Lewis, Filth
school, $40; that plano for use in the
nigh school besecuTeu during the rest
OF the term, at cost not TO exceed ST.,
for the purpose Of training pupils ~
sing for tue commencement exercises
connected with the graduating class;
that SIS be Appropriated for the purpose
OF constructing color charts for use IN
all schools. Adopted.
Appropriations aggregating S687.5O
were made after which the board au-
journed for two weeks.
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