The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-23
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
BUSINESS TRANSACTED AT LAST
 NIGHTS MEETING.

MT. James T. Moran Presided-Committee
 Generous Act-Finance Committee's Re-
 port.
 dent of the board. Mir. Day, the secre- tary, yesterday called the meeting of the board of education to order. MT. Moran yas selected temporary chair man. Those present were Messrs. Stoddard, Moran, Morgan, Connor, Man derson and Farnsworth.
 The committee on schools recom- mended the transfer of Annie 10. Me- Guire from the substitute list to the position of assistant teacher in room ? of the Ferry straet school. In this school there are sixty children, and this large number necessitates the appoint ment of an assistant teacher The committee on special instruction reported the resignation of Miss Mary D. Bulford of the Kindergarten depart ment of the Winchester school on ac- count of Illness, and recommended that the resignation be accepted The com mittee also recommended that Mrs. M. l V. Hotchkiss be appointed to the va cant position, the appointment to date from November 20, 1895, and the salary to be $500 per annum.
 The building committee reported on the progress of work in the new city school buildings and MT. Morgan stated that Strong school was all plastered. The committe recommended that the board of public works be requested to remove three trees from in front of the Strong school
 | The special committee appointed to l take charge of the purchase of the lot for new school building at the corner of Elm street and Norton street, recom- mended that the finance committee be authorized and instructed to call a meeting of the district to meet at the board of education rooms to act on an appropriation of $1 ,000 In addition to the $5,000 previously appropriated for | the purchase of the Wheat lot, extend | ing 110 feet on Norton street and 15C feet on Elm street.
 The finance committee submitted a | ending November A. This report show ed that the total receipts for the month were, including the school bonds, $461,- 399.60 The expenditures were $34 373 55 l leaving a balance of $11S026.05. The temporary loans paid were $2S0, 900 The total amount expended for perma- nent Improvements was $178S5.45, while the balance available for this purpose is $37, ,5S974
 Principal Abbott of the Strong school was recently called away for three days to attend law suit, and Superin- l tendent Kendall last evening asked the board if MT. Abbott's salary would bt allowed for that time. The board vot. ed to allow the salary for the three l days.
 A boy named Minor, who lives at 2S( James street, and is a student in Hill. house, recently had an overcoat stoler at the Hillhouse high school building and he last evening appeared befort the board to see if the board would re. imburse the loss. It was decided that the board had no authority to vote tc pay the boy for his coat, but the mem. bers out of kindness decided to buy a new overcoat on their own expense and Mir. Hewlett, the clerk of the board agreed to purchase the coat for the boy, the members to pay for it. A petition was read from the resi-. dents in the Woodward district asking an addition to the school building ir that district. The matter was referred to the committee on buildings.
 MT. Morgan then moved that the matter of fixing up special cloak room at Hillhouse high school be left to the building committee. The board ther