Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-29

the books in very bad condition. az
though they had been originally Kept wen
for long time. He also noticed an u''e,
absence OF cash account ana disfesa'"
OF thc dcubie-entry system. Sofne az
counts had been ruled down az II w!
. had been balanced. while IN reai'. '"o
accounts did not balance al all anu -,
order 20 ascertain the actual cohu,''o' ~.
Affairs. the books had to be entireF bon.
over again. The pay-rolls being without
signatures. there was nothing 20 indicate
who received money and how much re
had found however, some pencli narfs
on the pay-rolls which he thoueh, SNOW
ed where orders had been gwen iof '',e
pay The ;icket-books USED IN 'he sa'o
Of coke also were in very pad cohu'"o"'
Ue made a calculation in regard 10 one
of the ticket books and FOUND ina, aoou'
/. 200 tickets had been torn OUT WIN ',ie
stubs from various portions OF 'ne DUN
MIR Meredith stated that during the
erst irvestigat,on IL had been explained
,bat those tickets had been torn out 10
facilitate the business when large orders
a., ooLa vere received at one time.
A. smith stated that the books were
BALANCED i'm December. 1882. ana mat
soue OF the balances had the appearance
OF being forced. ~
Tho committee then adjourned.
OTHER COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
The Committee on First Market held
meeting Yesterday afternoon at ocioch'
There were present Messrs. Davis tchaii-
nam. Epps. and Hays. The ohiy DUST
ness before the committee was the con-
sideration OF a bin OF Messrs. william ..
Wood & Son for painting the market
building and general repairs. amounting
TO Sg2l IS The bin was approved
t.I fffltf
new iail was called for last evening at
o'clock hut Messrs. Gunst and Don
lcayy were the only members present,
and no business could be Transacted. y
similar failure was met with In
regard TO a meeting of the Committee on
Accounts and Printing, OF when not
single member put in an appearance.
The Committee on Claims and Salaries
met last evening at o'clock. with the
following members present: Messrs. wal
Ierstein chairman. Reeve, and Moore
The committee decided u recommend TO
the Council that several claims be paid,
and after the transaction Of routine bust
ness an adjournment was had
The Committee on Schools met about
the same hour and approved number
of bills.
CITY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
The regular monthly meeting Of the city
School Board was held In the city Hal
Yesterday afternoon at . O'Clock. There
we're present Hon. J. Taylor Ellyson
chairman. William Lovenstein, Joseph
{. picKerson. l.. II. Starke, Alonzo l..
Phillips. James H. Capers, George Il.
Davis \ - Ianderkin, X. Edgar same
william +. Fox superintendent, and G.
=. Rady supervisor.
Superintendent Fox submitted his
monthly report. which gives N" following
statistics: Total enrolment-White. 6,j6S;
colored. 4Gll. Total. ll.l77. Average daily
attendance White. 5.S72; colored, 4.2il.
Total. 1O0S}. Percertage-White 80 clio;
colored. 81 $40.
Night schools were opened AT Leigh
street and Springfield schools october lst,
with 100 pupils. The pupils seem well-dis-
posed To learn. and are doing well.
The board. after careful consideration
decided to return to It's former plan of
holding written examinations In February
and June.
After routine business the board adj
journed.