The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-16

the same, as may from time to time be voted by the school district, and for no other purpose.
 Voted, That a tax of one mill on the dol lar be laid upon the polls and ratable estate or the New Haven city school district on me grand list of 1896, payable September l, 1857, the proceeds of said tax to be set aside as building fund to be used for the pur- chase of land and the erection, enlargement and remodelling of school buildings with the necessary furniture and equipment for the same as may be voted by the school district.
 Voted That the board of education be and Is hereby authorized to borrow In the open market, at the lowest rate of interest, such amounts of money as may be required from time to time to meet the obligations of the school district in anticipation of the special tax to be set aside as a building fund, and that notes of the school district be given Tor the Same said notes to be signed by a majority of the members of the board of education who are hereby authorized to sign said notes in behalf of the New Haven city school district.
 This was amended by Judge Baldwin so that the amount borrowed should not exceed $75,000 at one time. The amendment was accepted and was vot- ed in with the above.
 Voted That the board of education be and Is herby authorized to eXpend d sum not to exceed $3o, GOO for the purchase of land for
 
 school building of eight rooms in the Strong district.
 This is to be paid out of the one mill tax
 Voted, That the board of education be md Is hereby authorized to eXpend n sum not to exceed $11,00O for the completion ot the Strong school
 Six thousand dollars of this amount has been already expended, and will come out of the bond issue, the remain ing $5O00 yet to be expended will come out of the one mill tax.
 Voted That the board of education be and is hereby authorized to expend sum not to exceed $3,OO0, in addition to $40,000 pre- Nlously appropriated. for the equipment of the Boardman Manual Training High school.
 Of this $3,000, the sum of $2,000 has been already expended and will be paid out of the sum obtained from the bond sale. The remaining $1,000 is the esti- mated amount necessary for repairs, etc, at Boardman for the next ten years, and will be paid out of the one mill tax.
 Voted That the board of education be and is hereby authorized to eXpend sum not to exced 15,O00 for the remodeling, refurnish- ing and equipment of the Dwight school.
  is hereby authorized to eXpend d sum not to exceed S2,500 to build new water closets.
 The amounts voted in these last two items will be paid out of the one mill tax.
 After the above matters presented by the financial committee of the board of education had been voted upon MT. Hooker brought before the meeting the suggestion of the board of education, proposed to the board by MT. Stoddard, that the premium received from the sale of bonds be set aside for sinking fund. Mir. Hooker stated that it had been estimated that the premium from the $500000 bond sale would approXi- mate $30,000 This suggestion was in- corporated into a motion, and it was voted that the premiums realized here after from the sale of bonds of the school district be set aside as a sinking fund for the payment of such bonds as they become due.
 Ernest T. Oatley,S prominent in the local socialistic labor party then offer ed two resolutions-one providing that Congressman Sperry be requested to support any measure having for it's ob- JSCI IIle ItCOS Ul IHe DeulSbIG1ltS of the Cuban patriots, and the other pro- viding for the teaching of the Declar- ation of Independence and the United States constitution in the public schools as a special subject. The former reso- lution was tabled and the latter refer red to the board of education.
 The meeting next acted upon the pe- tition from the residents of the Wood ward district to enlarge the Woodward school. Chairman ConnOr of the build ing committee of the board of educa- ton spoke of the needs of more com modious schools in the Woodward dis trict, but said that it would be impos- sible to make any definite recommend ation as to whether the old building should be enlarged or a new building erected until the direction of the growth of that section of the city was seen, and that the direction of growth would become evident within two years. The matter was referred to the next annual district meeting. The meeting then adjourned.