The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1897-06-18
Proceedings CT the Beard Of Public IN
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The board % public instruction in
and for Mario county held its reg
uIar meeting today with the following
members present. E Z. Harris, r. I.
Hull and NJ. :, Eeser.
The minutes of The last meeting
read. MIR. F. T. Harris moved that
we amend minutes by inserting in the
part referring to Mcintosh school sub
district, that Mr.. Allen and ). c.
Mathews came before the board and
stated that in their opinion the line
given by DR.. Burgen was nearest the
halt way point. Minutes were also
amended so as to read that all teachers
are requested to make applications for
schools by the first Of July, but appli-
cations would receive due considera-
ton at any time.
mr.. A. i. Baskin, of Anthony, Mr..
Seckinger, Of Fellowship, and d. S.
Morgan, OF Churchill, came before the
board and asked for repairs on their
school buildings and grounds. Mr..
Morgan made a proposition to tear
down their house and build a smaller
one, as the present house was ia
dangerous condition and larger than
necessary, and asked the board to fur
nish the money and cut or the term
of their school in order to give suf1ic-
lent money to make the necessary inn
provements. Several others then pre-
sented petitions for repairs, new build
ings, new schools, etc. ali Of which
was laid over for a special meeting to
be held on the Dist of June.
Mr. Wilmington came before the
board and stated that some difficulty
had arisen in regard to their teacher
at Shiloh. and asked the board to give
them their same teacher The mat
ter was deferred to the meeting in
July.
Mr.. Moser moved that in case an
assistant teacher Is SICK, The principal
be allowed to fill The vacancy and no.
tify the superintendent at once, but
no such vacancy can be til!ed for more
than one week
a communication was read from
Superintendent Philips Of Levy
county, asking the board to consider
again the accounts between Marion
and Levy counties, that he thought
the accaunt of Levy county was just
and believed that ii the Marion county
board would thoroughly investigate
| the matter they would accept it. The
board discussed The subject, aud after
considering the time and expense to
arnitrate the matter, they Instructed
the superintendent q notify Superin-
tendent Philips that If his board
would pay the difference now existing
between the counties his account
| would be accepted
Mr. Wood, Of Lowell, came before
the board and stated that they did not
own the school house and lot at Low
ell, bat thought it could be bought for
about $50, which was less than one
third its cost, and asked the board to
aid them in the purchase Mr.. Wood
was requested 10 ascertain the exact
amount it could be bought at and re-
por, to the board as soon as possible.
Mr. Cribbett came before the board
and stated that the old board had APP
propriated $50 for building cisteru at
! Cotton Plant school, and that the
work had been started, but was aban-
doned without completion, that none
| OF the money had ever been paid, and
asked that the board allow him to
complete the work, and the same
amount .be paid. Mr. Cribbett also
stated that he had commenced the
work that was unfinished. The board
allowed MIR. Cribbett to complete the
work.
A petition from the trustees of the
Ocala nigh School was read, claiming
that the school board owed them S246
for tuition of 1894 and 1895, and as the
board had refused to pay it they asked
for an arbitration to settle TIE matter.
The arbitration, after due considera-
tion, was granted.
The chairman and superintendent
reported that they had received notice
from the state superintendent that the
state Of Florida was due Marion
county S2764, and as soon as proper
papers were forwarded to the comp
troller the money would be sent. The
proper papers were Immediately Sent,
but the state treasurer notified Mr.. +.
f. Harris as chairman OF the Marion
county school board, that the state
would withhold the said S2764 and
credit the same on one of the S50O0
school warrants held against Marion
county. The board left ii TO Mr.. Bur-
ford to take such steps as he thinks
best.
The inspectors of the election APP
pointed by this board to conduct the
election to determine whether the
division Of Marion county described
as follows: Begnning at the northeast
corner Of McTntpsh precinct, running
west on line between Marion and
Alachua counties to line between
ranges 20 and 2l Themes south with
said range line to subdivision of sec