Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-29
TEACHERS FOR NEXT YEAR Selected by the Board of Edu-
 cation, WITH SALARIES STATED Large Deficit in Appropriations Necessitated Cut in Salaries, But Considerable
 Financial Deficit StlIl Remains.

The board of educa ton held very im- por.ant meeting last night al the office of the superintendent. The entire board was present, except President Ulman, who is out of the city. Vice-President Evans called she meeting to order ats o'clock, and the board proceeded at once to the transaction of buuin:ss.
 Tile most important item before ehe board was the report of the committee on instructions and it's recommendations regarding the work of the ensuing year. The following list of teachers, with their annual salaries, was adopted, the super intendent to rearrange positions if nfc- essary at the opening of the schools: TEACHERS ANA ANNUAL SALARIES
 High School-Principal A c. Moore, S1, ,0S0 Miss w. M. Allen, $6SO; Miss B. A. Allen, S6SO; Miss A. R. Klos. $56O; Miss H. R. Thornton, $560; Miss B. H. Gelders, s400; Miss R. c. Hamilton $S20
 Powell School-Prineipal, Miss M. A. Cahalan, $1 ,000 Miss Cora E. Palmer, $400; Miss Florlbsl Brown, $360; Miss M. E. Bostic, $340; Miss Alma Lane, $320; Miss Kate A. Smi;h, $340; Miss Daisy Carpenter, $340; Miss Ha tie Bradshaw, s340; Miss Emma Wellman, $S40; Miss Mary G. Linn, $320; Miss Fannie Ran dolph, $320; Miss Annette Muslin, $S4O;
 
 Henley Schcol-Principal, Prof. c. A. Brown, $720; Miss N D. Davis, $40; Miss Amy Braun, $340; Miss Jamie Greene $340; Miss Roch:lle Williams, $340; Miss Mary Morton, $320; Miss Jessie Roberts, $340; Miss Anna Gre enc, $340; Mrs. Theresa Ev- ans, S920; Miss Jessie Ruter, $340; Miss Hattie Pulaski, $920; Mrs. J. Alice Neely, $360; Miss Elb5rta Taylor $320; Miss Helen Hudson, $400.
 Paul Hayne School-Principal, Prof. J. B. Cunningham, $1,OO0; Mrs. M. N. Dabney, $4OO; Miss Rose Lewis, $36O; Kate Cahalan.. $400; Miss Alice Staff =fcrd, $340; Miss May Rittenburg, s340 Miss Mamie Palmer, $360; Miss Carrie Jernigan, $340; Miss Mamie Cleary sS2O Miss Hattie Brown, $320; Miss Nettie Anderson, $340; Miss Willie Wallis. $340
 Slater ad;qt ee- o-qJ$3 oswas shrdlua Slater School-Principal c. V. Auguste, $440.00; w. A. Calhoun, $2S000: Or lean Kennedy, $2S9; Marie Jones, $200; Alice Nelson, $2OOi Josie Johnson, $2O0; Rachel Lester, $240: Anna Bell $2S0.
 Lane School-Psincipal, G. S. Lewis. $400.00; w, c. Davis, $240.00; A. B. Headen, $2so; Anna E. Payne, $2OO; Lena R. Finley, $200; Nancy L. Lowe, $20O.
 Cameron School-Prineipal A. H. Par ker, s360; Jennie Warner, $20O; Irene Thompson, $200
 Miss Annie Bradford and Miss Nina Strother were elected supernumeraries.
 The salaries of the teachers are to be paid in eight installments. on the basis of eight scholastic months.
 Superintendent Phillips was unani- mously reelected for a term of three years, ard his salary fixed at $1,S00 for the next ensuing year.
 The selection of janitors- for the next year was deferred, but their monthly salaries for the several schools were fixed as follows:
 Do. cahn Henly school, $40; Paul Hayne school. $50; Slater school, $15; Lane school, $15; Cameron school. $10.
 The total number of teachers elected for next year is sixty-eight, against eighty for last year, reduction of twelve teachers from the entire corps. The sal aries of teachers and janitors for this year will amount to $28,S00 against $35, 900, being a reduction in expenditure for sal aries of $7,100
 This reduction in the number of teach CTS and in the salaries paid has been made necessary by the failure of the O'Brisn law, the supreme court having hsld the special school tax to be invalid and the law unconstitutional. With this fact be- fore them the members of the board real ized the necessity of reducing all salaries ard of cutting down the force to the low est number consistent with efficiency. The only resources of the schools for the ensuing year are approximately as fol- lows:
 Stote appropriations. .... ........$ 1000 county tax .-.... ............ 5.eOn Pol tax .-........ ......... 3,O00
 Total .. ..... .... ....... .$15 900
 In addition to the salaries it is esti- mated that a least 6,20e will be required to defray incidental expenses and to ke p the school buildings in proper repair. This will make the total expenditure for the year about $35.000. leaving a difference nf $20,000 to be raised in order to operate the schools for the eight months. II is esti- ma ted that about $10000, or one-haf of that amount may be raised by monthly tuition fees,
 Chairman Steiner. of the finance con- mittee. was requested on behalf of the board of education to appear before the board of mayor and aldermen and to request an appropriation from that bo7y of $10.000 for the maintenance of the pub lie schools during the next scholastic year.
 The finance committee reported favora- b1y a mum Der of accounts which were or dered paid. The question of taking the school census, which is required to bs taken durir,e the month eff August was referred to the beard of mayor and a.