The San Francisco call., 1897-05-13

! fer charges of stufing, incompetency and
other Irregularities. The letter was as
as follows:
Gentlemen: AS the representative of COM
| mittee of taxpayers, beg leave to file pro-
test against the acceptance of the census
returns by your honorable board; and we
ask time TO present our twenty different
charges for your consideration as regards the
stuffing, lncompetency and large increase in
expenses over previous years OF the census
taking OF the City and County.
A. X. NICHOLS, Attor ney- at-Law.
The board at first voted to grant the re-
quired time. but later, when it was found
that it might delay the payment of the
men, the action was reconsidered and the
communication laid on the table.
The resignation of Miss Lillian l..
Leevin, teacher in the Marshall Primary
School, was accepted.
A petition from property-owners and
re sidents requesting the erection of a
school build ing in the Panhandle district,
west OF Baker and north OF Fell streets,
was referred to the Buildings and Grounds
Committee. The same course was taken
with petition from the Southern Heights
Improvement Club for a new school
building on De Haro street, between
Mariposa and Solano.
The Committee on Buildings and
| tions that were adopted:
That the contractors be required to use Ari.
zona sandstone in the construction of the new
Mission High School building, and that the
specifications on page 8, line 23. be changed
to read: balance of stone work be a veneer
eight and four inches thick, laid in alternate
courses"
The following recommendations of the
Committee on Evening Schools were
adopted:
c. L. Turner to be transferred from the
Franklin evening school to the business even
ing school; James n. Sykes assigned to the
Franklin evening schooi: Mrs. Alice E. Kedon
elected regular teacher, and assigned to the
Franklin evening school, vice Miss Mcmahon,
resigned.
The report of the Census Marshal was
read and, upon motion of Director Wal.
ler. approved.
Director Armer of the Printing Commit
tee made a motion that all printing be
awarded to union Offices. 1t was ex-
planned that most OF the work was done
by ntract, and that some of the con-
tracts were not made with union shops.
The motion was amended to refer to all
work done outside of the contracts and
passed.
The following recon mendations of the
Committee on Classification were adopted: :
That a new class be formed in the Long
fellow Primary School, with Mrs. M. e. Perlet
as probationary teacher in charge; that
Miss May Fleming be assigned as a probation
ary teacher in the Buena Vista Primary
School; that the action of the Board of Ed uca-
ton taken April % in transferring w. D.
Kingsbury from the John SWEET Grammar
School to the Adams Grammar School, and
L. NJ. Shuck from the Adams Grammar School
to the John SWEET Grammar School, bs re-
scinded; that w. D. kingsbury, yice-principal
of the John SWEET Grammar School, be Irsns-
ferre6 to the -principalshlp of the Horace
m m Sald
Sturges, vice principal OF the Horace Mann
Grammar School, be transferred to the vice.
prIncipalship of the John SWEET Grammar
School.
Director Waller offered resolution that
was adopted appointing James T. Hanil-
ton a mem Der of the City Board of Ex-
aminers, vice r. D. Faulkner, term ex-
pired