El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-04
NO BUSINESS
TRANSACTED
By the School Board Last
Night.
MEET AGAIN THURSDAY

MEET AGAIN THURSDAY
To Permit Senator Turney To Reach
the City To Explain the Effects OF
the New Law Recently Passed.
President Race. Treasurer Foster,
Secretary Pew, E. A. Shelton, F. B.
Sexton, Judge Harper, Mayor Mag
offin, Superintendent Putnam, @. R.
Morehead, r. f. Campbell, City Attor-
ney Kemp. and Architect Kneezell, at
tended the regular school board meet
ing at the Central school building last
night.
DIR. Race sprung sensation rs soon
as those present had assem- bled by re
lating that the new school board law
had been adopted by the legislature
last Friday.
A brief explanation of the law fol-
lows:
NEW LAW.
The new school board law which
passed and went into effect April 1st
provides for the election in every city
or Independent school of six trustees,
on the first Tuesday in May 1899 Three
of these will serve until December,
A president will also be elected at the
sane time who will preside at meet
ings and cast the deciding vote in case
of tie. The trustees shall decide by
lot or in such other manner as they
deem proper which shall have the
long as we'll the short term.
'The county judge shall call and post
the notice of the first election and al
elections thereafter will be ordered by
the trustees themselves.
SIN cities where there is already
board of six members elected or ap-
pointed by the council no election will
be held in May, but the board will de-
eide a 1ong themselves which three of
the present trustees shall have the long
and short terms. This is the case in Ell
Paso where there Is a board of SIX
mem bers already in Office.
''In case of q vacanty the board will
elect someone to serve until the mex.
general election, when u trustee will
be elected to fill out the vacant term.
"The board will elect superintend-
ent or riDcipal of schools to serve for
not more than two years. The elec-
ton must be held sometime between
the 18th of April and the 10Th of Au-
gust:
"AQ trustees and the president will
be required to serve without compen-
sation."
City Attorney Kemp was called on to
elucidate the idea conveyed by the law.
He said the mayor and county judge
under the provision of the law cease to
be ex-officio members of the board
which will consist Of six members,
three of whom are to retire every two
years. The board itself will have to
determine which members retire in
1901 and 1903.
Judge Kemp explained that Judge
Blacker having removed from the
state it was in order to hold an election
to elect his successor and Mr.. Pew
presented resolution declaring Judge
Blacker's place vacant.
Acting upon the suggestion OF Mr.
Foster it was decided to await'the ar
rival of Senator Turney so that he
might more fully inform them regard
ing the new law.
1t was decided that under the new
law the board had no right to fill the
vacancy created by the absence of
Judge Blacker. It was"agreed to adj
journ until Tuesday night when reor
board will decide just where it is at.
Some time ago the board was in
great rush to select an architect,
alleging that no time was to be lost In
getting the buildings up. Last night
no action was taken in regard to them
the matter being again deferred until
the board had been reorganiZed.
The plans of Architect KueeZell
were presented and carefully scrutiniz-
ed. Before they were opened how
ever r F. Campbell asked permission
to say few worCs and attacked Sec
rotary Foster for an article appearing
in the HERALD, which the colonel
seen ed to think ref ected on his fnsn-
cial standing. He was one Of
Knee zell's bondsmen.
Campbell declared that he was easily
worth half hundred thousand dollars
and attributed the article to ''spite" on
the part of Mr.. Foster.
Secretary Foster said he believed it
to be the duty of the board to inquire
into the financial strength OF the archi-
tect's bondsmen and that he had seen
many notices posted on Col. Campbell's
house For Rent, Apply to Mrs. r.
F. Campbell"
Mr.. Campbell explained that his
wife frequently collected the rents and
that the property was in his name and
not in hers.
EITHER you or some one for you
put that dirty little insinuation
in the HERALD" replied Col
onel Campbell. The postmaster
then took his departure. After ex-
aiming the plans of the school build
ings the board adjourned until Thurs
day.