The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-06-03
THE YEAR CLOSED.
Finni Meeting of the school 3oard Yester-
day Afternoon.

NAN AAieEuoNns
The School Board Of town yesterday after
noon held its last meeting Of the fiscal year
to wind up business and mako final arrange
ments for tie graduating exercises The
meeting was held in the office of Superintcn-
dent J. W. Cooper, in the High school build
ing and was attended by Directors Hanna.
Martin, Dove. Malick, Britt. Whitaker, Sui
livan, Baugh, Connors and Bre.lin
President Coughlin was prevented from at
tending the meeting by other business en-
gagements and Director J. II. Martin was
made chairman pro tenn.
Communications. from Misses Eliza Fin
nerty, Julia Miles, Julia Donahoe, Mary A.
Roberts, and Messrs James r. Lewis, Herbert
G. Hooks and p. J. Sullivan. requesting the
use Of school rooms for summer schools, We're
read, and the requests were granted it being
understood that the building and repairs
committee have supervision.
superintendent Cooper presented the fol-
lowing report The ninth month of the
school year closed with the following results /:
Monthly enrollment--Boys. 1866 girls, 14O2;
total 266s. Average daily attendsnce-Bo
1921 girls 1884; total, 2355 Percentage of
attendance--Boys, 03 girls, 02 total, 02
There were 1908 pupils in attendance every
session. Sixty six visits were made by citi-
lens and not any by directors.
Truant Officer James Smith reported that
during the school month ending May 4th he
visited the parents of 2l4 absent pupils The
reasons given for absence by the parents in
most cases was sickness. There were Ia cases
of truancy during the month. These pupils
were put back to school after being punished
by the superintendent.
The High School Committee submitted a
report setting forth the names of the gram
mar and High school graduates and recon-
mending that diplomas be granted.
The committee on generations presented
a report in writing as follows:
The exoneration committee held a series of
meetings beginning May Is and finished our
labor on the 30th. Your committee has had
more than the ordinary amount of trouble
with the exonerations for 1897 owing to the
problems arising that were new to us, chief
among them being the alien taxes collected
by the p. & r. G. d l. Co. and the Thomas
Coal Company, and the relations the said
alien taxes would bear to the exoneration
lists presented by Tax Collector Burke,
who was present at all of our meetings, and
after comparing the lists with our duplicate
and locating some taxables we sought the
advice of our counsel, and the counsel of the
representatives of the Taxpayers Association,
to whom we are under lasting obligation for
furnishing us with a typewritten lists of the
names of the aliens and the amounts of the
taxes collected from the same, and their as
sistance and advice as to the proper method
of settlement. Owing to the new elements
entering into the work of the exoneration
committee, this year our report must partake
of the nature of finance committee report,
inasmuch as it affects the settlement of the
duplicate of 1897 and some other matters.
Number of persons asked for exoneratiOn.
1904. Amount of property asking relief
from double assessment $685. IA. Amount of
reduced valuation, reduced by Commits.
sioners, Scale. Total asked, $4, 1922 SO. Per
sonal located, S93.2O. Property located
$500. Total, S113.1O. Balance to be acted
on by the Board, S42O9.43. The following is
the settlement with Tax Collector Burke, as
recommended by the committee:
DR..