Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-06-15
SCHOOL BOARD MEETS.
The Retiring and Incoming shcrtns
Appear Before the MecttIg--New
Flags for the schoo s-Other



The City Board Of Education met IN
regular semi-montnly session Monday
night with President Wellinger in The
chair and Commissioners, Whetzel
Evans and Tabler present,
tx Sheriff J II. Smith AMI Sheriff
Charles T.. stuckey al peared before the
meeting relative to the paymet Of the
commission and the money allowed
the Sheriff for discountina the tax
bills After speaking about the out
standing orders he told the Board he
wanted It decided whether or not he
was to be allowed the 2le per cent.
for payment Of the discount on the
tax bills collected for the school fund.
Sheriff Stuckey stated that he
would not take the responsibility CT
signing The orders unless the Board
assures him that he woul set what
the law allows him
Some OF the Sheriffs have been al
lowed the additional 2 u per cent for
making discounts on taxes paid preyi-
Gus to November and some have not.
1t seems to have been matter that
has rested with the will Of the school
Board. Whether or not exsheriff
Smith viii ret ii for the collection Of
taxes tor the last year of his term.
and sheriff stuckey for his term, is
a matter that the S nool Board viii
decide at a future meeting
A delegation from the Junior Order
of United American Mechanics, COM
posed of Messrs. Harry g. Dorm,
Clearance smith and Charles Pitzer,
appeared before the meeting and ask
ed that the Board purchase for all OF
the school buildings except the Fifth
flags to float over those buildings, the
old flags having worn out on all the
buildings except the Fifth. The COM
mittee further asked that the Janitors
take proper care Of the flags and keep
them floating over the buildings ex
cept in stormy weather. the flags
which the order had at various times
presented having worn out in short
time.
Commissioner Evans moved that
the Board purchase four flags, or as
many as were needed, and that they
be- kept as the prouerty OF the Board
and foated over he buildings in &C
cordance with the Jaw passed by the
last Legislature.
hp a EIIiAE
motion providing that the matter Of
purchasing the flags be placed in the
hands of the President aud Secretary,
was unanimously carried.
Superintendent Cole presented com
munications with State Superinten
dent Thomas c. Miller showing that
the place of the next annual meeting
of the West Virginia Educational Asso-
citation, for which the association at its
last meeting had selected Martinsburg
had been changed by the executive
committee to Mountain Lake Park,
Md, for the alleged chief reason that
half rates could not be secured over
the railroads to Martinsburg, but
could be TO Mountain Lake Park.
Prof. Cole further reported that it
was his opinion that Martinsburg had
been treated improperly by the ex-
ecutive committee, inasmuch as the
association at its last meeting had de-
cided to come to Martinsburg for its
meeting on July 3 and 1901.
President Wellinger was given
power to sell some old unused desks
now on hand.
On account of the absence, on ac-
count of illness Of Commissioner
Paulding, the election of teachers for
next year was deferred
The meeting then adjourned.