Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-20
CONSIDERABLE ROUTINE WORK
TRANSACTED AT MEETING
OF TRUSTEES.
PLANS DRAWN FOR
THE BlACKTAll SCHOOL
Preparations Made for the Bond Elec-
tion-School Houses Will Probably
Be Used for Polling Places.

At the meeting of the school board last
hight all the trustees were present and
considerable business was transacted.
Trustee Lane of the building COM
mttee reported that the deed for the
Rlacktal school site 160X20O feet on
which tbs present school now stands had
been drawn up. The plans for the school
building had been drawn and the COM
mittee believed that one room capable of
accommodating forty pupils would about
fill the bill. He offered this as only a
partial report as bids for the construc-
ton had been called for Further time
to report was granted.
Trustee Clinton of the committee on
saws. rules and regulations reported that
he had a conference with Mr. Weston
and Attorney Leonard in regard to the
bond election. No changes had been
made in the new law. He said that to-
day proper notices for the election and
for the bond issue would be handed to
the clerks and places for the polling
places designated. He believed that on
the day of election the school houses
would not be in use and as many as
could would probably be named as poll
ing places. He believed that it would
be we'll to call the attention of the board
to the matter of the general tax levy fer
school purposes.
After considerable discussion the mat
ter was continued.
Trustee White recommended that the
new rules be printed in the form of :,
book or that the present books be ST..
marked where rules We're changed as to
refer to a supplement to be printed. 1t
was decided to have the new rules print
ed in supplemental form and the per-
sons affected, instructed to change their
books of rules to conform.
The finance committe submitted the
following report
Your finance committee begs leave to
submit the following report: That it has
completed the auditing Of the accounts
of the clerk of the district, covering the
period from January LIST. 1896. to March
LIST. 1901. and found the same to be COR
rect
Your committee had occasion, in the
progress of the work. to examine each
voucher with its corresponding warrant
stub. for every CAIN against the district
during this period of three years. The
examination of the monthly report by
the county treasurer. showing each war
rant redeemed by him and for what
amount. and which report must balance
In THE NeriticatiOn of our accounts
Each separate voucher for each indi-
vidual claim dt,rin these years and all
data connected with it are on file in the
Clerk of the districts Office, conveniently
arranged for inspection.
Your committee believes it not inap-
propriate to express it's commentator of
the work of the clerk as revealed in the
precise and systematic method employed!
by him in the record of the districts ac-
counts"
Chairman Mueller reported that he
was on the committee to check up the
accounts of the clerk. He said chat he
found everything in first-class condition
and if there was any question of doubt
it was always in favor of the district
The only thing he found was the ac-
count of books purchased. There was
no doubt but that everything was abso.
1utely correct. but it would be only just
to the clerk to have some method OF
checking. A detailed account of all the
books purchased was kept, but he be-
lievei that the text book committee
should check up the accounts at least
once every year.
The matter was referred to the text
book committee with instructions to re-
port system OF cnecklnS ana also TIC
suggest some better method of condemn
ing books.
Supt. Young reported that the enroll
ment of the schools at the present time
was 1858 boys and 1866 girls making a
total of 6S24. not including the Little Ba-
sin school. The average number belong
ing was 1902 and the average attendance
$3.50. The total enrolment for the dis
trict taking in several country districts
was $3.50. The report was approved
The teachers payroll for the month
ending March H. amounting to s12, $50. %
was audited and ordered paid