The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-09-01
What Do You Call III

When the Board of Education OF
| Roswell. without the consent or know
ledge of the people interested delib-
erately abandons, thereby forfeltlng
| tbe Pauly school building and grounds
| nroperty of the value of at least eight
| Thousand dollars, $4,000 Of which was
snent on the property in August, 1908,
| and that too when the district mas d
bonded Indebtedness of $4,000 for
tho Central and Mark Howell school
buildings say nothing of a shortage
or illegal floating debt of 1900. Name
it for yourself.
We find the deed from h Pauieys
RI the Board of Education OF Roswell
o-o,vavs the east half of block 10 I
| Pauley's Addition to Rosweli, ua'ea
lime 27th, 1895, where the Pauley
| school building is now located, "nicn
deed provides, ito be used 10 erect
. scboo, building thereon within n
uoor from date of his deed, said bull
ding to be used for educational pur-
noses. In the event hat the party
OF the second part should to
maintain the building for school pur-
poses within twenty years from date
of this deed then the aforesaid land
is to revert to the party of the first
part or their legal heirs"
See Deed Record H.. page 212. of
| Chaves county, N. NJ.
We will now go to the records OF
the Board of Education of Roswell.
| Under date of August End, 1904, wher
elm the Board met at the call of the
President: Present, Howell, Slaugh-
ter. McGaffey. Cottingham, Smith,
| Foreman. Joyner and Burrus. The
| first thing before the Board is a "Pe-
| tition of Mr.. and Mrs. Prayer and
| others to have a school established
on the South He'll presented and dis
| cussed at length, and was finally re-
| ferred TO the building comittee and
| secretary to get all the information
Obtainable and to ascertain the ad-
visibility and feasibility of establish
ing the school and report at next
meeting" The next business by mo-
ton ito authorize the building COM
mittee to have the necessary repairs
made at the Central and Mark Howell
buildings and have a well drilled at
the Pauley school,"
Next a communication from
the mothers meeting held at the
Pauley school that day. Then comes
"Mr. r. w. Smith was present and
prepared to build a house on South
Hill and rent to the Board of Edu-
cation for school purposes"
Then comes, Adjourned to meet
Saturday evening, August 9Th, 1904.
Something doing. The Board gets
busy. We find by the same record,
BOARD of Education met al Howen's
Office August Bird, 1904, (next night
can't wait until the 6th.l at the call
of the President. Present: Howell, |
Slaughter, McGaffey, Cottingham,
Smith, Foreman Joyner, Burrus. and
The first business appear
ing is, THE matter of providing a
school ON South Hill was brought up
and informally discussed. MI. w. r.
Smith was present and proposed the
plans of a building he proposed erec-
and leasing to the Board of Ed
ucation to be for school purposes If
the Board so desired"
Next comes a motion by Judge
Satewood that the matter of aban-
the Pauley school be deferred
'or three days to give the citizens
interested an opportunity to prepare
Ind Gle petition and protest against
'uch action, seconded by Mr.. Fore
nam and OF vote declared lost by
he chair. tGatewood and Foreman
he only yoteAfor the notion
Is this q caseN wherein q public
rust is to be made private snap? I