The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-04-14
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD
OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Ocala, Fla, April 4, 1911.

! The board OF public instruction IN
and for Marion county met in regular
session at the office of the superin-
| tendent with all members present
and acting as follows: w. D. earn,
chairman; B. R. Bitch and J. s..
Grantham, members, and J. H. Brin-
son, secretary.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved.
Messrs. F. W. Weber of Oak, and
Joe Fore, one of the trustees of the
Griner Farm school, called and pre-
sented petitions from the tax pay
ers of the district with reference to
the pump handle being replaced by
the trustees. No action at present.
Mr.. 7. G. Clayton, one of the trus-
tees of the Fort King school, called
and asked permission to have the
| school lot fenced. He was directed
to discuss the matter on the follow
ing Friday at meeting of the pat
rons at the school house, and to re-
port the conclusions arrived at the
next meeting of the board.
Mr.. d. A. Walker, one of the trus-
tees of the Martel school, called and
paid $3.50 to apply on a warrant held
by Mr.. A. B. Rouon the Martel dis
trict, and a warrant was issued to
Mr.. Walker for the $3.50, and a new
warrant ordered issued to Mr.. Rou
for $3.50 to take up the old interest
bearing warrant for $500.
Mr.. Perry of Pedro called and dis
cussed with the board the condition
of their school, and made request for
an increase of salary to enable the
school to retain the services of the
present principal, but no action was
taken by the board.
E. "A. Maxey, supervisor of Roper
Farm colored school, called and made
report of the work in fixing the drum
to their well that had been recently
built. 1t was ordered that the county
would supply material for fixing the
drum and that the work proceed
promptly.
Messrs. Joe Fore and J. F. Huffman,
trustees of the Griner Farm school,
called with reference to the petitions
about the pump handle. After pre-
senting the petitions they retired, and
the board took up the matter of the
petitions and compared those for and
against replacing the pump handle
and opening the school grounds to
the public. The board decided that
upon the merits of the petitions for
and against restoring the handle that
the trustees would be sustained in
the action previously taken in remov-
ing same.
II Adjourned for dinner.
The matter of the building of new
school house at Fort Mccoy was ia
ken up and discussed. 1t was under
stood that subscription lists were be-
ing circulated and the purpose was
to build good house, costing not less
than $1,000, and the county board
agreed that they appropriate an equal
amount as that raised by the people
there, the amount to be appropriated
by the county not to exceed $500,
and then to include the proceeds to
be derived from the sale of the pres
III ont e1h0n1 ho,,co anJ Iaf
The superintendent presented a re-
quest from the Turner Farm school
that the school be re-opened, and that
as this will necessitate the building
of a new school house it would be ne
cessary to have some arrangements
made about this. The secretary was
instructed to notify the people of the
community to hold meeting, prepare
1 a petition to the board, setting forth
their needs, the number of pupils to
attend, and a proposition as to erect
ing the new school house to take the
place of the old one, which was sold
some months ago.
The board adjourned for the day.
Wednesday Morning
The board met with all members
present and acting.
They proceeded to check up the
treasurer's report, comparing same
with warrants presented as paid,
found all to be correct, cancelled
same and also the stubs from which
they were issued, and made record
of the same in the warrant registers.
Teachers reports, with their ac-
counts, were audited and ordered
paid, and also sundry accounts as per
financial statement on file with the
clerk of the circuit court, and posted
on the court house bulletin board, and
recorded in the secretary's books.
A request from the trustees of the
Buck Pond school that they be al