The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-03-10
PROCEEDINGS or BOARD or pup
, Lie INSTRUCTION
Ocala. Fla, March Z, 1911.

session at the ofrice of the superin-
tendent in the above mentioned place
on the above mentioned date in the
forenoon. All members were present
and acting as follows: w. D. earn
chairman; B. R. Bitch and j. S. Gran
than, members, with ]. H. Brinson,
secretary.
Minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved
Capt. H. w. Henry called as a trus-
= tee of the Oklawaha school and dis
.cussed proposition to give a strip
of the school lot of the Oklawaha
school and secure strip on the OPP
posite side of the house. No action
was taken and the matter was left
open for further particulars and agree
Aments.
Messrs. E. L. Howell, H L. Griggs,
and F. p. Cahoon, residents of the
Griner Farm district, called and pre-
scented the following petition:
Oak, Marion Co., Fla, Feb. 5, 1911
TO the County Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction, or the Honorable
y School Board:
This is to certify that Mr.. Joe Fore,
one of the directors of the Griner
Farm school, has, without authority,
> hooked the gate and taken the pump
handle of of the pump and carried it
home with him. Now, therefore, the
undersigned sub-school district tax
fpayers of the Griner Farm school dis
trict, do hereby petition and ask that
he be instructed to put the pump
handle back on the pump and leave
same on the pump, and also to leave
the school house gate unlocked.
Signed: H. l.. Griggs, trustee; E. L.
Howell, l.. " Helton, Fred w. Web
her. Jno. Seller, w. c. Wills, G. M.
,k4,uffman, G. o. Harold, f. P. Cahoon,
Huilum. Jones, Arch Culbreth, J. M.
huffman, d. E. Fore, B. C.. Murphy
and C. M. Murphy.
It being known that there were 9TH
er parties to be heard, consideration
was postponed for little while.
The superintendent reported that
in pursuance of the action of the
board at the preceding meeting in al
lowing the Ocala district to employ an
extra teacher for the primary depart
ment, Miss Lucille Moore had been Sc
cured to assist for the remainder of
the term, and~tKat she had entered
upon the discharge of her duties.
IL coming to the knowledge of the
board that there are at times requests
that children of nonresident parents
be admitted temporarily to the Ocala
school, it was ordered that in cases of
this kind or of pupils of transient and
nonresident parents being presented
4 for entrance, that they be charged
tuition of So per month, payable in
advance, which shall be collected by
the teachers and turned over to the
lcounty superintendent, to be put in
the general school funds.
Mr.. Walker, one of the trustees of
the Martel school, called and made re-
quest that the Mattel school be ex-
tended from district funds for one
month, as the original contract was
for the regular county term of six
months only. Upon examination of
the financial condition of the district,
it was found that they would be able
to do this, and also to redeem part or
all of the warrant held by Mr.. A. B.
Rou. and the superintendent was in
structed to write Nj Rou according
ly.
Messrs. ]. F. Luffman, Joe Fore, II.
L. Griggs, trustees. and E. L. Howell
F. P. Cahoon and Fred Weber, citi-
zens of the Griner Farm district, cali
ed with reference to the petition that
- had been presented previously.
= Messrs. Howell, Griggs and Weber
and Cahoon contended for the grant
ing of the petition, and Trustees Luff-
man and Fore explained the action IN
removing the pump handle and con-
tended against the granting of the pc
y tition. After the contending parties
had retired, the board discussed the
matter and decided 20 refer the mat
ter to the sub-tax district to settle
before the board BY petition of the
tax PAYERS of the district at the next
meeting of the board. 1t was the sense
of the board that the action of the
trustees was in good faith and within
their legal rights as trustees.
Afternoon Session
Mr.. r. d. Stokes, one or the trus-
tees of the Pine Level district, called
and made request that they be allow
ed to defray the expenses or part o.
them of one or more students at some
Z normal school during the spring from
district funds. The matter was dis
cussed and the board. upon looking ur
the law as to district funds, agreed
that they would not have the legaI
right to apply the funds in this dlrec