The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
REGULAR MEETING J OF THE
BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIS
TRICT OF VIRGINIA NO. 22
SEPTEMBER II, 1912. .-, -.
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order Of business would be balloting
for clerk. and he appointed Mitchell
Stewart and c. E. Hendrick tellers.
The first ballot resulted in ]. H.
Fleming receiving three votes and
c.. E. Hendrick three. This being a
tie vote, the chairman entertained
the following motion:
Moved by A. Hawkinson, seconded
by Mitchell Stewart. that further
balloting be laid over to the next
regular meeting. Carried.
The chairman then appointed the
following standing committees for
the ensuing year:
Buildings and Grounds Commit
tee-C. E. Hendrick. chairman,W H.
Eaton and Mitchell Stewart.
i. Finance and 1nsurance-J. H.
Fleming. chairman, Andrew Hawkin-
son and w. H. Eaton.
Supplies Mitchell Stewart, chair
man, r. J. McGhee and J. H. Flem-
ing.
Teachers. Janitors and Course of
study-R. ]. McGhee. chairman, An
drew Hawkinson and c. e. Hendrick.
The clerk announced that he had
received the bond of the treasurer
and the chairman entertained the
following motion: Moved by J. H.
Fleming. seconded by R. J. McGhee,
that the bond Of Andrew Hawkin-
son, treasurer. In the sum Of fifty
thousand dollars ($5o.o00) be &C.
cepted and placed on file. Carried.
The clerk then announced there
was a petition of the residents on
Hemlock street petitioning the COM
mon council to ahve Hemlock street
paved next season. As this street
goes by the north side of the John
son school it was desirable that the
school board sign the petition. and
the chairman entertained the follow
ing motion: Moved by w. H. Eaton,
seconded by Andrew Hawkinson,
that the clerk be instructed to sign
the petition for the school board.
Carried.
The committee on course of study
reported that it was not ready to
make report on the several petit
tons, one being that If a foreign
modern language be taught in the
school that it be the Finnish Ian
guage; another that it be the Scan
dinavian. and the third the Gaelic
language, and asked for more time,
whereupon the chairman entertained
the following motion: Moved by
w. H. Eaton, seconded by Mitchell
Stewart. that the report Of the COM
mittee and petitions be laid on the
table indefinitely. Carried.
The clerk called attention to the
fact that the deed to the school site
upon which it is proposed to build
the Homestead school was not per-
feet; that Mr.. Aysto, who owned the
land, had not called upon Mr.. Ea-
ton and stated that he gave the land
TO the school district for the present
site before he had a patent on the
land and wished the board to ex-
change the present site for one close
to it, as the forty line crosses the
present ground and he wished to
have it all in one forty.
After some discussion the chair
man entertained the following mo-
ton: Moved by R. J. McGhee, Sec
onded by C. E. Hendrick, that the
buildings and grounds committee be
authorized to act in obtaining a
deed of the site of the Homestead
school. Carried.
The clerk then announced that
the chairman and clerk had been
served with An Injunction restraining
them from signing an agreement
with the library board relative to
the heating of the library from the
Roosevelt school plant. The clerk
was requested to read the restrain
ing order, which he did. 1t was felt
tnadvisable to pass the resolution at
this time on account Of the injunc-
ton proceedings against the chair
man and the clerk.
The clerk then read a resolution
introduced by r. J. McGhee ~ fol-
lows:
Resolved, by the Board Of Educa-
ton Of Independent School District
Of Virginia. Minnesota. that the of
fcers Of the Board be, and are here
by authorized and instructed to pay
the salaries of teachers. janitors and
other employees Of the district, to-
gether With light, water and tele-
phone bills. when due. and that a
record of such orders paid be present
ed to the Board ut the next regular
meeting. ..*
Moved by c. e. Hendrick. seconded
by Mitchell Stewart. that the above
resolution be adopted. Ayes. r. J.
McGhee, Mitchell Stewart. Andrew
Havkinson. G. Z. Hendrick, J. HI
Fleming. Nays, ". II. Eaton. Adopt.
ed. ..5 zs5..