Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-05
SOUTH AMB0Y
SCHOOL BOARD
Old School Practically Fin
ished Next Week.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

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South Amboy, Oct. 5.-There were
present at the adjourned meeting of
thh~ Board of Education last even
ing Messrs. Oliver, Davis, Pearse,
Sutliff and Wyckoff, also Supervisor
Fitch and Architect Dayton.
Request of Mrs. Joseph Van Cleaf
that an exemption certificate be
granted her nephew. Willis Atkinson,
was ~favorably acted upon.
Letter from Hammacher and
S%chlemmer advising they expected to
fill order for various tools within the
next few days was read and placed
on file.
Letter was read from The American
Book Co., advising their failure to
promptly fill order for Hunters Es-
sential Biology was due to stock be-
ing exhausted; and failure to furnish
Educational Readers was owing to
failure of order to state which reader
desired. This was ordered received
and filed I'M proper correction order
ed made so that books might be Sc
cured.
President Davis inquired if all
teachers had been furnished with
books and supplies so far as the stock
on hand was concerned. Supervisor
Fitch stated this was the case so far
as he was able. Mr.. Davis stated he
had received a number of complaints
that pupils would have books one
week and then same would be taken
away from them following wee ON
account of shortage of books. Upon
motion the committee on supplies
were empowered to purchase such
books as might be needed.
Certificate from Architects Dayton
and Smith granting payment to Ira
R. Grouse in the sum Of $4,24b was
turned over to the finance committee
for their approval and later ordered
paid.
Mr.. Dayton stated Mr.. Grouse
claims he will have the old school
practically finished the latter part
of the coming week, that the heating
was now holding the matter up, but
the nan In charge of heating had
tz6romised to have a double gang on
this week and push the work to a
completion. Mr.. Dayton stated 1t
would be necessary for n board TO
decide the matter of blackboards and
it was arranged for a meeting on the
premises to indicate just where the
board should be placed and number
desired. Upon motion the commit
tee OIL the whole were empowered to
order blackboards needed for the
price set forth In estimate, Viz: rs
cents for new blackboards per square
foot and Is cents for resetting.
By Mr.. Davis. 81 saw a piece in the
paper Wednesday about the finance
committee authorizing the secretary
to notify the council to take off
/. $1,000. I would like to know what
power the finance committee have
: to authorize anything OF that kind
' done. All such legal matters as that
Z should come before the board and l
for one, as president Of the board,
expect the amount that was asked for
and adopted by this board to stand.
If 1t is done for some other game the
people know pretty near what Is
: what. We had a meeting here last
Friday night and if there was any
thing Of that kind in progress it
- should have been spoken Of before
this board, that was the time to set
tie such things; and furthermore, a
p short time ago the council asked if
they could take anything" off that
budget and at that time they could
Senot do it and if they can do 1t nov
they could do it then"
Mr.. Oliver: 81 forgot all about it
rand Mr.. Sutliff and Mr.. Wyckoff for
got about it until we were going
home. When the council asked us in
regard to reducing the budget the
School Board>of Estibate in making
the budget said probably they might
have something to cut Off when they
found out, but when the council
asked US about the matter w told
them we could not take anything off,
that we had not heard anything about
our railroad tax, that that was In lit
igation an0 we had been notified by
he county superintendent of schools
we did not expect it; since then we
have been advised W. are going to
get the money and 1T was too late to
come back and call the meeting and
the two members Of the School Board
of Estimate and the finance commit
tee said go ahead and notify the
council to take off one thousand dol
lars. we can very well get along
without the one thousand dollars II
we get three thousand dollars rail
road tax. Mr.. Oliver moved thai the
action of the two members of the
School Board of Estimates and the
secretary be ratified by the board.
Carried, Mr.. Davis voting against.
Upon the request of Prof. Fitch the
committee on supplies were empow-
cred to purchase some cards, the
character of which he would indicate
to them.
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