The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-04-12
PROCEEDINGS or THE BOARD or
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

|iular session with all members pres
ent and acting, as follows: W. D. earn,
chairman, B. r. Bitch and j. s. Gran
than, members, and j. H. Crimson, Sec
lretary.
Minutes of the last meeting were
Tread and approved.
Messrs S. W. Petteway and W. T..
strickland, trustees of the Heidtville
ischool, called and made request that
after the expenses for the present
Ischool year are closed up the balance
to the credit of the district be deposit
ed in the bank at interest to the credit
tof the district. The same was agreed
Ito.
A deed was presented for a strip
of land of the school lot at Oklawaha
to be executed TO Mr.. ]. B. Martin in
exchange for another strip to be ex-
ecuted by him to the county board as
an addition to the school lot at Okla
waha 1t was agreed to execute the
deed with the understanding that the
expenses of the deeds would be borne
by Mr.. Martin.
| A letter from Mr.. A. NJ. Anderson,
/ supervisor of the Ebenezer school, was
presented with reference to the salary
. of their teacher for the next term. 1t
was postponed for action until the
| board takes up the matter of salaries.
A request from the teacher of the
GAINESVILLE colored school that the
appropriations for monitor be paid to
her as she had done all the work, and
the school was very full, was present
ed. 1t was agreed to allow her SIS per
month in addition to the salary paid.
A request was presented from the
Farmers Society of Equity of. Fort
Mccoy that they be allowed to use the
school house as meetin gp1ace on the
second and fourth Saturdays in each
month from to 5 p. m. The request
was granted with the understanding
that they would not injure the school
property in any manner.
| The secretary reported the filing
with the board in due time a petition
from the requisite number of voters
of the Ocala district that the names of
L. w. Duval, j. E. Chace and w. T.
Gary be printed on the ballots for the
special tax district elections on April
/ 18th.
communication from Mr. E. r.
Simmons was presented with refer
ence to running summer normal
term at Orange Springs The matter
was discussed but no action taken.
The secretary stated a proposition
from Mr.. Walter Huffman to make
deed of a lot 210 feet front by 800
feet deep for $65 for the school site at
Spar and it was agreed to take that
and payment was authorized
! Notification of the discontinuance
of the assistant at Fairfield on ac-
count of non-attendance of the pupils
was presented.
| Mr.. L. w. Duval representing the
| trustees of the Ocala school, called
and reported that they had reelected
Mr.. ]. H. Workman as principal of the
iOcala school for the ensuing term.
/ Mr. George Johns, supervisor of the
Derby school called and discussed
their school with the board He re-
ported the discontinuance of the
school by the teacher declining to
walk the distance to the school house
and it was not convenient to send her
| longer
| 1t appearing that the petition for
the calling of an election in the sum
merfield section for the purpose of es-
tablishing a special tax school district
had been duly advertised, it was or
dered that said election be ordered to
| be held at the town of Summerfield
on Tuesday, May IA, 1912. for the pur-
lpose of determining whether there
| shall be district created or not also
| to elect three suitable persons for
trustees, also to determine the rate of
millage to be assessed for the ensuing
two years. The boundaries in which
| the district would be confined would
be as follows: Beginning at the
northeast corner of the southeast
quarter 15-17-2S, thence west to the
northwest corner of the southwest
quarter 15-17-23, thence north to the
northeast corner of section 9-17-23.
thence west to the northwest corner
or said section, thence west to the
northwest corner of said section.
thence north to the northeast corner
or the southeast quarter 5-17-23. thence
west to the northwest corner of the
southwest quarter 6-17-23 thence
south on the range line dividing %
ana 70 to the Sumter county line.
thence east along said line to the
southeast corner of 34-17-23. thence
north to the northeast corner of the
southeast quarter 1928, the point of
beginning. j. w. Davis, s. u. Camp
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Dell and A. d. Mitchell were named as
managers and P. w. Collins, clerk.
Numerous bills We're audited and or
dered paid as per the financial state
ment to be filed with the clerk of the
circuit court
Mr.. r. H. Sanders, one of the trus-
tees or the Dunne1lon school, called
ana discussed with the board the
needs OF the school with referanca m
increased room and the ideas of the
trustees as to the best way of meet
ing the present and future needs of
the school in this particular. The
board requested Mr.. Sanders to have
plans prepared according to their ideas
with estimates of cost and present to
the board at the next meeting for con-
sideration.
The board discussed the situation at
ocala with reference to the immediate
ana future needs of the school in the
matter of buildings and postponed the
matter until the next meeting for f,lr-