The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-10
Board of Education.


sioners Richards, Molzahn, Schmidt and
Cebel President Voss in the chair
Rules OF order were suspended for the
purpose of allowing the Finance com
mittee to present to the board an estl-
mate Of taxes to be raised by the com
mon council for school purposes for the
wear 1913 to 1914 The following report
OF estimate of taxes 20 be raised was
adopted by the board and certified copy
of the same was filed with the city clerk
at once.
To the Hon.. the Board of Education,
Watertown, Wisconsin.
Gentlemen:
Your Committee on Finance respect
fully reports the following estimate OF
Receipts and expenses for school pur-
poses from September ], 1913 to Septem-
Der /. 1914 and recommends the adoption
thereof.
The Committee further recommends
that the clerk Of the board Of education
be instructed 10 forthwith file copy OF
this report with the city clerk OF the
city ofWatertown, with the request that
the same be submitted to the common
council of the city of WatertOwn at its
next session, and with the further re-
quest that the amount estimated that
will be required for School purposes for
the above mentioned period, tO-wit, the
& o ha MID nv Gaid
mon council in the tax roll for the en-
suing year. The items Of said estimates
are as follows:
EXPENSES OF GENERAL CONTROL.
Clerks salary and incidental.S $1,000
School Census. SUPERINTENDENT 1ooOU
Salary of Superintendent OF
schools. .......s 2,VOooo
superintendent Office .......P 5000
Enforcement of compulsory ed
ucation and truancy laws.$ 10000
Other expenses OF general con-
troll, telephones, tolls and
kilograms. ...........$ 95OO
EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION.
Salary of supervisors of grades
or OF subjects ...$ 2,6OO.OO
Salaries of men teachers. ...$ 100000
Salaries of women teachers. .$17,2O0.OO
Text books. ooo.oo
Stationary and supplies used in
Instruction:
Commercial Department,
Physics Laboratory, Chem
istry and Photography,
Drawing and Construction
ingrades. maps, globes and
charts, dictionaries, refer
ence books for libraries.
books covers and mending
materials, ink. crayOn and
eFaSerS. ...s.'.S ooo.oo
Materials used in manual
training n d domestic
science. 4oo!oU
Other expenses of instruction,
night school. ...........S 55O.0O
EXPENSES OF OPERATION OF
SCHOOL PLANT.
Wages of janitors ..........-s $4,000
Fuel :. Observation-Disclosures. 25OO.O
Water Observation-Disclosures. SOO.CU
Light, gas and power .....S 550.0O
Janitors' supplies
(a) Toilet paper and pap
er towels
90 Br0oms, brushes, dust
ers and baskets
(c) Sweeping compound,
soap, candles, matches,
gas mantles. .....$ $4,000
other expenses OF operation of
school plant ..........$ 10O.W
EXPENSE OF MAINTENANCE OF
SCHOOL PLANT.
Repair of buildings and upkeep
OF grounds:
High school,. ....... S10u.
Douglas school. 49,. $3.50.
Lincoln school. -. 500.
Webster school, paint
ing and ashpit 800. s1,700.O0
Repair and replacement OF
equipment. ...........$ $4,000
insurance. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 0zoUO
Other expenses circumference
of school plant. 10000
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Revision of rules. -. 500.
Commencement -. 500.
Drayage and freight 800.
Travelling expenses of
committee with ref
erence to new high
school building $500. S 10000
Travelling expenses of super
intendent attending ma
tinnal convention of sup
erintendents .........S a5.0U
Expense of teachers attending
state convention. ......$ 1000
OUTLAWS.
Land. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 1,OsUON
New buildings-high school. = 6,oOOOl
Plans and supervision of con-
struction of high school. S 10000
TOTAL for support of
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