Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-07-08
MAY HOLD BOND
ELECTION soon
>IW STIR CTtRE- NOW BEING
BIilT WILL NOT HOUSE ALL
SCHOOL CHILDREN.
MUST have new Schools
Important Committees Named. Prcsi-
dent and Secretary VIII be Elect
cd on July II.


night in the office of r. Il, Lockwood
Il. the Drew building and adopted the
report Of the committee on COM
mittees and officers with the cXcep-
ton Of a motion by Judge League
that the election of the president and
secretary be deferred until a special
meeting could be held on July 21.
The motion prevailed and the officers
nGmed will be elected at that time,
The board took steps looking toward
the holding of bond election this
year.
A number Of bills were allowed.
;mong the most important being the
| following. Brickuer-Laws Construc-
ton company. as part payment on
| construction work, amounting to 81
200; !, j. Buck, part payment of $4,-
600; Watt Plumbing company, Sl,-
! COO; ID. w. Holmes, sl,500; Charles
A. Macdonald. 500; Il. Il. Swear
ipgen, S74.
The building committee reported
! progress on the new buildings and was
authorized, after comforting with the
architect to instruct the secretary to
advertise for bids for tinting the walls
or the south side school building and
any other. requiring such work.
The finance committee was en-
| powered on motion by II. O. Mcclure,
seconded BY Judge League. to secure
an auditor, to bring the books of the
treasurer Of the board up to date, or
have the treasurer employ such audi
tor, with the understanding that the
expense was to be deducted from the
treasurer's salary
A bid for the old Kendall school
| building by j. +. McCarty was reject
ed by the board and the secretary In
structed to re-advertise for bids. The
lid was Sl51 and accompanied by
certified check of SIS.
! The recotd compiled with due con-
slderation cf the school census o.
January !. 1913 as compared with
| that of January l, 1912, indicated an
approximate Increase of school popu-
ln.ion at the present time of about l.
0O0, or total Increase to sate of
about $500.
with an additional comparison of
the increase of assessed valuation
nom which the school evy could be
secured it was found that the board
would require for running expenses
approximately $l25,000 for the ensu-
! ing year az compared with S95, 900
| for last year.
TO provide for this increase and for
LCw additions to buildings apparently
necessary ln certain parts of the city
and for tn new manual training sys-
tenn, a motion by Judge League, sec
orded by Mcclure, that the finance
committee take the necessary steps to
secure bond issue, finally prevailed
The report of the publicity com
rittee. consisting of Judge League
and K. II. Lockwood, was adopted
The report was favorable to the Homo
and Progress Number Of the Tulsa
World but showed that under the
state laws no appropriation can be
made for this purpose.
The report Of the committee on
nominations and assignments was
adopted in full, and included several
highly important recommendations
The report follows in full:
The Board of Education OF the City
of Tulsa:
Gentlemen:-T members of the
Committee appointed by action of the
board at ita meeting on the 7th day
of June 1913, for the purpose of
designating candidates for the office
OF the Board of Education and mem
.
For President-H o. Mcclure. Al.
j. Delaney. A. A. Bumgarner; for
secretary, q. II. p. Mcdowell, Ray
! Fellows, j. /. Gillespie.
The above persons who are des'g-
mated as candidates and 1t is expected
/ that one Of said number be elected as
president and one as secretary from
the designated lists respectively.
The committee after carefully coy
sldcrina the matter believe that the
| best interests OF the schools OF the
CITY Of Tulsa and the pupils and the
patrons thereof would be served by
cOnfining the duties OF the secretary
Of the board TO merely form all acts
| required by law such as attesting by
tbs signature OF the president. the
warrants and documents requiring
game and atfixing OF the seal thereto.
We further recommend that no
member of the board bs employed by
this board In any capacity wherein
ss id member shall be entitled to or
receive pay out OF the public moneys
of this school district.
For the clerical work OF the board
| Inc oluding the stenographic services
required by the superintendent of
schools We recommend that compe-
tent stenographer and bookkeeper
shall be employed at reasonable
compensation therefor and that among
the duties of the said stengrapher
who shall be called the clerk OF the
board. shall be that of reporting In
| shorthand all the duties and transac-
tons OF the board: that said clerk
shall perform all clerical services re-
duired by the board or It's committees
and II necessary shall be employed to
g!ve his entire time thereto.
We have designated tho following
cHmmlttees with the above idea and
Arrangement in view. IL the board
should deem It right and proper to
continue the duties of office as before
whereby the secretary OF the board Is
t. remain In the employment OF the
beard In a clerical capacity them this
committee asks permission to with
draw the committee assignment here
with presented and to rearrange and
r. submit same. With the above In
Wow we submit the following names
| respectively