The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-09-05
PALATKA SCHO0I.
BONDS ENDORSED
Board Of Trade Unanimously
FaVOrs Their Issue.

At a meeting of the board of trade
on Wednesday night President Davis
read a communication from the Put
nam county school board asking the
board to endorse officially the action
CT the school board in calling an elec
ton in the Palatka special tax school
district for the purpose Of voting
$4,000 in bonds with which to build
It new and modern high school i'll Tie
city of Palatka, and to build an addi-
tion to the colored school.
There was also read the following
communication from the county
school board, the same being the re-
port of an action taken by that board
IN Tuesday evening:
"The question of the approaching
pond election for the Palatka Special
Tax school District No. l, was taken
INTO consideration, and the board
wished to go on record, as body, as
icing in unanimous accord as to the
relations the trustees of the said
Special Tax School District shall bear
to the this board. Inasmuch as the
statute places the heavy responsible
ty upon the Board Of Public Instruc-
ton, and feeling that the trustees
should have more authority and power
Of recommendations and in the inter
ests of the people and good of the
schools, the board upon motion passed
The following resolution:
"Resolved, that if at said election,
2 majority OF the votes cast snail De
for bonds, that they IIhe Board OF
Publlc instruction OF Hutnam Coun,
ty) do hereby agree that they Will
not employ any archltect, adopC any
plans or specifications, award any con-
tracts or pay any blllS IN conhectioh
with the building, ,femodelIhg or
5qupping Oil either scnoo, ahiesS rec
commended or approved IN Wrltlng, oy
The Trustees OF Special Tax Schooi
District No, OF PUTNAM county
FLORIDA. 80
The Board also Wdsnes TO express
itself as beng grateful Tor the ahle
assistance OF the trustees Oh sald ope~
cal School District, IN the past, ana as
desiring their constant co-opertioh
and aid in all matters pertaining tGc
all schools within, the jurisdiction OF
the sad trustees.
The trustees OF the Palatka SPeclai
lax School District are, u; W. ram
saur, Geo. q. Gay and H0Well A. DAVIS
some OF Palatka ableSt business
men. Inc 1act that theSe gehClerneh
by action OF the County Board are
given this privilege OF supervising all
plans, specifications, cohttactS' etG >
and the payment OF al! plIls, surely
removes, the last ooJectloh 10 the Is
sue OF these bonds: .,,.
The law PAGES the responsibility N
the hands OF the county poafd, pu'
this board mas by resolution, pledge"
itself to do nothing without the wit
ten approval OF the Falatka trustees
AS soon as the reading OF the COM
lnumcatlon was completed mollo'
was maze tilaI Che ooard OIL traue eil,
GofSe the DonGllg prIPoSlIlon I,t5aa.4 "l,r' ~
laI e"e'i t'lSi,lnei Wv + ,l, UT% T''os2oI,1
tlle oay " u,esSnotI ~, tbo ',Gr, ho,oJs ''
STeue bDsio tG t,, aJdposs brief brt
10 A. noint was made hy Chas. Fl
Soi~ Mr. Soiu believed the voting
# fbosa honds would nrove the mosf
imnortant forward movement ever
,,,aJa in paIa+Iso He showed the
~rpat need Of a new school buildine
and nronhesied as to the wonderful de-
veopment which would follow its
building.
The motion was then put and car
ried unanimously and with an enthu~
siasm, rarely witnessed at board Of
trade meetings. What made the meet
ing most significant for the success of
the bonds was the fact that nearly
every member of the board was pre-
sent and the further fact that. Its
membership comprises the business
and professional men OF the city
There was not man present opposed
to the bond issue. At least If there
was one he was ashamed to make 1t
known.
Acting County Superintendent Blacf
who has figured out the time whicl
will be required to retire these pro
posed bonds says:
"Ypstordov made n careful anc
accnratp calculation on This noint anl
/ 6nd fhat with q Ave mill lew on tbl
nresant valuation the bonds can !,
naid in o. vnars Put the valuation
vii increase and the lew will be re
ancad "
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