The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-02-21

unused appropriation for the Andalu-
STA school, since the children from
that school were attending the Citra
school since the former had been dis
continued. There was also request
from Mr. C. w. Driver, one of the
trustees, for an additional teacher,
which was refused. Also it was decid-
ed not to increase the salaries of
either of the teachers 1t was agreed
in the matter OF request for one Nc
Connel's complete chart and one Nc
Connen's arithmetic chart to pur-
chase these from district funds, and
in the matter of the request for re-
citation seat for the primary room
and seven desks No. ,, to furnish
these from county funds.
\ request was presented from the
Romeo colored school for one dozen
desks and some blackbOards, and the
same was granted.
A request from Mr. a. s. Lambert,
one Of the trustees of the Spar
school, that their school be allowed TO
run one month longer than the time
contracted for was presented and dis
cussed, and the board decided that as
the finances of the district were ex-
hausted in the erecting of the new
building and running the one extra
month agreed upon, that they would
not run more than the seven months
contracted for
4 communication from Chicago
banking house with reference to a
possible loan, was presented in which
they said that they would not care
to consider a loan Of so small an
amount as $4,000. bur would possibly
consider $4,000. The secretary was
directed to write them asking for
propositions for from $1,000 to So
00h.
A request that a balance Of SOS,
due on a bill of apparatus for the sci
entifc work Of the Ocala school, was
presented, and it was agreed to pay
il.
A request was presented from the
Pedro school to pay Miss Bertha $50
per month, since one Of the teachers
had been discontinued since the
Christmas holidays and the work in
creased thereby. The request was
granted.
A communication from the Roper
Farm colored school was presented,
stating that the school had to be sus-
pended on account of the illness of
the teacher in charge, and would not
be able to resume for some time. 1t
was ordered closed for the term.
The notice of application for the
calling of an election in the Homeland
neighborhood having been duly pub
lished in the Ocala Weekly Star and
a publishers affidavit to this effect
submitted it was ordered that an
election be called to be held on Tues
day, March IS, 1918, for the purpose
of determining whether or not the de-
scribed territory should be created
into a special tax school district, to
elect three suitable persons to serve
as trustees of said district until April
u, 1914, and to determine the rate OF
millage to be assessed, not to exceed
three mills, and the boundaries OF
said proposed district to be as fol-
lows: Beginning at the ne cor of the
nwA of 1S-15-20, thence west to the
NV cor of 14-15-19, thence south to the
Sc cor of 9-15-19, thence west to the
NV cor of 16-15-19, thence south to the
sw cor of 33-15-19, thence east to the
Sc cor of 6-16-20, thence north to the
ne cor of 31-15-20, thence west to the
sw cor of the SELL of 30-15-20, thence
north to point of beginning. The fol-
lowing are appointed to conduct the
election: J. B. Trotter, H. r. Rodden-
berry and ]. F. Parker, managers, and
Leroy Williams, clerk.
A communication was presented
from the supervisor of the Mill Greek
school with reference to the average
reported by the teacher, and also two
monthly reports, one of which had
been signed by the supervisor but
afterwards changed and another cor
responding with the changed one with
the name of the supervisor signed to
it by the teacher. The reports were
ordered sent to the teacher for a COM
plete explanation of the matter.
A communication was presented
from the state superintendent, calling
attention of the board to the meeting
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