The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-10
= ..s. f,i,lay, October 10 II
School Levy $43, 500
Fixed By the Board
From thursdays osi,Y.

From thursdays Daily.
Director Jefferson stated to
The Free Press last night that
at the next meeting of the board /
of education he will introduce a
resolution which shall provide
that members of the board must
visit the public schools Of the
city at least twice year-once
before and after the holiday sea.
son. Mr.. Jefferson says that
members of the board should IA
niIiarize themselves with the
work in the schools.
Nothing of a sensational character
broke at the meeting of the board
of education last night The session
was like a family gathering where
discussion of questions does mot
reach the pyrotechnic stage.
President w. b. Davies presided
over the meeting. Directors Bashaw,
ngwaldson, Jefferson, Hughes and
Smith were in attendance.
The board received an invitation
to send delegates to the Industrial
Educational convention to be held
at Grand Rapids, Mich, October %,
"a and % was read. 1t was placed
on file.
The election of Miss Mary Y. Muir
ply and Miss Jessie. Payne was
ratified. The salary of Miss Murphy
was fixed at $67 so per month and
that of Miss Payne at SIS per month";,
Alex Bashaw announced that prop
erty owners on Broad street north
OF the Franklin school are going to
fight the extra assessment or $2.96
per lot for curb and guttering' and
he advised the board TO await the
outcome before paying tile assess.
mCnt for the curling and guttering
i'm front of the Franklin school,. Tho
assessment against the school dis.
trict amounts to $1S9 rs. The pro-,
test of the property owners will be
presented to the council Monday
morning. The property and. expense
committee was instructed TO take the
matter up with the council. The
Xtra-assessment to the school district
amounts to, S14 so. The bill was
allowed subject to the committees
approval. "t'
la The Tax Levy.
The finance committee handed i'll
the following report relative to The
tax levy: @,}s, 80
"Your committee on finance and
accounts would recommend that the
following levy OF taxes be madef FOR
thc support of our schools during
the next year: NIL ft!d%
Nine mills for the current fund,
yielding approximately; $39,150; one
mill for the sinking fund, $4,000,
making a total of $43,590.~
The total mills levied Is the same
as for several years past, only the,
items are rearranged so as to- al
low the current fund to pay back
to the special fund q part Of what
it has borrowed from it during the.
past two or three years.
Your committee would recom-
=
ceived on bank balances be placed
in the sinking fund. which, with an
annual levy Of one mill, will make
a total nearly enough to take up the
outstanding school bonds as they
fall due Should there be a def
cheney, it can be made UP later. Re-
speCtfully submitted, j. S. Holbrook,
Erick A. Engwafdson. L'tiT. Jeffer.
son." a. sE.l,
= Truant Officer H. II. Allen re-
ported that during the month of Sep
TENDER he had investigated thirty.
five cases; eight pupils wore ordered
to school: eight were returned to
school after being reported absent;
two were reported for prosecution.
but avoided by the parties comply,
ing at the last hour.
S. B. Wilson's bill of $3.50 for legal
services in connection with the Bible
reading case was allowed.
The present rules governing board
meetings were adopted.
Superintendent Sperry was granted
ptluilSoiou " ihaldli 81 Sdlu ihuSA
inventory system of school property.
No inventory of this property has
ever been kept before. and it is
not known just what the value of.
the property may be.
The Mankato Dental club has at
an expense of $50 had cards posted
IN the several school buildings Which
guide students as to the care OF the
teeth. = 80. f,t1 81.
The teachers were granted three
days off-October 22-24--to attend the
meeting of the Minnesota Educa.
tional association.
Payment Of Tuition.
Superintendent Sperry read COM;
munications which peftained to the
refusal of the board of education
in North Mankato to pay for. the
tuition of twelve pupils from that
village who are receiving industrial
training in the Mankato high school.
One letter was from Secretary An
derson of the North Mankato board
in which it was stated that the board
declined to make the payments on
the advice of the county attorney OF
Nicallet county. Tho board across