The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-31

i which was now as follows: Begin
} ming at the ne cor of 1922, running
south to half section line of sec "a,
thence on half section line through
sections "a, %, %, and 81, thence
north to northwest corner Of section
4, thence east to northeast corner OF
section 1, to point of beginning. The
returns were signed by S. L. Fridy, c.
M. earn and w. H. Bishop, inspect
ors. and R. w. McAulay, clerk.
i The petition of a number of the
qualified voters of the Shiloh district
consisting of not less than 25 per
cent. of the qualified voters of said
district, asking for an election to be
called to change the western bound
airy of said district, having been duly
advertised for the legal time in the
newspapers of the county, it was or
i dered that an election be called to be
held in the Shiloh special tax school
district as per the petition on Tues
day, August %, 1914, and that same
be duly advertised.
! Notice from the Commercial Bank
was presented in which notice was
served of the termination of the ar
rangement with them for the carry
ing the current school warrants of
the county.
A bill of lumber needed for an ad-
dition to the Gainesville colored
school was presented and it was
ordered to be furnished with the UNI
! derstanding that it would be hauled
and put up by the community.
A statement of material for the Mt.
| Zion colored school to be used in
finishing the house, was presented
as coming from r. F. Heath, and was
refused for the present.
A proposal from S. H. Christian to
put down wells for the new Ocala
hight school building was presented
and the matter was referred to the
local board of. trustees for consider
alton and action on the proposal was
postponed for the present.
j A communication from Mr.. J. E.
Hill, supervisor of the Orange Springs
school, was presented accompanied
by the specifications of the new
school building there. 1t was to the
effect that he had inspected the ma
terial as it had gone into the building
and had inspected the building as
completed and found it to conform
fully with the specifications and rec
| commended that it be accepted from
the contractor, Mr.. Lewis Benson, as
completed, 1t was agreed that the
building would be accepted as rec
commended and full settlement made.
! A communication from the state
i treasurer was presented in which he
/, reported that at meeting of the state
board of education they had declined
to make bid for the purchase of
! certain school warrants that the
board of public instruction of Marion
:! county was offering.
i A letter from the trustees of the
!! Pleasant Hill school was presented
asking that the county board make
deed of the present school lot to Mrs.
/ V. Curry and forward to them, upon
receipt of which she would make a
! deed to the new school lot. This was
! ordered to be done.
| letter from Mr. G. r. Curry, SUI
pervisor of the Central school, was
presented setting forth they wished
to have their same teacher as last
term that she had first grade GER
tificate and wanted a salary of $50
! per month and that the patrons were
willing to pay SIS per month of this
i salary in order to secure her and ask
! ing that the board pay $50 per month
instead of $40 as appropriated. The
matter was considered and it was
agreed that hey would make the sala-
ry $45 if the same teacher owuld take
the school for the coming trem.
A communication from Hon. T. F.
| West, attorney general for the state,
was presented in which he emphasiz-
ed the necessity of full and exact pro-
ceedings and records in connection
with all matters pertaining to the es-
tablishment and changing of special
! tax school districts.
A communication from the trustees
of the Cotton Plant district was pre-
scented in which they asked that the
county use $40 of the special. tax dis
trict funds to apply on the colored
school school to be erected at York.
The offer was accepted but it was
agreed to ask that the amount be in
creased to $50 from the district funds