The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-03-25
SPECIAL MEETING BOARD
OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

Ocala, Fla, Thursday, Mar. 10, 1914
The Board of Public Instruction in
and for Marion county met in spec
ial session as per adjournment for the
purpose of canvassing the returns of
the bonding election held in Citra
Special Tax School District on Tues
day, March II, 1914.
The board met at 11:10 a. N. with
all members present and acting as
follows: w. D. earn, chairman, B.
r. Bitch and ]. S. Grantham, mem
bers and J. H. Brinson, secretary.
Minutes Of the last regular meet
ing were read and approved.
Mr.. Geo. Mckay, as per request Of
trustees of Ocala district, called and
submitted plans for extending the
Ocala primary school building and
for four room primary building to
be erected in North Ocala. It was
agreed that the trustees and the
chairman and the secretary of the
county board would take the matter
under consideration and report to the
next meeting of the county board.
A deputation of colored citizens of
Oca1a representative their auxiliary
plans for the new building at How
ard Academy. Their plans were al
so turned over to the superintendent
for consideration by the Ocala trust
ees and the chairman and secretary
of the county board and to be report
ed on at the next meeting OF the
county board.
They presented a petition signed
by a large number of the leading
colored citizens asking, among other
| things, that the new building be
erected on a different lot from the
one upon which the present building
| stands. Because the district known
as the Red Light district is within
fifty yards of the present site The
county board took the petition un-
der consideration and decided against
putting the building on another To-
cation but unanimously adopted the
the following resolution:
| Whereas, a place alleged to be Of
i'll repute and indecent and immoral
conduct known as the red light
district is said to be in the immedi-
ate neighborhood of the colored
school known as Howard Academy
and
| Whereas, the county board contem-
plates making extensive improve
ments there in the near future, now
therefore be it
Resolved by the county Board OF
Public instruction, the Board OF
Trustees of the Ocala district concur.
ring, that they do most respectfully
and earnestly request the authori.
ties of the city of Ocala, composed
of his honor, the Mayor, and the
gentlemen of the Council, to take
steps as soon as possible to abate this
alleged nuisance and moral danger
by causing the red light district
to be totally abolished in this neigh
borhood.
The board adjourned until 1870
p. m.
Afternoon Session
The board met at 1:45 p. m. with
all members present and acting.
They now took up the canvassine
of the returns from the bonding cleo
Ition held at Citra on March II, 1914
The formal returns signed by G. w
Driver, w. A. Redditt, and Jno. S
Wyckoff, inspectors and J. NJ Nal
phurs clerk, were presented showing
that there had been 80 votes cast
for bonding and no votes cast agains
bonding. These were accompanied
by the affidavits of the inspectors and
clerk taken upon assuming their du
ties in holding the election at Wart
mann's brick store in Citra. Upor
motion of Mr.. Bitch, seconded by Mr.
Grantham, it was ordered and certi
fed that the Special Tax Schoo
District of Citra No. 10 of Marion
county had legally voted for tn,
Board of Public Instruction of tn,
county to issue bonds for them il
the sum of $4,000 to run for twent!
years and draw 5 per cent interes
payable annually from date of issue
The proceeds of said bonds to b,