The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-01-30
po.Rp OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Ocala, Fla. January 5, 1911


80 session at their office on the a
hove date with all members present
Ind acting.
Minutes of last meeting read and
approved.
Mr.. A. S. Pickett called and dis
erssed with the board the matter of
bling paid from Cottage Hill funds
for the transportation of his children
so the Fellowship school. 1t was
agreed that he would be paid from
these funds at the rate of $40 per
month for the time actually used in
transporting his children upon pre-
senting a bill for same endorsed by
the trustees of the district.
r. +. Heath, of Reddick, called
and made request that he be paid
something for his services in build
ing the new school house at Mt.
Zion. He was directed to prepare
statement of the time worked by the
different ones and himself and the
monies received from different ones,
and report to the board. 1t was also
agreed to send 900 feet of flooring
d from Ocala to him to finish the
school.
A bill was presented from the
Rentz Lumber Co., of FIT. Mccoy, for
s53.12 and in it they proposed to al
. low for the difference between the
amount that the colored people had
raised to apply on the purchase of
the school house there, which was
1925, leaving a balance of $45.37
for which a warrant was ordered to
be drawn on the Fort Mccoy dis
trict.
Messrs. Hudgens and Beck, trus-
tees of the Fellowship school, call
ed and reported that they could not
successfully make veneering black
boards and they were instructed to
report the sizes so that black boards
could be ordered for them.
Some patrons of the colored
school at Summerfeld called and
protested against having to send to
the Mt. Pelier school on account of
the distance and it was agreed that
they would be allowed to open the
Mt. Pelier, Summerfeld and Dallas
schools for four months, the Sum-
merfleld school to run in their hall.
Adjourned for dinner.
Afternoon Session
The board was in session with all
members present and acting.
Mr.. NJ. L. Payne called and pro-
posed to make the county board a
loan of $1,000 which was accept
ed by the board in the following
resolution:
Mr.. ]. S. Grantham introduced the
following resolution which was
unanimously adopted; Resolved
that loan be concluded with Mr.. NJ.
L. Payne, trustee, for $1,000 to run
until January 1, 1916 with interest
payable quarterly at the rate of z
per cent per annum and that war
rant number 1852 be issued for the
said amount bearing interest at the
said rate and on the said terms, in
favor of NJ. L. Payne, trustee. A
check for the amount was delivered
TO the board to go into the general
school fund of the county.
The matter OF letting contract
Tor the building of the Ocala school
house was discussed and it was
agreed that due advertisement
should be made that bids would be
opened at p. m. on Tuesday, Feb
ruary IL for the erection of the
building and that the board would
continue in session in consideration
OF the matter if necessary on We'd
nesday, February IS. 1t was also
ordered that advertisement should
De made that bids were to be re-
ceiyed on February 10, 1914 for the
sale of the bonds that had been
authorized for the Dunnellon dis
trict.
H. w. Taylor, colored, called and
presented the matter of repairing the
colored school building at Montague
he was requested to prepare an ite'
mixed statement of the materials
necessary to use and the cost of same
with the price of the work and pre-
sent TO the board.
Mr.. E. S. Tyner, supervisor of the
Faisley school, called and made re-
quest for their school to be extend
ca but the board declined to do sc
as the regular county term was fix
ed at six months.
Night Session
The board met with all members
present and acting. Messrs. j. E
Chase and w II Gary trustees OF