The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-02-13
SCHOOL Law WITH ouE Dis
1ENTIHo VOTE
PROPOSED B1i wm Ne Presented 20 ths
Lsg1riatars Tor Action INNS
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With but one dissenting vote. the
Wheeling lndepedent district board OF
sducatiOn AZ special meeting held Last
night adopted an Amendment 70 ths
school Law asking the state legislator,
Tor power 10 Put up 20 the PEOPLE this
right 20 decide whether the member-hir
of the board shall remain a. "a g.. n
members. or be reduced 10 nine mem.
bsrs. Aftsr much discussion and a few
minor amendments the bill was adopted
with the recommendation that IL bs
Eiven 20 the press and presented to tins
Legislature.
In addition 20 President Armbrecht
the follOSing commissioners answered
20 roll call. Iepson. Kennen Mckee
Miller. Reed. itsymann. Rogers. sea.
bright. Wagner and Wilson. Commits.
sloDer Etzler came in later. The amend.
tnent 10 reduce the board 20 nine mem.
bers was submitted by C0mmisslonei
Rogers. inasmuch as the committee an.
pointed To consider the amendment pre-.
sented ~ Commissioner Miller at the
January meeting has- Oeen referred 10 a
special committee. which IL 70 report al
the next regular meeting OF the board
next Thursday.
The bill recommended that section,
two. three. -four. ave. eight twenty-five
and twenty-seven OF chapter : OF the
acts OF 1874. 1875. iss2 and 1901 be
amended and rs-enaeted.
The amendment was taken I'D section
At a time. and then a. a whole. Section
:. relating to the size Of the member.
snip OF the board. MAS amended as fol
lows: AT the regular election TO be held
In the city OF Wheeling on the fourth
Thursday In May. 1917. for the election
OF municipal officers. the voters thereof
shall elect nine competent Persons "a
serve as school commissioners. who
with their successors in onice shall
constitute the board OF education OF the
school district Of Wheeling. The mem.
bership OF said board shall consist OF
one commissioner from each OF the sew.
erai wards OF the city Of Wheeling. who
shall be resident OF that ward and
one commissioner from the district at
large. All commissioners shall be elect
ed by the voters OF the district Al
large. but ward candidates shall be
nominated by the voters OF their own
wards. and candidates for the Office OF
commissioner at large shall be nominat-
ed by the voters at large.
-Four Years Service
The candidate for commissioner at
large receiving the largest number of
votes. shall hold his office for a term
OF four years and the four ward com
missioners receiving the greater num-
Der OF votes shall hold their office for
n term OF four years. those receiving
lesser number of votes shall hold their
office for term OF two years and un-
III their SUCCESSORS are qualified. ON the
first Thursday In May. 1919. and rcgu-
larry thereafter. every two years, four
commissioners shall be elected for term
OF four years. At the city election IN 1921
and every four years thereafter. a COM
missioner at large shall be elected for a
term OF four years.
The term OF office OF the present
members OF the Board of Education will
expire In June. 1917. The amendment In
cludes that each commissioner shall re-
ceive 81 per day for his services. not to
receive payment for more than fifty-two
meetings in each year.
Commissioner Rcymann made an
amendment to the measure. striking out
the remuneration clause. A lengthy ar
gument followed and the Reymann
amendment when put 10 n vote. was de-
feated, TO J. Those voting yes: Rey-
mann, Mckee and Wilson. No: Jepson.
Kennen. Miller. Reed. Rogers. seabright.
Wagner. Wilson and President Arm
brecht.
Five Members.
An amendment by Commissioner NIL
Ter TO substitute five members for nine
members in the measure was defeated
20 :. Those voting yes: Commission
ers Jepson. kennen. Mckee. Miller and
Reymann. No: Commissioners Etzler
Reed. Rogers. Seabright. Wagner. VIII
son and President Armbrecht.
Section 3 covered the eligibility OF
nominees. Commissioner Reymann
moved that the amendment be amended
TO provide that none OF the present
members be eligible for reelection in
1917. This was defeated 10 TO 2, Com
missioners Reymann and Wilson voting
yes. Commissioners Etzler. Jepson. Ken.
men. Mckee. Miller. Reed. Rogers. Sea-
bright, Wagner and President Arm
brecht voting no.
Section 2s was amended. making Il a
misdemeanor for persons TO defacs
school property. with a fine OF 500 and
two months in the county Jail upon
conviction. This was adopted.
When the amendment was taken up
and voted on for its adoption as a whole.
Commissioner Mckee was the only mem
Der voting against "a.
Immediately upon it's adoption aim 1St
unanimously. somebody jumped up and
moved that the vote for adoption as a
whole be reconsidered. This likewise car
ried by vote ~ 3 TO q.
President Armbrecht then explained
that n that vote was allowed to stand.
something like four hours Of hard work
and elocution would go FOR naught
Commissioner Jepson then moved that