The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-03-09
NO new SCHOOLS
FOR CARROLL.
THE RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY BOARD
OF EDUCATION EXPLAINS THE Sit
UATION FUNDS FOR "A LIBRARY
ASKED FOR APPLICATION FOR A
TEACHERS PENSION.

At the regular meeting of the Car
roll County Board of Education, held
in the office Of the Board on Wednes-
day, March 7th, all members were
present except Commissioner Hopkins.
The meeting was called to order ar
1918 a. I'd.
After the reading and approval of
the minutes OF the previous meetings
thu regular order of business was
taken Hp.
The presentation and passing Of the
unpaid bills was first taken up, and An
was moved, seconded and passed that
all bills d. paid
Consideration Or the report Of the
County Commissioners, reading a.
follows.
ITO the Carroll County Board Of
Education
Gentlemen: In response to your
communication of the 21st inst, the
Board of County Commissioners of
Carroll County, begs to say that it has
decided not to levy more than forty
cents on the one hundred dollars on
the assessable basis for taxation what
ever that basis may be, for schools or
educational purposes, that being the
amount limited by law in Sec. 26, OF
Chap. 506 of the Acts OF 1916
And this Board respectfully sug-
gests that i'm making up your budget
for this year your board will keep
within said limit.
MARTIN D. HESS,
Clerk I'D the Board Of County Com
missiOners or Carroll County,
was next taken up, and III was moved,
seconded and passed that the follow
Ing resolution be adopted by the Board
and published in the county papers:
Resolution adopted by the Board OF
Education at their meeting, March
7th, 1917.
Board of Education of Carroll County
have been presented with facts show
ing the deplorab1e conditions of diff
ferent schools of the county, and large
delegations os citizens and taxpayers
0f Hampstead, New Windsor, West
minister Myers District, Sykesville
having come before us asking that this
Board give them proper, adequate and
suitable places in which to teach their
children; and,
Whereas, The reports sent to us by
the State Board 0f Education, SHPer-
vising Principal Of Schools of West
minister, and the Health Department
of the State Of Maryland, has also
many written complaints from all
party Of Carroll County by the best
citizens of the county, and
Whereas, we believing from these
reports, that it is necessary to make
these many repairs and changes, and
recognizing the fact that it will cost
more money than usual, we have ask
ed the County Commissioners to sup
ply this extra money; and
Whereas, the County Commissioners
have advised us that they will allow
but 40 cents on the 1917 levy for use
Of the schools of Carroll county, and
We, believing that this amount from
said levy will necessarily have to be
used tO pay the increased, general
running expenses of the schools Ot
the county, and also used tO pay the
debt of $4,000 OF previous years and
handed down to the present Board.
Therefore, b. it
Resolved, That we, not having prop
or funds with which to build and re-
pair the schools as we think neces-
sary and not having any way to get
funds except through the County Com
missioners, that we decline to build
any new school buildings during GIT
or repair on any large scale any of
the schools of this county,
Bids from the various repair men.
who answered the advertisement the
Board recently inserted in the county
papers, were read to the Board, and
i'm this connection the question of
purchasing a Ford runabout to be be
used exclusively by the Board for re
pairing purposes, was discussed, and
it was moved, seconded and passed
that President Wantz and Superin-
tendent Unger be appointed a com
mittee to purchase the Ford runabout
and tO employ a man, this man to be
gin work April LIST, 1917.
The report of the High Schools Of
Carroll county by DIR. Stephens, State
Superintendent of Education, was read
to the Board, and Superintendent
Unger, also in this connection pre-
sented to the Board a plea for the in
auguration of various changes in the
Westminster High School, emphasiz-
ing especially the additional space
that would be necessary by another
year forced upon the Board by the de-
mands of this report
The matter of adjusting the insur-
ance on account of the fire in the
Westminster High School Building,
was left tn the discretion Of Superin-
tendent Unger and Mr. Erb
# Consideration of the insurance poll
cies, and the additional amount OF i'm
Surance that has recently been placed,
was brought It'd the attention or the
Board and approved by them.
The question of advertising fer bids
on coal needed for another year, was
and it was moved, seconded
and passed that the Board advertise
for bids on coal this month.
The question of paying teachers for
the time lost in the beginning of the
term for infantile paralysis was next
and it was moved, seconded
and passed that the Board pay the
teachers, and require no extra time of
them
The application of Miss Laura Sell
man for a teachers pension was dis
cussed, and it was moved, seconded
and passed that the pension be grant
edI I'd far as the Board il concerned.
The matter Of High School salary
schedule was next taken up and III was
moved, seconded and passed that the
schedule b. adopted.
Applications for funds for library
purposes from Robert H. Kuhns,
Emory School, and Lydia O. Selby,