The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-12-14
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Ocala, Fla, Dec. 4, 1917.

and for Marion county, Florida, met in
regular session on the above date al
their office with all members present
and acting as follows. G. S. Scott
chairman; A. j. Stevens and G. r
Veal, members, and Supt. J. Fl. Brin
son, secretary.
The secretary was authorized to ad
just the Loewll district account with
the county by drawing warrant in ia
vor of the county general school fund
upon the Lowell district for 1895 to
reimburse the county for balance due
on building contract that had been
; paid by county funds, less 500, the
j amuont received from the sale of the
!! old school lot, and deposited to the
credit Of the general school fund.
i Mr.. John T. Lewis, one of the bonds
men for the county treasurer, appear.
ed and asked to pay the interest on
his note and have the same ext ended
one year. Granted.
ings were approved.
! Mr.. J. B. Parker and boy called in
response to a letter from the superin-
| tendent in regard TO certain depreda-
tions that had been committed in and
about the Homeland school house on
/ Halloween night, and which were al
J legged to have been done by the boy
The matter was discussed and the SUI
perintendent was directed to write the
trustees of the district and ask them
to secure evidence if possible to con-
vict the guilty parties and to offer a
reward of $25 for evidence sufficient
! to convict.
| Patrons of the Heidtville school
asked that Mr.. Geo. N. Dorr be ap-
pointed trustee for the unexpired
term of Mr.. J. T. Townsend, resigned.
AS there were protests against the
appointment no action was taken.
The board adjourned for noon.
Tuesday afternoon the board met
with all members present.
The matter of appointing 4ui. SEQ.
Dorr trustee of the Heidtville school
district was taken up and he was COM
missioned in pursuance of the peti-
tion of patrons as presented.
/ Notice of there being funding cou-
pons for 5000 due January | was pre-
sented and the amount ordered to be
provided for.
! Extra compensation asked for by
Ida T, Mccall for directing Howard
| Academy during illness of the prin-
cipal, ]. d. Mccall, was refused.
| A letter from Mr.. A. j. Wyche, one
of the Shiloh trustees, was presented,
in which he complained of number
of their pupils being sent to the Mica
/ nopy school, thereby reducing their
average attendance. It was agreed to
continue the school as at present un-
| til after the holidays at least.
! The secretary presented the re-
/ turns Of the election held in Ocala on
Tuesday, November 81, 1917, to deter
mine whether the school board should
tissue $4,000 in bonds for the Ocala
special tax school district. The fol-
lowing results were shown: For bonds
43 votes, and against bonds 13 votes.
1t was ordered that steps should be
taken at once to validate the bonds
under the law, as provided for bond
issues in Florida.
/ The matter of frosting the windows
Of the Pedro school house was left
with the trustees.
| Sundry account were audited and
ordered paid as per financial state
ment to be prepared and filed with
the clerk of the circuit court.
/ 1t was ordered that the deposits OF
the tax collector should be equally di-
i vided among the banks.
| No further business appearing the
board adjourned for the day, to meet
next morning.
/ Wednesday Morning Session
| The board met with all members
lpresent.
j It having become nesessary for the
|, chairman and secrtary to borrow 5000
4 from Mr.. Scott to preserve balance at
! tn eCommerical Bank as depository
Ito take up the warrants as presented
] 1t was ordered to pay this amount tc
Il Mr.. Scott.
i After consultation with Attorney E
III. Martin, the board concluded to des
II irnate the Commercial Bank OF Ocala
1.-THE Munroe and Chambliss National