The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-20
BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Ocala, Fla, April 8, 1917.

on the above date and at their office
in the above place with all members
present and acting as follows: G. S.
Scott, chairman, A. J. Stephens and
C.. r. Veal, members, and j. H. Brin~
son, secretary.
Minutes of the meeting held OF.
March 6 and were read and APP
proved as read.
Mr.. Nichols, one of the Pedro trus-
tees, called and renewed a request
that the board pay from district funds
Miss Cora Simmons $25 extra for
teaching. He was again informed
that when there We're funds available
to the credit of the district the mat
ter could be re-opened.
The secretary reported collections
by the state auditor which had been
deposited with the Commercial Bank
as follows upon the bond of Mr.. John
M. Graham, treasurer: r. S. Hall
$918.95, D. E. McIver $918.95, S. H.
Bitch $918.95, S. H. Martin $183.79,
E. L. Wartmann $551.37, T. I. Ar
mold $367.57, w. T. Gary S367.57, j.
M. Tison $367.57, J. P. Phillips
$367.57, w. j. Crosby S36757, Clar-
ence Camp $91S.95, G. w. Neville
$459.47, D. B. Kibler $459,47, N. H.
Boswell $459.47, WIN. Griffith S459.47,
J. A. Grumbles $18379, R. H. Sanders
S275.69, J. F. Cocowitch $45947, ]. M.
Meffert $918.95. Total, S9,924.59.
Notes of J. T. Lewis and J. B. Martin
were exhibited which had been pre-
scented to the governor each in the
sum of $918.95, due December l, 1917,
bearing interest at per cent, for
their pro rata of the bond and which
had been left with the board to have
them strengthened by security or re-
turned to the governor. In the cases
of S. r. Pyles and ]. c. Boozer the
former was sick and unable to make
any arrangements at present and the
latter was also sick and no definite
action deemed advisable just at pres
ent.
A report was presented from Citra
to the effect that at meeting held
for the purpose of recommending a
suitable person to the county board to
be appointed trustee in place of 4. j..
Ellis, resigned, it was the request that
D. T. Sherouse be appointed to fill the
vacancy for the uneXpired term and
his appointment was ordered made.
Report of Mrs. Moorhead as home
demonstration agent was presented
and filed for information.
A report was presented from the
trustees of the Summerfield school to
the effect that they had discontinued
their school at the end Of the seventh
month on account Of the decreased at
tendance caused by measles in the
community.
The auditors statement of distrl-
button of the funds collected on treas
urer's bond and the losses on the same
was presented as follows: General
school fund loss $6998, collection
$51.15; special tax district funds loss
SS231.11, collection $6006.40; district
bond interest and sinking fund loss
S5299.31, collection $3S67.04. The dis
trict funds were to be distributed ac-
cording to balances on hand January
/ and the bond interest and sinking
funds the same.
The secretary reported the collec-
ton from the state treasurer of the
proceeds of the sale of the Citra bonds
in the amount Of $500 as follows
Amount of bonds dated March l,
1917, payable in twenty years, bear
ing interest at per cent per annum,
payable semi-annualiy $500; value
at price of sale at 81 per cent $2435;
accrued interest to time of settlement
S8.68, making total amount received
from treasurer and deposited in the
Commercial Bank as depository
S2433.6S. The county held district
warrants as follows: No. 438 for
$136.5S with interest of S11.36, No.
ATS for S1993.13 with interest of
S111.O9, No. 476 for 1910 with inter
est of S6.49. Total $2337.75, leaving
balance due the Citra district from
tie proceeds of the bonds of 1888,
to be credited to the account of the
dictrict.
The secretary. explained to the
board that in pursuance of the author.
ity conferred at the last meeting of
the board for the chairman and sec
rotary to borrow such funds as should
be found necessary to meet the cur
rent pay roll, the chairman had made
his note with the Munroe & Chambliss
National Bank and had secured $1,000
for which a coupon warrant had been
issued to him and that when the pro-