The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-06-07
BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

The board Of public instruction for
Marion county met in regular session
Tuesday. May z, with all members
present and acting as follows; G. S.
Scott, chairman, A. j. Stephens and
c. r. Veal, members, and Supt. ]. H.
Brlnson, secretary.
Minutes of the meetings CT April 2
and 8 were read and approved.
E. L. Conyer, the well digger for
Summerfeld cOlored school. presented
bill fo, $4325 for digging well at the
school house and it was agreed to pay
$35 and wait until next meeting to see
J if IL was satisfactory before paying
the balance.
! * request from the trustees Of the
Oklawaba district to invest their bal
ances that may exist at this time or
to come into their possession in eX-
cess Of necessary operating expenses
in Liberty Bonds was received. and il
was agreed that same would be done;
also that districts similarly situated
could do the same thing.
Superintendent was instructed 10
ask the attorney general fer his opin-
ion as 10 whether it would be legal II
invest the district bond interest and
sinking fund balances IN the deposi-
tories in liberty bonds.
The superintendent reported thai al
the elections held April Is the dis
trictS of Martel and Fantyille failed to
hold elections and he was directed to
cali and advertise for elections to be
held il these districts at az early date
as practicable.
The board adjourned Ter noon.
Thursday Afternoon SessiOr
Notice of balance on note &c the
Munr0e 4 Chambliss National Bank
of $2500 was presented and il was or
dered paid
The superintendent reported hav-
ing found the Citr& colored school,
with an attendance toe small 10 Justify
retaining two teachers and that he
had given notice that one would be
discontinued if there were not an i'm
mediate increase in the attendance. A
report of the attendance for the last
days OF the preceding week was pre-
sented and it was agreed to allow
them to continue for the present,
A communication from the state
superintendent was presented in ref
erence to Fessenden Academy being
designated as one of the colored agri-
cultural schools Of The state under the
Smith Hughes act for vocational edu-
cation The state Was ready to name
this school for this purpose but the
title 70 the property Deing III the Am
erican Missionary Society. il could not
| Be done without adjusting the title
A request was presented from one
of the teachers Of the Dunnellon
school for pay for SONS tin.e that was
unavoidably lost fror2 sctoo] and this
was refused
A proposal from Mr.. W. !. Payne
to let the board have S1500 on coupon
warrants was presented and ne ap
peared IL regard to the matter later
and discussed it with the board, but it
was not thought advisable to take any
money al this time, but i was sug-
gested that possibly some could be
used at the July meeting.
Notice was presented from the
state superintendent Of the appor-
tionment to Marion county Of S6223.75
as the seni-annual apportionment of
the state one-mill tax.
The following resolution was mani
Imously adopted:
Resolved, That the resolution adopt
ed by this board on Oct. 2, 1917, and
advertised duly IN the Ocala Evening
Star. in connection with call for a
bonding election Il be held in Ocala
special tax school district No. ], for
the purpose Of determining whether
or not bonds in the sum Of $4,000
and for the purposes mentioned in
said resolution and notice Of said cleo
tion to be held on Nov. n. 1917. and
which election was actually held in
pursuance of said resolution and no
tice was intended and to all interests
and purposes did legally and in due
form order said election to be held.
Messrs. L. B. Marsh and 0. B. Hall
of the Marshville school called and
asked that the Marshville school be
moved to another site more nearly in
the center of the pupils of the school.
Matter was laid over for later con-
siderati0n.
The. secretary presented the returns
of the district elections held on April
Is and also the recommendations
from varions schools for supervisors
and he was authorized and directed
to issue commissions to the following
trustees and supervisors and to such
other supervisors os may be recon-
mended in regular form later. Trus-
ties were to be comisioned fer two
years and supervisors for four years
under the law
The following were the election re-
turns. Ocala district No. l, J. L.