The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-06-01
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. J. Fl.
Crimson, secretary.
Minutes of the meetings of April 2
and 8 were read and approved.
E. d. Conyer, the well digger for
Summerfeld colored school, presented
bill for $43.25 for digging well at the
school house and it was agreed to pay
$35 and wait until next meeting to see
if it was satisfactory before paying
the balance.
A request from the trustees of the
Oklawaha 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 it
was agreed that same would be done;
also that districts similarly situated
could do the same thing.
Superintendent was instructed to
ask the attorney general for his opin-
ion as to whether it would be legal to
invest the district bond interest and
sinking fund balances in the deposit
tories in liberty bonds.
The superintendent reported that at
the elections held April Is the dis
tricts of Martel and Fantville failed to
hold elections and he was directed to
call and advertise for elections to be
held in these districts at as early date
as practicable.
The board adjourned for noon.
Thursday Afternoon Session
Notice of balance on note to the
Munroe & Chambliss National Bank
of $500 was presented and it was or
dered paid.
The superintendent reported hav-
| ing found the Citra colored school
with an attendance too small to 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 to the property being in the Am
erican Missionary Society, it could not
be done without adjusting the title.
A request was presented from one
of the teachers of the Dunnellen
school for pay for some time. that was
unavoidably lost from school and this
was refused.
A proposal from Mr.. M. L. Payne
to let the board have $500 on coupon
warrants was presented and he ap-
peared in regard to the matter later
and discussed it with the board, but it
was not thought advisable to take any
money at this time, but it 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 $6223.75
as the semi-annual apportionment of
the state one-mill tax.
The following resolution was unani-
mously 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 to 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
ton 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 O. B. Hall