The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-06-13
BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION MET
And TRANSACTED MUCH BUSINESS

school during the next term. This
was agreed to providing teacher
can be secured who is prepared TO
do the work satisfactory and also
providing it does not interfere with
the teaching of the common school
branches.
Upon being asked as to their
standing upon the proposed increase
of school levy they reported them.
! selves against it.
AT this time a large number Of
citizens of Ocala and other places
in the county called to discuss with
the board the advisability of increas-
ing the school levy from seven mills
to ten mills in order to meet the
increased salaries necessary to pay
teachers and also other operating ex-
penses.
Messrs. G. s. Scott, u L. Edwards.
c. S. Cullen, E. H. Martin, ]. e.
Chace and W. T. Gary of ocala ad-
dressed the board urgently request
ing the increase asked for. A large
number of formal requests and petit
tons were presented favoring the In
crease.
A delegation consisting OF the SUI
pervisor and citizens of the Ebene-
ger community called and requested
that action be taken to build school
house to take. the place of one burn
ed some time ago, and on the same
site.
Mr.. H. NJ. Hampton called and pre-
sented list of taxpayers with the
lamounts of personal property assess
ment and the amounts of their per-
1sonal taxes and estimates of the
amounts that these parties should
pay and. also presented the following
resolution that was adopted by the
board
| Since certain information has been
presented to the board of public in
struction of Marion county apparent
ly showing great inequality in the
assessment of personal property in
Marion county, while realizing that
this board cannot and does not de-
tsire to assume the function Of equal
izing the tax assessment. yet we. re-
spectfully petition the board Of
county commissioners to look into
this matter very thoroughly and. to
do all in their power to properly
equalize the assessment in accor.
dance with the laws of Florida.
| Adopted in open session this crd
day of June, 1919.
After much, discussion the board
!, adjourned for noon.
Tuesday Afternoon Session
The board met with all members
preSent and acting.
Mr. q. F. BrookIeD, one of the
trustees of the Capulet district, call
ed and requested that they be allow
ed to paint their house from district
Hnnds which was agreed TO and he.
was instructed to go ahead and have
the work done to best advantage.
i Messrs. Frink and Hudgens, trus-
tees of the Fellowship district, called
in the forenoon and discussed the in
terests of the Fellowship school and
expressed themselves favorabIy to
the proposed levy.
Messrs. Christian and Brown, trus-
tees of the Mcintosh district. called
and expressed themselves as being
] favorable to the proposed levy pro-
viding the Mcintosh district got the
!, benefit of the increased levy.
They were asked to get proposals
for repairing and repainting the Nc
Intosh school house to be submitted
to the board at the next meeting.
! The board at this time went be-
fore the board of county commissions
ers in session and presented the reso-
luton in regard to the tax assess
ment that had been adopted in the
forenoon.
Mr.. C. C. Priest. one of the trus-
tees of the Anthony district. called
and requested four teachers for the
next term which request was not
acted upon at this meeting of the
board.
Miss Sarah Partridge, representing
the state home demonstration work,
called and held an executive session
with the board in regard to the work
] and plans for the future 1t was
proposed that the state furnish q