Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-05-16
SCHOOL SITUATION
DISCUSSED At LENGTH
Mass Meeting At Courthouse
Views Matter From All
Angles and Resolutes

was discussed pro and con at
great length at the mass meeting
held at the courthouse Monday
B night.
At the conclusion of the dis
cussion, which waxed warm at
times, resolutions were adopted
by a vote of about two to one,
providing for the appointment Of
a citizens committee to cooper
ate with the city board of edu-
cation in completing work on the
new school building and for the
appointment of an expert ac-
countant by the city council to
audit the books of the school
board.
The resolutions offered by Col
Brutus Clay and which were
adapoted read as follows:
At a mass meeting of the citf-
zens Of Richmond called by his
honor, the mayor of said city,
which met in the courtroom at !
O'Clock May 18th, 1922, it was
resolved:
Lst. That Harvey Chenault.
Vim. DIoberly, VIM. A. Langford
and Mrs. q. @. Perry be appoint
ed an advisory committee to rep
resent the citizens here assem-
bled, to act and advise with the
School Board of Richmond in re-
gard to completing and lrnish-
ing the new school building and
fixing of salaries until the expi-
ration of the term of said board.
Furthermore, it is resolved that
if any member Of the aforesaid
, School Board refuses to affiliate
and advise with this cit1zens'i
committee, then we request that
member OF the School Board of
Richmond to resign Immediate
ly.
End, That whereas, the Ken
lucky statutes require that a
city Board of Education shall
once a year publish a statement
of its finances and, whereas, the
the present Board Of Education
OF the city Of Richmond and its
predecessors have not for years
past complied with this require
mcnt of the law, therefore, this
mass meeting hereby resolves
and requests that the city coun-
Gil of Richmond employ all ex-
pert accountant to examine tire
books OF the Board Of Education
of the city of Richmond for the
years 1917, 1918, 1910, 1920, 1921
and report the receipt of money
and expenditure of same as
shown by vouchers for each OF
the aforesaid five years, to the
aforesaid city council OF Rich
mond and the aforesaid council
is hereby requested to have the
report Of the accountant puo-
lished in the Richmond Daily
Register for the information or
the citizens Of Richmond.
1t would require several coi-
umns to cover half the argu-
ments made at the meeting for
and against the action OF the
school board in raising the tax
rate on the people from 75c toG
$1.35. The Daily Register hard
ly believes that any further good
could be accomplished by going
into lengthy details Of the differ
ent speeches.
Col. Clay, Waller Bennett,
Mrs James Burnam, w. B. Smith
S. NJ. Sauhey, Mrs. B. ]. Clay
and others had something to say
about the action of the board in
violation of its written pledge to
the people not to raise the tax
rate. None impugned the hon
esty of the board, but all appear
ed to think that the board had
woefully neglected its official du-
ties and some declared frankly
that the members had proven
themselves incompetent.
John holland, chairman of the
board, and c. c. Wallace, mem
Der of the citizens advisory
committee which was supposed
to cooperate with the board i'll
handling the bond issue proceeds
defended the boards acts. Mr..
Noland said the board had done
the best it could under the cir
cumstances. He claimed the
board was acting for the best in
terests of the children and that
there was more to consider than
question of dollars and cents.
Mr.. Bennett in his remarks as
serted that it appeared to him
that the board was composed
principally of Secretary J. How
ard Payne of the school board