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care of school buildings and grounds,
including "care of smaller buildings
and rented rooms at rate not to ex-
coed SOS per annum for the care OF
each sc-cal room. other than those
occupied Dy atypical or ungraded
classes, for which service an amount
not to exceed s12o per annum may be
allowed" New positions included in
this item are an assistant gardener at
81 4A0. and the working equivalents OF
\ of a mechanics position at 81 $50;
a of a Junior mechanics position at
$500; 4 of an undermechanlc's pos
ton at 1890 6 of junior domestlc
attendants position at Sl,2O0, ana 30
positions of a junior lanorers posit!oh
at 81, o80.
elertricitv is carried as result OF the
C;ornroissioners' estimate of 100000 tor
this purpose. The total includes SlI9,-
GOO for fuel. S11 900 for gas ana Sleo'-
600 for electricity.
A total of $4,000 is carried for the
TRANSFORMATION of tubercular pupils aLo
pupils of the schools for cripples. "
this sum $4,000 is for buses ana S2OU
is for street car tokens.
Provision is made in the budget lo[
furniture for schools in an Item OF
S75 1oo. Among the buildings to be thus
eoI,inne3 are the Buchanan Schools
foilr-rocm addition. including assembly
hail and gymnasium, $4,000: Eaton
School combination assembly-gymna-
SUM, s3,400: Eliot Junior High School'
s4s,7o0, and Park View School adoltlon'
S14,e00.
S267,O00 for Accessories.
Ff
s267. 600 is carried for certain furniture
and furniture repairs, stationery, ice,
United States flags, paper towels sno
other necessary items not otherwise
provided for. The sum includes also
a sum not exceeding $4,000 for refer
ence books and periodicals; another nol
exceeding 81 500, for piano replacement
at an average cost Of $500; S5O,OOo Iol
euuipnent and repair OF equlpment al
Dunbar and Central High SCHOOLS: a
sum not exceeding $4,000 for complet-
ing equipment of the stages in those
two buildings, and sum not eXceeolhs
$1,000 for labor.
An item Of $125,0 900 is carried fol-
text books and supplies for pupils o.
the first eight grades and for the neces'
sary expenses of purchase, distributor
and preservation Of these properties, IN,
Guiding necessary labor not to exceed
Sl,OOO. -
The budget carries an item of Sl0,'
oo0 for the maintenance OF klnoefgar.
tens. including a sum not TO exceed
1000 for furnishing and equippinE
three additional kindergartens.
Utensils, material and labor Tor TIT
establishment and maintenance o.
school gardens are provided in an item
Of $4,000.
A sum of $4,000 is carried for th'
purchase of apparatus, fixtures, speci
mems, technical books and for extending
the equipment and for the maintenance
Of laboratories in the department O
physics, chemistry, biology and genera
science in the senior and junior higi
schools.
A sum not to exceed 100000 is mad'
available through the budget of uneX
pended balances of appropriations 10
buildings and grounds for the improve
ment of school grounds. This work !
to be done by day labor or otherwise
at the discretion of the Commissioners
Fund for Teachers Colleges.
An item of $4,000 is carried for tn
necessary remodeling, painting AM
eouipping the Wilson Normal Schoo
and the Miner Normal School as teach
ers' colleges. This sum includes fund
for the repair and refinishlng Of equip
ment already in use in those buildings
An item of $1,000 is allowed for tn
rent Of certain properties used as schoc
buildings and grounds and as storag
! and stock rooms.
A sum of $4,000 is carried for tn
! purchase and installation Of play equip
Inent in school yards.
An item Of $1,000 is carried for tn
maintenance Of the schools for tuber