Show BOARD OF EDUCATION ON CANNOT OUST OFFICERS Motion to Change the th Minutes of the Previous Meeting Is lost Business Transacted Miss Ivy Williams is still clerk of the board of education and James Junes F Bur Burton Burton Burton ton is ie treasurer and they will remain so for another year car At the meeting of life tb board of education last night an effort was as made to amend the minutes of oC the first meeting of the present year car so as to tomake tomake tomake make it possible to oust these two officers officers cers but hut the effort failed The Thc minutes read that the board should get an opinion from the attorney attorn y as to the term tenn of of office lice flee of these two and to be governed by that opinion Hyrum Pingree moved noved that the minutes be so IO changed that the board would not be bound by the attorneys opinion The motion was wall lost by 6 iy a 3 I to 2 vote and voted In the affirmative and Browning Williams and Fart Farr voted no The opinion of or Attorney C C is beard based l on information given him by b the clerk that a clerk and treasurer were elected in ISIS IS and in every year ear since that time He lie said I 1 have bac carefully examined every en I line of legislation upon the subject since the enactment creating the first board of edo edu education du cation In the year ear lS and assuming the facts to be as above aboe stated by the clerk I am of the opinion that the terms of the Ute present incumbents continue until January 1310 1910 IO Dr Coulter shivering In lit the cold moved that henceforth the rent of or the offices of oC the board of or education would bo in pro proportion portion of or heat furnished and that Jl 1 be bP deducted for every degree the mercury fell while the board was in session elon The motion passed as ed edThe The treasurer reported re the receipt of state taxes as 10 1 Interest on bond fund refund of or repairs making a total or of Cash on hand The TIlt teachers and janitors salaries paid in January were It was vas also reported that the first payment of 1500 on the High school bonds would be due March 1 I IThe The matter of auditing the accounts of the board was referred to the finance committee with power Ower to secure auditors It was wa voted to pay the attorney of the board toc tO a year ear and the matter of rec roe recommending recommending an attorney was left to the judiciary committee On motion of oC Pingree the clerk was In Instructed Instructed to prepare an itemized report once each ach month on every school In the city the tho nn l the thi I attendance at each school 4 and also the expenditures of the board and these theBe re reports reports reports ports are to be spread upon the minutes of the meeting To provide for this extra work the clerks salary was increased from 70 jO O to O The superintendent re reported reported reported ported an Increase of or pupils in the grade B and SO 00 In the High Nigh school at the opening of or the second half haIr of or the school year ear |