Show THE SCHOOL BOARD I I Business Transacted at the Meeting Meet-ing Last Night SCHOOL SITES PURCHASED The Patriotic Order Sons of America Donate Flags for Each School Business Bills Allowed The board education met last evening In regular session at its new quarters in tho Hooper Eldredge block 49 Main street Mayor Scott presided and the following trustees trus-tees were present Duke Alff Raybould Nelson Nel-son Newman Pratt Baldwin and Downey The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved Tho following report was handed in At a meeting of your finance committee held November No-vember 25 1691 the question was put on the matter of selling the school bonds at a discount dis-count that might be greater than a figure that would be a fair commission On this Messrs Baldwin and Duke voted yes Messrs Pike Young and Nelson voted no but If the attorney of the ooard decided It illegal to sell at a discount dis-count the aye vote would nave been no This question arose on a bid then before tho committee com-mittee of 93 1315 for the total issue of bonds WAL NELSON Chairman HARRY T DUKE CHAS BALDWIN RICHARD YOUNG Fourvoted for the adoption of the report four against the chairman giving the deciding vote for its adoption The committee on sites and buildings reported re-ported that the notes authorized at the last meeting of the board in payment of the Sixth school site had been executed and delivered tile money paid and the deeds to the property filed in the county recorders office for record Report received and filed The following offer for a school site was referred re-ferred to the committee on sites and buildings Lot 3 block 6 plat B Salt Lake city survey for 6500 iWO cash and tbe balance on time at Spar cent per annum interest Mrs Nora r F Millspaugh et al LOS Angeles California by Brooks 8 Weir agents i Thd following bills were read and referred to the finance committee Odell Son kalsomining 5 23 00 Rieben S Co repairing 1CS 05 1 Utah Stove and Hardware Co 58 28 Tribune Job Printing Co 38 50 Ackerman Co printing 8 50 P W Madsen supplies 505 I Chas D Savery typewriting deedsu 15 00 Miilgley Sons plumbing 44 00 S PJeasdel supplies 4 45 Total 5 303 83 The committee on school work reported adversely ad-versely to the purchase of certain maps and the ordering of the journal of education Report Re-port adopted Ihe monthly report of receipts and disbursements disburse-ments of the treasurer for the month of No A ember was submitted as follows I Amount overdraft first of month 0012551 47 Received from E R Clute city tax 7200 C3 D It Allen county tax 33683 SO Total receipts f39873 3c Paid clerks warrants 28CO 87 Balance on hand close of Nov 1E915 5360 99 The committee on teachers handed in its report as follows S 0 recommend that C F Daying be engaged en-gaged as principal of the night school to be opened at the Thirteenth school commencing I Monday December 7 laP Salary to be 75 per mocth to commence December 3 U91 Adopted The following bills were allowed I Rock Springs Coal company coal for October S 3875 Hy Reisfeer repairing clock 12 Parlor Drug store sulphur candles i75 j S B Westerfield storeroom rentu 20X Rieben Co repairs 123W dlXuG I Worstelle sundry SUppHesn W95 j Tribune company advertising 227 HERALD company advertising 1210 i Sierra Nevada Lumber Co repairs 33715 I I Grand Raplus S F Co note and Interest I I in-terest u 34S1C I George Forrester labor 725C C H Parsons books 1362 Joslin Park eight clocltsu 100C i W S Brighton kindling wood 734 Utah National bank rent Whitney Ut building u u 7000 I By to Hicks rentu 1300 George Harper labor at Seventh school 5910 J Midgley Co blackbourdu 1041 Wells Fargo COD bank interest 3053 E13 Springer cleaning closets n 7600 I Total u 51S19Ci On behalf the Patriotic Order Sons of Amer lea and the Youths Companion Mr Terptn log and Dr S Ewing appeared before the board and offered to supply free of cost a flag of the j I nation to measure 7x15 feet to every schoOlhouse l house in the cay on condition that the board would take care of them and arrange to have them hoisted on flag poles twentyfive feet i high when sthool was in session and lowered when school was closed so that the stars and i stripes would float over every schoolhouse in the city I The gift was unanimously accepted and a vote i of thanks tendered to the donors A committee i was appointed to receive the flags and to arrange I ar-range to have them used in the manner intended in-tended I I The commttee on sites and buildiucrs was I reorganized and is now composed of Messrs I Raybould Downey Pike Platt and All The committee on furniture and supplies Messrs AUf Downev Pratt Newman and Raybculd The first named in each case to be chairman I Board adjourned to December 17 |