Show THE BOARD OF U I EDUCATION An important Special Meeting Held Yesterday Afternoon TEXT BOOKS SELECTED A Number of School Buildings to Be Rented examiners Appointed e Finances of the Board InterestBearing Warrants Will lie Issued An Appropriation to Contractors Other Business A special meeting of the board of education educa-tion was held yesterday afternoon for the purpose of considering a report of the committee on school work regard to the purchase of books and supplies for the ensuing school year and to consider a report of the finance committee at which Messrs Nelson Alif Pendleton Young Beatie Reybould and Dooley were present pres-ent REPORT OF SCHOOL WORK COMMITTEE The following report of the committee on school work as to the books and supplies sup-plies was unanimously adopted Gentlemen Your committee on teachers and school work begs to submit the following report of school books required re-quired for the ensuing school year and recommend that authority be granted your committee to order the same Reader Number Cost Amount New Franklin SOJNo 1 luc 5 SJ 0 New Franklin100 No 2 5c Sa 0 Now Franlcitn200 No4 dir 90 0 Harper 100 No 3 36c SO 00 Stickney200 No I 18o 36 03 SticltneYuuu ltO No2 Mc S4 0 Sticliney 200 No3 ODe 60 0 Sea Side and WaySide Way-Side 200N01 ISo 3 r Sea Side and Way Sido 10 No2 26e 26 00 Sea Side and WaySide Way-Side 200 No3 SSc 7600 DCa Clue aIU ssy SIde o NO4 460 iki 00 I Badlams100 NO1 23i 43 GO Clasics ArabIan Nilbt 40 4Co 160 Peasant and the Prince 40 4c 16 0 The alesman 4U 48c 11 W The Alhambra 40 400 16 0 Robinson Crusoe 40 400 16 00 Copy BooliS Mlchael3 4c 120 Appletons Exercise Appletong Exer-cise A Exercise 30 doz 480 140 Exer-cise B 24 fez 480 1 52 Modern speller 3 ito 48 0 Hyde IJart No2 50 450 2250 Egglestons Prim lItory 10 450 450 Shfldons America History 10 75c 7 50 Domestic Science 50 COo 3J 0 Augaburgl Draw 2c 20 OJ 1Iusic charts 3rd series 10 5875 67 5 Pitch Pipes 50 20 12 50 High school boos Slimes Alg 70 SOc 50 BegnIng Lat 5 75 18 75 Lookuoods Com 25 Sic 21 0 Hug ClassIcs 10 number 10 copies each gc 9 0 Bag Classics 6 numbers 10 copies each lIe 7 SO Modern Classics for thtrdyear H S 6 numbers 42 00 TotaL nU 1f 17 nun n 2Your committee further reports that they have instructed the clerk to solicit bids for furnishing the public scoools with the following supplies said bids toe > to-e opened by your committee on August 241893 at 4 oclock u m and we recommend recom-mend that authority oe granted said committee com-mittee to award contract ior furnishing these supplies to the lowest responsible Bidder Colored crayon 5T gross Pens 200 Sandpaper disks u 101 dozen Jlaol boird erasers 50 Slaves O Slate pencils 30000 Drawing pencils n 12000 lubborerasers u 4000 Examination paper 10000 Total estimated amount or books and supplies f317707 WILLIAM NELSON W J BEATIE B G RAYBOULD R W YOUNG Committee on teachers and schoolwork school-work ANOTHER COMMITTEE REPORT The following additional report of the committee on school work was adopted GENTLEMEN Your committee on teachers and school work begs to submit the following recommendations I First That the date of the next examination exami-nation of teachers be fixed to begin September tember 1 and that the superintendant of schools be authorized to insert in the daily papers proper notices of such examination ex-amination And we further recommend the election at this time ol two assistant examiners SecondWe recommend the authorizing authoriz-ing of the superintendant to have printed the requisite blanks for use on the opening open-ing of schools ThirdIn the matter of reopening the i Liberty Park school which was referred to your committee we nave to state tlia upon consideration of the case we do not advise the continuance of that school for the ensuing year Fourth We desire to call attention to the need of renting school buildings in the following locations 1st In the vicinity of Lincoln park 2nd In the vicinity of the school which last year was known as the South Lawn school 3rd In the vicinity of Second ward and Tenth South known as the Ontario school 4th The school building known as the Davis school 5th The school building known as the Cone school 6th The school building known as the Folsom school Fifth We wish to call attention to the need of the continuance of the rented rooms in the Tenth school and the Twentyfirst school the Seventeenth and the fleiss building I In relation to these school accommoda lions we recommend that authority be given the committee on sites and buildings build-ings to negotiate for the same Respectfully B G RAYBOULD WILLIAM NELSON W J BEATIE R W YOUNG Committee on Teachers and School Work EXAMINING COMMITTEE APPOINTED Miss Holton supervisor of the primary grades and Prof Malone principal of the high school were elected to serve with Superintendent Millspaugh as examiners exam-iners at the September examination FINANCIAL CONDITION gJThe finance committee reported that the available funds of the board are now reduced to about fSGCO which is the only revenue of the board until such time as the taxes shall be paid or the bonds sole that the committee has discussed the advisability ad-visability of issuing interest bearing warrants war-rants that the attorney the board has been consulted and has advised that it would not be lawful to make the warrant interest bearing yet after issue and pros entation for payment and ref sal to pay the warrants will as a matter of law bear 8 per cent from that time until calledin for redemption WILL PAY INTEREST It was on the unanimously adopted motion of Mr termined the board will pay interest on all warrants which being registered and presented to the treasurer and not paid for want of funds and that the interest shall bo at the rate of 8 per cent per annum from the date of registration until the treasurer nrer has funds in his hands with which to pay the same and gives public notice to that effect A CONTRACTORS PROPOSITION 0 On motion of Mr Raybould f40 was < I appropriated and ordered paid to Both well McConauehy assignees ofF M Wright contractor of the Washington school building upon tho approval of the voucher by the committees en sites and buildings and on finance and after the formal report of the acceptance of the milding by the former committee The proposition of fitting up two basement base-ment rooms of the Lowell building for school purposes was discussed but no definite determination w reached owing to havingin view the renting rooms in that vicinity at less cost lilr Bothwell addressed the board in behalf of the contractors of the Lowell building who now seek final payment but are hindered by the existence of a number of lens most of which tho contractors con-tractors declare t be invalid |