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Show was submitted and accepted. The si: tistical report was read, showing 2; childreu of the school age. The IniM ees were allowed $100, to be diviuYi equally, for their services during th past year. The one per cent, tax r. cently votod was ordered to bo annul led. Kiglith district The trustees shown the balance on hand at the last renin-was renin-was $!I08.1!; from taxes, $101(i; sclioo apportionment, $85ii.il5; tuition fee. $275.i!5. Total, $3112.50. Balance m hand,$108'J.7;i. No action in referciio to the disposal of the property wa taken. Fifteenth district There was a hi; attendance. The financial report wa adopted and (he action of the trustee in letting contracts for the building 1 the uew schoolhouse was unanimous!-approved, unanimous!-approved, as was also the action of tin trustees in exchanging the school prop erty. The question of turning over tin school property to the board of educa tmn was considered, and it was n solved to hold on to it until it had heir decided whether it was necessary t take such action. Both parties wei well represented. Fourteenth district The report from the Fourteenth district was to the effect that an agreement had been reached by which the entire property was turncil over, as follows: Real estate, $13,011(1; paid on new building, $10,403.80; cash. $5483.09. When tho late trustees went in there was $8000 cash in the treasury, and the real estate sold for $24,750. Eleventh district The financial ami statistical report was read and accepted. The question of turning over the property prop-erty of the district to the school boan! I was discussed, and it was the sense of the meeting that further action bo postponed post-poned until more light can be had 011 the subject. Sixth district There was a good turnout of voters and James Anderson was chosen president; W. N. Anderson, secretary. The report of the trustee? was accepted, aud the sum of $240 was voted them for services rendered during dur-ing the year. The district owned uo real estate and no property except a small amount of furniture, but by a unanimous vote it was resolved that it l should not be turned over to the new ! city board. By motion the meeting voted to oppose the collection of the special tax levied in the district last fall. Eighteenth District. The People's j voters turned out in good force but no I Liberals were present 1 George I). ( Pryor was elected chairman and S. I. 1 Clawson secretary. The report of the I trustees was . accpted and the sum of $100 each was voted them as compensation compensa-tion for services; $10,53 was voted the I auditor, which closed out the balance j of the cash on hand. By vote the meet-1 meet-1 ing then resolved on turning over its ) school furniture, apparatus, etc., to the 1 value of $754 to the school board. Twentieth District The finance report re-port was read aud accepted, whirl) showed that the debt had been reduced from $337 to $200. Fifty dollars each was voted to the trustees, Messrs J. K. Wiseorab, E. A. Hartenstein and Henry Puzoy. It was resolved that the. property pro-perty be turned over to tho newly-elected newly-elected board when called for. SCHOOL PROPERTY. Some Districts Turn It Over, While Others Vote Not To. The taxpayers of several school districts dis-tricts met last night for the purpose of turning over to the newly elected board the school property of the city. In some of the districts those who had assembled as-sembled showed a disposition to bo mulish, and voted not lo transfer the property until "further light" could be secured. The inference is that "further light" means the legality of the law. Meetings were held iu the following districts: Twenty-first District The report of the trustees showed the district to be $1407.47 in debt. No action was taken on turning over the school property, it being the sense of the meeting that such an event bo deferred as long as possible. pos-sible. Thirteenth District The trustees' report re-port was read aud accepted. No action ac-tion was taken on the question of turning turn-ing over tho school property to the board. The Seventeenth district It the Seventeenth Sev-enteenth school district, the trustees' report showed a balance on hand of $35; collected, $2040.50; disbursed, $179.08. No action was taken in reference refer-ence to the turning over of the property prop-erty of the district. On motion of Dr. Chapman, the special tax of one-eighth of 1 per cent levied last fall, was annulled. an-nulled. -1 The Twelfth district The financial report of the trustees was read and approved; ap-proved; also a report showing a total enrollment for the year of 201 and an average daily attendance of 145. On motion of J. E. Dooly, the following follow-ing resolution was adopted: "Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that the trustees of this school district be, and they are hereby instructed in-structed lo use all proper aud lawful means for a just and fair adjustment between the several school districts in this city of their several properties, before be-fore the separate property of this school district shall be deeded or transferred to the new board." First District The financial report |