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Show WHAT WAS DONE IN EXECUTIVE' SESSION With rrgard to " the executive session held by the Board of Education last night Clerk Judd made the following statement to THE TELEGRAM today: "The executive session of the board held last night was for the purpose of considering a proposition that had been presented to the board. The proposition was simply this: The manager of 'Ro-ney's 'Ro-ney's Bo,' who sing at the Tabernacle next Saturday, offered to give 25 per cent of the receipts to the San Francisco relief re-lief fund provided the board would permit per-mit the public school children to sell tickets. "As is well known, the board In the past has forbidden the children to sell tickets. As the request was an unusual one. the board decided to consider it in executive session, which waa done, and, on account of the cause, permission was granted for the children to sell tickets. That was the only matter considered in th executive session." With regard to the contract awarded to Asper. Noall & Co. for the erection of the new twelve-room school building In the northwestern part of the city, Mr. Judd said that properly there waa no b:d from the Western Mill and Building company, com-pany, the lowest bidder, for the reason that the advertisement for bids called for a certified check for 5 per rent of the amount of the bid. The Western Mill and Building company failed to file any check with Its bid. |