| Show THE BOARD OF EDUCATION the board of education met in regular session may ath vice president nelson presiding the members of the hoar board 1 were all in attendance ex ept E Mit ANOTHER WARD proposition the directors of the ecclesiastical organization of the first ward offered to pell fell to tho board rods of the west end of lot 8 block 12 plat B and rods on the north side of the lot for 1 f chith h was waa to be in cash and the boards school house and lot would I 1 e taken for or 2000 committee Commit tRe on aftel FOR FOB decorating PURPOSES an appropriation of 25 was made fur for the purpose of draping and decorating the fourteenth school building F on saturday in honor of the visit of I 1 president res harriton harrit on and party PURCHASED A FLAG the pupils lu of school no 10 represented that they bad purchased a flag for their school building and asked the hoard to furnish them with a flag flagstaff on which lo ao the emblem of Americ Amerle arF liberty and independence granted A CHANGE OF TIME A petition from the parents of the pupils put lie of the tenth district school was wag read bisking that the hours houra for an afternoon session of this w school hool be changed from to pm to from 1 to a 3 p m the petition was granted and made to apply to all the schools A NEW TEACHER EMPLOYED upon the recommendation of the COMM committee attee on te teachers chers miss hanny fanny was employed as a teacher at school no 8 at a salary of 50 per mouth month A BUILDING RENTED the committee on school work recommended om mended that a small building adjoining school no 3 be rented for the remainder of the school year year at a rental of 20 for the entire time also that they be authorized to have printed certificates to be awarded to pupils having completed their courses of study adopted OVERDRAFT FOR FOB APRIL the committee on finance to whom was delegated the duty of arranging foran for an overdraft of to meet the current expenses of the board for the month of april reported that the matter had been satisfactorily arranged ELECTION the committee on finance to whom was referred the matter of issuing school bonds presented the following report SALT SAIT LAKE CITY May 1891 to the board of education gentlemen your committee on finance in view of the illegality of the recent bond election as declared by the supreme court of the territory and and also considering that other decision of the said supreme court in regard to the special school taxes of the year 1889 begs leave to submit a revised proposal for an election in furtherance of the issue of bonds for the purpose of raising money for purchasing school sites for building or purchasing ur chasing one or more chool houses and supplying the same with furniture necessary a apparatus P aratus and im improving provin the grounds and IF for liquida liquidating ang an indented indebtedness biess already incurred for such purposes the committee recommends as follows 1 that the meeting contemplated by law be held at as early a date as practicable and be had in accordance acco dance with the provisions of sections to inclusive of the school law ap proved approved march 18 1890 said meeting and election to be called by the president and clerk cleric of this board after r consultation au ta t 0 n with the attorney rard elto ey 0 of this board fr d T the h qualification of electors to b be specified P fied in said avid notice of election 2 that the amount of bonds in gross be named at in denominations of 1000 each the interest thereon to be 6 5 per cent per annum 8 that half of the said issue of bonds be made redeemable in ten years and the other half in twenty years from the date of issue Nic NELBON rAoN chairman HARRY HABBY T K R W YOUNG JOHN N finance committee mr colbath moved that the report be amended I 1 by increasing the amount toN to he a suggested lu 4 led that if the alf board get alt 1 it t wanted now it might not dot get another chance fa for r a long time as the city getting in its work in the bonding business and would reach the limit pretty soon own mr pike opposed the motion he did not think that the council would exhaust borrowing power and was more than W was needed mr have a as much confidence in the council armr as mr pike and he be the increase mr young also favored the increase In particularly t as the suggestion in regard M d to the council came from the other side aide of the house the motion to increase the amount to was carried the vote being as follows followay fol lowa yeas duke dube snow armstrong young colbath noes nelson newman pike the report as amended was adopted and the matter was referred to the finance committee appropriations the following bills were approved W 0 pavey co supplies 2926 29 26 sandburg furniture co supplies 66 56 60 50 8 P Tea adel supplies 38 47 J F 6 5 as 35 B P F allen alien rent 35 OG OC V VO G matthews tent rent 2500 utah tove hardware oo co supplies 1275 12 76 odell odella ison aon kalso mining 14 00 J y P millspaugh Mille paugh microscope lor jor high school Bc hool 40 46 10 T B R armstrong Armst romr jr crayon 20 60 50 deseret news com company a ny printing a 3 po 00 oom com mill buil budding ing oo co supplies and repairs 31 70 E B R clute for extension of water mains main A 1910 19 70 J B moreton supplier liea 6 W 1 A hauerbach repairing clocks 13 1 76 75 john varley gravel 7 00 is E B cleaning closets cio seta J 0 0 watson arseni a bros cleaning cesspool 80 00 E H parsons supplies 87 ge george rge effi blair rent isaac isaac hunter rent I 1 75 00 A 0 ar armstrong aprong jr rent 00 J G williams co L T B walden check books 53 00 david james repairs boo G G bywater compensation as an trustee seventeenth district 1 1 00 john compe bation as trustee seventeenth district 00 J 0 watson A bros gravel Is 1876 75 trum tribune company 59 30 joseph B R morgan adorgan compensation as trustee fifteenth district ai district strict 1807 18 07 thomas hull compensation as trustee fifteenth strict district 1807 18 07 E 0 holding compensation as trustee fifteenth district 1807 william J as trustee of fifty first district 76 00 henry reiser belser cleaning clocks clock 8 75 john clayton Ol ayton repairing locks 76 75 tuddenham balance fifty first district school building earls earle furniture 70 Z 0 AL I 1 L supplies 1193 11 93 holds felds band music 80 30 01 0 j bolivar roberts rent emma whiting rent 85 00 total aw 71 S the following communication from the clerk to the finance committee was waa then read william nelson chairman committee on finance dear sir at the request of the me committee on finance I 1 herewith submit an estimate of the amount necessary for current expenses of running the schools until the end of the present school year june 80 1891 which Is as follows treasurers Treasur ers overdraft n april 67 outstanding warrants april 1 60 50 1727 17 teachers salaries 2 months 00 janitors salaries 8 3 months 2 00 officers salaries X 8 months 1160 00 rents bents due on leases 2725 00 CO 00 claims on hand unpaid 68 estimate of supplies needed imo 1000 00 total 76 75 respectfully submitted J B clerk report of school expenditures to ilay may 1 1891 general expenses of the board 74 interest 1 I 2087 20 87 teachers salaries 00 janitors salaries and supplies 28 23 maintenance school property 1772 1172 12 school rente 2658 88 38 school buildings 74 school furniture and apparatus 28 miscellaneous 25 26 liabilities of old districts paid 69 total Tota lh 20 RECEIPTS prom from special school tax 85 ot at from territorial appropriation 39 74 7 4 from old districts etc total 1 I 08 total receipts a 01 08 total expenditures 20 total overdraft april 30 th 1727 17 respectfully submitted J B MORETON clerk MITCHNER RESIGNED A telegram was received from C E Mitch mitchner nor tendering his bis resignation as aa a member of the board the resignation was accepted and mr colbath nominated H C lett as mr mitch nets ners successor on motion of mr aper the clerk was authorized to cast the ballot of the board for mr lett who was then appointed on all committees of which mr mitchner was a member the board then adjourned until next thursday evening at |