Show THE BOARD OF EDUCATION the board of education met thursday kugust august fth president scott in the chair the members present were young newman baldwin pike Bay bould duke duhe alff pratt colbath and nelson AMENDED proposition treasurer walden who had previously submitted a proposition to sell to the board a school site amended his proposition by offering to take bonds at five points above par in payment there for committee sit ones RENEW THE LEASE V Q G matthews notified the board that the lease on the school premises in north salt lake had bad expired and he offered to renew the lease at a rental of 10 a mouth month committee on sites CHANGE OF RULES trustee J N elson reported the following changes of the rules consolidating the committee on furniture and the committee committe eon on general supplies the committee commit tee on furniture and supplies to be composed of five members who shall from time to time report on the furniture and general school furnishings on band and the need of more as such need may mav be and under direction of the board this committee shall make all purchases of every kind except as named in paragraph 5 hereto belo belonging this COW committee Mitlee shall also employ amplo jam nj torn as directed by the board aul and direct their duties and labors A PRINCIPAL NEEDED W M williams land fand twenty nino nine ot lers presented the following to the board of education of salt lake city gentlemen we the undersigned undersigner under signed residents and taxpayers of the seventeenth dis district dietric of salt lake oily city respectfully on petition petition ieti tion your honorable body to appoint mrs rachel edwards principal of the seventeenth district for the ensuing year referred to committee on teachers ANOTHER SCHOOL SITE W R bjones jones jr offered to sell to the board a school site on first north street foi fo of which could stand for two years at 8 per cent interest committee on sites architects recommendations carroll kern kerd who tad lad submitted competitive plans for a school house in which the smead system of heating 0 and ventilation was waa recommended stated that if the board did not favor the use of the smead system steam or hot water systems could be substituted without requiring any alteration of the plans plane committee on t k bildings uil dings TO INSURE TITLES trustee nelson offered the following resolution which was adoplh resolved that the committee on sites and buildings be instructed to proceed with all practicable despatch in the procurement cu of titles to the school property of the city in this board pursuant to law that they be authorized to make all needful negotiations of said title and property and modes of transfer and that if the they y deem it needful they may procure the aid of the attorney of the board of education in the work herein designated SCHOOL statistics clerk moreton read the folio following wing statistical report of the children attending schools in this county and the teachers employed teachers employed loi non mon mormon 89 mormon 12 number of children in the district between the ages afes of 0 6 and 18 chialdi en ot of moi mun mon parents children of non mormon parents amount of com compensation ohp sensation ensa tion paid teachers during the e year 50 adopted NEW president scott announced the following appointments of committee committe committee on rules nelson duke and newman committee on sites and buildings colbath alt alf Bay bould pike and pratt committee on furniture and sup plies Bay bould colbath pratt newman and alf committee on teachers duke nel and young committee on school work baldwin nelson newman young and alt alf committee on finance nelson duke young pike and baldwin adopted REFERRED TO THE BUILDING COMMITTEE trustee baldwin called the attention of the board to the fact that the architects who had bad submitted competitive ce peti tive plans were dissatisfied with the action of the board in deciding to allow other architects to be present while the ones interested were ex plAin pla ining hug their plans the action previously taken was reconsidered and the whole matter was placed in the bands of the committee on buildings with instructions to give S ajl f t A 1 ai notice of the time for hearing the architects under ander such regulations as be deemed advisable ANOTHER OFFER B R K thomas offered to sell to the board feet front by feet deep lacing facing west on first west street between fourth and fifth south for cash committee ou sites CLERK CLERIC MORETON BOND clerk moreton offered his bis bond in the sum of 1000 with J B farlow Farlo wand and A li as his bis sureties which was referred to the committee on finance REFERRED TO JUDGE DILLON thomas B krutz a boston bond buyer suggested that the board submit the question as to whether or not the bonds issued by the board became a part of the bonded indebtedness of the city to judge dillon of new york for an opinion which he thought could be obtained for from to trustee nelson moved that the ques be prepared by the attorney of the board and submitted to judge dillon the board to pay one fourth of the cost and the city three fourths mr newman cowman was opposed to this and mr pike suggested that the case might be determined by bringing a friendly suit the motion to submit the matter to judge dillon was carried only mr newman new man voting against it TO REPLY BY CABLE nelson reported that inquiries in regard to the bonds had been received from london and as it was too late to answer by mail he be moved that the finance committee be authorized to answer by cable the motion was carried ahree DOLLARS PER DAY clerk moreton reported the names of abe gentlemen who bad been employed by him to take the school census their pay being fixed at 3 per day committee on finance CLAIMS REFERRED the following claims were referred to the finance committee B BF F allen alien 88 85 CO elias Elia morris 89 10 D mot Mcl heter 3 58 J A karn z 2600 2500 the times company 55 go 0 4 W snow 64 09 TO T 0 armstrong jr V VO 0 matthews 25 00 Z J M I 1 1 70 P F botham Both nm 1 60 taylor romney co 11 00 50 holds band 27 2760 50 anna robbins bobbins 60 00 utah paint and oil company 8 70 H herald ala company gas company mp I 1 1 20 J B moreton 8 90 A AH H andrews new york tribune advertising bonds bon dc 42 00 new york evening post advertising beads bo ads 22 00 philadelphia ledger advertising bonds is 28 oo 00 boston journal ader advertising bonds byn ds 69 00 adjourned for one week |