Mr. Kewey resumed the chair.
On motion >f Mr. Taylor, the bill of
H. P. Dietrich was disallowed. The
clerk presented the clerk's certificates of
18s6, which had not been destroyed.
On motion of Mr. iLevake, clerk’s certi
ficates for 1886 and 1887 were then de
stroyed in the presence of the board.
Mr. ILevake moved that a committee of
three be appointed for the purpose of
making a loan of S2OOO, interest not to
exceed 7 per cent per annum, for 90 days
to pay current expenses. Adopted. The
chair oppointed as such committee
Messrs Levake, Ross and Carter.
On motion of Mr. Jackson, the board
adjourned. J IV. Kewey, Chairman
Attest: W. W. W illiams, Cos. Clerk.
APPENDIX.
REPORT OF COUNTY .SUPERINTENDENT '
OF SCHOOLS.
To the Honorable. Board of sujiervisors
of lowa County:
Upon assuming the duties of my of
fice on Jan. 1. 1867, I had bat about
two months of the winter in which to
visit schools, and with what I had vis
ited during the winter I visited all ex
cept 14 schools, and ho{>e that by the
Ist of Jan. *BB I w ill be able to visit
aU.
The attendance has not been what
it should bp, yet there may be a reas
onable excuse for all eases of absences.
The greatest number of cases of ab
sences occur among pupils between the
ages of < and 15; there being only
about 80 i>er cent, in attendance, when
at this age the attendance should be
the most regular, for many after 15
years of age never have many advan
tages of school.
As far as 1 know, the law respecting
compulsory attendance is nowhere in
lowa county enforced.
