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on some fine day during the holidays . Bro . Salomons ^ oh leaym g for St . Helena , where he holds a , responsible colonial appointment , gave directions to his agent to expend £ 5 annually in the purchase of books to be distributed as prizes to the more deserving girls upon the qeeasioti of each festiyaL The House Committee upon ascertaining that one of the pupils was being taught music at the expense of
her friends > prevented her instruction being carded furt hient . The baker who ha , s the contract for the supply of bread ; on finding that since he entered upon his contract the price of flour has fallen in the market , offered to make > a deductioii froni his ace declined to accept , however willing they were to recmv < e back ; the amount in the shape of a , subscription .
The auditors ' rep £ 645 . 12 s . 8 c £ ., chargeable with £ 401 v 185 . 9 d . for the payment of the tradespien ' s quarterly billsj and £ 8 . As . 6 d . on account of the building fund . They recommended that , in reward for her effective and zealous services , the salary of Miss Kernott , the assistant school-mistress , should be raised from £ 10 to £ 20 per
annum . ; .. ,.. ; . ; :. .. :.-. . ; The pa of the house , having been ordered recommendation of the committee yvith respect to Miss Kernott ' s salary , resulting in a resolution , moved by Bro . White and seconded by Bro . John Hervey , to the effect that the committee had np right to make a recommendation upon a matter which fell under the cognizance of the General Court . is
^ s the rule some that to us it appears conclusive of the right of the committee to ^ recommendation / The whole question turns upon whether the word " w ^ " observations" or to " expenditure . " The general rule of grammar is that the relative is to be taken with the substantive last expressed in the sentence , unless
otherwise provided for by the punctuation : — " They are to see that all receipts and payments are correctly entered and registered by the Secretary , and all balances regularly brought forward , and that the subscriptions and donations are posted up ; and report their proceedings to the Quarterly Court , with any observations regarding the expenditure which they may deem necessary . "
In the above sentence , if a comma followed " observations " and another followed " expenditure , " then the ^ which" would , without doubt , belong to the former word ; but as the sentence is punctuated , . " which" must be taken to belong to " expenditure ; " and with this reading we see no objection to the committee having acted in the manner complained of .
Bro . Binckes then moved that Miss Kernott's salary should be increased to £ 20 per annum . Bro . Barnes seconded the proposition . The Chairman said it was usual for such motions to come before the Court upon the recommendation of the General Committee , and as the present one was not so introduced , he could not put it for adoption .
The Chairman , as Treasurer , then reported that he had , on 14 th October , invested £ 500 at 87 | in the Three Per Cent Consols , making the total sum invested to the credit of the institution in these securities £ 6 , 000 . He also moved , in order to avoid fractional accounts , that £ 28 . 18 $ . 7 d . should be paid from the General Fund , to increase the Building Pund to £ 2 , 200 even money . This was seconded , and after some discussion agreed to .
Bro . John Hervey then moved the abolition of the new law which restricted the right of voting . Every member should , he maintained , have a vote for each vacancy , whereas the new law allowed him to vote for only one . Bro ; Udall seconded the motion ., as he considered the limitation dishonest to the subscribers , who had paid their money ia the expectation of having the more extended right . Bro . Kobinson said he should not oppose the motion , but wished to explain that he had found that in several institutions the single voting was now adopted . His wish had been to prevent trafficking in votes .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
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on some fine day during the holidays . Bro . Salomons ^ oh leaym g for St . Helena , where he holds a , responsible colonial appointment , gave directions to his agent to expend £ 5 annually in the purchase of books to be distributed as prizes to the more deserving girls upon the qeeasioti of each festiyaL The House Committee upon ascertaining that one of the pupils was being taught music at the expense of
her friends > prevented her instruction being carded furt hient . The baker who ha , s the contract for the supply of bread ; on finding that since he entered upon his contract the price of flour has fallen in the market , offered to make > a deductioii froni his ace declined to accept , however willing they were to recmv < e back ; the amount in the shape of a , subscription .
The auditors ' rep £ 645 . 12 s . 8 c £ ., chargeable with £ 401 v 185 . 9 d . for the payment of the tradespien ' s quarterly billsj and £ 8 . As . 6 d . on account of the building fund . They recommended that , in reward for her effective and zealous services , the salary of Miss Kernott , the assistant school-mistress , should be raised from £ 10 to £ 20 per
annum . ; .. ,.. ; . ; :. .. :.-. . ; The pa of the house , having been ordered recommendation of the committee yvith respect to Miss Kernott ' s salary , resulting in a resolution , moved by Bro . White and seconded by Bro . John Hervey , to the effect that the committee had np right to make a recommendation upon a matter which fell under the cognizance of the General Court . is
^ s the rule some that to us it appears conclusive of the right of the committee to ^ recommendation / The whole question turns upon whether the word " w ^ " observations" or to " expenditure . " The general rule of grammar is that the relative is to be taken with the substantive last expressed in the sentence , unless
otherwise provided for by the punctuation : — " They are to see that all receipts and payments are correctly entered and registered by the Secretary , and all balances regularly brought forward , and that the subscriptions and donations are posted up ; and report their proceedings to the Quarterly Court , with any observations regarding the expenditure which they may deem necessary . "
In the above sentence , if a comma followed " observations " and another followed " expenditure , " then the ^ which" would , without doubt , belong to the former word ; but as the sentence is punctuated , . " which" must be taken to belong to " expenditure ; " and with this reading we see no objection to the committee having acted in the manner complained of .
Bro . Binckes then moved that Miss Kernott's salary should be increased to £ 20 per annum . Bro . Barnes seconded the proposition . The Chairman said it was usual for such motions to come before the Court upon the recommendation of the General Committee , and as the present one was not so introduced , he could not put it for adoption .
The Chairman , as Treasurer , then reported that he had , on 14 th October , invested £ 500 at 87 | in the Three Per Cent Consols , making the total sum invested to the credit of the institution in these securities £ 6 , 000 . He also moved , in order to avoid fractional accounts , that £ 28 . 18 $ . 7 d . should be paid from the General Fund , to increase the Building Pund to £ 2 , 200 even money . This was seconded , and after some discussion agreed to .
Bro . John Hervey then moved the abolition of the new law which restricted the right of voting . Every member should , he maintained , have a vote for each vacancy , whereas the new law allowed him to vote for only one . Bro ; Udall seconded the motion ., as he considered the limitation dishonest to the subscribers , who had paid their money ia the expectation of having the more extended right . Bro . Kobinson said he should not oppose the motion , but wished to explain that he had found that in several institutions the single voting was now adopted . His wish had been to prevent trafficking in votes .