Wells, Mary E Werden, Annie ... .1631 Warren st. 3118 Morgan st. .Central High. ..3507 Chestnut st. .... New Webster..... 1015 Howard st. Ames Madison .1417 N. Fourteenth st. 1504 Gratiot st. 1218 Madison st. Dodier.... Webber, Josephine B...Carr Lane Prim'y. 1705 Grand ave. Stoddard .Franklin.. . Charless. ........ .2641 Morgan st. .1432 Papin st. 1432 Papin st. 1613 Hickory st. 2619 N. Seventeenth st. .Glasgow ave., between Pen rose and Vineyard sts. 1903 Biddle st. Carr Lane Prim'y.3223 Thomas st. .. Carr Lane ...... .... .Jackson.... Penrose. Whitman, Emma A..... Mullanphy 2310 Chestnut st. ....1320 N. Twenty-first st. ...... 3143 Franklin ave. 1117 N. Seventeenth st. 2509 Dickson st. .717 N. Eleventh st. 2304 Chestnut st. .3115 Washington ave. 3512 Carondelet ave. 3512 Carondelet ave. ...... e. s. Sixth, bet. Robart and Union, South St. Louis. 311 High st. 707 Russell ave. Willson, E. May .... .... 1st Branch High..311 High st. .... .Humboldt.. Woodruff, Fredk. C..... Ames. .820 Beaumont st. .Jennings, Mo. (Wab. R. R.) 3300 Park ave. ...... .. Chouteau. ..3138 Pine st. ..3000 Locust st. .Webster Groves, P. R. R. Sumner High.....717 N. Eleventh st. NOTE. After the foregoing reports of the officers of the Board were in print, the report of the Examining Committee, Hon. J. H. Lightner, and Hon. E. L. Adreon, citizens, and Wm. Bouton, Esq., member of the Board, appointed to examine the books, accounts, and vouchers of the officers of the Board, and the general financial management of the Board, for the two years ending July 31, 1881, submitted their report, which is herewith printed. This report is for the two fiscal years succeeding the period included in the report of the preceding committee. See page 24 of the President's report, supra. REPORT OF THE EXAMINING COMMITTEE. FOR THE TWO FISCAL YEARS ENDING JULY 31, 1881. ST. LOUIS, March 6th, 1882. To the Board of President and Directors of the St. Louis Public Schools : GENTLEMEN, -The undersigned committee, appointed under resolutions of your honorable body, have completed its examination of the books and accounts of the Secretary, Treasurer, and Bailiff, and the general fiscal affairs of the schools, and herewith submit the following report: THE EXAMINATION embraced the transactions of two fiscal years from August 1st, 1879, to July 31st, 1881, and was greatly facilitated by the complete records left by the previous committee whose examination extended to July 31st, 1879. The work of the committee may be summarized as follows: The books and accounts of the Secretary, Treasurer, and Bailiff; the accounts and transactions with the banks; the receipts and disbursements; the calculations, extensions, and general character of the vouchers, as well as the nature of the expenditure represented; the treatment of all special funds on the books, and in the transactions of the Board; the Supply, Superintendent's, Architect's, and other departments of the Board, and the records and methods in use therein; the general financial management of the School Fund; the recommendations of the former committee; the subsequent efforts of the Board in establishing proper business methods, improving the financial system, and interweaving new principles into the management of the Schools, were all objects of careful and thorough scrutiny, the results of which, as also the conclusions and recommendations of the committee, will be found classified under appropriate headings. SYSTEM OF RECORDS AND ACCOUNTS, VOUCHERS AND PAY ROLLS. As the examination progressed, a great improvement in system and detail was apparent throughout. The clerical work in the various departments was found accurate and creditable, errors being few and small in amount. The general character of the vouchers, the mode of approval and test of calculations, are good; but greater care in properly itemizing and explaining expenditures on the bills and vouchers should be observed. The pay-rolls are well arranged, and the method of paying teachers appears excellent and accurate. Some carelessness on the part of principals of schools, in making out and certifying rolls, is still apparent. There are, also, several instances of payments to teachers for absent days without the proper "excuse" being signed, as required by the rules. In connection with this subject the committee has been unable to find any properly kept record of teachers, showing the action of the Board in appointments, salaries, etc.; the absence of which (being unable to verify the rolls in this respect without an almost endless search of the proceedings for many years) rendered this portion of the investigation somewhat unsatisfactory. It is important that the Board should at once cause a record to be opened, showing, in chronological order, its action with reference to each teacher, as to appointment, transfer, salary, etc. On a page, or a sufficient part thereof, properly ruled, could be entered the official his |