the want of funds, and also the destruction of the city by fire and flood, no common schools were opened in that or the following year. On January 1, 1854, Dr. H. W. Harkness, George Wiggins, and myself were appointed a board of school commissioners for the city. Mr. Bidleman was the county superintendent. We opened the first common schools.

On September 6, 1854, there was elected by the people a board of commissioners, consisting of Dr. G. J. Phelan, J. T. Hall, and Dr. Volney E. Spaulding. They resigned December 4, 1854, and gave way to the board that had been appointed under the ordinance of October 2, 1854

Since that time the members of the board of education have been as follows:

Appointed October 9, 1854, by the city council, under ordinance of October 2, 1854; took office November 1, 1854: First ward, N. A. H. Ball; second, Dr. T. A. Thomas; third, George Wiggins.

Elected under Act of March 31, 1855.

April 2, 1855, took office April 11, 1855: First ward, Dr. John F. Morse, R. P. Johnson; second, Dr. H. Houghton, Dr. F. W. Hatch (resigned February II, 1856, and the city council, on the same day, elected William E. Chamberlain); third, George W. Wooley (resigned November 5, 1855, and succeeded by William H. Watson), George Wiggins.

April 7, 1856, took office April 11, 1856: First ward, David Maddux, Dr. Charles H. Bradford; second, John F. Dreman, Alexander Montgomery; third, J. P. Thompson, Dr. C. C. Burrell (left the State, and the city council elected John B. Harmon, and he took office November 1, 1856).

April 6, 1857, took office April 11, 1857: First

ward, H. J. Bidleman, P. W. S. Rayle; second, David Murray (resigned in September, 1858, and place not filled), Dr. G. L. Simmons; third, Samuel Cross, Dr. R. A. Pearis. Under the act of April 24, 1858, the members of this board were appointed hold over until October 4, 1858. Pearis resigned and the board of supervisors appointed Daniel J. Thomas, but the board of education held the appointment to be illegal, and he was not admitted to a seat.

Elected under Act of April 24, 1858.

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September 1, 1858, took office October 4. 1858: First ward, Dr. G. J. Phelan, A. G. Richardson; second ward, H. J. Bidleman, John Hatch (failed to qualify and the board of supervisors elected David Meeker, who qualified October 30, 1858); third, Dr. T. M. Morton, H. P. Osborn; fourth, George I. N. Monell, Dr. G. L. Simmons (resigned and board of supervisors elected C. A. Hill, who qualified January 3, 1859.

September 7, 1859, took office October 3, 1859: First ward, Cyril Hawkins, Daniel J. Thomas; second, H. J. Bidleman, Dr. Joseph M. Frey; third, Henry C. McCreary (failed to qualify and board of supervisors, on October 12, 1859, elected S. D. Smith, who qualified on the 13th), Dr. G. L. Simmons; fourth, George I. N. Monell, J. J. Murphy.

November 6, 1860, took office December 3, 1860: First ward, Dr. G. Taylor (resigned January 1, 1862, and Daniel J. Thomas appointed by board of supervisors), John F. Crawford; second, Dr. Joseph M. Frey, Henry Miller; third, John M. Milliken, A. C. Sweetser; fourth, James Bithell, Dr. S. M. Mouser

(resigned July 28, 1862, and board of supervisors elected Rev. J. T. Peck, who qualified August 25, 1862). Miller, Milliken and Mouser held over and were members of the Board of 1862.

Elected under Acts of April 24, 1861, and April 26, 1862.

First

December 2, 1861. (Term 1862-1863.) ward, John F. Dreman, Daniel J. Thomas (short term by virtue of appointment by board of supervisors, vice Taylor); second, W. Bidwell; third, Rev. William H. Hill; fourth, Edward Collins. Mouser resigned July 28, 1862, as before stated.

December 1, 1862. 1862. (Term 1863-64.) First ward, Daniel J. Thomas (resigned October 26, 1863); second, Paul Morrill; third, Henry Hare Hartley; fourth, H. J. Bidleman (seat declared vacant by the board of education, by reason of continued absence from meetings, February 15, 1864, and William E. Chamberlain elected).

December 7, 1863. (Term 1864-5.) First ward, John F. Crawford; O. D. Lambard (unexpired term, vice Thomas); second, W. Bidwell (resigned July 8, 1864, and R. T. Brown elected by the board of education, and qualified August 29, 1864); third, John H. Carroll; fourth, Rev. M. C. Briggs.

December 5, 1864. (Term 1865-7.) First ward, O. D. Lambard (resigned December 31, 1866, and John F. Crawford elected by the board January 7, 1867); second, Paul Morrill, John W. Avery (vice Brown); third, Eugene Soule (resigned March 25, 1867, and David S. Ross elected by the board); fourth, William E. Chamberlain.

December 4, 1865. (Term 1866-7.) First ward,