The Common School System of the State of New York: Comprising the Several General Laws Relating to Common Schools, Together with Full Expositions, Instructions and Forms ... To which is Prefixed a Historical Sketch of the Origin, Progress and Present Outline of the System |
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... attended with the most beneficial consequences , yet it cannot be denied that they are principally con- fined to the children of the opulent , and that a great portion of the communi- ty is excluded from their immediate advantages . The ...
... attended with the most beneficial consequences , yet it cannot be denied that they are principally con- fined to the children of the opulent , and that a great portion of the communi- ty is excluded from their immediate advantages . The ...
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... attended the exertions made from time to time by the leg- islature to disseminate useful knowledge among every class of the commu- nity ; and it must also be gratifying to perceive that our sister states , ani- mated with a like zeal ...
... attended the exertions made from time to time by the leg- islature to disseminate useful knowledge among every class of the commu- nity ; and it must also be gratifying to perceive that our sister states , ani- mated with a like zeal ...
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... attended with the most propitious effects . " It will be perceived that the governor here shadows forth two of the greatest features of public instruction subsequently engrafted upon our system ; the establishment of institutions for ...
... attended with the most propitious effects . " It will be perceived that the governor here shadows forth two of the greatest features of public instruction subsequently engrafted upon our system ; the establishment of institutions for ...
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... attended with promising results , is not distinctly known . It may , however , be taken for granted , that the education of the body of the people can never attain the requisite perfection without competent instructors , well acquainted ...
... attended with promising results , is not distinctly known . It may , however , be taken for granted , that the education of the body of the people can never attain the requisite perfection without competent instructors , well acquainted ...
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... attended with injurious consequences , not only to the schools themselves , but to the cause of education generally . He remarks that " great improve- ments are constantly going on in the character of school books ; the great- est ...
... attended with injurious consequences , not only to the schools themselves , but to the cause of education generally . He remarks that " great improve- ments are constantly going on in the character of school books ; the great- est ...
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academies alteration annual meeting annual report applied appointed apportionment appropriated assessment roll attending authorized board of education board of supervisors certificate chap city of Hudson clerk Clyde High School collected collector colored children commissioners of common common council common school fund county clerk county treasurer deem district library district meeting district number district school dollars duly duty elected entitled establishment expenses free schools hereby improve instruction legislature levied liable librarian library money manner moneys received necessary notice number of children paid person Poughkeepsie preceding prescribed proper public money pupils purchase qualified raised rate bill rate-bill regulations repair residing respect Schenectady School Dec school districts school houses school moneys specified superintendent of common support of common tax list taxable inhabitants thereafter therein thereof tion town of Trenton town superintendent trict vacancy village vote wages ward warrant whole number
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Page 365 - At any meeting of the board of trustees a majority of the trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number may adjourn from time to time...
Page 64 - The capital of the common school fund, the capital of the literature fund, and the capital of the United States deposit fund, shall be respectively preserved inviolate. The revenue of the said common school fund shall be applied to the support of common schools; the revenue of the said literature fund shall be applied to * As amended November 3.
Page 373 - The treasurer shall pay, on the warrant of the comptroller, to the order of any one or more of the school commissioners, such sum of money as the commissioner of education shall certify to be due to them for expenses in holding a teachers...
Page 102 - November succeeding such election, execute to the supervisor of his town and file with the town clerk, a bond with one or more sufficient sureties to be approved by the said...
Page 283 - To record the proceedings of all meetings, of the voters of his district in a book to be provided for that purpose by the district, and to enter therein true copies of all reports made by the trustees to the school commissioner.
Page 283 - To keep and preserve all records, books and papers belonging to his office and to deliver the same to his successor. For a refusal or neglect so to do, he shall forfeit fifty dollars for the benefit of the schools of the district, to be recovered by the trustees.
Page 347 - ... shall be received in all courts as prima facie evidence of the facts therein set forth ; and such...
Page 263 - All arms and accoutrements required by law to be kept by any person; all wearing apparel of every person or family; 5.
Page 171 - America in the sum of dollars ($ ), for the payment of which we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Witness our hands and seals this day of , 19...
Page 208 - In the fifth column the value of taxable rents reserved and chargeable upon lands within the tax district, estimated at a principal sum, the interest of which, at the legal rate per annum, shall produce a sum equal to such annual rents and if payable in any other thing except money the value of the rents in money to be ascertained by...