The Common School System of the State of New York: Comprising the Several General Laws Relating to Common Schools, to which is Prefixed a Historical Sketch of the Origin, Progress and Present Outline of the System |
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... organized according to the act , in which 59,660 children were taught . In the year 1799 an act was passed directing the raising , by means of four successive lotteries , of the sum of one hundred thousand dollars , $ 12,500 of which ...
... organized according to the act , in which 59,660 children were taught . In the year 1799 an act was passed directing the raising , by means of four successive lotteries , of the sum of one hundred thousand dollars , $ 12,500 of which ...
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... organize their schools , and to raise money to support the same . No definite action , however , took place upon it during the session of that year . In 1804 , the governor again called the attention of the legislature to the sub- ject ...
... organize their schools , and to raise money to support the same . No definite action , however , took place upon it during the session of that year . In 1804 , the governor again called the attention of the legislature to the sub- ject ...
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... organizing them on a suitable and permanent foundation , and in guarding them against the admission of unqualified teachers . These were the great ends proposed in • the establishment of common schools by law , and 15.
... organizing them on a suitable and permanent foundation , and in guarding them against the admission of unqualified teachers . These were the great ends proposed in • the establishment of common schools by law , and 15.
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... organized and kept up under the act for their establishment ; and that the num- ber of children annually taught in them exceeds two hundred thousand . " In his fifth annual report , under date of March 16 , 1818 , the Superintendent ...
... organized and kept up under the act for their establishment ; and that the num- ber of children annually taught in them exceeds two hundred thousand . " In his fifth annual report , under date of March 16 , 1818 , the Superintendent ...
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... organized and permanently establish- ed under the act of the Legislature , may be estimated at nearly six thou- sand ; and the number of children annually taught in them , in the various branches of elementary education , at nearly two ...
... organized and permanently establish- ed under the act of the Legislature , may be estimated at nearly six thou- sand ; and the number of children annually taught in them , in the various branches of elementary education , at nearly two ...
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Page 358 - 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 63 - ... the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars of the revenues of the United States deposit fund shall each year be appropriated to and made part of the capital of the said common school fund.
Page 207 - 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...
Page 101 - 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 170 - 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 140 - ... whenever, in consequence of the division of a town, or the erection of a new town, in any county, the apportionment then in force shall become unjust, as between two or more of the towns of such county, he is required to make a new apportionment of the school moneys next to be distributed amongst such towns, ascertaining by the best evidence in his power, the facts upon which the ratio of apportionment as to such towns, shall depend.
Page 331 - To contract with, license and employ all teachers in said schools, and at their pleasure to remove them. 7. To pay the wages of such teachers out of the moneys appropriated...
Page 323 - Act, until a statement in writing of the amount required for that purpose shall have been presented to the Board of Education by said School Officers, and together with a copy of the working drawings, plans and specifications of the work to be done, pursuant to the" provisions of this Act, shall have been duly filed and approved of as herein required, and an appropriation shall have been made by the Board of Education therefor.
Page 136 - The fund called the SCHOOL FUND shall remain a perpetual fund, the interest of which shall be inviolably appropriated to the support and encouragement of the public or common schools throughout the State, and for the equal benefit of all the people thereof.
Page 119 - The valuations of taxable property shall be ascertained, so far as possible, from the last assessment-roll of the town, after revision by the assessors ; and no person shall be entitled to any reduction in the valuation of such property, as so ascertained, unless he shall give notice of his claim to such reduction in writing to the trustees of the district before the tax-list shall be made out.