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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... preceding town - meeting , have voted a sum for the use of schools in such town , equal to at least one - half of the proportion of the moneys to which such town shall have been entitled by this act in the preceding year ; and in case ...
... preceding town - meeting , have voted a sum for the use of schools in such town , equal to at least one - half of the proportion of the moneys to which such town shall have been entitled by this act in the preceding year ; and in case ...
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... preceding year given due notice of an intended distribution of the interest of the school fund , and that by means of such notice , that act had been carried into operation so far as depended on him : that although no official returns ...
... preceding year given due notice of an intended distribution of the interest of the school fund , and that by means of such notice , that act had been carried into operation so far as depended on him : that although no official returns ...
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... preceding year , it appeared that there were more than five thousand common schools , in which were annually taught upwards of two hundred thousand children , the re- turns not being sufficiently full and definite to enable him to speak ...
... preceding year , it appeared that there were more than five thousand common schools , in which were annually taught upwards of two hundred thousand children , the re- turns not being sufficiently full and definite to enable him to speak ...
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... preceding year , it appeared that the whole num- ber of common schools in this State , organized and permanently establish- ed under the act of the Legislature , may be estimated at nearly six thou- sand ; and the number of children ...
... preceding year , it appeared that the whole num- ber of common schools in this State , organized and permanently establish- ed under the act of the Legislature , may be estimated at nearly six thou- sand ; and the number of children ...
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... preceding year from all the counties in the State , fifty - two in number , comprising 649 towns and wards ; that the whole number of school districts in the state exceeded 8,000 ; from 6,255 of which , only , reports in accordance with ...
... preceding year from all the counties in the State , fifty - two in number , comprising 649 towns and wards ; that the whole number of school districts in the state exceeded 8,000 ; from 6,255 of which , only , reports in accordance with ...
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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.