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Page 6
The boards of supervisors were required to raise by tax upon each town, a sum
equal to one-half of that appropriated by the state, to be applied in like manner,
while this bill was under discussion in the assembly, a motion to add a proviso, ...
The boards of supervisors were required to raise by tax upon each town, a sum
equal to one-half of that appropriated by the state, to be applied in like manner,
while this bill was under discussion in the assembly, a motion to add a proviso, ...
Page 27
Clinton thus eloquently alluded to the subject of popular education : "The great
bulwark of republican government is the cultivation of education ; for the right of
suffrage cannot be exercised in a salutary manner without intelligence.
Clinton thus eloquently alluded to the subject of popular education : "The great
bulwark of republican government is the cultivation of education ; for the right of
suffrage cannot be exercised in a salutary manner without intelligence.
Page 38
... attention of the legislature, the adoption of "a provision for supplying competent
teachers, improvements in the method of instruction, and the faithful and
economical application of the funds to such objects and in such a manner as will
insure ...
... attention of the legislature, the adoption of "a provision for supplying competent
teachers, improvements in the method of instruction, and the faithful and
economical application of the funds to such objects and in such a manner as will
insure ...
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I seek not to disturb, in any manner, its peaceful and assiduous exercises, and
least of all with contentions about faith or forms. I desire the education of all the
children in the commonwealth in morality and virtue, leaving matters of
conscience ...
I seek not to disturb, in any manner, its peaceful and assiduous exercises, and
least of all with contentions about faith or forms. I desire the education of all the
children in the commonwealth in morality and virtue, leaving matters of
conscience ...
Page 74
It was made the duty of the several boards of supervisors, at their annual
meetings, to cause to be levied and collected from their respective counties, in
the same manner as county taxes, a sum equal to the amount of state school
moneys ...
It was made the duty of the several boards of supervisors, at their annual
meetings, to cause to be levied and collected from their respective counties, in
the same manner as county taxes, a sum equal to the amount of state school
moneys ...
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academies alteration 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 penalties person Poughkeepsie preceding prescribed proper public money pupils purchase qualified raised rate bill rate-bill regulations residing respect Schenectady School Dec school district 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 364 - 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 346 - ... shall be received in all courts as prima facie evidence of the facts therein set forth ; and such records, and all...
Page 63 - 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 24 - I consider the system of our Common Schools as the palladium of our freedom, for no reasonable apprehension can be entertained of its subversion, as long as the great body of the people are enlightened by education.
Page 331 - ... at a rate of interest not exceeding seven per cent. per annum...
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 282 - 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 118 - ... a statement and description of every such lot, piece or parcel of land so owned by non-residents therein, in the same manner as required by law from town assessors in making out the assessment-roll of their towns...
Page 129 - ... neglect or misconduct of the claimant. The account with the oath of the party claiming the same shall be prima facie evidence of the correctness thereof.
Page 211 - All real and personal estate liable to taxation shall be estimated and assessed by the assessors at its full and true value, as they would appraise the same in payment of a just debt due from a solvent debtor.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Common School System of the State of New York |
| Author | Samuel S. Randall |
| Published | 1851 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 17 Feb 2006 |
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