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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... passed . In 1789 an act was passed , requiring the surveyor - general , to set apart two lots in each township , of the public land thereafter to be surveyed , for gospel and school purposes . The following is an extract from the report ...
... passed . In 1789 an act was passed , requiring the surveyor - general , to set apart two lots in each township , of the public land thereafter to be surveyed , for gospel and school purposes . The following is an extract from the report ...
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... passed the House on the 4th , and the Senate on the 22d of March , and became a law on the 9th of April 1795. By this act the sum of £ 20,000 or $ 50,000 was annually appropriated for five years , " for the purpose of encouraging and ...
... passed the House on the 4th , and the Senate on the 22d of March , and became a law on the 9th of April 1795. By this act the sum of £ 20,000 or $ 50,000 was annually appropriated for five years , " for the purpose of encouraging and ...
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... passed directing the raising , by means of four successive lotteries , of the sum of one hundred thousand dollars , $ 12,500 of which , were to be paid to the Regents of the University , to be by them dis- tributed among the Academies ...
... passed directing the raising , by means of four successive lotteries , of the sum of one hundred thousand dollars , $ 12,500 of which , were to be paid to the Regents of the University , to be by them dis- tributed among the Academies ...
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... passed on the 6th of April . directed the Comptroller to in- vest in good real estate , all such sums of money as had been , or should there- after be received from the proceeds of each lottery , for the term of two years . In 1802 ...
... passed on the 6th of April . directed the Comptroller to in- vest in good real estate , all such sums of money as had been , or should there- after be received from the proceeds of each lottery , for the term of two years . In 1802 ...
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... passed an act providing that the nett pro- ceeds of 500,000 acres of the vacant and unappropriated lands of the people of this state , which should be first thereafter sold by the surveyor - general , should be appropriated as a ...
... passed an act providing that the nett pro- ceeds of 500,000 acres of the vacant and unappropriated lands of the people of this state , which should be first thereafter sold by the surveyor - general , should be appropriated as a ...
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Page 343 - clerk shall keep a record of the proceedings of the board, and perform such other duties as the board may prescribe ; the said record or a transcript thereof, certified by the president and clerk, shall be received in all courts as prima facie evidence of the facts therein set forth, and
Page 94 - Clinton Columbia, Cortland Delaware, Dutchess Erie, Essex, Franklin, ... Fulton & Hamilton,, Genesee, Greene Herkimer, Jefferson, Kings Lewis, Livingston, Madison Monroe Montgomery, New York, Niagara, Oneida,.. Onondaga, Ontario, Orange.. Orleans Oswego Otsego, Putnam, Queens Rensselaer, Richmond Rockland St. Lawrence, Saratoga Schenectady Schoharie Seneca Steuben Suffolk Sullivan,
Page 355 - union district, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by the constitution of this state, and file the same with the secretary of said board. 1. To establish and organize so many primary schools as they shall deem requisite and
Page 51 - in that of our own children. I do not hesitate, therefore, to recommend the establishment of schools in which they may be instructed by teachers speaking the same language with themselves, and professing the same faith. There would be no inequality in such a measure, since it happens from the force of
Page 354 - next. There shall also be elected in each of said districts, at the time of so electing trustees, a clerk, who shall hold his office for one year, and until his successor be elected, and enter upon the duties of his office. § 1 Notices for annual elections, and all other meetings of said districts, shall
Page 206 - bind ourselves and our legal representatives, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Witness our hands and seals this day of June, 1851. Whereas, the said AB has been duly elected [or appointed] Town Superintendent of Common Schools for the said town of that if the said AB shall faithfully apply
Page 136 - an actual resident of this school district, and that I am qualified to vote at this meeting." And every person making such declaration shall be permitted to vote on all questions proposed at such meeting, but if any person shall refuse to make such declaration, his vote shall be rejected. No.
Page 112 - be, to prepare and submit an annual report to the legislature containing, 1. A statement of the condition of the common schools of the state: 2. Estimates and accounts of expenditures of the school moneys: 3. Plans for the improvement and management of the common school fund, and