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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A comparison of the sav , age that roams through the forest , with the enlightened
inhabitant of a civilized country , would be a brief but impressive representation of
the momentous importance of education . “ It were an easy task for the ...
A comparison of the sav , age that roams through the forest , with the enlightened
inhabitant of a civilized country , would be a brief but impressive representation of
the momentous importance of education . “ It were an easy task for the ...
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... according to the number of children in each , between the ages of five and
fifteen years : that each town raise by tax annually , as much money as it shall
have received from the school fund : that the gross amount of moneys received
from the ...
... according to the number of children in each , between the ages of five and
fifteen years : that each town raise by tax annually , as much money as it shall
have received from the school fund : that the gross amount of moneys received
from the ...
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When we consider the tender age at which children are sent to school ; the length
of the time they pass under the direction af the teachers ; when we consider that
their little minds are to be diverted from their natural propensities to the artificial ...
When we consider the tender age at which children are sent to school ; the length
of the time they pass under the direction af the teachers ; when we consider that
their little minds are to be diverted from their natural propensities to the artificial ...
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... conformity to law , was 2,631 ; that the whole number of children between the
ages of five and fifteen in said districts was 176,449 ; and that 140,106 had been
under instruction during a portion of the year reported , in the common schools .
... conformity to law , was 2,631 ; that the whole number of children between the
ages of five and fifteen in said districts was 176,449 ; and that 140,106 had been
under instruction during a portion of the year reported , in the common schools .
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On comparing the returns of common schools , however , for different years , it
appeared that in almost every district a greater proportion of the children between
the ages of five and fifteen years , have been taught , and a reg . ular school ...
On comparing the returns of common schools , however , for different years , it
appeared that in almost every district a greater proportion of the children between
the ages of five and fifteen years , have been taught , and a reg . ular school ...
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Page 357 - 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 56 - 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 324 - ... at a rate of interest not exceeding seven per cent. per annum...
Page 38 - 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.
Page 94 - 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 275 - 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 200 - 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 365 - 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 114 - If the sum of money, payable by any person named in such tax-list, shall not be paid by him or collected by such warrant within the time therein limited, it shall and may be lawful for the trustees to renew such warrant in respect to such delinquent person...
Page 129 - 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.
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| Title | 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 |
| Authors | New York (State). Department of Public Instruction, Samuel Sidwell Randall |
| Contributor | New York (State). |
| Publisher | Johnson and Davis, 1851 |
| Length | 408 pages |
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