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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... of the school and the education of indigent children . None of these
suggestions , however , with the exception of the first , seem to have met with any.
favor. at. the. hands. of. the. legislature . On the 2d of April , the legislature passed
an ...
... of the school and the education of indigent children . None of these
suggestions , however , with the exception of the first , seem to have met with any.
favor. at. the. hands. of. the. legislature . On the 2d of April , the legislature passed
an ...
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... that its influence extends to the narrower path of private virtue and daily duty ;
and that while it strengthens the tie between parent and child , husband and wife
, citizen and citizen , it secures from the rude and withering hand of oppression ...
... that its influence extends to the narrower path of private virtue and daily duty ;
and that while it strengthens the tie between parent and child , husband and wife
, citizen and citizen , it secures from the rude and withering hand of oppression ...
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The adoption of a particular book would amount to a prohibition upon all
improvements , and would subject the inhabitants to a loss of the prohibited
books then on hand . The interests of the common schools may be seriously
injured , and ...
The adoption of a particular book would amount to a prohibition upon all
improvements , and would subject the inhabitants to a loss of the prohibited
books then on hand . The interests of the common schools may be seriously
injured , and ...
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It may , however , be safely assumed , that , at any point between forty and fifty
cents per scholar , it is not probable that either of these evils would be felt ; and
that its augmentation above the maximum , on the one hand , or its reduction on
the ...
It may , however , be safely assumed , that , at any point between forty and fifty
cents per scholar , it is not probable that either of these evils would be felt ; and
that its augmentation above the maximum , on the one hand , or its reduction on
the ...
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But he would use the means we already have at hand for the purpose without
incurring what seems to him the needless expense of providing others of a
similar character . He would respectfully recommend the extension of the public ...
But he would use the means we already have at hand for the purpose without
incurring what seems to him the needless expense of providing others of a
similar character . He would respectfully recommend the extension of the public ...
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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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