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and a resident of the district. Any person having these three qualifications, and "entitled to hold lands in this State, who owns, or hires real property in such district subject to taxation for school purposes," is a voter.

The words "taxable inhabitants," is this section being used without limitation or qualification, must be construed to mean all who are liable to be taxed, citizens, aliens, women, minors, residing in the disThis clause authorizes aliens, who have declared trict. The number of taxable inhabitants can be astheir intention to become citizens of the United States, certained from the last assessment roll of the town. and who have filed a certificate of such intention in A majority of such inhabitants to be ascertained by the office of the Secretary of State, to vote, provided taking and recording the ayes and noes, is necessary they own or hire real property in the district. It also to the validity of a vote to jaise a tax by installments. authorizes tenants of houses or lands subject to taxa- But this majority must be made up of legal voters, for tion in the district, to vote, whether they pay the taxes although this section of the Statute requires a majority or not. Legal voters at town meetings, who have paid of all the taxable inhabitants to have their names rea rate bill for teacher's wages within one year prece- corded in the affirmative, it does not make all the taxding, are also voters in the district where they resideable inhabitants legal voters for the purposes of such Any person who has a family, and is a legal voter at town meetings, and has personal property liable to be taxed in the district, exceeding fifty dollars in value, exclusive of such as is exempt from execution, is also a voter.

A man without a family, having property exceeding fifty dollars in value, liable to taxation, is also a voter, because his property is none of it exempt from execution.

a vote. Who then are legal voters under this section? The same persons, and no others, authorised to vote by Section 59, hereinbefore quoted. Neither women, nor minors, nor persons not liable to be taxed, can vote upon the question of raising a tax by installment. Therefore a man who hires a house, and is a legal voter at district meetings in ordinary cases, but who is not on the Assessment Roll, and pays no taxes, cannot vote upon this question. If one person owned Hence it follows that while on the one hand, in all the lands of a school district, and it was all assome cases, aliens, not legal voters at town meetings, sessed to the owner, the tenants could not vote upon may be legal voters at district school meetings; on this question, unless they were assessed for personal the other hand, in all cases, legal voters at town mee- property. Non-residents, although taxable, are not ings, who do not own or hire real property, and who such "taxable inhabitants," within the meaning of have not personal property exempt from execution this section, as to be enumerated in estimating the exceeding fifty dollars in value, are not legal voters number of taxable inhabitants in the district, and they n district school meetings. And as,to be a male of are not voters in any case. The tax raised by virtue ull age, and a resident of the district," is an assential of this section, must also be raised by equal annual qualification of every voter, women are necessarily installments, for example: if it be voted to raise lenied the privilege of voting in any case.

A district meeting legally called and assembled, nay, by a majority of those present and voting, vote o raise four hundred dollars, or less, for the purpose of building a school-house; and also, any sum necesary for the purchase of a site. And if the Town Suerintendent shall certify in writing, that a larger sum s necessary for building a school-house, and shall specify the sum, any amount not exceeding the sum so specified, may be raised by a majority of the legal voters present, and voting at the meeting. Section 70, Chapter 480, Laws of 1817.

School districts are not permitted to mortgage, or encumber their school-house lot. But in order to enable a district to raise a large sum of money, without the necessity of laying a tax for the whole of it in one year, Section 71, Chapter 480, Laws of 1847, provides for raising a tax by installments. It is as follows:

one thousand dollars in five equal annual installments the sum to be raised each year must be two hundred dollars, and not as some have supposed two hundred dollars with the interest, that is two hundred and seven dollars at the end of the first year, two hundred and fourteen at the end of the second year, and so on. Trustees and others must therefore make their contracts accordingly.

The votes cast by the women at the meeting held September 5, 1848, were illegal; and the motion to raise said $1200 by installments, was lost for want of the legal majority.

The District Clerk will record this decision.
Given under my hand and the Seal of Office of the
Secretary of State.

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CHRISTOPHER MORGAN,
Supt. Common Schools.

STATE OF NEW YORK.

Department of Com. Schools. }

names, and their post office address

The Y are also requested to direct how the District School Journal for the districts shall be directed, whether to the Town Superintendent, or to th districts; and if to the districts, then to what post office.

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"$71. Whenever a majority of all the taxable inhabitants of any school district, to be ascertained by SECRETARY'S OFFICE, taking and recording the ayes and noes of such inhabitants, attending at any annual, special, or adALBANY, July 29, 1818. journed school district meeting legally called, or held. The Town Superintendents elected to take their offi shall determine that the sum proposed and provided ces on the first day of November, 1818, are requested for in the next preceding section, shall be raised by into report to this department immediately, stating their stallments, it shall be the duty of the trustees of such district, and they are hereby authorized, to cause the sum to be levied, raised and collected in equal annual installments, in the same manner, and with the like authority that other school district taxes are raised, levied and collected, and to make out their tax list and warrant, for the collection of such installments, as they become payable, according to the vote of the said inhabitants; but the payment, or collection of the last installment shall not be extended beyond five years from the time such vote was taken; and no vote to levy any such tax shall be reconsidered, except at an adjourned general, or special meeting to be held within thirty days thereafter, and the same majority shall be required for re-consideration as is required to levy such tax."

CHRISTOPHER MORGAN,
SUP'T. COM.. SCHOOLS.

The

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In the absence of the President, the meeting was called to order by Hon. IRA MAYHEW, Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of Michigan; and on his motion, Rev. Dr. DUFFIELD was called to the chair, and J. L. Exos, a graduate of the New-York State Normal School, appointed Secretary.

After the organization, the proceedings of the last meeting were read, and the following resolutions, reported by a Committee, were discussed and unanimously adopted:

Resolved, That the system of Free Schools commends itself to our judgment, and that, in the opinion of this society, it is the duty of the several state governments to provide such efficient means for their support as will secure the education of the masses.

Resolved, That, for the better promotion of the interests of common school education, it is the deliberate conviction of this society, formed after mature reflection, based upon the successful results which have followed the establishment of Union Schools, that they ought to be speedily organized in all villages and densely populated portions of the country.

Resolved, That, as all contemplated improvements in popular education must finally depend upon the qualifications of teachers, it is of the first importance that NORMAL SCHOOLS, or institutions for educating teachers, should be made a part of the common school system of each state.

Resolved, That the highest improvement of our common schools, is intimately connected with the prosperity of the higher seminaries; and that the encouragement of educa tional institutions of all grades, from the primary school to the college, is necessary, both to secure the most thorough preparation on the part of teachers, and to give to the whole people the best education.

Resolved, That the general introduction of Teachers' Institutes, promises to be a more available means of elevating immediately the standard of qualifications in teachers, than any other with which we are acquainted; and that we recommend that such institutes be held annually in every county, where suitable teachers can be procured to take charge of them.

Resolved, That this society respectfully invite the attention of the several state legislatures of the states in the North West Territory, to the great importance of Teachers' Institutes, their intimate connection with the welfare of common schools, and the necessity of legislation for their establishment and support.

The letter of Hon. SALEM TOWN, found on page 103 of this number of the Journal. was read and ordered to be publish ed with the proceedings of the Society.

The following constitution was adopted on the second day.

ART. 1. This association is to be called the North Western Educational Society.

ART. 2. The object of the Society shall be the diffusion of Intelligence and Virtue, by advancing the interests of edu cation, but more especially by promoting the cause of public or Common Schools, as primary institutions of learning. ART. 3. The officers of this society shall be a President, a Vice President, a Recording Secretary, a Corresponding Secretary and a Treasurer, who shall constitute the Execu Live Board of the society. There shall also be two Vice

Presidents, and a Corresponding Secretary in each of the states of Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa, and such other states as are or may be represented in the meetings of this society.

ART. 4. The duties of the officers first named, constituting the Executive Board, shall be such as usually pertain to such officers. It shall be the duty of the officers in the other states named, to correspond with the Executive Board in relation to all matters of interest to the society.

ART. 5. The annual meeting of the society for the election of officers, and the transaction of other business, shall be held at such place and time, as shall from time to time be determined by a vote of the society at a regular meeting.

ART. 6. An y prson may become a member of this society by subscribing the constitution and paying into the treasury the sum of fifty cents; but females may be admitted by merely subscribing the constitution. Honorary members elected by a vote of the society.

ART. 7. Any state educational society whose object is the advancement of public school education, may, on applica tion, be admitted as aulihary to this society; and any mem ber of an auxiliary society shall be entitled to all the privi leges of this society.

ART. 8. The business of this society shall be conducted in a manner usual with deliberative bodies; and the vote of the majority of the members present at any regular meeting, shall be conclusive in all matters except amendments of

the constituitton.

ART. 9. This constitution may be altered or amended by a vote of two-thirds of the members present at any regular meeting of the society.

It was then moved, that when this society adjourns it adjourn to meet in the city of Cleveland, on the SECOND WEDNESDAY IN AUGUST, 1849.

The committee on officers for the society, then reported the following as the officers of this society for the ensuing year, which was unanimously adopted.

OFFICERS.

PRESIDENT, M. F. COWDERY; Vice Pres't, IRA MAYHEW Recording Secretary, M. D. LEGGETT ; Corresponding Secre tary, L. ANDREWS; Treasurer, A. H. BAILY. (Executive Board.)

ILLINOIS.-Vice Presidents, E. W. WENTWORTH, A. G. WILDER; Corresponding Secretary, J. L. ENOS. INDIANA-Vice Presidents, E. R. EAMES, CALEB MILIS; Corresponding Secretary, F. P. CUMMINGS.

OHIO.-Vice Presidents, S. St. JOHN, H. H. BARNEY; Corresponding Secretary, A. D. LORD.

MICHIGAN.-Vice Presidents, GEORGE DUFFIELD, C. T HINMAN; Corresponding Secretary, IRA MAYHEW. WISCONSIN.-Vice Presidents, T. M. HOPKINS, T. L WRIGHT; Corresponding Secretary, O. B. PIERCE. IOWA.-Vice Presidents, J. C. HOLBROOK, ASA TURNEL Corresponding Secretary, E. ADAMS.

PENNSYLVANIA.-Vice Presidents, J. T. PECK, C. M. REED Corresponding Secretary, ANDREW COMSTOCK.

NEW YORK.-Vice Presidents, SALEM TOWN, J. B. THOM SON; Corresponding Secretary, E. COOPER.

RHODE ISLAND.-Vice Presidents, F. WAYLAND, N. BISHOP Corresponding Secretary, H. BARNARD.

CONNECTICUT.-Vice Presidents, S. TOTTEN, S. OLIN; CO responding Secretary, G. W. WINCHESTER.

The discussion was then resumed in relation to teachers institutes, and engaged in by Messrs. PEIRCE, ROUSE, BULKLEY MAYHEW and others. Adjourned to 2 o'clock, P. M.

The debates upon the several resolutions were character. ised by ability, and an evident desire to ascertain the best methods of promoting the welfare of mankind by the general diffusion of knowledge. In addition to the resolution, already given, the following were adopted:

Resolved, That we consider it of the greatest importance that, careful attention be paid to all the laws, which pertain to the comfort, health and happiness of our children and youth; and that too much attention cannot be given to the construction of school houses, the finishing and furnishing of school rooms and the careful ventillation and cleanliness of the same.

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Resolved, That we cordially invite the other Educational | our independence, should not be the only record of such Societies to attend our next annual meeting in Cleveland, noble devotion to the cause of liberty. and unite with us in promoting the great object of our several organizations.

Resolved, That we recommend the introduction of vocal music, practical and theoretical, into all our common and higher Schools.

After the adoption of the usual complimentary resolutions, the society appointed delegates to the next anniversary of

These interesting and tersely written sketches will rescue many a valuable tribute to worth from oblivion, and impart lessons of great value to the daughters of so honored an ancestry.-Among the women whose lives are sketched in these volumes, are Mrs. George Washington, Mrs. John? Adams, Mrs. Doct. Warren, Mrs. Bache, (Dr. Franklin's daughter.) Mrs. Gen. Schuyler, Mrs. John Hancock, Mrs. Gen. Gates, and an hundred others. There are, also, per traits of Mrs. Washingtor, Mrs. Warren, &c. &c.

the New York State Teachers' Association as follows: ILLINOIS.-James L. Enos, and A. G. Wilder. WISCONSIN.-Oliver B. Peirce, and T. L. Wright. MICHIGAN.-Ira Mayhew, and W. H. Francis. If Mrs. Ellett could but light upon a mass of correspon. OHIO.-I. W. Andrews, and M. F. Cowdery. dence like that of the late venerable Mrs. Sartin, with some Iowa.-J. C. Holbrook, and T. H. Benton, Jr. of the leading minds of Europe, which was destroyed in INDIANA.-Caleb Mills, and F. P. Cummings. MS. only a summer or two since, she would rescue invalThe meeting was not merely one of great interest to alluable matter from oblivion. Nor can "the Women of the in attendance, but well calculated to arouse the attention of Revolution" be known to us until these evidences of their the entire North Western portion of our county to the sub-minds, when brought in contact with other minds, shall reject of popular education. The good fruits of the society veal their intellectual force and moral character. A work are already apparent in the States embraced in its organiza- like that presented by Mrs. Ellett has long been needed to tion, and we hope its most sanguine friends have not antici- collect the scattered records of their services and embalm pated too much from this timely and well directed associa- their memories where they will be collectively preserved. It is worthy a place in every family, and should be read by all who would become acquainted with this much neglected, yet deeply interesting field of Revolutionary Biography. Surely all will take great pleasure in studying the character of the woman who had the early training of such men as those who achieved our national existence and founded the glorious institutions of our country.

tion.

THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY.-The New-York Historical Society held its regular meeting of the University a few days since. Hon. Luther Bradish presided, and a large number of members were in attendance. A report on the finances of the Society was read by the Domestic Secretary, from which it appears that the receipts for the last three-quarters were $1,800, and the debt of the Society had been reduced $400 in that time. The presentation of a collection of Mexican arms and Indian curiosities, by Dr. Jarvis, was then acknowledged, and a vote of thanks returned to this gentlemen by the Society.

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SPARK'S ANALYSIS OF THE FRENCH VERBS.-This is a large and elegant chart, containing a complete analysis of the conjunctions of the French verbs. It presents the terminations of this difficult and all important class of words so fully and clearly as to impress them upon the memory, and in such an ingenious manner as to give it great value as a map for reference to be used by those who have made con siderable progress in the language.

Notice was made of a proposition to have a survey of the ancient aboriginal remains in the western part of this State. Mr. E. G. Squier engaged to make a survey of the one hundred different mounds and fortifications which have been discovered, for the sum of $200, and the Smithsonian Institute has agreed to furnish half of this, provided the Historical Society would contribute the rest. The subject was re-memory paradigms will be superceded by the more philosoterred to the Executive Committee.

The difficult and dry process of slavishly committing to

phical and interesting methods employed in so classifying both the regular and irregular verbs as to present the derivation and formation of every tense at one view. This process of acquiring a knowledge of the French language, will secure greater accuracy in learning its structure and pronunciation.

We have given considerable time to the examination of this chart, and the details in this analytical manner of teach

The Foreign Secretary then read the correspondence from Mr. Brodhead, the Secretary of Legation at London, and Mr. Campbell, the Sub-Librarian at the Hague, respecting the original manuscript recently discovered in the archives at the Hague, written in 1626, by Isaac De Rasieres, who was Secretary here at that period. This is the earliest written account of the settlement of New-Netherlands. A translation from the manuscript was read by Mr. Barting French, and do not hesitate to give it the preference lett, giving a most curious and interesting account of the over every other system with which we are acquainted. settlement, the scenery of the bay at that time, and the manner and habits of the Indians. We learn that the document will shortly be published, and its appearance will be looked for with much interest.

On motion of Mr. Dewitt the thanks of the Society were voted to Mr. Brodhead, Secretary of Legation at London, and to Mr. Carlton, Deputy Librarian at the Hague. After some farther business the Society adjourned.

BOOK REVIEWS.

ROBERT BURNS; as a Poet, and as a Man. By Samuel Tyler, of the Maryland Bar. New York: Baker & Scribner, 1848.

The author introduces the very interesting subject of this volume, by a well written essay, entitled "The Theory of the Beautiful." He then directs attention to the leading characteristic of the poetry of Burns, its tenderness and sway over the affections. This is followed by an able defence of Burns as a man.

The work is well worth an attentive perusal, and tends to illustrate the value of genius upon human culture. Sold by Hall & Dickson of this city.

The Women of the American Revolution, by ELIZABETH ELLET, authoress of the character of Schiller, Country Rambles, &c., in two vols, New York: Baker & Scribner. History has not dealt fairly with the self-denying and pa triotic women of the revolution. The few allusions to We are reluctantly compelled to omit an account of female heroism in sharing the hardships and dangers of the exercises at the late examination of the Normal School those soul-stirring times with the brave men who achieved until our next.

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