COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEM

OF THE

STATE OF NEW - Y OR K,

COMPRISING

THE SEVERAL GENERAL LAws RELATING TO COMMON SCHOOLS,
ToGETHER witH FULL Expositions, INSTRUCTIONS AND FORMS
FOR THE USE OF THE SEVERAL SCHOOL OFFICERS AND IN-
HABITANTs of DISTRICTs, A compIETE DIGEST OF THE
DECISIONs of THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT, AND THE
SEVERAL LOCAL PROVISIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF
COMMON SCHOOLS IN THE CITIES AND
WILLAGES OF THE STATE,

TO WIHICH IS PREFIXERO

A H IS TO R. I C A L S K E T C H

OF THE

ORIGIN, PROGRESS AND PRESENT OUTLINE

OF THE SYSTEMI.

Prepared in Pursuance of an Act of the Legislature,

UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE

HON, CHRISTOPHER MORGAN,

SUPERINTENDENT OF COMMON SCHOOLS-

BY SAMUEL S. RANDALL,

DEP. SUP'T comMON SCHOOLs.

TRO Y, N. Y.:
JOHNSON AND DAVIS, STEAM PRESS PRINTERS.
1851.