Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1842-05-12

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from EMPLOYING in his establishment any ch'oItn
under fourteen years Of age longer than ten hours IN
a day. r., .:ore
manufacturing establishments are required
TO furnish the means of education to the
children in their employ and It IS maoe the
duty of the civil authority OF the seVeral
towns, annually, to appoint visitors 10 sec
! that the law is executed. But as many OF
these children are claimed to be beyond the
control of their employers, and as no proV'-
sion is made, to defray the expenses OF pnF-
| suing the remedy of the law, by application
to the County Court, this Statute IS pracii-
callv imperative The necessity OF pFoVl-
ding for the education Of the whole commu-
nifty is SO universally admitted, that l think
il nv duty TO call your attention to tins I'M
| porlant subject, and, in revision OF inc sew
| enth and eighth sections of the " ACT feia"
ting TO Masters and Servants" to proV'oe
more etfectually for the education OF an the
children in the manufacturing establish
ments Of the State. -,
By the Act Incorporating the Medical So
ciely of Connecticut, no physician OF sur
geon can, by law, collect fees tor his sew
ccs, unless licensed according to the priv'-
sions of that act The importance OF mann
tanning an elevated standard Of medical sci
ence, can not be too highly appreciated
and the influence of this Society upon the
medical profession has been eminently saiu-
iary. | would not therefore countenance
any measure which might in any degree
impair lis usefulness. But there is Il class
Of medical practitioners in the State, who,
under the provisions of the present law, do
not enjoy those equal rights which it IS the
policy of on: institutions to enforce. re-
commend for your consideration such Il mo-
dication of the 9Th Section of this Act, as
hnr
association, licensed 10 practice according
to their own rules, The same legal right to
collect their fees as is enjoyed by the me'"-
bers of the Medical Society.
The School Fund, which was establish
ed by the wisdom of our fathers, contin-
ues to be the source of one of the richest
blessings enjoyed by the people OF the state
Under the faithful management OF the V'gi-
liant officer now in its charge, and his d'Siin-
guished predecessor, the amount has been
gradually increasing, and its income has
been successfully applied to the purposes OF
common school education. The capital OF
the fund now amounts to $2,044,35lS7, and
the revenue arising from it, has been paid
into the Treasury with an unexpected pune.
tuality. The dividends to the schools the
last year, have been one dollar forty cents
on each child, amounting to $ll7493,5O.
and exceeding the dividends OF the year
1926, when the fund first came under the
control of the present commissioner, by
more than 45,0G0-furnishing the highest
evidence that the confidence SO long rcpOScd
in the ability and faithfulncSs of that officer,
has not been misplaced. The whole mum
Der of children entitled to the bcnctll OF thus
fund, between the ages of four and sixteen
! years, according to the enumeration in Au-
gust last, is 84.230. Our district schools,
,y,l Tor fhn 1,f
mortal minds, are the strong safeguard OF
our liberties and the deep interest which
pervades the community in their successful
maintenance, is one of the highest guarhn'
tees we have of the pcrmanencc OF our IN
situations. The importance OF universal
education in a republic is so commanding,
and the duty of the community to provide
the means for accomplishing it, is 80 urgent,
that cannot doubt that every suggestion for
the increase or improvement of those means,
will meet with your appreciation. BY the
Act passed at the special session of the L.
gislature in 1867, providing for the distri-
button of the surplus revenue of the United
Suites received by this state, one half the
sum was appropriated to the support OF Corn
mon Schools and the other half was left
subject to the control of the several towns.
Much was gained by the aid given TO the
schools by means Of that law; and l am
happy to know that in many of the towns,
the whole sum has been appropriated to the
same purpose. favorable opportunity
seems to be presented at the present time. 10
give further aid to the cause of education,
by securing to that object this entire fund
therefore recommend such n modification
of the law, as will secure the appropriation
of the whole of this money for the supper,
of common schools.
/ An opinion was advanced some wears
since, calling in question, to some extent,
as it had been applied; and the Legislature.
of commissioners Of common schools; and
under the belief that some essential i'm
provements might be made, al officer has
been employed at considerable expense. to
visit the various schools in tho state, with
reference to their improvement. As a part
OF the same plan, provision was subsequent
~ made by law for paying the visitors of
the district schools one dollar n day for
their services. The reason for the impoSi-
ton OF this tax, which, when the number of
districts and committee men is considered,
Will appear TO be considerable sum, has
never been apparent. From time immemn.
rial it has been deemed a part of the obiga-
tons which competent men owed to society,
| to attend to these duties and no inconven-
! fence had ever been experienced. Until the
spirit of benevolence and good will 10 men
shall cease to burn in the hearts of our peo-
pie. anticipate no difficulty in following,
IN this respect, in the path of our fathers
without questioning the motives of those by
whom these experiments were suggested
and adopted, think it obvious that the pub.
lie expectations in regard to their conse-
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