American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-02-18
REPORT OR nR, CnLLINS

bNs SOAsAANS
RELATIVE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
The following is the report Of DR.. Collins,
made to the FIRST Branch Of The City Council,
on the memorial to confer collegiate powers On
the High School:
The joint committee on education, TO which
wac referred the petition, asking tho Guy
Council to memcsialIze the Legislature 20 con-
fer collegiate pc" ers on the Male Public High
School OF Baltimore, have given to the subject
the attention required by It's high Importance
and report:
Yonr committee will make hut few remarks
on the printed bill or charter, which was ia I'd
Oh the tables Of members OH the day when the
petition was Offered for presentation, and which
was pointed out, in Elanlscrip! prrfT to the
printed memorial, as that winch 1t VAS desired
should be sent To the Legislature, after having
been amended III such manner az might seem
proper to the City Council. TINS charter, your
| committee have most convincing reason to be-
heve, was never seen, al least by many Oi
those who signed the printed memorial, and
formed no part of the memorial offered for
their signature; said memorial merely praying
the Legislature "lhal \ law may be passed
giving to the High School OF Baltimore collie
dpnat,on from the State. Fur these Consider
atiUns, your committee viii not occupy nne
by examining tins charter, Except to observe
that section 8, which, would enable "the Trns-
tees and Board OF Commissioners 20 nlike fun
danenlai ordinances for tho government ei
this institution" Sc and secll0n | !, which
appoints, by State enactment, the present min-
cipal and teachers Of the High School, ns pm
clpai and teachers %AdtT The charter, would fer
ever take nom the Mayor aud CITY Council all
efficient co liiUi over abe school and ilS teach.
ers, unless The Mayor and Council saw proper
to resort 10 that extreme power hel3. and snmo-
tunes exercised, by The Commons "a! Ebgiand
against the ar&itrary e8 'TCise OF k ngly prsiu-
ghllve viz: The withholding OF rmpplIeS. A
republican, government, like that Of unr city,
yUnr committee think, vail he caunulis mol Ia
place iiseii, Ivy having corporation within 4
corporninn, III ihs extreme pOsiioh. ia Inc
manuscript paper prehXed 10 the prisiitd me-
| moral and Tho names of the petitioners, II 10
said, "B chewing that the objects set forth in
, the accompanying memorial and charter, are
calculated, 1t OnlhI"ed 10 promote the public
, veal, &c. Now, your committee, having con-
Veised with numbers of those who signed the
printed memurIa which, let it be observed,
Is addressed 10 the Legislature, and say not u
word about II ''charler' have not found 8ae
whU ever saw the ',charier" laid ON the tables
Of members; or who said he would have Ngn-
| ed any pet on or memorial paying for the
| enactment ut any law oi Incorporation which
would take away, IN any respect, the absolute
mud entire control uf the Guy Council over
the High school Written testimony on this
poin, ~ now IN the possession of the Council.
Yo.r commii,es present facts without further
! cumrent
YOar committee will now proceed to eg-
ANNE. briefly, the expectancy vi presenting To
the Ley stature, by the Mayor and City Coun-
Gil, memorial paying for the passage Of y state