Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1846-01-22
PRIMARY SCHOOL MEETING.


Pursuant to public notice, the Trustees
of Primary Schools for Charles county,
held, on Monday last, at the Court House,
in Port Tobacco, public meeting. HENRY
FL. HAWKINS was called to the chair, and
WALTER II. ROBERTSON appointed secre-
tary. The meeting was we'll attended. Va
rious resolutions were offered by persons
present and disagreed to by the meeting.
The following offered by HENRY Fl. HAw-
KINs, Esq, as substitute for all others,
were adopted by the meeting.
WHEREAS it is of great importance that our
primary schools should be so governed
and regulated by law as to conduce to
the beneficial instruction of our children,
and at the same time afford general salts
faction to the people of this county; and
whereas some dissatisfaction seems to
prevail in consequence of certain law
passed at the last session of the Legisla-
ture in regard to the primary schools Of
this county; Therefore,
Be ii ReS0lUed By this meeting, That the
following Rules and Regulations be trans
mitted to our Delegates at Annapolis, as an
Of our opinion in relation 10 said
and that they are hereby request
ed to obtain an amendment OF our present
existing laws i'll regard thereto in accord
ance herewith.
1st. That it shall not be lawful for the
Orphans Court to authorize the payment
to any trustees or teacher of any primary
school of Charles county out of the school
fund, of any greater sum than at the rate of
5000 per scholastic year, to consist of at
least 220 days, exclusive of all vacations,
or other lost time; unless the teacher who
may not have taught the length of time
herein specified shall have been prevented
from attending to MS duty by sickness.
Cd. That each and every teacher of said
schools shall, from and after the 18th of
October to the 18th Of April, in each year,
be actually engaged in teaching exclusive
of the usual recesses) not less than six
hours per day and from the 18th of April
to the 18th of October, not less than seven
hours per day-leaving the time of COM
mencing and adjourning said schools in
each day, as well as the usual vacations, to
the discretion of the trustees of said schools.
Sd. That the trustees of each and every
school district, at the time of making their
report to the Orphans Court of said county,
shall set forth therein the length of time
such teacher was actually engaged in teach
ing children at the school house in said
school district.
4th That it shall be discretionary with
the trustees of each school to admit chill
dren as scholars out of their own districts.
5th. That We recommend a board of ed
ucation to consist of three gentlemen, whose
duty it shall be to examine all applicants
and give them certificate of qualification,
and that no teacher shall be employed by
the trustees of primary schools without
such certificate of qualification.
9th. That we recommend the reimburse
ment of all sums deducted from the saIa-
ries of teachers for 1916 who actually
taught nine months. lr
9TH. That we have unmitigated confidence
in the inestimable advantages to be derived
from our primary schools, and entertain not
the smallest doubt, if the trustees of said
schools will use laudable efforts for the
welfare of those concerned therein, that the
most satisfactory results of education will
ensue. We therefore earnestly recommend
said schools to the favorable consideration
of our Legislature.