The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-12-06

M00Ee. 60 al Eaarhiiun. Tie ti!are ~
AuuEi.ss TsenaFzl. also hersning garai.t,
Z rs lhe EusignaliOR uI llae llanar.ble I'd
Hard Slanly. IN Nay lasi. his plars
IN Ike nsanner temporarily sHPPlisd hy
commissioning bartholomew D. M"oIr.
ESD. II Halifax. On yaa all drEalrr
Ilne duly Of making PeEmanFnl aPPoinI-
mFnls 10 tlsese several uflirrs.
lTepeaI the RECOMMENDATION made ~
the last Grpnral Assembly. - ronhTmsd
BIZ subsequent rileelioa sud s!lssrTEs-
lion. that I'll jurisdiction over Pleas. m
the County conEis. be atsolislars. anal Illal
proyisiun he made Cor llEec terms uf ihe
superior cauTI per- yrar in rsrh county.
iThe change l. urged uPen Is by the naani-
/ fnld reasolls LEI. Illal Il wonld rnnslnrr IA
more caFEerI snd sper4ly administration
az Iusiire. ID. Il would impnse lrss
amount ii rust nn the PaTsiss rssl IN lrgal
controversies. 81. u Wonld save time
Ia Ilnse eallrd out In attend ronTi BY re-
during the number of terms. fEnm SIX Go
Ihree IN earh year. iGh. u wnnld effect =
still greater saving in tie county taxes. hy
dispensing with one half ii Inc COLLECTIONS
now made 10 pay jumTs, hesnles other ex-
penscS. 5lh. II has heen wlel in other
states and Enund 10 realize the most san
gnine expectations. The rasi VI tie sddI'
ton Of two or mare Judges. Hhlrh the alle'
ration might requiIe. would he as nothing
compared 10 the RlainlaInznes VI tho pre-
sent system.
The Teporl nf the President sud nirec'
inrs of the Literary Fund will acqnaini
YOU with Tie present state Of the Impair
iani interests committed IN their charge.
The loan office formerly connected with
this Board. has been discontinued BY de-
liycring orer To- the Public Treasurer ihe
bonds and Judgments. against individuals.
held by il as tlirerred by the last l.egIsla.
mrc. on his executing the bond Of the
State IoI the aggregate amount, W.: SO.
800 %. rovenanling 10 repay the same
to the board on demand. aud the interest
whirh may accrue ON the LEI Of Seplcm-
Der in each year.
7 A contract has been made. for suitable
buildings in Raleigh. for the e,lucaiion al
deaf muirs and blind persons. arrnnlIng
10 the act Of tho last Session. and thrse
T., cdilices are partially finished. The sch""l
fnr the instruction OF deaf muies is still in
successful operation. aud confirms At pre-
sent twenty-five pupils. There has hern
great inauenlion on the part nf almost oil
the counties sending pupil. to tho pro'i-
. sion ofthe law, requiring them 10 coniri
huie part Of their support. and thus Ear
almost the whole expense Of the srIi"ol
has fallen ON the Literary Fund. To the
curiailmpni Of the distribution for Com.
mon Schools. This delinquency will re-
quirc correction =, the hands Of the I.rgis.
laiure.
:. There was distributed among the sere-
raj counties for the support Of the common
i. schools in the year ending the LEI Of Sep.
irmber. 1917. the sum Of sl0l,775 90
E n: iu Ssar a nhs ss 81" n.rsl
being chiefly caused by The withdrawal
Of the amounts appropriated to the build
ing already noticed. The nett annual in
come of this fund tn he distributed Cor
common schools will probably he no, less
tlran sl0o.O0O: and il is worthy 81 your
scrinus inquiry whether as I prerequisite
10 receiving qu0ia in such divisions. each
county shall Rot he required 10 have levi.
, cd ut least one half of like smoun, for the
benefit of her scho"ls by local taxation.
, Az present tho law rs construed as mol
! imperative On this point, but pernIissive
: and in many Of them. nothing is collected
in aid Of the general fund, and the school.
+ anguish for want Of adequate support. n
there he any doub, on this question, I pre-.
sumo there can be none as tn the prnprie.
J ~ of Withholding the distribuiive share oI
; each county until the chairman of snperin.
tendenis shall have made satisfactory re.
} ports as TO The disposition made Of her pre-.
vious receipts and the state Of the srhonls
J and the educational interests within her
limits. There is no sufficient accounta.
! hiliiy for she expenditure Of the money,
or the effective administration of tho sys.
TEN. Where il operates well, it. is rath.
er owing 10 the public spirit and enIigh.
) tened lahors Of its administrators than 10
any legal obligation upon them. ON mis-.
fortune. however. is, that in many siiua.
, tious we can obtain no knowledge Of its
operation at all. Not more than two
thirds Of the counties. at the utmost. have
reported It's condition in them. in anv one
, year; and considerable number have
never given any Indication Of It's existence
in them. except in drawing their shares in
T the Distribution made from the treasury.
II you shaIl not think proper 10 institute
rigid inquiry az 10 the disposition which
has been made Of the public funds in these
counties. ii ia highly expedient. in order
10 ascertain the practical operation Of the
system. and 10 collect mass of inforna.
ton for its improvement, that committee
! Of the Legislature shall summon before
I them such and SD many of the chairmen