New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-01-15
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
c.,a,,on school Money Apporticnment- Law
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II Correspondence of The Tribune.
II ALBANY. Jan. a. l-l9.
zoe dav last week Mr. 81. joins introduced 70
Il . ,...mbly resolution calling the Secretary "
s,,te for bis opinion Of the practcaDlty Of law
ting the distribution Of the school Moneys Of each
"a anon. the several School Districts, wherein the
\ ...5ousss Of such districts are situated, with
,,g.rd 10 the territory 81 which District may be
..u,o.ed. except 10 where town or district
~. nave a local school fund aud in cases where a
"a may vote an additional for school purposes
.,nd Whist the law now requires % be raised and
..,.p,ng also the cases where district may be CON
.ei ia part Of territory lying without tie bounds o
~ state What the object Of tho bOnornbie member
M docs not supcer but one thine i certain the An
sr BE- has received through the iouse, IRON INC "a
.rntendent Of Common Schools, IL full and ~ the
int IN the nrst place he recnpiusi"s lhs inyle 10
tich the moneys II present distributed and taen
.les IN 20 say
,ig one wy Iimsy hsppsn tbst The port Of JOINT Dis
~ In n. Town may contain no children between The ssld
80 Is and 6l and therefore none OF the money sppor.
rted the Town can DO hppOW0ie1 10 MAI Dsicl ara
fef under The present mode Of distribution Of The
ey fasso by the tDwu hs Increase Of me pnds be-
.r,Hg a. the Town, will be apportoned 10 ihe pan o. 4
en. DsfcI u which there are no children between he
'gatds ineqlsiy il Of frequent occurrence or Of
0fh
The msn otlecnOn 10 me present n'oe 81 eshlutioh
rne0 the labor lmpOscd on iie Trustees 81 JOINT Dt-
cs 10 making TWO OF more reports, emo lhs nouD.e ~
Town sUpenDtendeGts II distributing money 10 psfs oi
The distribution 10 as fair and equal could be hoped
~ under any law
IN relation 10 that part Of the Association which con
templates but one report from Trustees Of Joint Ds-
dcs the State Superintendent says that although u
ah the Trustees much labor and perpexi,y the DIS
dbutOn would almost always be unjust and Instances
eLets joint district composed Of territory taken from
40 town. let the number Of children 10 the dc1 De iD
between ages Of and % years, ~ whom 10 reside N
ose and ~ 10 the Oher; lei The DO N 'nt'
All of te district To- the town here The 10 children fes1e
the latter town be hiny settled ana the other popuOuu
Here Of the 90 children who hsvs been lcu1r1
he population and who havo therefore drawn money
lie own In which they reside being entitled only 70 hef
.hafe Of the smallest sum spporuoned 70 aspsfsey ses
own TIE small sum sppOriOned TO the poorer Town },
distributed also 10 90 children Otivlng IN ~
The principal Of school dsirci cOnI'Fetich =
,. o,esiinn III Locating the sites Of school houses
rsne of The law a. contemplated In the resolution, would
multiply occasions for such disputes Every JONI osuo.
would DO interested IN having It's school situated IN NE o''
nopulous Of the Two towns, Of whose territory
uss IN part formed district composed oil me iowh u
Glderand and partly Of that OF Albany woua Al ono.
rsfnOve lis school house within The limits oil Albany
opulous district might draw hs the pubic money appof
toned a thinly sette1 town, whs al me same uuo
wDald entitled Of the public money apporhoneo
tho town In which the mass Vi lhe llhsullahh ~
while change Of The mode OF cistnbunon Wouo feHc'o
he town Ulcers Of much labor and perpeAhy"
have thus copied the substance OF the superintend
nt report on this resolution for the that many
persons believe the present mode of the distribution Of
e school moneys to be unequal and believing that the
reasons ened by the Superintendent on the subject
matter are A. cogcnt and to the point as possible
On Tuesday last, Mr. SPEAKER presented the petition
Of the Florence Association for the use OF the As
.enbly Chamber on Monday evening, January -, for
the purpose Of hearing Rev SAMUEL X. WARD Editor
of the Norfhera Star and COi0red Fireman. speak on
Farming aud Education as of the great principles
of,bo elevation OF our race and further saying IS
,be 6r.t time that we have asked Tor tie Assembly
Chamber since General Davis was Speaker Mr. WARD
ia coored man, such an we feel proud o. We
hope our request will be granted.
The request ras granted after a short but spicy De
bate. Considerable feeling has since been shown IN
relation 10 the matter and the result is, COMMITTEE
soro,cd TO consider all applications Tor the use OF the
Assembly Chamber and report thereon 10 the houso
10 day "a communication was received oy 'ue SPoaNo'
and by him communicated TO the House from me hu'i
bers OF the Bar OF Albany City and County ior te u.s.
Of The Assembly Chamber ON the same h,S~ as tns
named in the request OF the colorcd gontlv'en We
Monday Jan. l5ior the purpose oil nearing an vi a'o
from Hon DANIEL d. BARNARD on the me onu ol'a' ~
a., al The lat. Chief Justice SPENCER, which was re-
isrred 10 the aforesaid Committee VINO 1ououess, 70
morrow will bring in their report IL GOES ho, 0aus
storm ina hitherto quiet BODY Am inu. ~ a.,
taken. should aught occur oi i"'V'o'' ~ ~
In the senate to day the bin Incorporating the lru'
toes of the AstOr Library has been under consuci"'V
in Commit, q of the Whole and an amendment en-
grated of great utility in my opinion when 49, IN"
the Trustees shall make yearly report To the eBsu
ture of all matters transacted aud particularly Tue con
dlton of the funds Another amendment was Auuc'
In Committee OF tho Whole which, under present CIR
cunstauces aud taking into consideration 'he opJ'o
and the character of the men intrused win inc vA,
ction of the design of the devsee, scans an absolute
insult though such doubtless was not ine ih'ehNon
aude To the personal liability clause In my opinion
the hrst steps toward the founding OF snch stl'uo
A. this designed by the late Mr. Actor should De cne
a,tcrizcd by liberslity greater than that We "ouu
brstaw on an institution ucorpurof Tor mere nel
maxim purposes Il may bc well enough 10 'hioN
sach Guards AS this around Institutions Tor the ocheu
Of az when we md that the officers OF such hshtu
ips have or are know be about to abuse tict uus
bal NOT before Free Libraries aud tree Lectures 10
the benefit of ALL and that too, without any 'SN VI
wh,tsocyer are very desilahle, al Will agree ana wn'
ca, Of our wealthy citizens sees Mt To sPvhu PV'V
Ut his estate in such way AS VII bh>hfif AZ, ",
neither in the codci Ia tho will Is there any ese
vaiicn whatever deem !, the duty OF our lvk's.u
q, aid instead at embarrassing and fep"Ssus su'u 81
terpris.s bv cnactmeus which are an Insult 10 person
who have common honesty and which me stH'o n"s ~
ui.,d hroue her representatives, IN hor last sic'
charity and that erected during aperiod oil pciee' m
mia "a personal liability Shude 10 the O0hiiss'0"o
Of Emigration. -, 81. ... ~, a,
However "a the action OF the committee 81 %
Whole was not agreed t. by the Sens'e ye' nav
hope that seventeen senators can be iOund "hn nav
not wholly lost their senses Me-