The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-02-17
From the Frankfort Commonwealth
Common AchooIa.

| The undersigned takes this method of
informing the County Commissioners of
Common Schools, that he has drawn an
order on the Second Auditor for sum sui.
ficient to pay all the claims of the districts
which have reported up to this date. Those
Commissioners who have reported will re-
ceive for their counties respectively the
amounts due, upon their drawing an order
on the Second Auditor, according to the
form which has been published in most Of
the newspapers of the State, aad in the
appendix to each of my annual ieports.
The sum distributable to each child, re.
ported to me for last year. is thirty-five
cents, which is five cents more than in the
year preceding a result produced by The
issuing of new bond for somewhat over
S308,0O0, by the State, for interest ia
arrears. The particular ob;eetof making
this statement here is to aid the County
Commissioners in Distributing ,ie money,
receiyable by them. AMONGST Ne respective
districts reported. 1t is necessary for them
TO retain copies of their reports made to
me, by which means perfect accuracy, in
the distribution Of the money, would be
secured. Where they have not done this,
all the aid can give them, is the statement
| now made, for cannot return their reports
to them, as they are my authority and
vouchers for the drafts | draw: and can
not send them copies of those reports-nor
abstracts from them, for have no aid in
my Office Of any sort-nor any means al
lowed by the State to procure any-my
own allowance being little more than the
salary of clerk. 1t is useless, therefore,
fer application to be made TO me for aid in
this particular, by the County Commits
sioners, seeing it is out Of my power TO rem.
der it.
have issued new commissions, for
County Commissioners, in many counties,
on recommendations of members Of the
present General Assembly but many coun-
ties remain, in which l earnestly desire, at
the very earliest possible period, 10 appoint
Commissioners. Any expression of pub
lie sentiment on this subject, from any
quarter Of the State, will be useful 10 me,
and will be treated with perfect respect
But, after repeated experiment $, it appears
rather an injury than benefit 10 appoint
Commissioners, unless | have coed reason
10 know that they are both qualified and
willing to act.
The current school year is already con.
siderably advanced. Ii begins and ends
with the LIST Of November in each year; and
a school, 10 be entitled TO any thing next
year, must be taught three months before
the LIST OF next November. Ii is, therefore,
OF the utmost importance that those con-
templating the establishment Of new dis
tricts, and additional schools, during the
present school y ear, should proceed imme-
diaiely with the business OF distncting their
counties, organising their districts, and
opening their schools, &c, &c. The chief
all can render in this part Of this great
work, is, by displacing inefficient commits
Sioners, appointing new ones, &c, all Of
which stand prepared to do on proper IN
formation communicated to me. The gen.
ersl school law, in Session Acts of lS44-5
gives full directions how all parties are 10
proceed, and this law will be found in the
hands of all justices Of the peace and
clerks of courts. All the necessary tables
and forms are printed in the appendix to
my annual report, a large number of which
have been printed for distribution, copies Of
which can be had by application TO men,
bers of the Legislature or TO me.
The number of children reported this
year exceeds 1900, which is nearly
, double the number reported this time las
year-with an advance of five cents to each
child reported over last year. Ist not per
fectly easy to double this forty-one thousand
by this time next year? And is not grea
inducement offered to do this in the fac
that if the Legislature, now in session
should act in the spirit Of the immense volt
4 given by the people in August last 80, 00(
or even 100000 children, at school th
!, year, and reported to me next fall, ma,
eosily receive S each on the year nov
e passing, and g. year each forever there
after?
Il. J. BREcxINRBGE, S. p. !.
A Frankfort, Feb. 5, lS49.