The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-04-17

other appropriated by the State for the support
Of schools among the several counties cities
and towns Of the State In the mode prescribed by
law for the division and apporonment the income
the common school fund and the share the several
towns and wards apportionsd and divided shall be
paid ad after the first Tuesday Of February in
each year the several town superintendents Of com
mon schools and ward city officers entitled by law TO
receive the same and shall be apporioncd by them among
the several school districts and parts OF districts in their
several towns and wards according TO the number Of
children between the ages Of four aud twenty years
residing in said districts and parts Of districts
the same shall have appeared from the last an
nual report Of the trustees but moneys shall be APP
portoned and paid to any district part Of district
trustees that school has been kept therein for at least
FIX months during the ending with the date OF such
report by duly qualified teacher unless by special per-
mission OF the State superintendent OF common schools
excepting ALSO that the first apportionment OF money
under this act shall be made to all school districts which
We're entitled TO apportonment OF pubic money IN the
year eighteen hundred and forty nine.
Sec Any balance required TO be raised In any school
district for the payment teachers wages beyond the
apportoned such district by the previous pro-
visions Of this act and other public moneys belonging to
the district applicable to the yent of teachers wag q
shall be raised by bill to be made out by the
against those sending to school, in proportion to the
number of days and Of children sent to be ascerained
by the teachers list, and in making out such rate bill it
they may deem ez.edcnt such INDECENT inhabitants as
shall be The duty Of the trustees to exempt either wholly
such exemption, and the amount of such exemption
shah be added TO the first list thereafter
out by the trustees for district purposes shall be sepa
rately levied by them as they shall deem most expe
dent.
Sect The same property which is exempt by section
twenty two, Of article two title five, chapter sx part
three Of the revised statutes from levy and sale under
execution shall be exempt from leAy and sale under any
warrant to collect any rate bill for of teachers Of
common schools.
SECS Nothing in this act shall be construed to
repeal or alter the provisions Of any special act relating
To schools in any Of tho incorporated villages Of this
State except far they inconsistent with the pro-
visions contained in the first second, third and fourth
sections of this act.
See o. Chapter hundrey and forty of the session
laws Of one thousand ht hundred and forty nine en-
titled An act establishing free schools throughout the
state and chapter four hundred and four Of the session
laws Of thousand eight hundred and forty nine
titled An act TO amend act entitled act establish
ing free schools throughout the State and sections six
teen seventeen and eighteen OF the revised statutes
latng to common schools requiring the several boards of
supervisors TO raise by tax each OF the towns Of the
respective counties equal to the school moneys APP
Iortond to such towns and providing for its collection
and payment and all other provisions of law incompat-
bic with the provisions Of this act hereby repealed
Sec TO- The State superintendent of common schools
shah cause TO be prepared published and distributed
among the several school districts and school officers of
the state copy of the several acts in force relating
to common schools with such instructions digest and
eNpositons as he deem expedent; and the
incurred by him therefor shall be audited by the comp
troler. and paid by the treasurer
See. H. All the moneys received appropriated by
the provisions Of this act shall be applied to the pay
ment Of teachers wages exclusively
IL 1t shall be the duty the trustees the
raj school districts in this State TO make out and trans
NIT TO the town superintendent of the town in which
their respective school houses shall be located be-
fore the first day OF September next correct statement
OF the whole number Of children residing in their district
the first day Of August preceding the date of such res
port between the Of four and twenty and such
Town superintendent shall cmbody such statement in
tabular form and transmit the the county clerk
in sufficient season to enable the latter to incorpo
the information thus obtained in the annual report
quire by him TO be made TO the State superintendent
OF common schools for the present year.
See - 1t shall also be the duty of the trustees of the
several school districts in their annual reports thereafter
10 be made specify the number of children between
the aforesaid ages residing in their respective districts
the last day If December in each year. instead of the
number Of such children between the ages of five and
sly teen
sec Il. This act shall take effect the first day of
May next; but nothing herein contained shall be so
construed to affect provisions already made in the
several school districts for the support schools therein
Nnder existing laws for the current year.