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TINE Board OF School Commissioners IL 81.
= Cudbw q jefferson ask lhe attention III ~
n9lse 20 ne Isllowips stasenens which isbeiFeved
Amount eC State reveRue which Is stb-
Jeet % tke scho0ltax ss SIP - + Il
se per cert. !he amount OF the seheolin Z d
IaFable white tiheabes q 3tf .@sss .s] n 4
Deiinqacnis deducted, US
Paying white lisheables. l526
Tax Of one dollar % each i 5000
Tuition bills. deaaeling deiiDqrenfs, 5000
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Sheriff commission is, i56.6s
: i $3.50
Quota from Literarv Fund 81
Tax on collateral personal estate, 81 IS
Tar ca deeds ant neutrality-suspicious.. 7L35
s9aa5-ss
Liabilities Of he Find.
ieash s,3 a. q sa:asy Of 500 -
: 1steachrrs at S275 each, Is $4,000
Fuel and other expenses Of So
school houses, rs 90
Salaries 81 Commissioners s7000
Expenses ofCotnmissfuuefs so
Salary Of Treasurer afd Clerk, 90
Printers $40 each, 5000 I'D
Commissioner oil Revenue, 200U Sb 3G2 so
fs. 5p Il -
Balance Of school fund Of the County,
ior the yeaFenelny April it, 1884,
when aileollec.esI. esLoai as
In the Revenue tax OF 1851, IL neludea The sum
OF - cents, as coIi&ersf lax 90 The real es-
late Of ibe late lsaae Sifider which IS Ehargeablc
Tor ore year only. The abnTe sum oS ISL los GEMS
. sinflar tax on personality, and chaFgftble for
the year and not AFTERWARDS
81 ArePorl pc tae acliOa oi the Board, and a
iaaiiment OF The receipts and eisbHrsenBedi Of The
f1rf fe az AL i'm, IA
cemr%ri 1918 and published n The Newspapers .of
:. the Iuniy IN the Spring OF Islg; and also pub
Ished IN The d2snfnenis Of IhssSen1ral Assemhyoi
sahe session of.fSia and 1919 Nfurtae43r epmt con
raining a similar statement ;Hss mai 8.Jsecclnber
I'D 1850, and published 10 lAe doaiElesL Of The
Asse m5lY Of the session Of 1860 and ISL. .pn }Ae
End 81 January. 1852 siuiilar slatemdI 5eas rem
adersd toihe Audier, and Is now herewith submitted
10 the public
JHfYgnsox cbrNrY, jail 2sIs52
The Baard d School Commissioners of E6e eoun.
" u Jefferson respectfully If8ort to tht President
ana Directors q the Literary fund, the following
Stae4nent viz
That, as reported III December, 1850
there was Ia The hands Of HE rFeas'n u STA. so
There has heen received sftd6- fTomtbe
from tuition bills or fees, 5.8o7 Is
Making The sum Of $io asl 81
There have been expended since in buifa I
iugs, salaries III teachers OF confA~
4anfssieners, and OF furniture and III;
lnFes Of school houses n0I73 63 !.
Balance ID Inc Treasury. s477l I
The Boafd herewith submit also copy Of the
fbeAd the Treasurer duly certified biz lie Clerk
OF the County Court offhe CDanly orJdGtts0a.
In submitting this iheiranrtua repoft, HE Board
are not aware thatihffe il amy speciah statement
Of their proceedings or the opHrauons qi the system
called fur Fbesrrparts furnished by lhd different
commissioners justify The de@aFatie that there is
esefxreason 10 believe that tss AUD hhs heen sue
children IN regular aen It's a 81 iFel Se hundred
ihem-daily Instruction Is given in The usna hran-
ehes Of an Education. andj with cemnifnaaige al
teition By teachers and commissioners; lhe puplis
are improving
The branches taught are teading. WHITING ari'h-
metic geography aud sramlahr,ln seqle Instances
the higher sciences are la1sht bat most generally +
the ordinary branches o. an English edapatioh con
slitale the course.
t,.pnts and character haye hPsa found WORTHY.
The books used are MeGuify's 50 ttliNg book
anil series b readers; Mileht.ll's ard Moses geo.
gfanhY; cGnleY's> spelliHg. book W alters die
liel,sfys Parlsuis pSe's and Rays arithmetic;
Alufay'> and SIlislt.s srafasiaf.
rhe piee paid toeluition Is 80 cents pGrq 1af7ef
The sessions oi;ihe schools are frqHa January 81
10 Juae 18th and FROM alg l0t 10 DECEMBER 2th
ofeaeh ytar15-hs Intermediate peri0ts are vacation
The Board have found Eu cause to9suspcct that +
great public advantage via not arise from CON
unuation The system, On tsecon:EaEy Ills action
and success commend i laF1her confidence, and +
The aid and support oltho7etwhoSe position aad err
camStances suggest the ereouragemeni OF an lGsi-
luton designed and calcu aicd 10 make men better
The Cennts is now generally provided WITH .Seaa |
and Sufficient sch0al-houSesp Children aresdahy |
instructed w congratulations aud their contact
and department constantly observed by The Com |
msSoneFs. With eoailtnee the prediction IS |
made that in time. reeuts will be rpade manifest,
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