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Liabilities Of liz End.
Balance af school fund Of the CeuHty,
for Ibe year fnding April Isl, 1852,
when all cOIIertea q

Balance Ell school fund OF the County,
Tor lhe year ending April Isl, 1852,
wh4n AL collected, giCaI3a
lnthe Revenue tax Of 1851, issia.3 aGed the sum
q - cents as callaleral iax or the ZEAL es-
tate % the late Isaac Slider which Is ebafgea he
ioF enc year onlc. The above s1m Of ssi is cents
Z sthii&E tx on personality and chargeable for
NE Yefir and not afterwards.
rdpori Of The faction OF the Boarl.n and "a
slalen3eE.t oiike receipts aad disbursement OF he
funds COLLECTED Ter lis support was made ia De-
cember, 1918, aTA published ID The newspapers of
tlie County in ille Spring OF 1919 and also pub
lisheeAn the documents uf The General Assembly Of
The se4siQn Of 1913 and 1910 further report con-
Iainink similar statement was made Dece mber
2id5 1850, and Published ia The documents Of the
Assembly OF the session 81 1850 and 1851 On The
2nd OIL january, 1859 N similar statement was rem
dcred 1othe Auditor, and Is nov herewith submitted
10 the.Pa5lic;
II JErrrasoS CorxrY, Jan. es 1852
The Boardof School Commissioners 81 the coun-
" otJ fliefson respectfully report 10 the President
aud Directors OF the Literary lund, the following
Statement, viz:
That, Us reported in December. 1850,
thefd was 10 the hands OF The Freas'r, ssil3.Sg
/ There has been received since from the
Auiltor and from ta&es and legies, and
iraa4tailion bills orllces, aso74
Mhklag ihe sum Of 4lo.22l.sl
There haye been expended SINCE IN hnld
inssI sairres ~ leachtiy, bi ccrh-
missf2uess, and ,f uruilare ana FIX
taiesof scnool houses, 1918 GO
Balance in The Treasury, si77I
+ TIE, Raard herewith submit also cory Of he
bond eHfae Treasurer, duly certified By me Clerk
Of The County Courl OF the County Jefferson
In submitting this, their annual report The Board
arr n6taware tha; there Is any special statement
ni theicpr9ceednss Or The operations OF rhesysiem
called pr. The reports furnished by the different
luSifst tho
tggy f4asonto believe that il is and has been sue
cessial. There are, at the least, twelve Hundred
7childreH ia regular attendance the scAools--to
them daily abstraction sg .ven, IN the usual bran
ches ot hn education and, With ommendale at
enton BY teachers and commissioners The pupils
are ilnthoVin.
The iraecaes taught are reading wiring ariih-
metic, esosraI hYand grammar In some instances,
he hislEe sciences are taught, bu most generally
;fhe JihaIY branches ofan English education con-
fsgitue The course.
/. The tfachefs have been examined, an1 ii attain
menls qhd character have been found worthy.
The llaess used are MeGuliys Sptllins book
and Sefifsei readers MitchelPs and Morseis geo
sraphy3 eamlcys spelling loos; Walkers dc
tiopafy Parke's, Pixies and Rays arithmetic
Murf2yls and Smiths granMar.
The pFice paid for tuition il a9cents per quarter.
The sFssions Of The schools are from January III
to June e5th, and from July i0tlto Decemberaith
ofeach Near; intermediate periods vacation
The Eoatd have found no cause TO suspect that
great public advantage will not arise from con-,
tihuatiod oflAe system. On The contrary, its actor
and sucdcSs commend it 10 their confidence and
entities il ID receive, 10 does
the aid and support ofthose whose position and Cir
eaustanSes suggest the encouragement Of an il sti-
fntion DEF gaed aud calculated 10 make fncn better.
The ColJnls is ROW generally Provided-wilh good
ana sufficient sehool.ileasesR Children are daily
INSTRUCTED By omhetcnl teachers and their conduct
anddepoFtment constantly observed by the Com
missioneFs With confidence tie prediction is
made lba, in tine. results VIII be made manifest
exhibijnE he blessings Of an educated community