The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-18

Whole amount Of public money received and disbwstd
Ksssyes , ~ town from =. s s s
Appropriated for teachers wa
sss. 2essa aao % %
no. TO- horAries .......,... oZs ~ ...-
l,3l2,7+5 90
Leaving unsppropriated. 1881 SO
The foregoing tables exhibit considerable increase in
the amount expended for school purposes
the 1851 in the items Of teachers wages and mis-
cer eeus This fact becomes significant taken
the sppaI emily diminished attendance
The material falling of In the expenditure Of library
money from the preceding year accounted for by the
hot that under the law in ferce prer to May 1851,
the boards of in the several counties
CURED to annually raise by tax An amount Of library
Of 1851 therefore include the sums 80 raised by
the supervisors in 1850.
lpportsomment Of School Aoaeytor Coming Ysa-.
From income Of Common School FUND.-. $l35 900 90
. 8 Opposite Fond ...... loo goo 0o
From balance Of excuses in hands Of Super
fntendent. Observation-Disclosures. ,Ii0 "a
Total sum appor.oped ...:..........sl lol, 24o 81
Unspportioned balance in hands Of Snperin.
Unsptorssonsd sum due from scoharie county 6H 81
$1,10l, S44 70
3-HAss FOR rHE IMPROVEMENT MANAGEMENT
COMMON SCHOOL FUND, AND FOR TIE BETTER ORGANIZATION
THE COMMON SCHOOLS.
The balance of the revenues Of the Common School
Fund hand 30th September 1883, $3.50 0l0 60
may be safely estimated from the Investments Of the
capital of fund.- sho in the tables above referred
that the current hscal will
the of $l46 $780, The appropriation from this
for the support Of schools may therefore, under the
provisions Of section Of title OF CHAP Of the Hrst
part Of the revised statutes be safely increased
Sllb 900
1-sucH MATTERS PERTAINING TO MS OFFICE AND TO rHR CON
MON SCHOOLS As THH SUPERINTENDENT DEEMS xPRDIESr
10 COMMUNICATE
The parts Of school system which REQUIRE revision
those connected With its pecuniary structure and
those which de rhine its its hrst and main
Jet Of educatrg the young They will be examined in
The ssoo, 900 School Tag
The suggests increase in tax which
vas imposed whom the population mot large
the schools 70 numerously attended.
Dssribtaio~ Of tie School Moneys
The distribution Of the pubic school oneys In
TO confer equal share Of their benefits loo ss
and individuals has been found attended with great Diff
tribuon the Superintendent concludes his remarks on
this branch OF the subjectby saying that the third
Try unequal burthen on the city districts
Incidentally 10 productive Of another evil No fani.
hsr With the subject Of education need be inform the
superior ADVANTAGE in point Of economy
AND effective action, which large schools possess whore
the cennty OF population admits Of them, over small
schools.
Collection and Cusody Of School Money
has been already stated that in consequence Of srro
returns from county clerks several counties re
esved than their proper share Of school mon.ys
durrg the past year. but that ths tessurers Of such
countless on the uson Of this department paid back
That obedience to moral obligation which inf usnced
the conduct Of the reasurers in the above may
equitbh dist onton Of the school moneys not be
eft dependent upen any such contingency 1t is there
fore recommended that whom the Superintendent shall be
satisfied by proper testimony An overpayment Of
school money has been made to any county treasurer
made his duty to certify to such error and
the overplus Of money obtained thereby and that the
event the treasurer shall omit within ten days thssfrom
TO refund to the Super ntendent much OF said surplus
- had not been PAID out to town superuendsnts at the
time Of receiving said certificate. he sha forfeit
Of Sloe, and b made liable te action bis oiciAi
bond therefor and for the surplus certified nd interest
thereon until the time Of payment; and that the Attor
ney General shs be directed to
therefor when requested do by the odsn
Az the error may not be discovered until part the
whole OF the morsy hiss been paid to town sapsrintend
ents their surees should b subjected like prosscu
ton upder like-sircumstances
It may be well, too, fer the Legislature to consider
whether more prompt and direct be es.a.
blshed by law to enable the Superinte ndent to collect
such thAre of the proceeds Of the school tax from the
therein. -rf''A'.'N :" y u'' '''
It recommended that provision be made BY Law that
treasury BY county the same WAY that other
public moneys are and that b paid from on the
Schools
The uncertainty and irrssul.ri'y in payments, and
want OF meapt to ensure prompt obedieuc. to law IL
worthy Of system vovisg interests great and para
mount Our school laws should be just and Their prompt
and certain In their execution may be we'll to nvss-
sste the expediency Of providing that such
due om counties from the proceeds OF the State school
loaned nom the treasury for the use os The SCHOOL, and
that the Attorney General shall be Iscted to
pFosecute the proper Ulcers In the delinquent counties
on being requested BY the Superintendent do As
the ustess enter into with the ,hers on
the faith OF Ia which provide that such teachers may
b paid from the public moneys ION early period OF
the year II seems TO be just that the State should
trustees harmless such contracts especially where by
~ OWE voluntary &C. the COLI elton Of 90 de.
ferrsd that Ne public school moneys be made
available within the time contemplated by Law.
Rloru Of County Clerks
Ibs Just diSsributon Of the school money depends
upon me accurissy OF series OF By rus-
tees TO by town su To
county clerks ana BY county clerks to this
From these too, al the nu uer
ical Statistics whichxhibt the condition Of the schools
and the operations u e 1oo systsm enshtsn the
public mind and guide legislation in relation thereto
The Inaccuracies In the returns Of trustees cannot be
reached BY this cepartme Ioose which annually ap
pear the reports Of the and county officers have
been adverted to- and there much to fear that
large number undeee, ed In majority OF GASES
the errors and omissions In abstracts OF the county
CLERKS have been copied from the reports OF the town
hupeinu ns In many instan ses they nave oeen 30
mAenai that this department. has found u necessary 70
feurA such abstracts for correction, TO mako them even
~ nstant Ally comply with the quireA tents 81 law.
IL recommended that the towp q. perntendsnS De
required 70 meet on the frst wsdnesdA In August In
eaon Jes,, Ano cneose chairman from tnsir numbsr
VINO snsn noio snoh place until tAe next nnual meet
ing nht Al such meeting the town superin tendsn be
required TO compare and correct their repor BY
wh1e 1t cannot otherwise be agresA upon An deliver
them to their chairman that the latter Ia ran red 70
nal and forward abstract OF the same IN tina upper
ntendent OF Common Schools within twenty DAYS n
after that AL receive the per diem nay of town supe1.
nptens while necessarily engaged In duty that