The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-06-28

henslvely, such action as has been taken
in the matter, without pretending to de-
eide on any points of law, order, or the
state of the question now. We leave
them for those whose province it is 80
to do.
On the evening Of February "a, 1855,
meeting was held which had been call
ed for tho purpose of considering and,
if thought proper, to vote on resolu-
ton to make the schools free. DIR. j.
X. Weedcn was chosen chairman. The
following resolution was offered, freely
discussed, and passed by a vote Of AZ
to SO =
Voted, That after the close of the
present term of the public schools in this
district, the same shall be free to all the
children or'scbolars in said district, and
that the cost for teachers, om-rent,
fuel, and incidental expenses, shall be
paid by tax upon all tho rateable pro-
perty in said di trict, which said tax
Shall be assessed and collected at the
end of each and every year, after the
public moneys, belonging to said district,
shall have been expended.
After the transaction Of other bust
ness, the meeting adjourned without date.
On the evening Of May 3, a meeting
was held, on call, for the purpose OF
choosing officers and taking into consid-
GRAFTON the propriety of repeating and
annulling the resolution passed Februa-
ry "a, making the schools free. John
II. Cross, Esq, was chosen chairman,
After the ctoico of officers, the following
resolution was offered, discussed, and
lost, on o vote of Al to Al -
Voted and Resolccd, That the vote
and resolution passed at the last district
meeting, providing that, after the close
of that term, that the schools of this dis
trict should be made free and that the
expenses or cost of said schools should
be paid by tax or taxes to be assessed
upon the rateable property of this dis
trict, be and the same is hereby rescind-
ed and annulled.
The meeting adjourned for one week.
On the eveniug'of May II, tho dis
trict met agreeable to adjournment, and
VIM. D. Wells claimed tho right to vote
on the resolution to repeal, as his name
was not recorded at the previous meet
ing. Benedict Crandall claimed the
privilege of changing his vote, on plea
of an error by the Clerk in recording
his vote differently from what it had
been given in. The claims of Messrs.
Wells and Crandall being allowed, the
vote on the resolution to rescmd stood
, 43 to 43, leaving the resolution for free
schools still in force. The meeting ad.
t adjourned for three weeks.
Agreeable to adjournment, the dis
| trict met on the evening of June 2, when
, it was voted to reconsider the resolution
D passed February 81, " for the purpos,
, of discussing it," and the meeting ad-
= journed for one week.
. Meanwhile the schools had been
commenced some two or three weeks,
under the resolution making them free.
\ June 9, the district met agreeable to
adjournment, when point of order was
\ raised upon the right of that meeting to
to reconsider the resolution passed by the
meeting of February 81, that meeting
having dissolved and contracts made
under the resolution. The chair decid-
ed that the reconsideration was in order
The meeting adjourned.
June %, met agreeable to adjourn
ment After some irrelevant discussion
the meeting dissolved, leaving matters
in what we should call rather an unfn
ished state.
In view Of this state of things, W,
think the question-Have we School
and if so, is it Free School !; decided
lily pertinent one. We acknowledg'
that we belong to that very fortunate
though not uncommon class, especiall,
} when applied to the editorial fraternity
whose blessings consist in children rathc
: than money, and are therefore hell
amenable to the charge of having de
n sire to educate our children at the ex
e pense of those who are so unfortunate a
: to be cursed with large share of filth.
r ucre, but have not the solve branches
Il IN cultivate Tp1ooJ Gov ,ba E,tla M