The Nevada Democrat., 1859-11-09
Report Of the school Superintendent.

ReuOrt Of the School Superintendent
IT. n. bonorable Board of Supervisors Of Nerddd
C0urty:
The undersigned most respectfully desires 10
bring TO your favorable notice and kind consld-
GRAFTON the Public Schools. There are now
more than eighteen hundred pupils in the coun-
tv entitled to be recipients of public instruc-
ton. To have those pupils properly educated,
and their morals and manners conformaole 70
a standard of virtue and propriety, is the cher
;sbed wish. not only of the undersigned, but Of
every good and true citizen. To believe In The
accomplishment of so great and glorious an un'
dertaking without the assistance of kind pub
lie Joined TO the jealous efforts OF parents
teachers, and above all, the fostering care oi
your honorable body, would require degree
of credulity and hallucination not possessed by
the undersigned.
That which makes it so necessary to look tc
your honorable body for assistance, is the rela
tive decrease of the school fund, caused by the
very rapid Increase of children. So great. in
deed, is the deficiency of the public money, that
many of the districts are not able to keep their
schools open the short period required by law
without resorting to rate-bils which falls with
crushing weight on parents whose only wealth
consists in the number Of their children.
The schools of this county receive no revenue
from the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections o
the public lands, consequently have to rely OF
the State and county funds alone for support
ctI ha o.
from balls parties and exhibitions 1t is botl
painful and mortifying to state that for the ed
ucation of those eighteen hundred pupils Their
is not 10 the county school in which they re
ceive instruction in the higher branches o
learning. To open high school in The princi
pal towns of the county would be Of incalcula
BILE benefit, not only to the advancement of ed
ucation, but to the towns in which they wer
located. In fact the money now expended t.
educate the youth of the country in distan
parts of the State, added to the amount whicl
your honorable body might legally grant
would be amply sufficient to maintain and car
ry on such schools.
The undersigned also respectfully desires tC
! call your ubteulOu u tut pclCSuthBS SioinSe
and deducted from the school funds by thu
Treasurer-suc mutiation OF the school funds
the undersigned has been informed by the AT
torney General and State Superintendent, a
being entirely Illegal. Respect for such higl
officials has left no option to the undersigned il
apportioning the school money; he has divided
the funds as if they remained in the Treasury
entirely intact. To prevent any discrepancy il
accounts, and above all, to save to tho public
schools their small pittance, the undersigned
recommends the Treasurer to be paid out of tht
general, instead OF the school funds.
In conclusion, the undersigned assures youl
honorable body, that in desiring you to increase
the school tax, be does so from thorough con
yction Of its necessity, and the entire willing
ness on the part of the people to bear it
Though the majority of the citizens have nc
children they have always shown great interest
in the advancement OF education. and the un-
dersigned embraces this opportunity TO ack-
nowledge their many favors, and to tender to
them the deep and abiding gratitude of the
Public Schools q. 7. OvERToN.
Co. Supt. Com. Schools
Nevada, Nov. 7th, 1859.