Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-03-19


Leaving for ordinary and incidental ex-
penses forty one hundred and eighty tw,
I dollars aud seventy six cents. or thcrea-
bouts which sam, although less than ex-
penseN Of former years, il l. hapad can +,
still further reduced. am Informed tina,
the taxes levied FOR the rast wear n No.,
only of which have heen collected Will
when collected, be sufficient 10 nav of tbs
PRINCIPAL OF the two bonds due IN june
next, alter which the bonded debt of rho
city ASIDE IRON Gas bonds, will amount Il
the sum OF thirteen thousand dollars. tbs
interest OF which will have to be proyideI
Tor during the coming year. 1t will ais
oe necessary, in levyiug taxes for the pres,
ent year, to make provisions for the nav.
ment OF the principal Of two bonds of one
thousand dollars each. which fall due on
the first day Of June, 1862
The total cost of maintaining the public
schools ol tue city amount, in round num-
Oers' 10 about nine thousand dollars Der
anhnm; OF which amount an average sum
oil about twen;y-three hundred dollars per
ahhum Is derived from the township and
state funds, and the remainder is raised by
taxation on the property in the city. lam
informed that the average number of
scholars IN attendance in the public chools
Is seven hundred, making an average an
nuaI expense per scholar, of about twelve
dollars and eighiy-fve cents, without
counting interest, the cost of school houses
ana grounds, and insurance on the build.
ings. No money Is paid more eheerfuIIy
tnan the money that is paid out for educa-
ing the rising generation. Without edu-
cation no nation nor no people. can be
permanently prosperous and free. Theon
great object Of free schools is that The
children OF the poor may have facilities
OF education equal with those of the rich
Ihe schools Of the city are under the super
VISION OF the common council. and n dutv
Is imposed upon them to ascertain whether
any improvements are necessary. and 4 /,
make such improvements from time 10 time
as the necessities Of the case nav demand
Oeileve our schools ara now in GOOD
Eahus' and that the present ystem is better
than any VIC have had heretofore vet there
Is evidently room for improvements. The
cost per scholar of educating the children
Is evidently more than il Ought 10 he. The
official returns show that there are sevan-
teen hundred and five persons in the two
school districts between the ages of Eve
anu twenty years, while the average at
tendance OF pupils in the puplic schools is
only about seven hundred. After making
due allowance for those between the ases
OF nVe aud seven years who do not and
ought not to attend the schools, and those
between the ages Of eighteen and tv entv
who are necessarily prevented from a,tand.
ing, IT still leaves a margin Of Several b,,1S
red OF suitable age who are. bv soma nee.
ueprlved Of the benefits Of the system, while
an are taxed to maintain the system. This
Is an eVii /; and If IT shall be found that any
number of these who DO not
attend the schools. are growing up with
loIe or vicious habits, the evil is greatly
una gnined thereby. aud is of such a char
ae'eF mat al the people hare a eou.laon