Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1866-07-06

so deficient in true State pride, SO wanting in
love for her, whether she be his native or
adopted State, as to be unwilling thus to aid
her in her glorious onward march.
The appointment Of the County Board Of
School Commissioners was at one time vested
in the County Commissioners, at another in
the Orphans Court--the people of the county
10 neither case having direct voice in their
appointment. The School Commissioners for
the county are now appointed by the State
Board of Education, consisting of the Gov
ernor and Lieutenant Governor, in whose
election the people OF the county have direct
voice, and the Speaker of the House Of Dele
gates, for whom our representatives vote, and
State Superintendent, appointed by the
Governor and Senate What higher combina-
ton Of authority and representation could the
appointment emanate from? In the changes
ofpolitical sentiment, continually going on,
this State Board will, at times, accord with the
sentiment of the county, and then, again, not !;
but, whether in accord or not, respectful re-
presentation of the wishes of the people Of the
county, respecting the construction of their
County Board, would always be entitled to
due consideration, and their appointment
should be worthy ofrespect.
If the men who compose the State Board of
Education are our first men--and it is the
peoples fault If they are not--they will APP
point good men for the respective County
Boards. The higher the standard ofthe County
Boards, the higher will be the standard Of
teachers for the public schools, within the
means placed at the disposal of these Boards
to pay them; and the better the teachers the
more thorough and elevaiing will be the
system OF instruction.; and thus will we
elevate the State in intelligence, character and
dignity, so that she shall not stand behind any
State Of our Union in these respects, and she
ought not, and need not. Why was the pro-
duct of labor, per capita, in this State, In $780,
as reported BY the last census, but $96, while
in Massachusetts it was $235. Maryland
possesses mere than double the area Of land
fit for cultivation, soil more fertile, q climate
much milder greater water power coal
mines, of which Massachusetts, has none !;
richer in iron located in a more central
position for trade with the whole Union. The
answer Is, the per centage of native free popu-
lation in this State who can neither read nor
write, is lilo, and in Massachusetts, 1t is
0.32. Or in other words, Massachusetts, with
population of !, 23l ,065, being 644, OBS more
than this State, had only 1861 male adults
szho could neither read nor write, and here
nsilere was IS, 426. We cannot afford, there
sol to throw any obstacles in the way Of
~ ic instruction. However defective or
spiae'59n r our present system may oe con
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INV ~ sue couh'y priue " our oou'sy oom-
With reference to the State tax of fifteen
cents on each one hundred dollars of taxable
property throughout the State, there Is no
question. II was levied aud collected last
ysa.' ana Suppose, VII pc aa1ins shn pr
9ena. ~ . ny nu,ni's snas eue lup ~
a 80. -" L ~. s1uss paso so0,
a s. i1sns : spe.hal County
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.no = Pc - .l.:r,"' VII. yanea
!. - u ~ ..a s asisa law ~, al'e 2.
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S 81, {, s uolis1s, ~
oenools anu ocnooi houses
WIS provision y inodineu
y loo1, enap.er z.o, Whicn
uonary WIZ lne county Iot
'nsne .ne ny No. y Aos, ~ ia,ey u.
peuient. ms ~. " lSoz require
aI,er me appropriaucn,o % certain Innas,
oaan rs. issnssary iof lne support q scnUo,s,
anu ln1 puiisulns y scnooi rnouses, snalI "
annuaiiy ss5na.su Y .ne Doaru q Goln'n's.
s 10 =. ~, aolc nenools, VINO sna.i fepof.
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are nerepy antnofizeo 70 icvy me sum 50
esllmaeeo anu reported, upon we assessaD p
property q .ns county,, tHey shdst aeeM tas
same s1peaaen., &c. this law, also, as stated
~ M. nouls, allows tne Frcsldcn. OF tne
ocnooI board Ss per day ana eacn q the
otner members ~ per gay, ior every gay tney
may pe occupied y at!ending me nMeungs o.
tne Doaro, &c,, PROVIDED, tne said Commis-
siohers, Or eitner q Inem, snail not charge
ior more tnan ten DAYS IN any one year.
Wnen became MEMBER OF tne preceding
board, IN marcn 1864, was told that tpis law
nad peen declared imperative; that our pre-
decessors actec accordingly, ana were govern
ca emu ~ ~ the law as lad down IN article
10, 2nd Nd. code, commencing on page lo4,
and the County Commissioners had obeyed its
requirements, and continued TO DO 50 without
question IhIs latter law allowed higher
rate 81 compensation 70 the members OF the
Board, and did not allow any discretion to
the county, Commissioners IN inc matter Of
the levy, put declared that the balance
necessary for the support OF schools, and the
building OF school houses, snail be annually
estimated and defermined ty The Bodrdgf Cam
m'ssioners Of Public Schools, who shall report
the same to the County commissioners and