The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-01-27
State Education.

We have received from Rev l.. Van BokkrlIen
State Superintendent, Of Eiucaiion his fire, re.
port II isa very interesting document. and be.
side his rrPori proper, 1t contain. the reports Of
the Presidents Of the Boards of Commissioners
Of each county
The superintendent; says that the school ,at OF
u cents per SioO i not sufficient to ,nppor, the
schools more than ~ months 10 the year. unaid.
ed by the local tax. n The local tax Is moi II :
ne~ed, the working power u the sehools un,le,
the new system IN many counties. will lie no
stronger than under the old local law. which in
addition 10 the county tan permitted tuition ices
I" he collected from the pupils. The revenue
from this source was large. In Baltimore roun.
~ $4,000 waepad by the pupils. bring equal
~ an additional tax ofci cents. IN Cell. the
same per eeniun in Washington count, ; cts
aud in harford county cents per hundred dol.
lars. Tbese rates, added tn the local iaA. gave
'~cil What was equivalent 10 20 cents. lInrfora
!" cents. Balunprr Il cents aud Washington
l. cents When the local tax is Withdrawn. the
rH'r bill having Lccn repealed the schools will
rrcrivr smaller revenue than under the locn,
law. The whole amount Of money arportioned
To the counties u S3pu. 80: H. which divided
among the J ,ioO schools now in operation. gives
an average 81 $3.50 a. for each school. or l,.,
than S2o0 for the teachers salary. after deduct
ing ih" necessary amount for incidental expenses
Ia this connection he recommends a Modification
OF the law, and - increase OF the direct Stat,
school tax To twenty cents on the hundred dol.
lass AMI new assessment OF the properly OF the
state, by which means ample fund. will lie given
for the support Of schools nine months in the
year. For the erection of school houses he /. in
h'or OF district taxation orlcr,! by the voters
The objection 10 increased direct TAXATION. di,i.
del according to population without reference to
color he thinks ought 10 be ' honestly removed.
by providing for the education OF solored chill.
dren as the constitution designs In the ,tlurn.
ton Of colored children. the superintendent i,
enthusiastic lie thinks that the constitutional
provision by which the ..'hool money j. divided
according 10 population without reference 10 col
or, imposes upon ~ legal obi cation To educate
all children black a well as white. in separate
schools. Under the constitution all the none,
received from the fifteen ccui. State tax is divided
by the total number Of persons between i've aud
twenty years. white aud hlsck Thus. one dol.
lar and sixiy-eighi cents per ear Was apporlion.
ed TO each person, and that sum multiplied by
the total population between five aud ,wrn,,
years gave the amount receiyel hy each county
Charles county, for instance has g. iGG persons
between five and twenty. She therefore receive,
Sl0, ss3 -. But by the ac, of legislature she il
released from the responsibility NJ educating l..
3si Of these persons, the. brng black. and uses
the entire school money cor the education Of -
Ose thus receiving = for each. On the other
hand, Allegheny county receives SIs.eG4 "a for
population Of 10, sal. nearly all OF whom hav.
TO be educated there being only 4Gl colored chill.
dren in the county, thus receiving Only 81 ~ for
each pupil This. the superintendent holds. is
IN unjnst discrimination in favor Of certain coun.
ties. II alone would furnish suiiicien, reason for
requiring separate schools TO be opened for col.
ored children. even we're there no arguments u,,-
on economic and moral grounds