Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-01-12
oUE ooMMoN SCHOOL sYsTEM.
No..
InennaIitv of Taxat1on.

In order that we may the better appreei-
ate the significance of the figures, which
follow, it may be well to state that the law,
as il now stands and is enforced, requires Of
each district to keep open its schools four
months in each year or forfeit the State ap-
preparation Under these requirements,
we find in Jefferson county, that tax Of lS
mills to the dollar is required to keep open
the schools four months at an average rate
of $50 per month to teachers in Knox dis
trict, while its richer neighbor, Corsica, is en-
abled to obtain months school, at an aver
age teachers salary of S25, with tax of
only five mills to the dollar. That is in or
der to obtain the same advantages the poor
er district would have to endure five times
as high rate of taxation as the richer
In Indiana county, Canoe district obtains
four months school at SIG per month for
teachers, with taxation of l3 mills to the
dollar, while Saltzburg district with 81 mills,
obtains the same length of term and pays
her teachers SIS per month. Here again
we find the same advantages gained by the
richer district at less than one fourth the
rate of taxation Of the poorer.
In Lancaster county, East Hempfeld has
SIX months school at s29, with l3 mill tax,
while West Lampeter has eight months at
$30with l.5 mill tax. Here we find the
poorer district would be obliged to bear II
times as high rate of taxation in order to
gain the same educational advantages as its
richer neighbor.
In Centre county, Taylor district has four
months school @ $50, with u mill tax,
while Farmers mills district obtains six
months a. $2S.S3 with two mill tax or
about one-twelfth again.
In Bucks county, New Britain has Eve
months O. $25, with u mill tax, while
Northampton has FIVE months "a s26, with
a 2 two mill tax or less than twelfth
In Luzerne county, Dennison has five
months a SIT, with Is mills, while New
Columbia has seven months a. 1856 with
l.5 mills or less than one-twelfth.
In Lebanon county, Heidelberg has FIVE
months ca $40, with II mill tax, while
Cornwall has six and one half months a.
$2S, with mill or one-eighteenth the rate
of tax of the poorer district
In Potter county, Sweden district has
four months "a SIS, with l3 mill tax,
while Coudersport has eight and one-half
months (G $26, with 2 mill tax, or one
thirteenth the rate Of Sweden.
In Northampton Co., Moore district has
four and two-third months (9 $40 with a
20 mill tax. while Bethlehem Borough has
nine months "a $3SSs with mill tax, or
gets the same advantages at one fifty.t fourth
part the rate of taxation Of the poorer dis
Erict.
The average rates of taxation in differ
entcounties, by comparison, show like inc
quality. Thus. Bucks county with an ay.
erage taxation of LIZ mills has an average
of S.28 months school at an average salary.
Of $25. 90. 4E8 - Esf1
Mexican, with tax Of 6.s mills, obtains
6.07 months school q $2L09. To enable,
Mexican to obtain the same length ofschool
term at the same salaries as Bucks, would
require Of her a rate Of taxation nearly six
times as great Lehigh county, with tax
Of 2,l5 mills and teacher salary of$22 SO
has $40 months school, while Clearfeld
county has 4.29 months, with salary Of
e24. AS and a tax Of O. 27 mills, or at about
Eve times the rate of taxation required in
Lekigh to- obtain the same advantages.