New-York tribune., 1867-08-19

without Distinguishing, the taxes raised in the incopO
Since Isl tho state tax has been annually leyled wed
Probably the returns in the CONTROLLER ONCE { 60 a.
& sun thi % fsc however il would be necessary to eK-
anime the returns FROM each county ioi 'io ~ '
not Known that county tax was ever raised ior
the support Of schools except a. a. No meaps Of as
ortann be fact short OF reference TO inc rccords i'll
the several town clerks, offices ,od money for the
s,,t ~ schools it must have been unoeT tpec aot;
and il can DO known only by re Hehoo u 'N0
' SuperintondeDt therefore. should undertake TO
to - tird subdivisiOn Of the resolution ana give
he o,nolt of the State tax, the CohYenuGh cum oi I'D
some esrae OF the magnitude Oh o "IlA, @ ,s sT ino
% necessary to dOt, by rejecting that the feSoIuton
res s TAX 10 be tabulated as TO show what sum
has been paid by every town ID to 9a ILL., ior ~ ycds,
Iii contain GA lines in 90 columns with calculation OF
te nercentages II will take two clerks not less
han month Of dIigcnt labor TO answer this inquiry
tian' S ~ when obtained would be worth the cost.
No person who as administered the department since
thoTaar 1872 thought 1t worth while to make such
abIaon. 10 might crafty curiosity but its utility Is
no mako the ratios required by subdivisions four FIVE
and six Of the resolution, would require about 5000
pntaons. The Superintendent cannot estimate the time
which would be required TO make them.
The Superintendent has not tho information at hand by
which he could readily answer the seventh subdivision OF
Free schools have established in many cities viii
lagos and districts by act OF the legislature in tho
Of the past 40 years Tho precise number Is not KNOWN
but DC ascertaned 10y an examination OF the
Guiding the cities such free schools probably exceed 700
In number.
any school district could establish free Schools and
districts could be formed by tho consolidation OF two or
more districts.
The school Commissioners. in their last reports state
the whole number OF Union Free School districts esaD-
lishcd under this law TO be lG2.
There IN this Department. reports showng the or
ganiZatiOn OF l45 Union Free Schools 80
The superintendent Is in doubt as to the meaning OF the
eighth subdivision Of the resolution.
lfit is TO be understood as requiring the
and of decrease TO be vcn for each school Tor each year
since 1t became free tse oomputa@9nHs @ rs T reqne many
only for the first year compared with the last year. then
il would require only many cOmpu aons us there are
Municipalities The number OF municipalities supposed
to be II cities and l2o incorporated villages,
Since this Department was fully organized say from
1857, the Superintendent give summary Of all the
facts reported yearly by the trustees OF the school as
cts Of the State. The annual report from this Depart
ment has contained tabulatcd summary for the year
The reports OF the trustees delivered to the School
Commissioners who make abstract of them, which s
transmitted 70 this Department. The manuscripts are
making up his annual report These bound volumes now
contain abstracts of nero than $4,000 school district re-
The number Of children of school age residing in the
district. ,,
some portion of the year.
3. The aggregate attendance Of such children -,
The number OF teachers empOyedlO inc leB SCHOOL
year H., A. ., A..
trict. , ,..... =, ,, .,t
y The amount raised In such district by rate-bills
e The amount received from all other for the
support Of schools. - ,,
O. The purposes for which such money was expended;
Two clerks might possibly prepare the abstracts iCr the
prntcr I'm six months They have never been published,
because the cost from year TO year would DO very great
without any apparent bcnett.
II has been deemed sufficient for the general inforna,
fon of the public make abstract giving the total
for each county under the several heads. These alb
sracts are appended the annual reports OF tho supr
intendent. .,
should the Convention order the Superintendent VIII
furnish whntcver information called for by the resolution
transmit ed 10 him. he obtaued but the Convention
viii sr by the foregoing statement that the task VIII be
difficult and expensive and from the want OF UNIFORM ana
complete statistics FOR manyyears II is 10 De feared e
report would be very unsatisfactory. Very respectfully
" NJ. RICE, superintendent OF Public Instruction