Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-04-25

On the tuppO8lIlOu lIat IlCEC " 70 Wtf-
Eons of dollars Of taxable properly in the
county, = tax Of 6fee. cents on each one
hundred dollars will produce the sum Of
$1,000.
In the Virginia School Dis,ric, the per
cent. will be a triae below thirteen cents, and
in some Of the smaller districts the per cent.
will DO somewhat higher.
This tax will not be considered burdensome
on the county for school purposes, when 1t is
understood that the county school tax for
each Of the two preceding years was but Gf-
teen cent, on each one hundred dollars,
whereas the school law allowed 4 tax OF
thirty cents. The annual SUM for the past
two years from the school tax amounted to
about $1,000, about $1,000 more than 10
allowed for the salary Of one county officer,
and about one half the sum annually expend-
ed on the County Hospital.
San Francisco, with an assessment roll OF
abou. one hundred millions Of dollars, has a
school tax Of thirty:hre cents in gold coin
equal TO abou, for.y-seren cents in currency
on each one hundred dollars, and there are
in California about 4 half q sore Of counties
that levy q gold coin tax OF thirty centS-equd
70 Ersy errss in currency-and yet are I'M
able to keep their schools open but a little
more than half the year. There are now ten
schools in the county AID ten teachers.
There we're enrolled in the month OF March
on the school registers 4S7 pupils. There is,
in addition to the above, a pressing necessity
for re-opening the school for colored children,
closed some months since, we understand,
by the old Board OF Education, on account Of
~pecuniary considerations only. The School
Census Marshal Of this county returned
l,Ol0 persons between the ages Of six and
eighteen years, and also l35 between the ages
offour and six years, 50 OF whom, at least, OF
the last named class, we are credioly INFORM
en-, would attend school were facilities pro-
yidsd for their Accommodation. The same
report returned Ia persons between the ages
Of six and eighteen years who attended no
school whatever. and the probability is that
these figures do ~: fully represent the num-
Der Of that neglected class. This unfortunate
condition Of Affairs should not exist. The
public cannot we'll afford to allow this mass
Of igno-sa:e 20 grow VI in its midst, 70
ripen into vice and crime to vaccinate
the we'll meaning, well-trained and we'll
guarded children with the virus Of their
own vicious conversation and demoralized
habits. Our educational facilities should
be enlsrsed rather than diminished.
Provision should be made for the education
of ali, and then public sentiment should be so
intensified on this point that parents would
be compelled BY virtue Of its moral force to
look after the education OF their children, o!
school age. To close our schools for the
summer would be a public calamity, to which
the undersigned feel confident you would not
give your consent. Il would no. only great
" resard pupils in the progress OF their
studies, weaken their inclinations Tor study,
but il would throw large numbers OF idle
children upon the streets, open TO them in'
Vulnerable avenues to illurinS Temptations
and prove destructive to the future, OF many
hopeful pupils. All these evils ultimately
fasten themselves OF the public. In ADDITION
TO these and many other disadvantages tna'
might be named, it would so demoralize our
public schools, which now possess the con,
hdence OF the public, that years OF labor ano
arc, exnendi,ures Of money would be ueces-
,,ry 10 restore them to their present stand
ard Of efficiency and public confidence; be-
sides il would tend to drive away from US
many families which have been attracteo
hither and retained among US, on account o.
the educational advantages our county aford'
ed-families which place the education Of
their children above high wages, Lively times
and bright p~ecuniary prospects. we can III
afford to lose this class Of our population.
In another column will be found the calls
for an election in the several school districts
in the county, TO determine whether n specia
tax shall be levied for the amounts and tho
purposes therein named.
The undersigned, having now discharged
their duty in the premises, commit the mat
Ter 70 YOU for your calm elaboration and ma
ture Judgment, confident in the belief that
YOU will not weigh the consideration OF \ few
Thousands Of dollars against the educationa
claims Of our youth and the future OF oul
~ S. H. ROBINSON,
N. A. II. BALL,
C. C. BATTERMAN,
Trustees Of Gold Hill District.
JOHN HANF0RD,
T. G. CANNON,
A. BASSETT,
Trustees Flowery District.
LOUIS JANIN. JR.,
A. F. MACKAY,
GEO. W. HAzLET0N,
Trustees Virginia District.
J.. A. RIGBY,
L. B. HUSTLER.
LUKE CONNIFF,
Trustees American Flat District.