The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1871-01-21
Report of State Board of Education.


On the l4th instant the State Commissioners
of Education made their report to Governor
Bowie. The Commissioners are NJ. A. Newell,
Principal of the State Normal School John W.
Page, Examiner of Frederick county George
H. Carman, President of the School Board for
Baltimore county; A. j. Aydelott, President of
the School Board of Worcester county, and DR..
Thomas A. Carrico, President of the School
Board of Charles county. From their report we
compile the following statistics
The average number ofschoos for 1870 was L.
800, being 13 more than for 1869. Total num-
Der of scholars for 1870, was II, Asa, being o.
O52 more than that of the previous year The
average attendance was 40,05l, being 6,l5l
more than for 1862 There were 973 male teach
ers employed and 69l females, making ,664 in
all. The schools were open on an average dur
in nine months of the year, this being a month
less than the average length Of the school year OF
1869. The amount of tax paid by the State for
school purposes was $34l, 413.72, being SIG, &C.,
So less than was paid for the same purpose last
year. The amount paid for teachers salaries in
1870 was $473, 1923, being $l3,2Oo.l6 less
than was paid in 1869 for the same purpose =
The amount paid for building and repairing
school houses in 1870 was 500, GAG. II, being
| $7,876.05 less than was expended for this pur-
pose in 1869. In 1870 there were paid for books
and stationery $50 1884 40, being So, 7246l less
| than was paid for these materials the previous
year. The item for supervision and office ex-
penses is $38, 1880, being less than the amount
expendended for the same purpose the previous
year by ST., 5S2.ll. The incidental expenses were
$40, 10, being $705.44 less than for 1861
Miscellaneous expenses were So, l2907, which is
So, 56454 less than the same expenses for the
year 1869. The amount paid to the colored
schools $4, 59O3l, which is So, 500 Oh more than
was devoted to this purpose in 1869. The total
decreases over the year 1869 aggregate $32, 088.-
3d. The items of increase aggregate So, 936.56,
making net decrease of $23, 25l.8l. This de-
crease has been effected by reducing teachers
salaries and keeping schools open in some locali-
ties only three terms instead of four.
The scholars in the city of Baltimore number
ed 81, 795, which added TO the 77,455 of the
counties make 80, 249. The teachers of the city
number 5ll, making 1888 for the entire State.
Teachers salaries in the city amounted to $780,
72422 ; cost of books and stationery $50, 400
90. The total expenditure in the city for school
purposes was S462, 1911. The colored schools
of the city number Is, having l, 743 scholars.
The salaries of the teachers for these schools
amounted to $50, 1874. The total expense OF
city colored schools was SIG, 67S.7s.
There were several vital changes made in the
school law by the legislature Of 1870 1t created
State Board of Education made the School
Commissioners appointive by the Judges of the
Circuit Court of their respective counties and re-
duced their number to three in the smaller and
five in the larger counties The number of stu
dents entered at the Normal School during the
year was 10, this being an increase of 20 over
1869. These made an average daily attendance
of 100. There were l23 who graduated at this
institution against IL for 1869. OF the Normal
students there are Isl now engaged in teaching.