The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-12-06

In accordance with Section Z, Chapter
4, of the School Law. the Board of School
Commissioners of Hartford county present
their annual Report and Statement, as fol-
lows:
The Board submit their Annual State
ment, with the hope that the accompany
ing Tables will prove satisfactory. twill
be seen from Table A there were 70 Schools
in operation, requiring 70 Principal and
8 Assistant Teachers.
The Sixth District or Havre de Grace is
marked As one School, one Principal and
five assistants.
The five distinct Schools, formerly in
that Town, occupy four rooms in the Town
Hall, and the Brick School House adioin-
ing, belonging to the Corporation, from
WHOM we rent the five Rooms, at $265 per
annum. These rooms have been specially
fitted up for School purposes, and are well
adapted to the health and comfort of the
pupils To the credit, and due apprecia-
tion of education, we attribute the libcr-
atty off. 7. Frieze, John T.. Wareham
J. It. Fields, r. r. Vahdiver, and the other
gentlemen, composing the Town Commits
sioners, for appropriating the rent paid by
the Board to them, to sustaining the School
in their town during the summer Term,
while the Public Schools of the county
were generally suspended.
1t will be seen that the average daily at
tendance was 1854, out of an average num-
Der of pupils, on roll of $3.50, that is $50
pupils were absent daily. How to remedy
irregular attendance, is question that re-
quires careful consideration, which we leave
to the wisdom of Others. There were $3.50
different pupils attended School during the
past year. An increase of Al on 1871, and
increase of 275 on 1870.
1t is u sad reflection, that only $500 ont
of6,614 white children attended the Public
Schools, during the past year. five allow
1000 to have attended private schools,
academies and colleges, there would be
2,058 who do not attend any school, and
who are growing up in our county without
the blessing of u common school education.
What the State requires is an intelligent
citizen, as the citizens are sovereigns they
cannot exercise their sovereign rights and
privileges intelligently without education,
which the State and county proffers to
them.
The "good law" as one of our journals
calls the law of the last Legislature order
ing a census of Hartford county to be TAX
en-, has proved to be of advantage to the
School Fund. In 1871, the quarterly School
Tax distribution to Hartford, was g., 707. 33
In October, 1872, the distribution was So
252.08-a gain per quarter of $544.75 gain
for three quarters &l,834.25. Add to this
gain of $213.95 on the School Fund-$1,-
84S .20-which in nine years will amount to
$16,633.S0. The July payment is irregu-
lar. In 1871 it was o., 020.21; in 1872, 3d.
813.44-an increase Of $78723. But our
distribution does not equal that of 1863
'69-$3,929.42. We concur in the remark
of the Democrat: "Had all the districts
been correctly reported, the gain to the
county would have been $4,000 in nine
years. 1t will be perceived that the prin-
cipal part of the Indebtedness of the Board
amounting to $S,S46.06, is for new school
houses, repairing and furnishing. Bel Air
School House cost, $1,25s.5O, Aberdeen,
$1,251.50; No. 6, 9th district, (Wison's)
5000, and No. 16, 9th District, (Stafford)
$940. Total $435o. OF this amount g..
600 has been paid.
1t is a source Of inconvenience to the
Board, as we'll as to the Teachers, that the
Collectors do not make an effort to pay one
fourth Of the amount in their hands quar-
terly, in order that we may pay promptly
the quarterly salaries of Teachers. The Law
requires quarterly payments from the Col
lectors, yet it is neglected. If our County
Commissioners be as liberal in granting
the 10 cents Tax for the schools in 1878,
as they were in 1872, the Board will be
able to pay off the $2,2S7 of Indebtedness,
and keep the Schools in operation the
four terms, as intended by our Legislators.