The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-15
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Although too laic to Influence IA,
Trustees In making their annual assess
ment. We publish the following from III.
Indiana school Journal, for the good i
may do in the future:
TO TRUSTEES.
The time IL now drawing near whsr
Trustees will have To levy the taxes foI
special and tuition purposes.
Some Trustees have done their full
duty IN this regard They have levied
sufficient special tax to enable them "a
put their school-houses In good repair,
TO build what new ones were needed.
and to furnish all with good desks.maps,
globes. charts, &c, and have levied suf.
fcicnt tax to enable them to keep their
achools open from eight 10 nine months
III the year. Others have put their school
houses in good repair. but have levied
but little tuition tax. Then there is still
third class. who. on the plea that "The
people complain so awfully Of the taxes"
or "Thc people 10 not want it, are still
running along with diIapidatei houses,
furnished with "box-seats," with no de.
cent out.houses. no maps, no globes. no
charts in short, nothing for the teacher
to work with.
We have reason to believe that this
third class Is quite large. This matter
is entirely in the hands of Trustees, and
il is to be hoped that they will all think
carefully Of their responsibility in this
regard before fixing the taxes for the
coming year. 1t Is fact that NO tax is
so chcertully paid by the great masses
OF our people, as the scho0l-tax; and i'll
j. further true that wherever a Trustees
has taken advanced grounds-has levied
the tax. improved his school, houses and
his schools, the people have uniformly
sustained him.
Let Trustees consider this matter care
fully, and do their full duty.
TO EXAMINERS.
We wish to call the attention OF Ex.
aminers to the above, and suggest the
propriety of calling a meeting OF the
Trustees for the purpose of considering
the matter Of special taxes. Examiners
ought to have influence with their Trus.
tees, and could do much in the way OIL
urging the necessity Of better school,
houses, and longer terms OF school. Wei
believe that Examiners, by cOncerted|
action in this direction, could increase .
the average length Of the school term
the State from one to two
months.
Will they put forth the effort?
TO TEACHERS.
Teachers have . special interest in the
matter, and should lose no time in bring
ng 1t before the minds Of both Trustees
md Examiners, and urging upon them
he necessity Of action. They should
make personal appeals to the Truatees,
Ind represent to them the great advan-
ages growing out Of the lengthencdl
chool term. Let everybody who is in
crested in this matter 20 to work at
'nce, and work earnestly.
ARTICLES Of association Of the Ncwl
I ork and Chicago Airline Railway are
lied with the Secretary Of State. The
ompany has for Its objects the building, :,
and operating of a railroad y
rom point on the dividing line be-
ween the States of Indiana and Illinois. :
or near township 81 north, range 10
rest, in the county Of Lake. Indiana,
nd passing thence eastward through, l
nto. or near the counties of Lake, Por-
er, Laporte, Stark, ST. Joseph. Marshall.
Ilkhart, KOsciusko, Noble, Allen, and
)eKalb, to the dividing line between 4
he States Of Indiana and Ohio. at or =
ear where the dividing line between :
ne counties of DeKalb and Allen, In
lana, strike the State Of Ohio. The road
estimated at about 100 miles in length. o
he capital stock is placed at $4,000 600, :.
ivided into shares Of $5Oeach. The fol- Z
owing are named a. q Board of Direc. 7
Or for the first year: Abner Taylor,
'hicago; Thomas Smell and James T. r
nell, Clinton, Illinois; James Aiken, :
aendota, Illinois; Lee A. Hall, Clarks-
lille, Missouri; and John G. Prescott,
indianapolis, Indiana.
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