Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-01-21


settle with the superintendents of the poor
be authorized to examine the county poor
house and report the condition of the
same to this board.
District attorneys report was read as
follows:
STATE or WISCONSIN, Jefferson
County.-ss.
A. G. Steiner, district attorney of said
county, being duly sworn says that all
the money he has received by virtue of
his said Office, is the sum of one thousand
dollars, which sum was received on the
forfeiture of the recognizance of the case
of the state of Wisconsin VS.. S. J. Hickey
and M. Longmeyer, and the said sum of
one thousand dollars has been paid into
the county treasury. A. G. STEINER.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
9th day of November, 1879.
FRANK B. FUTILE, Notary Public.
&. j. Golfers report was read by the
clerk and ordered to be placed on the
journal of the proceedings of this board:
TO the Honorable Board Of Sup perUisors
Of Jefferson County:
Accompanying my regular annual re-
port submit the following special report
for your consideration:
| am able to report marked progress
in all branches of school work.
There seems, in various parts of the
county, to be demand arising for bet
ter grade of teachers to which they are
willing to pay fair wages, and notwith-
standing the stringency of the times,
there is strong tendency toward longer
terms of school; eleven schools that for a
number of years have maintained only
one term of five months, have this year
maintained two terms of school and
heightened out the time.
A very marked improvement is being
made in school buildings, very large
advance having been made in the year
of the total valuation of school property
in the county, by building new houses,
as well as by purchasing additions to
the sites and enclosings, and in a
few instances ornamenting the same.
While the county has no reason to fear a
comparison with adjoining counties few
more years and she may proudly chal-
lenge it. Out of 131 school houses, in
the county, seventy are built of stone or
brick, thirty-seven have sites of one acre
or more, sixty three are well inclosed,
and eleven are Ornamented and improv-
ed.
In regard to uniformity to text books,
there has been a great change during the
year; ninety-one districts having made
an adoption, and seventy of these have
no others in the school.
Since my last report / have held IL
examinations, at which there were present
for examination six hundred and fifty
one persons. I have issued certificates
to two hundred and sixty-fve persons
granting three hundred and twenty-one
certificates, fifty-six persons having been
examined twice during the year, either
to raise their standing, or to obtain a
higher grade.
have visited one hundred and twenty
two schools since my last report, making
two hundred and five visits. The work
of visiting schools is somewhat less this
year than the previous years, owing to
sickness during part of the winter term
and the beginning of the Summer term.
A weeks institute has been held at
Jefferson, conducted by Professor John
son & Miller, with an attendance of 81
teachers, with which all who attended or
visited were we'll pleased, and I deem it
to have been of great benefit to the
county.
1 also joined. (by the consent and ad-
vice of the State Superintendent with
Superintendent Flavin of Dodge county
and Ninman, of the city of Watertown,
in joint institute of one week, at which
fifty-six Jefferson county teachers were
present.
STATISTICS.
Total amount of money expen-
ded for school purposes dur
ing the year--------------$42554 40
Total number of pupils in at
tendance e-------------- 6427
Average expense per pupil Sc 62
Total number of pupils be-
tween and 20 years of age 10647
Ratio Of Attendance in the several
towns in proportion to the whole number
Of pupils.
Name Percentage No. in atten'ce in
of towns. of attendance. pirate schools who
have not atted'd
pub. schools.
Aztalan- ..61
Cold Spring -.74a----