The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-12-30

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other assnns prosided, shall Be levied and sppor
toned annually for the support asd nsaasenance
OF CousmOa 6ohoosa"
This cos min az Is now, snd has been almost
from the adoption Of the Constitution, Annually
levied and coilecsed. and appMtsoned- The
Common School Fuad, asprpvidcd BY the fourth
section of the same article b dcFivsh3e from the
thai have been or msy heresheT be granted n
the State By the United States for educational
purposes appgopriatioes by the Stsse; the prn-
ceeds Of other lands or property which may
sccrue To The State by escheat or forfeiture; the
proceeds of all property granted n the Stale
when the Purpose al such grant shall not be sre
cited all moneys whsch may be paid ~ 90
exempsion from military duty all fines COZ
iected under the penal lsws ri ihss State; such
portions Of the PR ospita tar a. may be pre-
scribed Cor educational purposes; twenty-five
per ceaiom NJ the public lands which n''W are or
may hereafter be owned by the State"
The above one mill special tax amounted
in 1893. To t55 ,297.
The bonds 10 the hands of the State Treasurer
belonging 10 the Common Schooi Fund. which
have been purchased with proceeds arising from
the sources mentioned Ia the tonrth section,
uf the eighth article Of the Constitution. amount
meso 10 S457 So They hear isfes@a II from
fsar e seven per cent. and the total iuser0s per
aauum II - 3fl fhns We have an annual land
al 4S1 GIL from SEaze I" sources" distinguished
from Usaafy sources, applicable TO Common
School support. You viii understand that the
principal of the Comssoa lSclaog Faad, rs distin-
puished from the " one mill special annual tax
il To remain inviolate but that the latter and the
interest on the former are applicable, and in fact
annually applied, TO the support and maintenance
Of snch schools The Common School Fund is
almost daily increasing. IL now owns about
aga 600 acres of land, the proceeds OF which
when sold will be invested In bonds.
The counties OF this State levied in 1883. for
The support of Common Schools, taxes To the
amount OF 1859 SAB Add 10 this the $S1 81 /
from State SOURCES, and we have the sum at
&25l 154 as Flor ias annual provision for the
support and maintenance Of CoraDaoa Scheeds
NAV remark that, considering the well
known progress of our State. the amount deriva-
bic from the lone mill II tax will not b.
presumed To decrease. The assessed value "f
the property in the State was, in 1876. $29 6SS :
600 in 1880 $3I ,157 000; and in 1888, SIS 249,
O00
In 1883. the Legislature appropriated 81 600
for that wear and n similar amount for the year
1884 for the rurpose OF holding Teachers lns
tu,es at such times and places the Superin-
teadent of Public Instruction should designate
The same legislature appropriated $4,000 FIR
the wear 1888 and The sumo am 7unt for 1884, for
the purposes Of Normal Instruction, or, in the
language Of the statute " for the training OF per
sons in the art OF teaching the various branches
are usually taught in the Common Schools oi
this State = such "persons" only, however, Is
-.n,end tn make teaching profession.
The same legislature also appropriated $40
900 for the year 1885, and "a like amount tor the
wear 1884 - for the establishment aud mainien-
ance of an asylum FOR the education, maintenance,
and OF all persons residing in this State, be
tween the ages Of six AMI twenty one years, who
may be blind. or deaf and dumb, and are not able
To educate and maintain themselves The asy
lum has been locaied at ST Augustine. and the
contractors a. work on the buildings
There are two seminaries OF learning in this
State one being located al Tallahassee and the
other at Gainesville They are both In most
satisfactory state OF efficiency receiving as they
do the following interest money well aid
from other sources The seminary Bond Fund
was, on January /, 1884. $50 400, and bears An
annual interest of S. 500 There are still on
hand about 80 GEO acres of land, the proceeds of
which when sold, will be invested, and the in-
teres, thereon, like that Of the above bonds will
be applicable To the support of these semnarses.
The principal is invsolaie. The lands were
granted by the United States-
The Agricultural College Fund. the proceeds
of the land grant made by the United States
Congress 10 this State, is 1854 500 principal.
Tue annual interest borne by the bonds which
constitute it is 50 10. the College has been e.
tablished al Lake City in Ceiurnsia County, and
opens this wear with a full corps OF Professors
Recasituating the above figures, We fad in
the shape of annual contribution 10, or provision
tor educational interests in Florida, the follow
ing
The zone mill tax levy. SO ~.
Interest on Common school Fund 5,Sl4
County taxes for Common Schools l69,54S
Teachers Institute appropriation l,00o
Normal school appropriation ----- S0o
Arriculturai College inferes. 9107
Appropriation for Deaf and Dumb or Blind 10000
Thus total annual contribution of $o79, 76l is
made in th.s State for the advancement OF educa-
tson.
The above does mot include the receipts from
bounty OF the illustrious Mr. George Peabody.
NV information is, that the following amounts
were received during the following years:
1875. Observation-Disclosures. $SGo
is7e-s0 $500
issl-a OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $50
1855 SH00
1854 2000
Total. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT lssoo
The figures for the other years, as the Saperin-
iendent Of Public destruction, from whose oface
l have obtained those for the years named, in
forms me, not 10 be AseertsiBcd from the
records 10 be found therein
The data complied abnve have been 0tstained
from the E0mpirulier, Treasurer, and Cemmis
sioaer Of Lands and Immigration, OF their OH
ciai reports
| annex hereto exhibits marked A and B,
which may prove instructive on the subject of
this paper
Trusiinx that the above may prove ssiisfacto-
~. and regresti0g that circumstance beyaad my
cnutr.a hsve prevented me from furnishing It be-
fare, am, very truly ys1n,
GroaGE r. RAxEy.
Primary E3ec81oa IN Moaroe
Comfy.
Pursuant 10 q call issned By the Democratic
Exscative Camnisses Prinary vas hsad n fhe