The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-12-19

\ ID. McduS Vi governing.
Training the will and forming cor
rect habits of feeling, thought\ and
action.
Punishments.
ID Kinds.
(2) When and how used.
4. Parental cooperation.
How secured in governing.
a. On the way to and from school.
(2) At school.
In preventing hardness and Sc
curing regular attendance. NJ
In influencing home study and as
sisting the teacher in various other
ways.
5. School recreations.
Botanical collections.
Geological collections.
Archaeological collections.
The attention of school trustees is
again called to the following important
circular, issued by the department of
education, so that if they intend to act
they should Go so at once:
To Trustees
In the majority of school districts,
thorough efficiency in the public school
requires the levy of a local school
tax. The necessity of local taxation
for the support of good public schools
is coming. to be better understood each
year. The number of taxing districts
has increased about 100 per cent.
during the past twelve months. To
make the levy and collection of this
tax certain for the next sch plastic
year 1890-91, the tax should be voted
before the LIST of January, 1890. The
tax voted before January l will be as
sessed in January, 1890, and following
months, and will be collected in Oc-
tober, 1890, and following months.
AS a general rule schools main
tanned by local taxation cost nine
tenths of the patrons about half as
much as schools maintained by private
tuition.
Blank petitions are furnished the
county superintendent and county
judges For the law relating to dis
trict taxation, see Chap. WILL, pages
l6 and II, school laws (1SS9); and for
formation of taxing districts in COM
munity counties, see Chap. TX, page
Is, school laws QSS9).
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
There was nothing of Importance
yesterday in the executive Office.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The following charters we're flied in
the Office of the secretary OF stab YES
terday:
The Indiana Stone Works, If In,
diana; capital stock, 100000.
The Kingon & Co., limited, ofGreat
Britain and Ireland; capital stock,
1912, 000 The company j. Organized
for the purpose of engaging in the bust
ness of provision cureRs and povision
merchants in all tAeir branchs.
ooMPrRoLLE9s DEPARTMENT.
The comptrofer's departp tents yes
terday werefery light and {ther bust
ness of public interest was very dull.
The com9troller's report Yill soon be
out. D.n.,,m.n. ., r,n.,l,o,
Superintendent Cooper is sending
out the proper blanks for the scho-
lastic year, commencing September l,
The olBwing instructions accom-
pany the blanks sent to city asses
sors:
The scholastic census of the indie
pendent district lefty, town or vii
lage] WI be taken by the assessor of
the Municipality; or, if no munich
pality exists, by the assessor ap-
poinA by the school board.
l. The assessor will enroll the
mans of all children residing within
the astrict who will be eight years OF
age.nd not more than sixteen years
of .5e on the first of September, 1890.
! The roll must be completed prior
tcyhe first day of June of each year
al filed, verified by the affidavit of
tie assessor, with the board govern
jig the schools, city council or board
4 trustees, as the case may be, on or
'efore the tenth day of June of each
ear.
3. The assessor is required by law to
make two abstracts of the rolls, and
fter verifying them by affidavit, and
fter securing the approval of the
mayor or president of the board of
rustees, as the case may be, to file one of
he abstracts with the mayor or pres
dent of the board and to forward the
ther abstracts to the state superin-
ntendent ION or before the LIST day of
uly OF each year."
4. The assessor is requested to enter
nder the column of the roll headed
Remarks" the name, age, sex, color
nd postoffice address of each blind or
eaf and dumb child in the district.
County superintendent have the
instructions issued to them
The county superintendent is re-
uired by law to take the scholastic
ensus of the county.
l. The census must be taken by
istricts in districted counties. The
anne, age, sex and color of each child
esident in the county Exclusive of
hildren residing within the limits OF
districts) who are eight
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