Deming headlight., 1893-08-05


r. u. Thollmau, school eupernlona.
eni Tor Grant county, sends the llnAn.
lunr soFy interesting foperi oI tho
schools log lho past ycnf comprised with.
IA bic !, indlctlon. According "a tho
showing ihoro Aro 40 schools IA TIE
county, counting eaoh dlneenl depart
meat AZ one school IN Olsloa llke Dom.
ing and Hllyof city. The entire school On
follmons foF che county ls 1898 rhlldfen
of school aeon, Tho average attendance
q esl, bolng about onefhlrd 81 the en-
rollment. This shortage ls undoubtedly
nilributahlo 70 tho faei that The enroll.
meut oomprlscs al ages between and
a and very few attend school after
reaching the ago Of 10 years. The aver.
ago attendance in Silver City Il 1e4. The
average attendance Ii Dcming 10 i0i.
Silver city pays her ioncheFb eoRo0 Ia
al, the highest salary being ti5O per
month. Doming pays a total 70 teachers
Of ff,0oi, the amount paid the principal
being gi55 por month. Central City pays
800, Georgetown 41760, Lordaburg ESQ,
Plnos Altos eeb, and the other salaries
range between $40 and el0 In The differ.
ent precincts. Silver City and Demine
held school for ten months torn, Gem
ifal City for nine, Han YeIdro, Pinoa Al
ios and Lordabufg. each oIeht monihs.
she others ranging down % as low A.
ihroe mohshs.
Tho silver City high school, with an
average attendance Of Ia little over ten.
ccsi sii5 per pupil FOR the year. The
highest average per pupil ia DOMINO
WAS ei7.A0.
Mr. Theilmans report concludes with
the following.
"The public school fund 81 New Mexi.
90 under the law of 1891 10 composed of
four parls;
FiFsi--Thc general fund which 10
raised by tnx not 70 exceed three nIlle
on sho dollar Of all property ia the Ter.
fitory. This TAX Is levied By tho Terri.
toriai Auditor and IL uniform in all the
counties Of the Territory. Ia the tax
levy Of 1893 Il was mills; ia tho present
year Il Will only be two mills.
second--Ihe temporary fund, which
10 composed Of thc following; The pro.
cooda Of all intessale estates which
esohcat % the Territory, forfeiture Of
bonds Of county, precinct and Territorial
school oiliccrs, ali fines, the proceeds
Of Gales Of lost goods or easrays. ali
moneys arising from licenses imposed
on liquor dealcra, diasIlleriea, broworIes,
wine presaoa, gaming tables or games Of
chance. All moneys derived from these
sources belong 70 the school fund Of the
precinct In which tho Same are raised,
except the gaming license, which, BY q
law Of the last Legislature now placed
In the general fund Of tho COUNTY.
Third--rhe POLL tax Of one dollar I'm.
posed on all able bodied male persons
over The ago Of twenty-one years.
Foursh.-Ihe special tax. Alldlssrlcts
are allowed 10 voto special tax on
Themselves IA addition 70 the general
tax levied by the Territorial Auditor.
"Fhese taxes are collected and turned
over 10 the county treasurer. On The
first Mondays Of January, April, July
and October tho general fund ls appor.
toned 70 the different districts Of the
county This is done by dividing tho
whole amount Of money on band by the
number Of persons Of school ago--bo.
tween hve and twonty.ono, to obtain the
ratio per scholar. This rate IL multiplied
by the number Of scholars In oach dls.
irlci and the product IL the amount
placed TO tho credit Of the district by the
county treasurer. The apportIonmens Is
made by the county Superintendent and
ecEtlded to the county Treasurer
Thus far, the rate per scholar has been
S8.se. The number OF scholars In the
county 10 5000, hence tho amount appor.
toned IN the general fund since Jan. ist,
1898 ls si0,oeOOs Tho amount raised
IN the temporary fund 10 20 ,e50ai. OF
this somo Of the dlstrlela do not derive
the benefit. The report Of the schools
Of the county 80 far as can be at present
obtained viii be Of interest TO the pub
lie In several ways, Only by continued
and close inspection Of all tho conditions
can the system be improved. BY I'm
proving the system we gradually Inn
prove the schools.
"Ae the schools nre on financial basis
u was thought best In this ilfst report 10
make the financial feature the most
prominent II will bo seen that
the amount Of money provided per
pupil varies from e00a 70 sia.76. that
the cost OF teaching one pupil per month
varies from ei.f0 70 ei450, that the
amount Of money expended for teaching
one pupil per year varloa from 5000 10
$4,000, that the length Or school torn
varies from three 70 ten mouths.
There are several items Of much Inter.
est omitted, such ~ the standing Of the
dlsiricis n present financially, viz, the
amount Of money expended by each DIS
trlct for other purposes than tonching,
the value Of the school property at each
district
The special tax levied by several dln-
trlcia Is also wanting. Some districts
are entirely omitted, Ia others the report
Ia regard 20 them is incomplete for the
want of sulllolenl rate for tho same. The
general fund has been augmented by
100000 by the law which turned the
gaming llcenso 10 the general Instead Of
tha preelnct fuNd "a. u Hall fnow II