The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-02-09
The Public school Muddle.

The Maryland School Tax Com.
mission has made it's report to the
Legislature, and we acknowledge
receipt of copies of Report from DR.,
Mackall, of Elkton, and Ront Shriv-
er, Esq, Secretary to the Board and
Commissioner.
A very comprehensive review OF
the system of Public Schools of the
State of Maryland is given in the
Report, with tables, showing the
inefficiency of the system and in
equitable distribution of the State
funds, but after the hotch work of the
system is exposed by the exhaustive
data compiled by the Commission
they utterly fail to agree in their
recommendation to the Legislature.
The majority of Commission con.
clude their Report with the following
recommendation. The Report is
signed by Jobu T. Morris, R. G.
Mackall and Robert T. Shriver.
The apportionment of the State School
Tax on the basis of the 'stotal number OF
different nnnils enrolledn in the nnbl;c
schools dnring the next prey,ous wear no
pupil TO be connted who has not made a,
least ten DAYS or twenty half-dav,s attend
apce during the wear. said number being
| ascerta ned as al present from The teachers
through their respective examiners and
from the examiners tbrouoh the STATE Roa I'd
of Education. and supplied by the Secretar,
of the State Board of Edncation IN the
COMPTROLLER annually no, later than the
fifteenth dav of Angnst
The fund for the support of the white
schools and that for the snpnort of the COL
cred schools 10 be apportioned separately
The fund tor the white schools to Be ar nor
rioned on the basis If The nnmher If ,pb;,s
pupils oniv: and the fund for the colored
schools to be anpor,ioned IN The has,s of The
number of eolored pupils onv
The minimum comfy lax for SCHOOL mr.
poses to lie at the same rate as the State
School Tax,
The scholastic wear to be not less than
seven and one-haif mouths, and in case any
county after contributing The minimum rate
| of county school lax, shall fail to keen its
schools open for that time for the lack of
funds to pay the necessary expenses thereof,
then additional aid IN he given sncb comfy
out of the State School fund. sufficient to
enable their schools to be kent omen the
ssstandard" year of seven and one-half
months, and the fund so received by such
comfy to be applied TO that purpose only.
The compensation of teachers above a
reasonable and proper average, approved by
the State Board of Education and the ex-
penses OF building. furnishing and repairing
citv of Baltimore to be- b eU'v bv anu them e
respectively.
The fund for the support of white schools
to be- say, 5000. 10000 and that of colored
scT Thass say y s.pnzo,ouG. :uo., .
effect: "'''D' '' 'D'e"'e0 -
l. An annual ceusps of the public school
children.
z. An equitable apportionment of the
o'S'e Senooi TAX.
s,nnort Of the wb;,a s. lne Su a,d o VI the
coiored schools to the persons onlv for whom
it is intended to be used.
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VINO mas the power and he will keep
Who can. These gentlemen send in
minority report and recommend
STICKING 10 tho pyasent lou. al
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'na"nei Vi "unlih,etel'ug it' without
crossing or dottlng an IN the
way of exchange. Great is Moss
back, the descendent of Standfast
The MINORITY snm mn ,bo;r ronor, -
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