Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-03-26
STATE HOUSE.
Matters Of Interest to Schools
of the State.
Chat on Educational Matters With
Mr.. Wiggin.
Formation Of Monmouth Company and
Other Corporations.

| vi oi XIV liS llllOIiild lNll, IL Is AWAY =
cheerfully and willingly furnished.
For instance:
The school department recently re-
| cciVcd 4 request for an explanation as
| 70 how the State school money was alD-
! pCrtioncd.
| Some people know-many people do
not. SO, this is as it was explained 10
, US.
Up to 1888, the legal age Of persons
entitled to attend the public schools Of
the State We're from 4 to u years.
Now. after July of each year the
State superintendent Of schools is re-
quired to give the. state treasurer a list
from All towns making common school
and fiscal returns: also of the number
Of persons III each town between the
ages of i and Il years.
The law enacted in 1893 changed the
legal age Of the pei sons entitled to at
tend scnool from Al to 5-21 years.
This report was all right, but the
cnumerators We're not 50 instructed and
they Kept on III the old standard of
from t to u years.
Now, in 1865, the Legislature changed
this by enacting Il law which provided
that the LEGAL age Of persons entitled
to attend school ANA that taken by the
enumerator for the same purpose
should be the same to u years.
Now, comes the answer to the uues-
tion, given very concisely by Hon. Ed
win Wigsin, the able assistant of Su-
perintendrnt of Schools Stetson.
III" question was. in brief: How
and What is the State School Fund
Composed ,?
Mr.. Wiggin said:
"on receiving the number Of legal
scholars from the superintendent of
| schools. the state treasurer makes his
| appOrtionment of the school funds. The
| returns are made 10 him after July | Of
each year ana the funds are available
| TO the many schools after January l of
| the following year. For convenience
| each school division is spoken of as \
! town.
| In general terms the school money
| is made up of the general school fund
and the mill tax.
| Fist-The law gives to the schools
"n"-half of the Savings Bank tax and
0nc-hHlf the tax on the Trust and
Blnl;ing COS.
Again-lt gives per cent. interest on
| tlir permanent State school fund which
WAS derived from the sale of state
township lands. vcals ago. the princi-
pal of which has been kept in thu. state
treasury.
!" ilu"'f;ito' IN" following figures are
taken from tn" statistics OF 1908. be-
| caus" they Hr" the latest nvaila BILE
ones. The laSt arpnrtionmcnt was
made ~, that L.,sis. H.. ,,.,,t u.iII H., ~,
th" legislation of the last. Great and
General Court. Remember. the appor-
toi'Hoit Is hidu" IN July ANA is avail
AiIe after TN" next january. This shows
luSt where IN" money came from and
i"'" u "'ls distributed.
IAN on savings banks ............%$5I1. 80. -.
'''S' ''i'" BANNING '"S. ''''.'.'' l''"r'''
s-ao ooo +,
Dnr-hDlf far echnols wnnIJ moan s,;i tqp e
Six per cent. interest on tht. per
h.'r'it school lund would GiN" 2'.'E'ii
sa,1 Nh a.
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finn. ,,,,,, r,o,,, ,,,o .,.,, 49,, ,,,.,',,,,
nr ,...n'.;',I ,,,,,ra,.i,tio,,s, ~. ~, ~,
isI,+,,., .t caI,a,,e.
..,.., 1,
S,.LnIt in ,,nnrgongci tnv.n:i,i,c 0.41 .o
Tclrh, rs meetings .............. l0iu.t0
SUNNI training s'hno'S ana dis
m,,.t. VI ''''' '''''''''' '''" IA co
Lee Normal Academy ......... OOo. .tl
lrE'al livc bills in Iavcr IF dc
'i''i''"' '"""S ''''''-''''''''''''. i'f'l Z"
SI:.o1 -
Total ."?l ,"';'"'
D"dn' tions ........................... l"@ul A
ro,., Sai- -, -
tdd min tax ~ ~
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'f course. You understand the NM
lax hIlI, I" b" briel ana snort II means
simply 2 Not" passed long ago by your
state Legislature 70 devote 10 Schoi
purposes ] mn III money on every dol
i'r or the annual state Valuation. II
may De more y may pc less put II
can never pt wasted TOT every cen, ~
means SO 'nach more auoed 70 'he eo-
uVatioh q Maine puplls.
according 10 'he ElSl r"l'ort i'iaie %