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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1866
Volume 107, Page 1671   View pdf image (33K)
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REPORT.
BALTIMORE, December 80, 1865.
To His EXCELLENCY,
A. W. BRADFORD, GOVERNOR:
YOUR proclamation convening the General Assembly in Special Ses-
sion, January 10, 1866, suggests the propriety of presenting a report of
my work, as State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and of the con-
dition of the important interests committed to my supervision.
That this may be of practical value and embrace the views of those
who come into direct official relation with the details of the School Law,
and can judge of it as a working system, I present, in an Appendix, the
reports of the Presidents of the School Boards of the several Counties,
to which special attention is invited. In response to a request for a
similar report from the School Board of Baltimore City, I was furnished
with the printed School Statistics of 1864, which, having been em-
braced in my report of February, 1865, are of no present importance.
To the Boards of School Commissioners for the Counties, and specially
to their Presidents, I am greatly indebted By wise and efficient co-
operation The Uniform System of Public Instruction is being rapidly or-
ganized, and the Schools are securing the good will and confidence of the
citizens. To the fortunate selection of such competent and zealous
Assistants, the success which has thus far attended my efforts is to be
mainly attributed.
In accordance with the requirements of the Law, I have, since April
1st, visited and delivered addresses in each County, except Calvert. I
attended the State Convention of Teachers at Elmira, New York; and
the National Convention of Teachers at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. I
have twice visited Philadelphia and New York on official business;
have traveled in the discharge of these duties 4, 275 miles, and deli-
vered 75 addresses, chiefly explanatory of the School System.
Wherever I went I was cordially received and hospitably entertained ;
with one exception, I found the people anxious to procure information
and enjoy the benefits which the system of Public Instruction is designed
to impart.

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