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51 am persuaded that sufficient interest on this subject can never be awakened in all sections of the County; and that, as the Board must he the instrument of the law for carrying- out its full purpose and design, its revenues must be! made equal to the task of supply- ing every School District with material aid in this enterprise, if the system is to be made as "it should be, perfect and efficient. In regard to the questions presented as the fifth topic named in your communication, I reply to the first query that the Board have adopted, for the last and the current term, the scale of salaries in force under the late County system, viz:—For Schools of from 15 to 25, a salary of $80 per Term, and gradually increasing up to $135 per Term ('or a School of one hundred pupils and over. Assistant Teachers are paid $30 to $50, according to the size of the School. Special provision is made for the large Schools at Elkton and Port Deposit, leaving the subject of adjusting the scale, as suggested an the by-Jaws, for further consideration. The Board supplies the hooks and stationery to the Schools, and charges each pupil a fee of fifty cents per term, if able to pay. Number of hoys attending School for the Term ending November 15, 1865, - ..---" l, 248 Number of girls, ------- 1,347. Total, - - - - 2,595 Aggregate amount paid for Teachers' salaries, - $6,327.49 Amount paid for incidental expenses, - - 708.85 $7,126.34 Number of pupils paying hook and stationery fee, 2,184 Number supplied without charge, - - - 401 ______ 2,595 In this connection it may be proper to remark, that the introduc- tion of a new series of Text Books has subjected us to heavy out- iay to supply the Schools. It is believed, however, that the receipts on this account for the current and following term, will reimburse the treasury the amount withdrawn from it for books and station- ery, if a vigilant supervision is exercised. In reply to the interrogatory which forms the sixth topic sug- gested, I may say that we cannot keep the Schools open more than three terms during the year with our present revenue; and it is now manifest that we can only do that, for the present year, by continu- ing a floating indebtedness incurred by the late County Board The efforts of that Board to gratify the many demands upon (.hem fur building and repairs, and for other outlays in that direction, which should have been provided for to a greater or less extent by local contributions, involved them in obligations amounting to some |
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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1866
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