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61 from visiting all the districts of the County, but I have had frequent opportunities for conferring on School subjects with gentlemen from all parts of the County, and I believe that the people would be willing to submit to a local district tax for the erection, repair- ing and furnishing of School-Houses, rather than to a County tax. And if School-Houses should be built, furnished and kept in repair by taxation on the districts to which they belonged, these districts would guard them from injury with more care than under any other arrangement. There would also be rivalry as regards comfort- able houses, proper furniture, and suitable ornamental surroundings. 5. <) Our Board adopted, in the Fall, a species of sliding scale for the determination of Teachers' Salaries; one-third of the children, between the ages of six and nineteen, in each School District, as reported in the School census of 1861, was assumed as attending school, (this was the proportion in attendance under the old system,) and salaries were then made to range from $60 to $125 per term, as minimum and maximum respectively, in accordance with the number indicating this third. But as more than one-third of the children are now attending school. this mode of calculation is defective. We feel that tins scho- lastic year will furnish us with data which will make the determination of salaries hereafter comparatively easy; and these data will consist in a knowledge of the number of children actually attending school in the County, and of the amount of funds which will come into our possession f'or defraying the salaries of Teachers. Then there are certain collateral circumstances, such as the ex- pense of living in the different districts, &c., &c., which must; also be taken into consideration. With these data in their possession, the Board will be able to fix specific salaries tor each .School in the County, and they believe that such an arrangement will prove more acceptable than any which may regulate salary by the num- ber of children in attendance. The distribution of Text Books was placed in the hands of the President, (if the .Board. After carefully considering the subject, it was concluded that it would lie better to sell the books to the scholars, and with the view of simplifying the whole business, cash sales were only made by the Treasurer. The amount of sales, at the reduced prices, from ."September to tins date is about $4, 400. The following I able will exhibit the number of boys and girls attending school, the aggregate of salaries, with the amounts ex- pended in repairs and the so-called incidentals for each separate Commissioner District. Boys. Girls. Total. Salaries. Incidentals. Repairs. First Comm'r Dist. 477 309 '786 $1, 3'? 2.12 $31564 $51.lO Second " " 191 197 388 684.42 101 86 83.87 Third " l':-349 365 '714 1, 185.34 235.68............... Fourth " 262 291 553 74438 32.88 11049 Fifth " " 456) (; 500 956 1, 532.45 127.97............... Sixth " " 281 288 569 844.52 27 88 74.72 Seventh ', " 222 228 450 644.25 107.50............... 2238 2178 4416 $7, 007.48 $949.41 $326.? 8 |
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