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Such were some of the features of common schools, thirty-five or forty years ago. In summer they were continued perhaps ten weeks, and in the winter eight. Considering the improvements now made, how few persons will ever know the school-boy's or the school- girl's experience at the commencement of the nine- teenth century !
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EDUCATIONAL HISTORY.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
EDUCATIONAL HISTORY.
(Concluded.)
School Districts. - School-houses. - School Committees. - School Agents. - School Children. - School Money. - High Schools. - Lyceum. - Libraries.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
THERE was probably no division into school-districts before May 26, 1790, when " the town voted to be divided into squadrons or divisions for the benefit of schooling, and that David Woodcock, Joel Adams, and Moses Hawes, be a committee to divide said inhabi- tants." April 7, 1800, there was a favorable vote on an article, " to see if the town will order the selectmen to divide the school-squadron about Round Pond, &c., into two squadrons, agreeable to the request of a num- ber of the inhabitants." Feb. 8, 1802, there was an unsuccessful attempt to "incorporate the squadron north of ... the Round Pond squadron to and with the said Round Pond squadron, and define the said district as is hereby requested of both squadrons," &c. Joseph Maxcy, Nathaniel Robbins, Matthias Hawes, Jonathan Newhall, Jonathan Carriel, Bela Robbins, and Nathan Blake, were chosen a committee, “ one man out of each squadron, ... to fix the bounds of all the rest of the squadrons for schooling.". Their report was made and accepted April 5; " only individuals who are aggrieved may apply for redress to a future meeting." The boundaries are on record. Various modifications were subsequently made or proposed, till Sept. 22, 1823; when a new division of the town was made, and the limits of the several districts again recorded. April 15, 1833, a committee was chosen to re-district the town, and report at the next annual meeting. The report has not been found, nor is there
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SCHOOL-HOUSES AND SCHOOL-COMMITTEES.
evidence on the town-records that any was made. There have been some changes ; but, if the records are correct and full, there has been no general districting of the town since 1823.
SCHOOL-HOUSES.
The first school-house was built near the dwelling- house of Moses Hawes. This was probably in 1791, as a town-meeting was held in it Aug. 29 of that year. The next school-house was probably put up in 1791 or 1792; for, May 7, 1792, it was mentioned in a vote "to accept the road from Mr. Irish's to the school- house near Mr. Thomas Daggett's."
The records do not show how the expenses of build- ing were met, except in one case. June 10, 1843, the warrant contained an article " to see if the town will order a sufficient sum of money to be raised by School · District No. 4, in said town of Union, for the purpose of building a school-house in said town; and also to hear the opinion of the town upon the subject of a disagreement of the voters of said district. ... Voted to raise two hundred dollars for the purpose of build- ing a school-house in District No.4." Generally, when a school-house is to be built, the district votes the amount required : it is assessed by the town-assessors on the inhabitants of the district, and the town-collec- tor collects it.
SCHOOL COMMITTEES.
1795. Samuel Hills, Matthias Hawes, Moses Hawes.
1796. Moses Hawes, Josiah Maxcy, Matthias Hawes.
1797. Matthias Hawes, Joel Adams, Samuel Hills.
1798. Joel Adams, Samuel Daggett, Levi Morse.
1799. Joel Adams, Edward Jones, Waldron Stone, Moses Hawes, Amos Barrett.
1800. Stephen March, Esq., Dr. Jonathan Sibley, Capt. Joseph Maxcy, Edward Jones, Capt. Amos Barrett. 1801. Jonathan Sibley, Ebenezer Jennison, Stephen March, Moses Hawes, Daniel McCurdy.
1802. Jonathan Sibley, Ebenezer Jennison, Stephen March, Amos Barrett, Nathan Blake.
1803. Nathan Blake, Stephen March, Moses Hawes.
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EDUCATIONAL HISTORY.
1804. Samuel Quiggle, Samuel Hills, Jonathan Sibley, Marlboro' Packard, Joel Adams, Jeremiah Mitchell, Jonathan Carriel, Nathan Blake.
1805 and 1806. (No record.)
1807. Josiah Maxcy, Robert Bunting, J. Warren Lindley, Nathan Blake, Joel Adams, Edward Jones, Henry Blunt, John Lermond, Henry Starrett.
1808. Josiah Maxcy, Robert Bunting, Noah Rice, Nathan Blake, Jason Ware, Jere. Mitchell, Pente Walcott, John Lermond, Wm. Starrett, Nathaniel Robbins.
1809. Edmund Mallard, John Little, Robert Bunting.
1810. William White, John Little, Charles Pope.
1811. William White, Henry True, Charles Pope, John Little, Jonathan Sibley. After this election, which was in March, a change was made ; and, in April, a committee-man for each district was chosen. - These were Micajah Gleason, Nathaniel Robbins, Noah Rice, Jonathan Sibley, Nathaniel Bachelor, Thomas Mitchell, jun., Jonathan Carriel, John Lermond, William Starrett.
1812-1814. (No record.)
1815. Major Robert Foster, John Little, Jonathan Sibley.
1816. Robert Foster, John Little, Jonathan Sibley.
1817. Henry True, Robert Foster, John Little.
1818. Henry True, Daniel F. Harding, John Bulfinch.
1819. Daniel F. Harding, John Bulfinch.
1820. Henry True, D. F. Harding, John Bulfinch.
1821. Henry True, D. F. Harding, Jonathan Sibley.
1822. Henry True, D. F. Harding, John Bulfinch, Elisha Harding, Jonathan Sibley.
1823. Daniel F. Harding, Elisha Harding, Henry True.
1824. Henry True, Daniel F. Harding, Jonathan Sibley.
1825. Henry True, Noyes P. Hawes, Elisha Harding. 1826. Henry True, Elisha Harding, Daniel F. Harding. 1827. Henry True, Elisha Harding, Daniel F. Harding. 1828. Henry True, Daniel F. Harding, John Bovee Dods. 1829. John B. Dods, Elisha Harding, Noah Bartlett. 1830. Elisha Harding, Daniel F. Harding, Josiah F. Day. 1831. Elisha Harding, Daniel F. Harding, Noah Bartlett. 1832. Daniel F. Harding, Thomas Gore, Oren Sikes.
1833. Elisha Harding, Daniel F. Harding, John S. Abbot. 1834. Elisha Harding, Daniel F. Harding, Josiah F. Day. 1835. Henry True, Amos Drake, Joel Adams.
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SCHOOL AGENTS.
1836. Elisha Harding, Josiah F. Day, Peter Adams.
1837. Elisha Harding, Josiah F. Day, Peter Adams.
1838. Elisha Harding, Isaac Flitner, Nelson Cutler.
1839. Isaac Flitner, Elisha Harding, Joel Adams.
1840. Moses P. Webster, A. S. Dudley, Horatio Ilsley. 1841. Asa Messer, Robert Thompson, jun., Edward Hills.
1842. Robert Thompson, jun., Edward Hills, Asa Messer.
1843. Joshua S. Green, Amos Drake, Asa Messer.
1844. Joseph Irish, John Adams, Andrew Libbey.
1845. Elijah Vose, Joseph Irish, John Adams.
1846. Rev. F. W. Baxter, Rev. Samuel Bowker, Rev. M. R. Hopkins.
1847. Samuel Bowker, Joseph Irish, Perez B. Sayward.
1848. Joseph Irish, Albert Thurston, Robert Thompson, jr. 1849. Joseph Irish, John Adams, Seth M. Cushman.
1850. The Selectmen and Treasurer.
Since the separation of Maine from Massachusetts, there have been superintending school-committees and school-agents. The duties of superintending school- committees are to fill vacancies happening in their Board during the term of their office, to examine can- didates for teaching, to direct the general course of instruction and designate the books to be used, to visit the schools, to dismiss unsuitable teachers, to expel refractory scholars, and to make to the select- men, within fourteen days preceding the annual town- meeting, a return of the state of the schools.
SCHOOL AGENTS.
1820. Spencer Walcott, Herman Hawes, Marlboro' Pack- ard, Walter Blake, Nathaniel Bachelor, John Walker, Henry Blunt, John Lermond, Fisher Hart, Samuel Hagar.
1821. Spencer Walcott, David Robbins, jun., Benjamin Litchfield, William Libbey, Matthias Hawes, Na- than D. Rice, Joseph Morse, Henry Fossett, Joseph Miller, Moses Morse.
1822. Joseph Vaughan, 1 David Robbins, jun., Benjamin Litchfield, Oliver Pratt, Ebenezer W. Adams, Thomas Mitchell, Jonathan Carriel, jun., Robert Foster, Obadiah Gardner.
1 Some members of the family spell the word Vaughn without the a.
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EDUCATIONAL HISTORY.
1823. Amos Walker, David Robbins, jun., John W. Lind- ley, Nathan Hills, Nathan D. Rice, Calvin Gleason, William Bryant, Abel Walker, Micajah Gleason, Samuel Hagar.
1824. Ebenezer Alden, David Robbins, 1 jun., Leonard Wade, Isaac Hills, Nathan D. Rice, Joseph Morse, Samuel Stone, Simon Fuller, Fisher Hart, Samuel Hagar.
1825. Abiel Gay, Herman Hawes, Spencer Mero, Phinehas Butler, Nathaniel Bachelor, Thomas Mitchell, Ro- bert Thompson, John Hemenway, Sanford Hills, Leonard Bump, John C. Robbins.
1826. Jesse Drake, John C. Robbins, Spencer Mero, Phi- nehas Butler, Galen Hawes, John Gowen, John Walker, Obadiah Gardner, Leonard Follansbee, Leonard Bump.
1827. Zaccheus Litchfield, John P. Robbins, Ebenezer Cobb, John Bachelder, Isaac Upham, Lewis Bachelder, Joseph Miller, John Hart, Martin Sidelinger, David Cummings.
1828. Josiah F. Day, Moses Simmons, William Libbey, Galen Hawes, John Gowen, John Walker, John Lermond, William Gleason, Martin Sidelinger, Herman Hawes.
1829. John Butler, Jason Robbins, Noah Rice, Ebenezer Cobb, Philo Thurston, Daniel Law, Ebenezer Blunt, Hermon Mero, Phillips C. Harding, Benja- min L. Law, Nathan Bachelder.
1830. Daniel F. Harding, Noah Bartlett, Ebenezer Rob- bins, Ebenezer Cobb, Ebenezer Adams, Jonathan Morse, Henry Fossett, Jason Davis, Leonard Fol- lansbee, Sewell Hagar, Nathan Bachelder.
1831. Ebenezer Alden, John L. Robinson, Marlborough Packard, jun., Isaac Hills, Nathan D. Rice, Thad- deus Luce, Jacob Sibley, Gilbert Blackington, Daniel Sidelinger, Elias Skidmore, Nathan Daniels, jun.
1832. John Payson, John L. Robinson, Ziba Simmons, Isaac Hills, John Bachelder, Nathaniel Tobey, Ebenezer Blunt, Christopher Young, Sewell Ha- gar, Elias Skidmore, Sanford Hills.
1 May 3, Charles Whiting Hawes was chosen in place of David Robbins, jun., resigned.
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SCHOOL AGENTS.
1833. Nathan Daniels, Josiah F. Day, Waldron S. Butler, Daniel Sidelinger, Joseph Vaughan, William Lib- bey, Leonard Barnard, Stephen Carriel, Joseph Miller, William S. Luce, Walter Adams, Jonathan Eastman.
1834. Elisha Harding, Nahum Thurston, John K. Post, Isaac Hills, Marlboro' Packard, jun., Cyrus Rob- bins, Christopher Young, Charles Hibbard, Daniel Sidelinger, Jason Robbins, Charles Hall.
1835. Elisha Harding, Josiah F. Day, Joseph Vaughan, jun., Vinal Hills, Spencer Mero, Nathaniel Tobey, Sterling Davis, jun., Elias Skidmore, Benjamin L. Law, George Cummings, Peter Adams.
1836. Spencer Walcott, Josiah F. Day, Ambrose Leach, Joshua Morse, Benjamin Litchfield, William Dag- gett, Stephen Carriel, John Burns, Elbridge Ler- mond, Elias Skidmore, Sewell Hagar, Stephen S. Hawes, Ebenezer Cobb.
1837. " Voted that the several school-districts choose their own agents."
1838. J. W. Lermond, Nathaniel Robbins, jun., Daniel Sidelinger, Judson Caswell, Elisha Harding, John Stevens, Amos Drake, Jason Robbins, Suell Cum- mings, Nathan Hills, James Grinnell, Samuel Daggett, William Coggan.
1839. Amos Drake, William G. Hawes, Noah Rice, Joshua Morse, Nathan Bachelder, E. H. Small, Milton - Daniels, William Gleason, Samuel Sidelinger, Ro- bert Thompson, C. G. Bachelder, David Grafton, Samuel Stone.
1840. Voted that the school-districts choose their own agents, and make returns of those chosen to the town- clerk in April next.
1841. Amos Walker, David Robbins, Marlboro' Packard, Walter. Blake, Otis Hawes, John Walker, jun., Benjamin Gowen, Lewis Andrews, Charles Fogler, Sewell Hagar, Elias Skidmore, Ebenezer Cobb, Daniel D. Law.
1842. Spencer Walcott, Willard Robbins, Suell Cummings, James Thompson, Vinal Ware, Daniel Walker, jun., Joseph Bryant, Wilbur Davis, Fisher Hart, Samuel Hagar, William Caswell, Nelson Cutler, Joel Adams.
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EDUCATIONAL HISTORY.
1843. Joseph Daniels, Isaac Fuller, Isley Martin, Joshua Morse, Joseph Irish, Samuel C. Fuller, William Coggan, John Lermond, Joseph Gleason, John Hagar, Elijah Lermond, C. Young, Thaddeus Luce. There is an obscurity in the records ; for afterward were chosen Peter Adams, Benjamin Achorn, J. M. Gleason, Israel Barker.
1844. F. A. Daniels, Jason Robbins, Asa Morse, Josiah Sterling, Joseph Cole, Calvin Gleason, jun., Sa- muel Stone, Jason Davis, Robert McGuier, Ebe- nezer Sidelinger, Walter W. Clark, John Jones, S. Carriel, Phinehas Butler.
1845. J. F. Hart, Leonard Barnard, Nathan Hills, Nathan Bachelder, Asa Walker, Calvin Boggs, Lyman Alden, Ebenezer Sidelinger, Samuel Cummings, John Stevens, Pond Davis, Elias Skidmore, and, subsequently, John H. Gowen, David Robbins.
1846, 1847, 1848, and probably since, the town has " voted that the several districts choose their own agents."
The duties of school-agents are to employ teach- ers, to provide fuel and utensils and make repairs, to notify superintending school-committees of the com- mencement of the schools, and to make annual returns of the number of scholars.
SCHOOL CHILDREN.
Relating to the number of school-children, there is no record earlier than March 5, 1804, when it was -
" Voted to accept the following motion : That, in future, each school-district shall appoint a committee to make and return to the selectmen annually, in the month of May, a list of the names by families of the children who have their actual home in the district, and have a legal right to draw school-money, viz. : All such as have arrived to the age of four years on the first day of the same month, and those who are no more than sixteen [on] said day, and all who are of the age between the two described; and, if such re- turns shall be neglected, it shall be the duty of the selectmen to proportion the school-money in the manner following, viz. : To take the list of the preceding year, and deduct therefrom one-half the number, and proportion the money accordingly.
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SCHOOL CHILDREN.
[May 14, 1806], "Voted to return the number of school-chil- dren in the same manner as they were returned last year."
[April 1, 1811], "Voted to accept the following motion as made by Nathan Blake, viz. : That a committee be chosen in each school-district, and the people of each district be allowed the privilege of nominating their committee; and it shall be the duty of said committee to make a list of all the school-children in their district, between the age of four and sixteen years, as they are on the first day of May, with the Christian and surname, and the family to which they belong ; likewise to procure teachers of the school, agreeable to instructions they may receive from their district ; and, after the close of a school-term, said committee shall certify to the selectmen how much money has been expended in schooling, and to whom they wish to have the money ordered. And, if a list of any district shall not be presented to the selectmen on or before the first of June, it shall be the duty of the select- men to ascertain the number of scholars in each district, by deducting for the list of the preceding year one-eighth part."
[April 5, 1817], " Voted that the number of scholars in each school-district be numbered, and that number be turned in to the selectmen in the month of June ; and, if any district fail to do it, such district shall lose twenty per cent of their money."
The next year it was voted that the return should be made on or before the first of June, under a penalty of ten per cent deduction ; but July 1 was subsequently substituted for June 1.
The number of scholars has not generally been entered on the town-records. An approximation may be made when there is a specification of the sum of money raised for each scholar.
Between four and sixteen years of age, there were in-
Years.
Scholars.
Years.
Scholars.
Years.
Scholars ..
1803
261
1807
347
1816
427
1804
287
1809
306
1817
427
1805
327
1810 .
323
1819
461
In 1826,1 " there were 715 scholars between the ages of four and twenty-one."
1 Mr. N. P. Hawes. - At this time, " the books recommended by the superintending school-committee to be used in the schools were the United States Spelling-book by N. P. Hawes, Testament, Murray's Eng-
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EDUCATIONAL HISTORY.
The following is the number of scholars between the ages of four and twenty-one on the first day of May, as returned at different times by the school-committee, under oath, to the State-treasurer's office. Upon this is based the proportion of school-money which has been received by the town from the State.
Years.
Scholars.
Years.
Scholars.
Years.
Scholars.
1833
358
1839
773
1844
812
1834
714
1840
757
1845
851
1835
713
1841
810
1846
841
1836
706
1842
798
1847-8. . 870
1837
701
1843
784
1848-9. . 873
1838
738
SCHOOL-MONEY.
It has been stated, that, July 14, 1788, the vote of April, 1787, was modified, so that the inhabitants could have the "privilege of paying town-charges and school- ing" in produce.1 Hence it may be inferred, that an appropriation for schooling was made as early as 1787. There is, however, no record of any before April 7, 1788; and the £10 voted for town-charges in 1787 was no more than was voted for the same purpose in 1788, when there was an additional £10, expressly for schooling. Sometimes the total amount of school- money has been recorded; at other times, only the amount for each scholar;2 and, when both sums are mentioned, they do not always agree. Sometimes, when the amount for each scholar is given, there is no record of the number of scholars. At other times, the number of scholars is not given, and the amount for each is not unequivocally stated. Accordingly, the follow- ing is but an approximation to the annual expenditure :
lish Reader, Introduction to Murray's English Reader, all of the pro- nouncing kind; Kinne's Arithmetic, Ingersoll's Grammar, large and small; Woodbridge's Geography, large and small ; and Walker's Dic- tionary."
1 In 1791, the tax was paid in produce.
2 In 1803, the appropriation for cach scholar was $1.15; in 1804, either $1.25 or $1.50 ; in 1805 and many other years, $1.25; in 1820, $1.12}. The law now requires, that each town shall raise for school- ing an amount equal at least to forty cents for each inhabitant.
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SCHOOL MONEY.
Years.
Sums. Years. Sums.
Years.
Sums.
Years.
Sums.
1788, £10 1796, $100.00
1804, $351.75
1811, $385.00
1789, £10 1797, $125.00
or $654.00
1812, $408.00
1790, £19
1798, $150.00
1805, $654.00
1813, $412.00
1791, £20
1799, $180.00
1806, $644.00
1814, $452.00
1792, £20
1800, $200.00
1807, $694.00
1815, $575.00
1793, £20 1801, $200.00
1808, $341.00
1816, $533.75
1794,
1802, $250.00
1809, $385.00
1817, $533.75
1795, £10 |1803, $300.15
1810, $496.00
After the year 1817, the records contain the appor- tionment for each district.
By an Act of the Legislature of Maine, passed in 1828, all money derived from the sales of public land was to constitute a permanent fund, the annual income to be distributed for the purposes of education among the towns, according to the number of persons therein, between the ages of four and twenty-one. By another Act, passed March 31, 1831, every bank was taxed one per cent annually. March 4, 1833, a law was made that the whole of this tax should be regularly distri- buted, like the income of the permanent fund. Ac- cordingly, at different times, the town has received its proportion, as follows : -
Years.
Sums.
When Paid.
1833
$29.54
1834
$95.67
1835
$102.54
1836
$135.53
Feb.
27, 1837.
1837
$179.34
April
17, 1838.
1838
$176.29
June
30, 1840.
1839
$169.47
Nov. 18, 1840.
1840
$151.11
March 22, 1841.
1841
$129.93
April 21, 1842.
1842
$111.65
April 27, 1843.
1843
$101.77
April
6, 1844.
1844
$97.44
March 27, 1845.
1845
$100.51
June
30, 1846.
1846
$98.98
July
21, 1847.
1847-48
$96.73
Sept. 9, 1848.
1848-49
$98.31
July
7, 1849.
1849-50
$116.10
1850.
312
In the following Table, when there are more lines than one for a year, the second line contains the apportionment of the money received from the State.
NOS. OF THE DISTRICTS.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
Total.
Year.
$ cts.
$ cts.
$ cts.
$ cts.
$ cts.
$ cts.
cts.
$ cts
$ cts
$ cts.
$ cts.
$ cts.
$ cts.
$ cts.
1818
78 75
37 50
65 00
71 25
53 75
105 00
88 75
76 25
51 25
17 50
645 00
1819
88 75
36 25
60 00
87 50
48 75
93 75
96 25
90 00
45 00
20 00
666 25
1820
77 62
31 50
54 00
82 12}
31 50
83 25
78 75
75 37
41 63
7 87}
1821
72 24
32 68
48 16
72 24
35 26
78 26
80 84
78 26
37 84
7 74
1822
67 86
37 21
45 24
69 60
40 89
76 56
87 87
66
69 76
83 83
29 98
14 11
558 73
1825
79 20
38 40
40
51 48
81 12
44 46
76 44
67 08
64 74
59 29
56 98
59 94
67 96
71 76
72 00
65 32
70 84
79 12
41 40
22 08
20 24
655 96
1836
52 44
35 88
59 80
96 76
60 72
43 24
69 00
58 88
40 48
32 20
14 72
57 04
30 36
651 52
1837
47 49
45 63
67 05
90 31
51 22
37 25
76 36
58 67
36 32
27 94
27 94
57 74
28 87
652 79
EDUCATIONAL HISTORY.
558 87
1830
89 91
35 64
51 84
84 24
41 31
1831
103 79
35 89
67 90
61 64
97 52
45 08
75 44
1833
93 60
33 60
63 90
102 60
55 80
74 70 71 76
1834
. 32
34 96
54 28
106 72
55 20
59 80
53 36
26 10 26 68
17 48
656 88
1835
107 64
35 88
60 72
89 24
52 44
1827
78 78
38 22
49 92
86 48
43 68
71 76
68
64
33 54
18 72
554 48
7 70
554 71
1829
93 46
33 11
52 36
84 47
40 81
62 37
67 23
58 20
53 35
46 56
27 16
12 61
651 90
1832
101 20
43 24
25 76
17 48
68 40
45 90
18 00
654 60
1823
77 43
42 63
50 46
70 47
44 37
555 93
1824
78 85
38 18
49 80
73 87
39 84
80 51
70 40
80 00
34 40
16 80
558 70
1826
74 88
34 32
35 26
13 26
557 86
1828
70 84
32 34
53 90
91 63
44 66
67 76
73 92
31 11
21 56
36 79
21 56
8 47
555 83
38 88
19 44
7 26
97 97
80 51
68
08
45 08
7 83
551 57
79 17
80 04
34 80
9 57
80 30
34 40
78 40
79 56
65 45
63 18
80 90
37 41
563 62
543 52
652 28
76 36
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
Total.
Year.
$
cts.
$ cts.
$ cts
$ cts.
$ cts.
$ cts.
$ cts.
$ cts.
$ cts.
$ cts.
$ cis.
$ cts.
$ cts.
$ cts
$ cts.
1838
15 73
13 65
17 81
32 06
17 51
11 28
27 01
18 40
12 23
8 61
11 57
18 70
9 79
214 35
56 18
49 82
84
136 74
77 38
48 76
96 46
62 54
55 12
24 38
37 10
68 90
38 16
819 38
1839
11 66
10 34
14 08
28 38
16 06
10 12
20 02
11 98
11 44
5 06
7 70
14 30
7 92
169
06
1840
10 05
10 50
15 63
24 69
14 29
11 17
19 08
17 42
9 60
6 70
71
13 40
8 04
169 28
56 38
44 05
56 38
76 88
63 43
3 77
76 63
74 89
47 58
22 03
37 (
58 14
36 12
632 28
1841
11 52
9 00
11 52
20 88
12 96
7 92
17 66
15 30
9 72
4 50
56
11 88
7 38
147 80
1842
10 10
7 66
10 10
18 74
9 29
7 17
14 01
78 28
91 00
40 95
16 39
2 56
6 12
9 40
5 84
83 00
111 64
1844
7 02
6 14
7 64
64
7 2
6 01
10 40
74 76
82 32
11 22
81 45
53 46
25 45
41 58
50 91
35 64
64 48
713 58
1846
7 17
6 09
6 45
5 74
8 60
5 02
11 47
7 43
3 58
85
7 17
5 02
9 08
100 38
1847
6 44
5 52
21
5 64
6 44
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SCHOOL MONEY.
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EDUCATIONAL HISTORY.
It is very common, after the school of a district is finished for the season, to continue the teacher seve- ral weeks longer; each parent paying a specified sum each week for every child that he sends, so that the amount considerably exceeds what is stated in the pre- ceding tables.
April 6, 1801, two articles relating to school-money were " dropped." The first was to see if the town would " grant a sum of money to purchase books for the use of schools in the several districts ;" the second, to see if the town would "allow the collector to pay in their part or proportion of schooling-money to the treasurer of each district."
April, 1816, " Voted that the selectmen should not give an [order] to draw any money from the treasury, unless the instructors first produce a certificate from the school-committee that they are duly qualified to teach said school." This vote was repeated in sub- stance the succeeding year. And May 1, 1817, when an article was brought forward to see if the town would " vote to have the selectmen grant orders to the school- districts, where their teachers have not obtained a recommendation, viz. District No. 7 and No. 10, it was voted to drop the article."
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