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138    NEW    YORK    STATE    GAZETTEER.

State; and in 1850 the law was again submitted to a vote of the people and again sustained,—though
by a decreased majority. In April, 1851, the Eree School Act was repealed and the rate bill system
was reinstated.1

/

During the session of 1853 a law was passed allowing' Union Free Schools to be established
under certain conditions.2 On the 30th of Maroh, 1854, the office of Superintendent of Public In¬
struction was created,—thus substantially restoring the original system of general supervision.3
On the 13th of April, 1855, a law was passed allowing the Regents of the University to designate
certain academies in the several counties in which a teachers’ class might be taught free, the State
allowing f 10 for each pupil so taught, to a number not exceeding 20 in each academy.

1 At the time of the repeal of the Free School act a provision
was made for raising $800,000 annually by a State tax, which
in many of the rural districts practically made free schools.
This tax was after wai-d made a fmill tax upon all the property
of the State, producing a sum somewhat larger in the aggregate,
and one increasing with the wealth and wants of the State.

2 The law for the creation of Union Free Schools was a recog¬
nition of the free school principle and an important step in the
progress of education.

8 While the School Department was a subordinate branch of
the Department of State, it was impossible to give to it that
character and efficiency necessary to the best interests and wel¬
fare of the schools. Since the change, every department of edu¬
cation has felt a new impulse and has been constantly improv¬
ing. The administration of the schools has been much more
perfect, the reports have been more regular and reliable, and
the standard of teaching has materially advanced.


School Statistics from the Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for 1859.“

No. of school-
houses.

No. of dis¬
tricts.

No. of teach¬
ers employed.

No. of chil¬
dren between
4 and 21.

No. of vol¬
umes in dis¬
trict- library.

Apportionment
of State moneys
for
1859.

Total receipts.

Total expenses.

Albany....................

170

169

243

39,559

27,018

$34,755.46

$122,068.91

$124,673.71

Allegany.................

252

259

262

16.411

20,196

18,443.07

28,818.51

32,258.36

Broome...................

' 211

214

221

13,510

17,314

15,680.38

24,123.23

27,529.65

Cattaraugus..............

253

255

255

16,121

20,859

17,569.93

27,601.80

33,362.17

Cayuga.....................

248

247

278

19,438

45,109

21,647.28

48.535.41

59,294.50

Chautauqua..............

305 :

307

318

19,935

33,260

22,937.75'

40,785.66

45,440.26

Chemung..................

114

116

127

10,641

11,571

10,727.63

19,119.92

20,558.93

Chenango.................

274

277

2S6

14,747

31,941

18,622.61

29.341.34

32.506.47

Clinton....................

182

182

189

18,327

18.203

16,448.91

23,529.05

26,198.33

Columbia..................

187

1S8

199

16,503

21,719

17.196.20

34,767.79

36,898.14

Cortland...................

182

182

183

9,254

18.588

11,586.07

17.255.54

20,937.05

Delaware.................

332

337

337

15,696

28,075 .

19,703.21

28.757.16

33,603.46

Dutchess..................

213

217

247

21,446

33.915

. 22,672.83

46.222.93

61.889.61

Erie........................

326

327

497

50,773

45.445

49,449.52

138,417.98

197,465.83

Essex.......................

180

187

182

11,400

17,393

12.252.48

19,337.32

21,271.35

Franklin..................

156

157

156

11,299 '

' 11,868 '

11,126.18

15,637.73

20,802.87

Fulton.....................

110

111

113

10.551

12,308

9,236.79

14,102.19

18,713.68

Genesee....................

146

151

151

10,644

17.842

12.312.75

' 23,487.48

28,726.57

Greene.....................

163

164

172

11.689

21,051

12,793.84

. 22,016.69

27,027.94 -

Hamilton.................

28

33

29

1,046

1.4-54

1,515.11

2,105.87

2,364.82

Herkimer.................

193

199

- 203

14.136

24,676

15.765.92

27,365.25

33.533.20

Jefferson..................

373

375

398

25.757

41,536

28,164.96

49,185.46

58,063.32

Kings.....................

47

47

355

50.772

37,529

68,798.02

246.461.75

230,877.31

Lewis.......................

176

178

179

10,358

15,628

11,580.04

17,348.67

■ 19,408.54

Livingston...............

193

196

207

14,055

28,040

' 15,664.48

26,652.77

34,072.68

Madison...................

238

239

254

15,654

30.445

18.430.01

31,594.17

34,847.48

Monroe...................

244

244

336

34.370

36,518

34,972.62

112,104.41

107,480.57

Montgomery............

120

126

129

12,033

18,048

11,649.24

23,430.67

23,430.67

New York.................

95

95

1,350

200,000

4.000

207.332.95

§51,178.40

951,178.40

Niagara....................

171

163

197

18,051

23.764

18,105.71

37,950.86

37,950.86

Oneida.....................

397

408

458

38,455

54.588

41.891.72 *

72,376.15

.72,376.15

Onondaga.................

297

296

369

32.478

44.978

33,261.15

80,114.54

80,114.54

Ontario....................

207

204

224

15,375

27.248

17,391.78

36,443.60

36,443.60

Orange....................

184

179

201

21.651

32.929

21,434.10

53,077.70

53,077.70

Orleans....................

134

132

143

10,514

16.082

11.302.71

19,239.56

19,239.56

Oswego.....................

298

297

344

27,248

31,341

28.152.08

72,476.06

72,476.06

Otsego .....................

319

320

320

18,027

35.009

21.994.48

32,171.15

32,171.15

Putnam..................

65

65

68

' 5,489

9,064

5.319.28

9,103.17

9,103.17

Queens....................

75

76

111

17,058

23.023

15.251.77

42,506.25

42,506.25

Bensselaer...............

199

210

273

28,372

30,382

28,962.54

14,029.12

14,029.1-2

Richmond...............

24

24

38

8,133

7,025

6,617.81

16,871.53

16,871.53

Rockland..................

39

41

43

6,939

9,365

6.311.17

12,295.09

12,295.09

St. Lawrence............

464

464

-482

31.219

42.898

33,173.93

58,331.45

58,331.4-5

Saratoga..................

257

230

245

18,145

31,228

19,624.40

34,626.32

34,626.32

Schenectady..............

63

68

83

7,281

9.537

7.394.20

17,979.08

17,979.08

Schoharie.................

203

203

204

12,024

22.578

14.505.51

21.844.73

21,844.73

Schuyler..................

112

112

112

7,108

13,092

7.912.37

13.528.71

13,528.71

Seneca......................

104

102

117

10,164

16,347

9,968.53

24,109.69

24.109.69

Steuben....................

350

355

354

25,717

32,010

26.672.33

42.912.11

42,912.11

Suffolk....................

148

150

161

15.192

23.999

15,12.3.09

38:765.50

38.755.50

Sullivan...................

159

163

163

12,280

12,519

12.004.20

19,238.58

19,238.58

Tioga.,............v........

159

159

166

10,874

17.872

11.737.21

19,627.49

19,627.49

Tompkins.................

165

165

183

11,993

21,088

13,272.59

24.285.06 ,

24,285.06

Ulster......................

219

223

231

25,758

32,632

24.249.37

43,763.04

43,763.04

Warren...................

130

132

123

7,812

9,896

8.832.63

12,953.77

14,063.80

Washington..............

238

241

247

16,296

30,743

18.526.88

31,963.60

36,966.24

Wayne....................

219

219

252

17,052

26,240

19,301.57

37,833.48

45,994.11

Westchester.............

159

148

211

27,738

31.803

26,908.02

84,648.40

95,156.04

Wyoming................

191

189

197

12,072

25.114

13,924.49

21,756.20

27,744.76

Yates.......................

106

106

110

7,536

12,170

8,263.32

19,089.09

16,417.96

Total..................

11,566

11,617

14.286

1,240,176

1,448.113

$1,316,607.18

$3,277,255:14

$3,792,948.79

« The above Table embraces returns from Jan. 1 to Oct. 1, 1858, except the last column, which is for the year 1857.


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