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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 In April, 1851, the Eree School Act was repealed and the rate bill system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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