Documents Communicated to the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, at the Annual Session of ... |
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17 belonging adults above age age of 17 agent Amount of money Amount received Ann Arbor appropriation April auditor balance bank of Michigan belonging to families board of inspectors branches Brought forward Build house canal Carried forward common schools Convict Department David Adams Detroit duty east quarter south expenses families using French fraction French language German language half of south interest internal improvement Jackson County Kalamazoo Kalamazoo River lands legislature Medbury Michigan State Bank money recei Monroe north east north west November 30 number attending school Number residing paid Pay teacher payment Prosecuting Attorney quarter east half quarter north quarter of north quarter south west Repairs respectfully Rice creek river road S. W. Whitwell salary scholars school fund school where books services as guard south east quarter Southern railroad sundry superintendent Support school tion township treasury trict Tuition Wayne county west half Whole number attending
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Page 20 - An act to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of the public lands, and to grant preemption rights...
Page 60 - An act to provide for an exchange of lands, with the Indians residing in any of the States or Territories, and for their removal west of the Mississippi...
Page 273 - The legislature shall provide for a system of common schools, by which a school shall be kept up and supported in each school district, at least three months in every year; and any school district neglecting to keep up and support such a school, may be deprived of its equal proportion of the interest of the public fund.
Page 410 - At the last session of the legislature, an act was passed entitled " An act to preserve the purity of elections,
Page 409 - To include in his report an abstract of the annual reports of the several District Attorneys, with such observations and statements as, in his opinion, the criminal jurisprudence and the proper and economical administration of the criminal law of the State shall warrant and require.
Page 272 - Every child, as it was born into the world, was lifted from the earth by the genius of the country, and, in the statutes of the land, received, as its birthright, a pledge of the public care for its morals and its mind.
Page 14 - Above all others, the laws on the subject of common schools should be plain, simple, and easy to be understood. They should be as independent of all other enactments, as the nature of the case admits, and, to a proper understanding of them, it should not be necessary to refer to legislation on other subjects. Such, however, is not the present condition of our legislation on this important subject. The enactments are various and...
Page 286 - The great objects of the farmer should be to obtain the greatest returns for his labor, without deteriorating the fertility of the soil: and to restore fertility, in the most economical way, where it has been impaired or destroyed by bad husbandry.
Page 121 - An act to provide for the government and discipline of the State Prison.
Page 269 - SCHOOLS. A limited tax for a school house, its repairs and appendages, and for a library case and books, may be imposed by the qualified voters, and assessed upon the property of the district, but not a dollar to support the teacher. It is true, the amendatory act of last winter provides that the organized townships may raise, if they deem it expedient, a sum not to exceed one dollar for each child of the legal age ; but suppose such a tax is not deemed expedient ; what becomes...