Annual Report on the Condition and Improvement of the Common Schools and Educational Interests of the State of WisconsinDepartment of Public Instruction, 1858 - Education |
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... table of the successive annual increase of children entitled to share in the School Fund apportionment , from the organization of the State to the present time , will show : Children . Apportionment . Per Scholar . Year . 1850 . 1851 ...
... table of the successive annual increase of children entitled to share in the School Fund apportionment , from the organization of the State to the present time , will show : Children . Apportionment . Per Scholar . Year . 1850 . 1851 ...
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... table , which will do for his house . Then I will come and call you out , and pat you on the head , " etc. , etc. No one at all acquainted with children need be told how much stronger an interest the latter style of narration would ...
... table , which will do for his house . Then I will come and call you out , and pat you on the head , " etc. , etc. No one at all acquainted with children need be told how much stronger an interest the latter style of narration would ...
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... table to show , before me , how many cases were appealed annually from the county officers to the State Superintendent , while we had County Superintendents . I know however they were very few . I can speak for this county , for the two ...
... table to show , before me , how many cases were appealed annually from the county officers to the State Superintendent , while we had County Superintendents . I know however they were very few . I can speak for this county , for the two ...
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... TABLE No. I. SHOWING AMOUNT OF INCOME APPORTIONED . Counties . 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 Adams 58 50 285 84 743 82 Bad Ax .. 1,383 90 2,341 02 1,461 00 $ 33 03 162 72 204 75 452 88 715 64 Brown 757 71 722 40 706 95 1,113 ...
... TABLE No. I. SHOWING AMOUNT OF INCOME APPORTIONED . Counties . 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 Adams 58 50 285 84 743 82 Bad Ax .. 1,383 90 2,341 02 1,461 00 $ 33 03 162 72 204 75 452 88 715 64 Brown 757 71 722 40 706 95 1,113 ...
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... 1,179 51 1,441 92 1,426 05 2,765 52 3,632 16 Wood . 4,028 50 4,288 02 5,361 00 193 38 288 75 Total 47,891 35 53,703 94 55,656 20 99,192 96 125,904 94 131,772 90 141,482 26 181,158 75 TABLE No. II . SHOWING AMOUNTS OF TAX RAISED IN 251.
... 1,179 51 1,441 92 1,426 05 2,765 52 3,632 16 Wood . 4,028 50 4,288 02 5,361 00 193 38 288 75 Total 47,891 35 53,703 94 55,656 20 99,192 96 125,904 94 131,772 90 141,482 26 181,158 75 TABLE No. II . SHOWING AMOUNTS OF TAX RAISED IN 251.
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