Vermont Legislative Documents and Official Reports1869 |
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00 Amount 00 ASSETS JANUARY 1863 Discharged Nov 1863 Discharged Sept 1864 Discharged July 1865 Discharged Feb 1865 Discharged March 66 July 66 Sept Addison County Amount of capital Amount of compensation April April 12 attendance Bennington Board of Education Burlington CALEDONIA COUNTY Capt Cash on hand cent Charles Claimant's Name common schools Corp'l Court expenses Discharged Aug Discharged Oct Fire Insurance Company freight George including capital stock Institutes interest John July 16 July 20 July 9 June 15 June 20 Jury fees Loans mile Montpelier mortgages Mustered out Aug Mustered out July Nature of Claim Normal Schools outstanding risks parents passenger premium notes pupils purpose drawn re-insure all outstanding Reform School Registers repairs required to re-insure returning votes Rutland scholars school-houses Secretary Superintendent teach teachers tion Treasurer V. R. C. Discharged Value of Government Vermont W. H. Smith William Windsor County
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Page 84 - Let it simply be asked, Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligations desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious...
Page 83 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labour to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Page 125 - Tho school committee shall require the daily reading of some portion of the Bible, without written note or oral comment, in the public schools, but they shall require no scholar to read from any particular version, whose parent or guardian shall declare that he has conscientious scruples against allowing him to read therefrom...
Page 59 - Whether any such accidents have arisen from carelessness or negligence of any person in the employment of the corporation, and whether such person is retained in the service of the corporation.
Page 73 - Section 2. The State Auditor is hereby directed to draw his order on the State Treasurer for such sums and at such times as the Superintendent of Education, with the approval of the State Board of Health, may require to carry out the provisions of this act. The total expense under this act shall not exceed Six Hundred ($600) Dollars in any biennial term ending June 30.
Page 5 - Whole number of switches on main track, about 80 -GRADIENTS AND ALIGNMENT. Maximum grade, 52 8-10 feet. BUILDINGS AND FIXTURES. Passenger houses, Freight houses, Engine houses, Repair shops, Water stations, Dwellings, Wood sheds, Turn tables, Other buildings, as follows : Store building, 6 i'l 3 5 V2 19 85 2 EQUIPMENT.
Page 61 - Railroad Company, do solemnly swear that the above is a true statement of the condition of the finances of said company, their trustees, or assignees or lessees, on the day of , 186 treasurer.
Page 101 - ... is cultivated and tested ; where the difficult principles of each lesson are developed and illustrated, and additional information imparted ; and the mind of the teacher brought in direct contact with the mind of each pupil, to arouse, interest and direct its opening powers ; instead of all this and more, the brief period passed in recitation, consists, on the part of the teacher, of hearing each individual and class, in regular order and quick succession, repeat words from a book ; and on the...
Page 59 - Total number of persons killed, Total number of persons injured but not killed, In addition to which must be given a statement of the date of each accident, the place where it occurred, the train, the cause and the extent of the injuries inflicted upon each, person, and the name of such person.
Page 102 - In the mean time the order of the school must be maintained, and the general business must go forward. Little children, without any authorized employment for their eyes and hands, and ever active curiosity, must be made to sit still, while every muscle is aching from suppressed activity ; pens must be mended, copies set, arithmetical difficulties solved, excuses for tardiness or absence received, questions answered, whisperings allowed or suppressed, and more or less of extempore discipline administered.