Liberia 



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of course have the force of law until expressly disallowed by the 

 Legislature. It should also be made a misdemeanour for any chief 

 or other person to refuse to obey the summons of the President, the 

 Secretary of the Interior, or the Superintendent of county or district 

 when it becomes necessary to investigate matters and things tending 

 to disturb the peace of the country. 



The Acting Secretary of the Interior will submit his report, and 



95. A LIBEKIAN SCHOOLHOUSE 



from that document the Legislature will be informed what the 

 Government has striven to effect in the hinterland and on the coast 

 since your last session. 



Education 



The Superintendent of Public Instruction will submit his report 

 for 1904. It will show over 5,000 pupils in the public and mission 

 schools of the country. The expenditure has averaged $25,000. 

 Besides this we are spending about $I0,000 a year on the College. 

 The latter is an absolute necessity, since it is from the ranks of its 

 students that we will obtain the most efficient teachers of our primary 

 and secondary schools. The great wants of the public schools at 



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