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The total valuations of property, for the pur- 

 poses of taxation in 1878 and 1874, were largely 

 m excess of any previous year ; these results, 

 however, do not represent a corresponding in- 

 crease in the value of property, but are attrib- 

 uted in a large measure to the operation of a 

 new revenue law. The valuations returned 

 for 1873 are believed to be about 0.05 per 

 cent, of the cash value. 



The financial transactions of the State during 

 the past two years are shown in the following 

 table. The balance of Revenue Fund on hand 

 December 1, 1874, includes the 7-86 State tax, 

 amounting to $430,466.11. Under the decision 

 of the Supreme Court this sum could not be 

 transferred to the Local Bond Interest Fund. 



During its adjourned session in 1874 the 

 Legislature passed a law prohibiting all school 

 officers from excluding, directly or indirectly, 

 any child from school on account of color, un- 

 der penalty of not less than five nor more than 

 one hundred dollars for each offense; and "any 

 person who shall by threats, menace, or by in- 

 timidation, prevent any colored child entitled 

 to attend a public school in this State from 

 attending such school, shall, upon conviction, 

 be fined in any amount not exceeding twenty- 

 five dollars." The school-law was further 

 amended so as to abolish the provisional teach- 

 ers' certificate. Every teacher is now required 

 to hold a regular certificate, either of the first 

 or second grade. It is made the duty of the 

 county superintendent to grant, upon exam- 

 ination, certificates of two grades; those of 

 the first grade shall be valid for two years, and 



shall certify that the person to which such 

 certificate is given is qualified to teach orthog- 

 raphy, reading in English, penmanship, arith- 

 metic, English grammar, modern geography, 

 the elements of the natural sciences, the his- 

 tory of the United States, physiology, and the 

 laws of health. Certificates of the second 

 grade shall be valid for one year, and shall 

 certify that the person to whom such certificate 

 is given is qualified to teach orthography, read- 

 ing in English, penmanship, arithmetic, Eng- 

 lish grammar, modern geography, and the his- 

 tory of the United States. 



A bill providing for compulsory education 

 was passed by the House, but defeated in the 

 Senate. The condition of public education in 

 the State, for the two years ending September 

 80th, is shown by the following statement of 

 the Superintendent of Public Instruction : 



