NEW YORK. 



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employ.-,!. The child must also furnish a wrlt- 

 rtittcatc of having received sm-li in*truo- 

 ti,,n. 'Hi,- |.emdi\ for \i..l:itmg this provision 

 is lii'iv dollars tor every offense. 



In every school di-trirt the trustees are re- 

 quired in September :nul rVl.ruary to examine 

 int.. tin- situation of tin- children employed in 

 .ill manufacturing establishments ; and manu- 

 facturers must furnish a correct list of all chil- 

 dren between tho ages of eight and fourt.-cn 

 yean employed. 



Trust ITS are required to furnish text-books 

 when the parents or guardians are unable to 

 do so. It the parent or guardian is unable to 

 compel tho child to attend school, and shall so 

 state in writing, the child shall be doalt with 

 as an hahitual truant. 



Hoards of instruction and trustees, in cities, 

 ! districts, etc., are authorized and direct- 

 ed to make all needful provisions and regula- 

 tions concerning habitual truants, and children 

 between the ages of eight and fourteen years, 

 found wandering about the streets during 

 school-hours, having no lawful occupation or 



business, and growing up in ignorance ; and to 

 .;.- lor their instruction and confinement, 

 when necessary, subject to tho approval of the 

 Justices of tlio Supremo Court of the district. 

 The statistics of the common schools for the 

 year ending September 80, 1874, are as fol- 

 lows: 



Total receipts. Including balance on band 



September, 80, 1878 $11,M4,0 88 



Total expenditure* *10,7TO,TI 81 



A in. unit paid for teacher*' wages $7,550,090 G0 



" school-bouses, repair*, 



furniture, etc $1.721,S8t <M 



Estimated value of school-houses and si ten. $^,714,738 00 



T. .1 :.l MiimtxT of school-house* 11,775 



Number of school districts, exclusive of 



cities 11,299 



Teachers employed at the same time for 



the full legal term of school !-.:.'. ! 



Teachers employed during any portion of 



tlie year 89,888 



Children attending public schools 1 n.;...n..7 



IVr-mm attending normal schools " 



Children of school age In private schools.. 



Volumes in school district libraries 



Persons in the State between five and 



twenty-one years of age 



There are in the State 22 literary colleges. 

 10 medical colleges, and 240 academies and 



COLUMBIA COLLEGE, NEW YORK CITY. 



academical departments of union schools. Spe- 

 cial schools of law, of medicine, and of science, 

 are connected with several of the colleges. 



The academies of Now York are regarded 

 as a part of the system of public instruction. 

 These, ns well as most of the colleges and 

 medical schools, are subject to the visitation 

 of the Board of Regents of the University, a 

 corporate body created in 1787, with power to 

 incorporate colleges and academies, and to re- 

 quire from them reports as to their studies, 

 finances, instructors', pupils, etc. It comprises 

 nineteen members elected for life by joint bal- 

 lot of the Legislature on nomination of the 

 Governor, besides the Governor, Lieutenant- 

 Governor, Secretary of State, and Superintend- 

 ent of Public Instruction, who are members 

 ex officio. The regents make annual reports 



to the Legislature. Academies are incorpo- 

 rated on condition that a certain amount of 

 funds is raised by private contribution. The 

 property and funds of the academy must be 

 vested in trustees and used only for public 

 academic instruction. These trustees are ame- 

 nable to the Legislature and the courts, and 

 are required to make annual reports to the re- 

 gents. From 1838 to 1872 $40,000 derived 

 from the literary and United States deposit 

 funds was annually distributed among the 

 academies according to tho number of pupils 

 passing an examination held by the regents. 

 In the latter year an additional appropriation 

 of $125,000 was made for this purpose. Be- 

 sides this, about $18,000 is annually distributed 

 to the academies for instruction of teachers. 

 Academic departments of nnion schools are 



