300 HISTORY OF OHIO. 



establish schools, in any town where there is a sufficient foreign 

 population to need them, throughout the whole Mississippi val- 

 ley. At Cincinnati F. C. F. Salomon, A. M., is the Princi- 

 pal. 



OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Executive Committee, 



Honorable Bellamy Storer, President ; John Myre, Vice 

 President ; H. K. Wills, Recording Secretary ; Professor C. G. 

 Stowe, Corresponding Secretary; Jacob Guelick, Esq. Curtis 

 M. Doolittle, C. P. Barnes, William Neff, Dr. John Allen, D, 

 W. Tolfard, Otis Aldrich. 



Treasurer, 

 Alfred W. Bentley. 



General Agent, 



Reverend John J. Lehmanowsky. 



The general assembly of the state, have incorporated the 

 above named society and placed their school in Cincinnati, 

 on the same footing with the public common schools, which 

 are supported by the public funds. 



We have twenty-two incorporated academies in the state, 

 some of which are flourishing. 



COMMON SCHOOLS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE. 



Every township is divided into school districts, which are 

 governed by a board of directors, elected by the people. 

 School houses are built by a tax levied on the people, and 

 the public money is paid over to the teachers in proportion to 

 the number of scholars who attend the schools. The system 

 is a wise one, and the funds to support common schools now 



