UPSON COUNTY, GA - HISTORY SCHOOLS  Ages 1859-1860

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May Term - Upson county

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Panel No 1  Superior Court Upson County
Educational tax collected:$1290.34 30% upon the
State Tax Received from State: $1400; $40.75 paid by
Tax Collector for year 1858;  Aggregate total:
$2748.66 $1588.86 paid to Teachers of Poor Children
for the last year The number of children returned as
being entitled to the benefit of the poor school
fund for last years was 689 of whom only 310 went to
school during said year.

It is probable that a larger number of poor children
will be returned this year than last because of
their being taken now between the ages of six and
eighteen, instead of eight and eighteen, as
heretofore.  No estimate can be made with certainty
of the amount to be received from the State for the
present year, but it is believed that it will be
less than last year.

Recommend that the county continue the Poor School
System, and Request Inferior Court direct 20%
instead of 30% [tax],  as in preceding year.

Source:  The Upson Pilot  May 19, 1860 #27