The School Act: For The Signal Of Liberty

ur paper to cali the altention of the ■opio of Michigan to the necessity of an Leration, or amendment of our primarv ge ;hool Law, before small Districts can lo gularly enjoy the full benefit of schools, = is contemplated by the act. The 2 sary amendment should provlde for raisl money on the taxable property of rr 3 residents of the District, for the pavint of the teachers, after the tog( on of the public monej', instead of q" ig up the deficiency on the scholars. Ec Under the present system there are a " 3at many Districts so thinly settled that e or two individuals having large famis, if they chance to take sorae unreaïable ofFence or dislike, can withhold :irsupport and thereby prevent a school, compel the rpajority to submit'to their tation, however selfish or nnreasonable nay be.it inay be. - Many parenis and guardians are so p'Arsirnonious, or indifferent in regard to the education of their cliildren, tbat manv are kepi. from school to save expense, that would be sent ifall were compelled to pay. As all are benefited by the education of al], it is but just that all assist in defraying the expense. Such an amendment would no doubt add one fourth to the valueand efficiency of the school act; and to save the expense af republishing the wholc school act, the amendment only rnlght be published, distributed and attached to the act. One petition for the aboye purpose is ilready in circulation, and has rcceived the signature'of several men of property ivho have no chiJdren to be benefitted by t. It is hoped that many others will be