Show our fro free schools the legislature ball provide for or the and maintain anee of zi a uniform system aydam of public schoola icho ola which shall hall be open to nil all children 0 of lite state and bo free from mAc macfarlan tarlan control and the common B hooli be free see state constitution art 10 sect 1 2 tho ho school lows lews of 1892 caysi every district school shall bo be open for the admission free of charge of all children over six eix und and under elgh teon tean pars oara ut of age livinia in tho the dim die wet tract lice boe art 18 13 see sec 88 and tho the board of trustees eoa dball fi haUlie lim a power to admit to the ise bools in tile district pupils from other districts when it can call be done dona without injuring or overcrowding crow ling such schools and rhall have howerto power to make regulation for their n and to chargo charge and collect red anoble fees feas for their tuition 6 sc aco pg ill art 0 sec 43 1892 mr allison has introduced in tho the sonata fie nitta of our present legislature the follow following ingi i ayery school shall bo be 0 opened boned I 1 for or th children ildren over the ngo ago of ix and under eight eighteen oon years years it aioo oe of charge adulte may bo admit admitted tedi such auch tuition as aa tho the trustees trust cea eos way tany determine upon aupuni and also alao a compulsory claudo requiring parents to send end their children even making it a for nou non compliance coin palanco pl lanco my object in quoting the th above Is id to place bolero before the public the intent and purpose of our free school laws and show that their application would include nil all the children of tho state and grant them the advantage of a common school education tiou mr mien allen and others rondo made the point that by tile iho law of 1892 1802 all persons persona owning aro properly erty in id the territory would bo be made to support cirt tho the free school flys and that it would open the door wide enough to all bond or freo high or low free broo of charge belying them this thia boon alion of free education some miner r matters may have haive been omitted there are many of our iana that thai art arb wanting and often a judge Is 15 required to look back and de it if possible tho the intent of a law before lie ho can arth ache at a db definite finito interpretation thereof but in the school laws anti and the con ution there is no room loft aft for doubt or ambiguity tile the intent and object of the school laws la Is plainly laid down so BO that ft a wayfaring nian man may not arr therein ayery person owning property Is ia compelled to pay a 6 lax and a per cent of this goes to tile the support of schools of the state stale from this furd an apportionment is made mada by b tho the state superintendent ana and each each district gets its per capita capit accod according clug to enumeration D th aliis is method the v weak oak or poor districts are sustained and supported by the wealthy and aff affluent idelli onea so BO that all alf the child children ton way may be admitted free arco of charge to the common schools it ib is ii afteu the case that some of tho the children are overlooked bud and not enumerated ume rated and by this omission the district is ia curtailed and terms limited again families moe into districts tt hb do not pay taxes and choso whoso children have not been enumerated Is there ani question as to the eligibility bt bf these children being nd united luto the district schools scho olaT maere ore are instances where fornili families 1 es do not live in ia buy any lct ch children ildron hai halcot 13 not boon been enumerated in the bount y 4 are these children to bo dep deprived of the advantages of our froe free Is it within the power poNe of a I 1 oard loard of school trustees to mile mar mandatory dator orders prohibiting these child ion from attending school IQ in my next I 1 will endea endeavor to show bat it lias bas not and that thore there i 15 it liability ett attached ached for injury doue tolura to ird ft th education of all ft CA III J |