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The Municipal Government of the city of Washington was ordained in 1802; and by an amended charter in 1804, it was authorized to provide "for the establishment and superintendence of schools;" the mode of which was thus prescribed by an act of December 5, 1804, "to establish and endow a permanent institution of youth in the city of Washington," as follows: Impressed with a sense of the inseparable connection between the education of youth and the prevalence of pure morality, and with the duty of all communities to place within the reach of the poor, as well as the rich, the inestimable blessings of knowledge, and with the high necessity of establishing, at the seat of the General Government, proper seminaries of learning; the City Council of Washington do pass the following act: SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the First and Second Chambers of the City Council of Washington that the superintendence of Public Schools within the city of Washington shall be placed under the direction of a Board of Thirteen Trustees, whereof seven shall be annually chosen, by the joint ballots of the Council, from among the residents of the city, and six be annually chosen by individuals contributing to the promotion of schools, as hereinafter provided. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Public Schools, Board of Trustees, City Council, Superintending Committee, Principal Teacher of the Western School, Common Council, Free Schools, Board of Aldermen, Robert Brent, School Fund, Class List, General Government, High School, Monday of July, Primary Schools New!
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The Municipal Government of the city of Washington was ordained in 1802; and by an amended charter in 1804, it was authorized to provide "for the establishment and superintendence of schools;" the mode of which was thus prescribed by an act of December 5, 1804, "to establish and endow a permanent institution of youth in the city of Washington," as follows: Impressed with a sense of the inseparable connection between the education of youth and the prevalence of pure morality, and with the duty of all communities to place within the reach of the poor, as well as the rich, the inestimable blessings of knowledge, and with the high necessity of establishing, at the seat of the General Government, proper seminaries of learning; the City Council of Washington do pass the following act: SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the First and Second Chambers of the City Council of Washington that the superintendence of Public Schools within the city of Washington shall be placed under the direction of a Board of Thirteen Trustees, whereof seven shall be annually chosen, by the joint ballots of the Council, from among the residents of the city, and six be annually chosen by individuals contributing to the promotion of schools, as hereinafter provided. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Public Schools, Board of Trustees, City Council, Superintending Committee, Principal Teacher of the Western School, Common Council, Free Schools, Board of Aldermen, Robert Brent, School Fund, Class List, General Government, High School, Monday of July, Primary Schools New!
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- The Spirit of Laws (Great Books in Philosophy) by Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu on page 32
- The Spirit of Laws by Baron De Montesquieu on page 32
- The Spirit of Laws Part Two by Charles de Secondat Montesquieu on page 32
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