Civil Government for Common Schools Prepared as a Manual for Public Instruction in the State of New York
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PREPARED AS A MANUAL FOR PUBLIC INSTRUCTION IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
To which are appended the Constitution of the State of New York as
amended at the election of 1880, the Constitution of the United
States, and the Declaration of Independence.
Instruction in Civil Government should be both theoretical and
practical. Unfortunately the text-books in general use stop with
the theory.
They deal with the science of government, but, being intended for
use throughout the United States, they give no information as to
the ART of government as practiced in this State.
Our students learn what is the guaranty of Republican government,
but not how that government is exercised in their own town.
They are drilled in Incorporeal Hereditaments, but do not learn
what kind of causes can be tried before a Justice of the Peace.
To supply this deficiency, is the aim of the present manual.
Beginning with the school district, the names, manner of election,
duties, and salaries are given of all important officers from the
school trustee to the President of the United States.
The rapid sale of the First and Second Editions of this book
encourages the hope that, with the additions now made, this manual
may be considered indispensable in every PROGRESSIVE school in the
State of New York.
I. The United State
II. Each State
III. Counties.
IV. Cities
V. Towns
VI. Districts
The following are names given to some of the different kinds of
districts in the State of N. York
I. Road, School and Election Districts.
II. School Commissioner Districts.
III. Assembly districts
IV. Senatorial districts
V. Congressional districts
VI. Judicial districts
A. A portion of a town placed under the charge of an officer,
whose duty it is to see that the roads are kept in good condition.
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