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State Superintendent upholds decision of SR in the case of Holden and Clark vs. the Trustees of the town, of Lansing District #7, saying that trustees have right to levy tax.

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Letter tells of the electioneering done by Boardman's opponents in an election in the attempts to get another man elected.

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Reports on the Teacher's Institute in Angelica.

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A man in the school district refuses to pay taxes on land which is not in said district.

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Requesting that SR send the dates he will be able to visit Trumansburg.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: Correspondence and other papers of the Robertson family of Washington County, New York, and several other related families, dealing mostly with family matters and the migration westward of family members to Ohio, Missouri, Minnesota, and California. The papers of Smith Robertson consist of his letters written while a student at Union College (Schenectady, New York) and as superintendent of Common Schools in Tompkins County; also as a medical student at Geneva Medical College, at Yale...

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Asking that SR visit the Groton district schools and commenting on the next school term.

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About text books being considered by the Books Committee of the County School Association.

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Granting the request for an extension in handing in the district's annual report and commending the evaluation SR is doing of the Common Schools in Tompkins Co.

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The State Superintendent has asked that each district send in the number and description of the books in the school libraries. Boardman also reports that a district meeting will soon take place to discuss new school sites and taxes.