History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Prominent Men . m thesurplus State fund was apportioned by the trusteesto the heads of families, and by them paid to theteachers as tuition at so much per scholar, and after-wards it was paid by the trustees directly to theteachers and credited to the parents; but the presentsystem did away with these and other inconvenientmethods, which are recalled by the older residentssimply as reminiscences of the days when the inhab-itants of the township were struggling along understill more serious inconveni
History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Prominent Men . m thesurplus State fund was apportioned by the trusteesto the heads of families, and by them paid to theteachers as tuition at so much per scholar, and after-wards it was paid by the trustees directly to theteachers and credited to the parents; but the presentsystem did away with these and other inconvenientmethods, which are recalled by the older residentssimply as reminiscences of the days when the inhab-itants of the township were struggling along understill more serious inconveniences than any connectedwith the schools. The township is divided into twelve school districts,known as Six-Mile Run District, No. 40 ; Sand HillsDistrict, No. 41 ; Georges Road District, No. 42 ;Fresh Ponds District, No. 43 ; Ridge District, ; Dayton District, No. 45; Rhode Hall District,No. 4(5; Mapleton District, No. 47; Little RockyHill District, No. 48 ; Scotts Corners District, ; Pleasant Hill District, No. 51 ; and Kingston Dis-trict, No. 65. In 1852 the number of school districts was 17;. ^^^ e/e^^z.^^^;^^^^ SOUTH BRUNSWICK. 789 number of children between five and eighteen, 1098 ;number of children taught, 640; average time schoolswere kept, 10 months; total amount appropriated forschool purposes, $ In 1880 the total amount received by tJie severalschool districts in South Brunswick from all sourcesfor school purposes was as follows : In Districts , 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 50, and 61, $300 each; in Dis-trict No. 42, $ ; in District No. 45, $; inDistrict No. 46, $460; and in District No. 55, $ value of school property in the township was$17,100, divided as follows among the several dis-tricts: Districts Nos. 40 and 45, $2000 each; Dis-trict No. 41, $200; District No. 42, $1400; DistrictNo. 43, .$400; Districts Nos. 44 and 50, $900 each ;District No. 46, $1900; District No. 47, $1500 ; Dis-trict No. 48, $600; District No. 51, $30
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