History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . grandfather of J. 1-. Snook, assistant cashier ofthe I-irst National Bank, of Beaver Springs. By J. F. KELLER, Esq. The third historic act of the Legislature of Pennsylvania was thatwhich pro^dded for the education of all the children in the Common-wealth at the expense of the puhlic treasury, passed in 1834. Previous to the enactment of this great law more than 200 acts hadbeen passed in reference to this suljject, for the people of P(ninsylvaniahave ever been the friends and advocates of education and at no periodof their hist
History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . grandfather of J. 1-. Snook, assistant cashier ofthe I-irst National Bank, of Beaver Springs. By J. F. KELLER, Esq. The third historic act of the Legislature of Pennsylvania was thatwhich pro^dded for the education of all the children in the Common-wealth at the expense of the puhlic treasury, passed in 1834. Previous to the enactment of this great law more than 200 acts hadbeen passed in reference to this suljject, for the people of P(ninsylvaniahave ever been the friends and advocates of education and at no periodof their history were the efforts relaxed to attain greater perfection in theorganization and administration of a system of public schools. The act of 1834 inaugurated a new era in education in this that time forward steady progress has been made. At times itwas slow, and to many imperceptible, but public sentiment was neverstagnaut, and legislation never went backward. With this law the found-ation of the system of common schools now in use was laid. It provided. The Four-Room Public School House. (The Old Cemetery in the Foreground.) that a tax should be levied on all taxable propertj^ and inhal>itants, thattownships, boroughs and wards should l)e school (Hstricts, and thatschools should be maintained at public expense. The establishment andsupervision of schools in each district were intrusted to a board of sixdirectors to be chosen l)y the legal voters. The people in each townshipwere allowed to determine by an election whether the new school systemshould be adopted or rejected, and an election upon this question mightbe held once in thrt e years. The secretary of the Commonwealth wasmade superintendent of scliools and the Legislature was authorized toappropriate funds annually from the State treasury in aid of the work ofeducation. In 1835 a powerful effort was made to repeal this law, but throughthe exertions of Thaddeus Stevens, then a mend)er of the legislature, aid-ed
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