Information Sheet
R Morgan County
(Mo.). School District No. 5. Saint Martins.
414 Record
book, 1897‑1900.
One
folder, photocopies.
This is the clerk’s record book of the
Saint Martins School District, which was located north of Versailles and east of Glensted in Morgan
County, Missouri. The records include
minutes of meetings, annual enumeration of children and taxpayers, and an
account of expenditures by the district.
St. Martins School District No. 5
encompassed parts of twelve sections in townships 43 and 44 North, Range 17
West, in northeastern Morgan
County. The record book is a standard type published
for use by school district clerks in Missouri. There are several categories of records. The minutes of the annual meetings of the district
contain the results of elections of officers, decisions on the duration of
school terms, and changes in district boundaries. The proceedings of the Directors concern
the hiring of teachers and the maintenance of school property. A list of expenditures is recorded
separately. Annual enumeration of
students list the name, age, sex and race of each school‑age child, as
well as the names of parents or guardians.
About seventy‑five children were enumerated each year, ten percent
of whom were black. A list of taxpayers
in the district, teachers’ contracts, and oaths of the directors complete the
records.
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