...their sovereign will with efficiency and dispatch. ED 94 42 The law of May, 1G42, reads as follows: " Forasmuch as the good education of children is of...indulgent and negligent of their duty in that kind: It is ordered by this court ami the authority thereof that the selectmen of every town, in the several precincts...

...the right of the State to compel the attendance of children at school. In 1642 it was declared, — " Forasmuch as the good education of children is of...commonwealth; and whereas many parents and masters are so indulgent and negligent of their duty in that kind, it is ordered, that ye chosen men appointed...

...and apprentices. The Code follows: Forasmuch as the good education of children is of singular behalf and benefit to any commonwealth, and whereas many...that kind; it is therefore ordered by this Court and authority thereof, that the selectmen of every town, in the several precincts and quarters where they...

...Structure not yet completed, 1867 1. The State must protect itself against Ignorance.—"Forasmuch as the good education of children is of singular behoof and benefit to any commonwealth, »nd whereas many parents and masters are too indulgent and negligent of their 2. A System of Public...

...from the earliest periods of our Colonial existence. The Colonial law of 1642, after premising that "Forasmuch as the good education of children is of singular behoof and benefit to any Commonwealth," ordered "that the selectmen of every town * * shall have a vigilant eye over their brethren and neighbors,...

...until 1792. Children Forasmuch as the good Education of Children is of singular behoofe and benefitt to any Commonwealth; and whereas many parents and masters are too indulgent and negligent of theire duty in that kind; It is therefore ordered by this Courte and Authority thereof, that the Select...

...[ives in sundry notorious Crimes, such a Son shall be put to death Drill. 21. 20. 21. . . CHILDKKN Forasmuch as the good Education of Children is of singular behoof and benefit to any Colony, and whereas many Parents and Masters are loo indulgent and negligent of their duty in thai...

...be buried in the Graves of ow fore-fathers in Church and Colony, the Lord assisting our endeavours : It is therefore Ordered by this Court and the Authority thereof; That every Township within this Jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of Fifty...

...well as religious training. The preamble of the similar Connecticut Act of 1644 runs: "For as much as the good education of children is of singular behoof and benefit to any Commonwealth," etc. THE PURITAN SCHOOLS NO'.VI lay me down to fle«p, T |>ray the Loid my foul tu keep. If I ftuiuld...

...e to us of whose fidelity we have not that Assurance which is Commonly required of all Governments. It is therefore Ordered by this Court and the Authority thereof. That the County Courts or any one Magistrate out of Court, shall have power and is hereby Authorized to Require...