Excerpt from Statements Required by the House of Representatives From the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of Alabama: Pursuant to a Resolution of the House, Bearing Date January 29th, 1870 The Superintendent of Public Instruction would state, most respectfully, to the House of Representatives, in re spouse to the 2d paragraph of the Resolution. That In the discharge of his official duties ln visiting the counties and' lecturing, he visited especially and on the business of schools, the counties 'of Butler, Coneeuh and Escambia, oncet each that he visited Mobile county four times during the yeah-spending there in an earnest effort over thirty days - endeavoring to reconcile the conflicting elements, es tablish peace and promote the true interest of free public schools there; that he visited Washington, Choctaw, Sum ter, Greene, Marengo and Dallas, twice each; he visited Perry, Bibb, Autauga, Jackson, Madison and Talladega, once each - availing himself of such Opportunities to lec ture and talk to and with the people on the important sub ject of the Free Public School System of the State, as in' his judgement seemed most advantageous. The clerical force allowed by law, in the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, in its largely multiplied duties under the new school system of quarterly and monthly settlements, being altogether inadequate to the work of the office, the Su perintendent found it entirely impracticable to extend his visits only to those counties where his personal presence was deemed necesary in the settlement of difficulties pre judicial to the interest and success of Free Public Schools.county on account of public schools. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.