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282 2d School-houses. No appropriations have been or will be made for school houses, until the maintenance of a teacher has been put beyond conjecture, by responsible parties having assumed that burden. Four-Hundred dollars is too large an appropriation for a country school-house. The usual appropriations have been from $50 to $150, and scores have been erected with this assistance. One teacher at the most can give instruction to 75 pupils, and a building 20 x 30 feet in the clear will suffice. Such a house built of logs by the freedmen will not require more than $75 or $100 to pay for necessary sawed lumber, windows, doors, and nails -- the freedmen performing the labor. Blanks for school reports will be procured from the sub. asst. com'r of your dist. Very Resp'y-- R. M. Manly Sup Education
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Good detail regarding expectations of 'reasonable' school size