Excerpt from Addresses Delivered Before the California Teachers' Association: At Riverside, December 28-31, 1891 The first school law was passed by the Legislature of 1850 - 51. Any district drawing money from the school fund must maintain a School at least three months in the year. This law provided for the establishment of high schools. It allowed religious schools to receive aid from the fund. San Francisco had had, in 18 50, a free public school, independent of any State law. The Common Council established it, and John C. Pelton was at its head. 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.