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Directory of Ogden City and Weber County.
Weber County is divided into school districts, presided over by a County Superintendent (Prof. L. F. Monch holding the position at present,) who holds his office for two years. The school matters in each district are under the direction of three trustees, one of which is elected annually and holds his office for three years or until his successor is qualified, thus making the board continuous by leaving two practised trustees in office each year. With the exception of one lately organized, each district, of which there are sixteen, is well supplied with a good, comfortable schoolhouse, constructed either of brick, stone, adobe, or lumber. Some of them are very commodious and neat in their architectural designs, while all are seated with comfortable desks either home-made or imported, the latter of the best patents. The walls of nearly all of these are adorned with maps, charts, black boards, clocks, in fact all necessary appurtenances usually found in well-regulated district schools. Several of the districts have beautiful groves planted near the school houses, protected with substantial fences. The teachers are generally graduates from the Central School, a few from the University of Deseret. The following statistics were reported in 1882: Number of children in County between 6 and 18 years 3,913. Number enrolled in schools 2,946, or 76 per cent. Number of days schools have been in session, 160. Amount paid teachers, $12,513.85. The average attendance exceeded sixteen out of the thirty-eight States in the Union, prominent among which are New York and New Jersey. The number of days schools