[Publib] The Day After

[Judy Wilkin]

Let us consider historic public funded programs.  Below is a short list 
of those which significantly impacted my ancestors and my life.
/
1785  Land Ordinance (Northwest Territory)/
"The ordinance was also significant for establishing a mechanism for 
funding public education. Section 16 in each township was reserved for 
the maintenance of public schools."    
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Ordinance_of_1785

/1862  --- three acts passed when, significantly, some congressmen left:
1)  Homestead Act of 1862/
"The *Homestead Act* was a United States Federal law 
</wiki/United_States_Federal_law> that gave an applicant freehold 
</wiki/Freehold_%28real_property%29> title to 160 acres </wiki/Acre>"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_Act

/2)  Land Grant Universities of 1862/
"*Land-grant universities* (also called *land-grant colleges* or *land 
grant institutions*) are institutions of higher education in the United 
States </wiki/United_States> that have been designated by each state to 
receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890 
</wiki/Morrill_Land-Grant_Colleges_Act>."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land-grant_university

/3)  Pacific Railway Act of 1862/
"The *Pacific Railway Act of 1862* (12 Statutes at Large, 489)[1] 
<http://www.cprr.org/Museum/Pacific_Railroad_Acts.html>, as enacted by 
the United States </wiki/United_States> Congress 
</wiki/United_States_Congress>, was approved and signed into law by the 
President, Abraham Lincoln </wiki/Abraham_Lincoln>, on July 1, 1862 
</wiki/1862>. Officially entitled *"AN ACT to aid in the construction of 
a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific 
ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, 
military, and other purposes,"* "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Railroad_Act

/1944   G.I. Bill/
"The *G.I. Bill* (officially titled *Servicemen's Readjustment Act* of 
1944, PL346, 58 /Statutes at Large/ 284) provided for college or 
vocational education for returning World War II </wiki/World_War_II> 
veterans </wiki/Veteran> (commonly referred to as GIs 
</wiki/GI_%28term%29> or G.I.s) as well as one year of unemployment 
compensation. It also provided many different types of loans for 
returning veterans to buy homes and start businesses."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Bill






Philip Cheney wrote:
>   One wonders whether *public libraries *and *public schools *would 
> have support
> in today's economic and philosophical climate if they were on the 
> ballot as
> brand new institutions.  In my state vouchers and tax credits for private
> education are being supported by conservatives. 
>  
>    I don't think we can assume that support for tax-supported 
> institutions is a "given"
> anywhere in the country as state and local officials wrestle with 
> where to make
> cuts.  This is harsh reality  - no matter what word you use for public 
> expenditures on
> social programs, whether the social programs are traditional (public 
> education and
> public libraries) or new programs that might be classified as 
> socialized medicine (health coverage for all Americans).
>  
>  
> */Philip M.Cheney/*
> */Oconee County(SC) Puiblic Library/*
>


-- 
Judy Wilkin, Systems Administrator
Porter County Public Library System
103 Jefferson St, Valparaiso IN 46383-4820
(219) 462-0524 ext. 120
jwilkin at pcpls.lib.in.us

 

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