The town of Holland was voting on this day in 1818, about what might be owed to Moses Blake and Eber Robinson. Blake and Robinson had kept a school in their section of the town during the summer of 1818, educating seven children.

The town voted to pay them $10 for their work. This seemed like a reasonable sum to the townspeople, so they also voted on this day to establish this as a benchmark for the pay scale due educators.

It was resolved that anyone providing schooling for children during the upcoming year could expect to be paid a proportionate equal rate of the amounts that had been approved and paid for the current year.

The Vermont Book Of Days photo.