Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-01-05
TERRITORIAL.

The following is the education bill, in
trouduccd by Mir. Bullen, in the Council:
A BILL
ToestqJIish Board Of Education, andsthe
Office Of Superintendent of Public In
struction, and to prescribe their Duties.
Be il enacted by The Council and Housc
of Representatives, Of the Ierrjtoryof Wis-
rcJnSjn.
SecI Tnatlhc Governor, Secretary, land
Judges of the district courts, of the Territory
Of " isconsin, together, with some learned
and competent person, to be elected by Joint
ballot ofthc two Houses, as Superintendent
Of Public Instruction, be, and are hereby
constituted Board of Education for said
Territory, a majority of whom shall be
competent to do business.
Sec. ,. The Governor shall be chair
man, and the said Superintendent, eT off,
clio, Secretary Of the said Board: and 1t
shall be the duty of the Board TO meet an
nuaIy at the Seat of Government, on the
first Monday o! December, and at such
other times and places as they shall decide
upon by appointment
Sec 3 ltshall be the duty Of said Board
TO deliberate upon and suggest such inn
proyomcnt in the existing Common School
system, together with the effects OF former
legislation upon the subjects Of Universities
and Academies in.the said Territory, as TO
th,m shall seem necessary TO resolve
questions Of doubt, and decide such qucs-
tons Of law as may arise and be referred
to them, either by Literary Corporations,
Commissioners of Schools, Trustees, or
aDv taxable inhabitants Of any School Dis
,rict: aud such decision shall be final and
finding upon any Corporation, Town, or
Distrci, from which such question was re-
fcrrcd.
Sec. 4. 1t shall be the further duty Of
eaid Board to advise with, and to commu-
njcatc to the said Superintendent, such in
formation as they may deem essential TO
him in the discharge of the duties prescrlb-
ed to him in this act, and as would be use
ful to the Legislature in their future action
upon the subject Of Education generally !;
which shall be laid before that body in his
Annual Report.
Sec ). Ii shall be the duty of the Suporn-
tcndent to provide and deliver to the Clerks
Of tho Boards Of County Commissioners,
in each of the counties of the Territory
respectfully blank forms Of Returns, cor
responding as nearly as may be, to the fol-
lowing:
rTbe form Of the Blank is omitted.
Sec. 6. 1t shall be the duty Of the seve-
al Clerks Of the County Boards, to whom
said blanks may be delivered, to furnish
the Clerks of each organized School Dis
trict in their respective counties, with one
of said blanks; and said District Clerks
shall 6ll an said blank with true answers
and returns 10 the several subjects of en-
curry therein named, and make due relurn
thereof. 10 the Superintendent, by the first
dav Of December Of each year.
Sec. :. 1t shall be the further duty of
the Superintendent to visit the populated
sections of the Territory meet the teach
ers and other friends of Education; lecture
on such topics as shall be adapted to pro-
duce a deeper sense Of the Importance of
Common Schools; aud TO discuss such ques-
lions as shall be submitted 10 him fer adj
vice.
Sec. s. The Superintendent shall also
examine the various text books tor studies
N Common Schools, and recommend a
uniform system to be adopted throughout
the Territory He shall also examine, IN
conjunction with the Board, the different
systems and the legislation of other states
and countries on the subject of Schools, and
law the result Of such examination before
the Legislature in his Annual Report.
Sec. 9. The Superintendent shall apnu-
aIlv. on the third Monday Of December,
Law before the Legislative Assembly re-
port, which shall embrace, not only the
information provided for in the fourth, fifth,
and eighth sections of this act but also the
result of his enquiries on the following sub
lects, viz
l. "ho', are the books in general use
specifying Spelling Books, Grammarsi
Ar'hmeticlls, Biographies, Reading and
other books
II. BY whom are the books for use IN
schools selcctedl
IT, Is it desirable TO increase the mum
Der Of studies