The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-11-22
LAWS OF VERMONT, 1s45,

s ;,6ereby enacted by the General Assembly Of the
M cnlo of Vermont, as follows:
Sec l. All the laws ofths State, heretofore pass
ID respecting the State School Fund, are hereby re-
m peaed.
Sec Q. All tho moneys, notes, bonds, mortgages
and olbcr securities Of every and nature and all
.ods chaels, rights and credits whatsoever and all
'o1s which now belong TO, and constitute the State
4 school Fund, are hereby transferred to- and made
ne property OF, the slate, and shall hereafter be so
M deemed.
I'd Sec 3 The State Treasurer is hereby directed TO
" appropriate and apply so much Of said money goods
,D,isls rights and credits transferred to the State
2, Azores id, may be required to cancel aud extn.
,p.h the Indebtedness Of the State to said Fund and
HE balance of the proceeds of said fund shall be
put into the Treasury for The use and benefit OF the
N State.
Sec 4, Nothing in this act contained shall pre-
vent the State Treasurer, commissioner of said
X ind from prosecuting and collecting, for the benefit
flhe State, either in law equity any outstanding
Il je.t or claim, of whatsoever nature, which may he
iae or hereafter shall fall due, in respect Of said
" Ind.
Sec 5 This act shall take effect from and after
IA passage.
N Approved November 5, ls45.
No. 2.--An act in addition to can act, in amend
mendment of Chapter ls of the Revised Statutes en-
n titled Of Common Schools; approved Oct. 80, 1874
1t is hereby enacted, &c.
Sec The Treasurer is hereby directed, in
king payment 10 the prudential committee Of school
districts, in any unorganized town gore, Of their
proportion of the interest of the surplus deposite mon
ey, in accordance with the provisions of the act to
which this is in addition to include each year that
school has been kept in said town gore since
March 20, 1912,
Sec 2. rhere shall be more than one school dis
iicI in any unorganzed town gore, the same rules
shall he observed in apportioning the money among
The districts, as in organized towns
Approved October %, ls45.
No. 3,-An Act in addition to Chapter Is of the
Revised Statutes, entitled "of Common Schools" ],
i hereby enacted, Sc
Sec. l Whenever a person, residing in school
district in town, shall be set to school district
in an adjoining town, provided in section SIX OF
ap,er eighteen of the Revised Statutes his property
and person shall be taxed and the taxes thereon shall
collected within, and for the Of the district TO
Ehch he shall be set aforesaid, in the same man
rer, said property and person would be taxable,
and the thereon coectabe in the said district in
tho town wherein he esides, in he had not been
set said other district in adjoining town. Pro-
ViGed THAT said property and person shall be taxable
ms aforesaid only in the district to which said person
shall be set az aforesaid.
Sec. 9. This act shall take effect from its pas
sage.
Approved October IS, 1916.
No. An Act relating to Common Schools. 1t
thereby enacted, &c.
Se,. l. There shall be one or more Superintend-
ens Of Common Schools not exceeding three IN each
town in this State, to be appointed by the ireemen
thereof, ut their March meeting annually.
Sec. 2. There shall he superintendent oil Com
Schools in each County, in this State, appointed
BY ha Judges of the County Courts, in the several
countess at the sessions Of said Courts next proceed
Ing the first day OF October Of each year. Inc APP
pontmen shall be in writing under the hand OF the
said Judges, and shall be recorded by the Clerks OF
sld Courts respectively, who shall thereupon give
notice Of such appointment TO the state Superintenu-
ent shall hold their offices FOR year from the LIST
day of October following their appointment And the
Assistant Judges of the several counties shall meet
on the 18th of November, one thousand eight hum
dred and fnrty-fve, at the offices of the several
county Clerks, and appoint county superintendent IN
manner aforesaid, to serve until the hrst day OF oct
next
Sec g. There shall be a state superintendent Of
common schools who shall be annually appointed by
the Joint Assembly.
Sec 4. 1t shall be the duty of the Town Super
ntendent to visit all such common schools wlthm
their respective towns AS shall be organized accord
ing to law at least once in each year, and oHener u
they shall deem it necessary. At such visitation the
Superintendent shall examine into the state and con-
DIXON OF such schools respects the progress oil Inc
scho' IN Ieaning, and the order and government OF
'he schools and they may give advice to the teach,
ers Of such schools the government Thereon, ana
course of study be pursued therein sand in general
20 perform the duty relative the inspection, exam
STATION and regulation Of the schools, and Tor the I'M
provemen fthe scholars in learning imposed on the
prudential committee Of the districts by the last clause
81 Section Of Chapter Eighteen Of the Revised
Statutes. And it shall also be the duty OF such sn
Pornende1t to visit the said schools with the supern
sndent of the county in which they are situated las OFT
as said county superintendent shall request nm 80
10 do.
The town superintendents shall require full and sat
s'ac'ory evidence of the good moral character oil an
Instructors who may BIO employed in the pubic
schools in THAR respective towns, and shall ascertain
oy personal examination, their qualifications and ca
Paclty for the instruction and government Of schools
Every instructor of district school shall obtain of
The town superintendent of such town Cor of the SUI
perInendent Of tho county is hereafter provded)
Certificate Of his qualifications, before he opens such
school, which he shall to be recorded in the
Town Clerks office Of said town, before any pay
men is made to such instructor account OF his ser
Vces which certificate shall be available for one year
only.
Sec 8. It shall be the duty of ths county super
nendents first To visit all the towns within the'r
respective counties at least in each year. ana
otener if they shall deem it necessary; to notify the
Town superntendents Of such town oil the ume or
times such schools in such towns viii be WISH,
ed, and invite him to assist in such VISITATION; anu
with such town superintendent. If he shall attend at
such visit, without his presence, 1t ne shal Ia' u
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