Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1845-11-20
LAWS OF VERMONT,
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LAWS OF VERMONT, /
1896.
No. Am ACT to abolish the School Fund
1t is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of
the State Of Vermont as follows:
SEC. l. All the laws Of this State, heretofore
passed respecting the State School Fund, are here
by repealed
Sec 9 All the moneys, notes, bonds, mortga-
ges and other securities Of every name aud nature,
aud all goods, chattes, rights and credits whasoev-
er, and all lands which now belong to, aud consti.
tute the State School Fund, are hereby transferred
to, and made the property Of the State, and shall
hereafter be so deemed.
Sec. 3. The State Treasurer is hereby directed
to appropriate and apply so much Of said money,
goods, chattels rights and credits so transferred to
the State as aforesaid, may be required to can
eel and extngulsh the Indebtedness of the State
said Fund, and the balance of the proceeds Of said
fund shall be put into the Treasury for the use and
benefit Of the State.
Sec. 4. Nothing in this act contained shall pre-
vent the State Treasurer commissioner of said
fund, from prosecuting and collecting, for the ben
eft Of the State, either in law equity, any out
standing debt or claim Of whatsoever nature, which
may be due, or hereafter shall fall due, in respect
Sec. s. This act shall take effect from and after
its passage.
Approved November 5, 1915
No. Am Act in addition TO an act, in amend
ment of Chapter Is of the Revised Statutes, enti- |
tied of Common Schools approved October 30, |
1874 1t is hereby enacted, sc.
Sec |. The Treasurer is hereby directed, in |
making payment to the prudential committee of |
school districts, in any unorganized town GORE
of their proportion of the interest Of the surplus de-
poste money in accordance with the provisions Of
the act to which this is in addition, to include each
thnfo hoo ko.I H.. I,o.t ~
gore since March 30, 1912.
Sec. 2. There shall be more than one school
district IN any unorganized town gore the same
rules shall be observed in apportionng the money
among the districts, as in organized towns
Approved October %, 1912.
No. 3.-An Act in addition 10 Chapter ls ofthe
Revised Statutes entitled of Common Schools
Ii is hereby enacted, &c.
Sec. /. Whenever person, residing in a school
district in town. shall be set TO a school district
IN an adjoining town, provided in section six of
chapter eighteen Of the Revised Statutes, his prop
erty and person shall be taxed and the taxes there
on shall be collected Within and for the use Of the
district which he shall be set as aforesaid in the
same manner, as said property and person would be
taxable, and the taxes thereon collectabe, in the
said district in the town where he resides, in case
he had not been set to said other district in adj
joining town. Provided, that said property and
person shall be taxable aforesaid only in the dis
trct to which said person shall be set as aforesaid
Sec 2. This act shall take effect from its pass
age.
Approved October %, 1916.
No Am Act relating to Common Schools
1t is hereby enacted, &c.
Sec. |. There shall be one or more Superin- {
tendents of Common Schools, not exceeding three
in each town in this State to be appointed by the
freemen thereof, at their March meeting annually. S
Sec. 2. There shall be a superintendent of Com c
mon Schools in each County, in this State, appoint
ed by the Judges Of the County Courts, in the sew
eral counties, the sessions Of said Courts next
preceding the FIRST day Of October of each year. i
The appointment shall be in writing under the hand
of the said Judges, aud shall be recorded by the
Clerks Of said Courts respectively, who shall there
upon give notice OF such appointment to the State
Superintendent, and said Superintendens shall hold
their Offices for year from the first day of Octo-
Der following their appointment And the Assist s.
ant Judges othe several counties shall meet the Il
twentyfth of November, one thousand eight hun ii
dred and forty five, at the Offices Of the several 81
County Clerks, and appoint County Superntend- d
ens in aforesaid TO until the first day 81
of October next. ii
Sec. g. There shall be State Superintendent s.
of common Schools who shall be annually appoint n
ed by the Joint Assembly.
Sec. A. Ii shall be the duty OF the Town Super
intendent to visit all such Common schools within
their respective towns as shall be organized
ding to law, at least once in each year, and often
er if they shall deem it necessary AT such vista
ton the Superintendent shall examine into the state
and condition of such schools respects the prog
ress of the school in learning. and the order and
government of the schools; and they may give adj
vice to the teachers Of such schools as TO the gov
eminent thereof and course of study to be pursued
therein and in general, to perform the duty rela- =.
tive to the inspection, examination and regulation u
Of the schools, and for the improvement Of the
scholars in learning, imposed the prudential =
committee of the districts by the last clause of Sec
tion ii Of Chapter Eighteen Of the Revised Stat
ues And il shall also be the duty of such super o
inendent visit the said schools with the supern-
tendent Of the County in which they are situated,
often said County superintendent shall request
him so to do. e.
The town superintendent shall require full and
satisfactory evidence the good moral character Of
all instructors who may be employed in the public :,
schools in their respective towns, and shall
tain by personal examination, their qualifications
and capacity for the instruction aud government of =
schools. u
Every instructor Of district school shall obtain II
Of the town superintendent Of such town Tor of the
superintendent Of the County as is hereafter pro-
vided) certificate Of his qualifications, before he
opens such school, which he shall TO be re- !,
corded in the Town Clerks Office of said town, be-
fore any payment is made TO such instructor
count of his services; which certificate shall be a.
valuable for one year only.
Sec. s. II shall be the duty Of the County Super
nendents FIRST To visit all the towns within their