Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1846-04-23

ed by the court TO educate said chill.
dren and provide school houses. The
court, majority oft acting mag s.
trates being present, are to raise The
money required, BY a levy upon all the
citizens, IN the. manner county leyies
are made, and rateabIe levy upon
the lands, lots and houses therein, ac-
cordlng to their assessed value. The
levyto be collected by the sheriff, when
other taxes are collected, (for which
ne IS allowed two per cent. commits.
slon,) andto bepaid over to the treas
urer OF the school commissioners, upon
the orders Of the said courts, upon re-
QUESTION of the school commissioners,
to be distributed by said treasurer, as
said commissioners may direct. The
commissioners are to report annually to
the court, at its February term, the
amount TO be raised, and the court are
to make the levy accordingly. If the
magistrates fail to attend when sum-
moned, the court may make new or
der, until a majority shall attend. All
the schools are to be free. School
commissioners refusing to perform any
duty required by the act, TO pay pen
atty of twenty dollars, recoverable by
motion before the county court, and TO
be paid to the treasurer fol the benefit
of the school fund. The act is not
to conflict with any act organizing a
special system in any county Or corpo-
ration, nor with the provisions of the
act amending the present primary
school system in the State.
An act amending the primary
school system. Requires the county
and corporation courts at their October
terms to lay off their counties and cor
porations into districts, having regard
to the territorial extent and population
of the same, and to appoint for each
district school commissioner. All
the commissioners together to form a
board. Vacancies to be supplied, as
they occur, by the courts. Nine mem
bers, unless the number be less than
sixteen, and then majority, to consti-
tute quorum of the board. The
board is to assemble annually at the
November terms of their courts, at the
court houses, and then to elect su-
perintendent of schools, requiring of
him bond and security for the perform
ance-of his duties. Ifhe fail to except
or execute bond, the appointment may
he made at the next court. The com.
missioner Of each district is to transact
any business therein, to register and
report to the superintendent all chill.
dren in the district between five and
sixteen years; to enter at school any
number Of INDECENT children which the
district proportion of his county or COR
poration quota will pay for, at the rate
of tuition allowed; and to subscribe
such number of days to each
teacher as he may think proper, direc-
ting such teacher to keep an account Of
every days attendance of each child
entered by him, for which the teacher
is to receive the rate per diem pre-
scribed. The superintendent is. to
perform the duties heretofore perform
ed by the treasurer and clerk of the
school commissioners, to prepare and
keep a register of all children entered
at school, and may from time to time
require reports from the several COM
missioners of the county or corpora
,ion; he is also to report to the annual
meeting of the board of commissioners
the condition of the school system, with
such information as may be proper; al.
so his account as treasurer for the pre-.
ceding year, the said account to be
reported by said board to the supern-
tendent of the Literary Fund; he is to
require from the said commissioners a
report of the number, ages, names and
sexes of the children within their dis
tricts, designating those entitled 20 in
struction, and the number Of days in
struction received up to the 3Oth Sep
TENDER annually, and to report those
facts to the superintendent of the Lit
erary fund, together with any other
matter regarded by him as important,
or required to be communicated by the
superintendent of said fund; he is to
fix the compensation of the teachers
per diem for the instruction Of INDECENT
children, subject TO the control Of the
board of commissioners; to open an ac-
count with each district in his county,
passing to its credit its equal share of
the quota to which the county is emit
tied, notifying the commissioner ofthe
district Of the amount to his credit, and
charging him with such orders as shall
be drawn by the commissioner on the
superintendent; he may require from
any teacher any information connected
with his school; and he is entitled for
his services, to two and halfper cent.
upon the amount expended for the pur-
poses for education during the prece.
ding year. The act authorizes the
commissioner Of every district to draw