The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1847-02-09

uoilarS In value. Or The use and u, nrht of tho,
public schools IL abe t"wn of Portsmouth /; and
may purchase, lease and rent such real estate "A
may be necessary and proper for the location IF
public schools IN said town. and may erect build
ings and make all necessary aud proper arrange
mems thereon.
3. All the rights. powers and duties accrniro
I" the trustees of Portsmouth, under and nv WHINE
at an act. entitled " An act tn establish a system
vt free srnonls in the county of Norfolk" PASSED
the seventeenth day of February .iyhieen hun
dred and '"riy FIVE. save the p,wer from year
I" year Ia levy on tie inhabitants and properly of
the town such additional tax as may be necessary
tnesiah'ish and continue IN operation said schols"
shall he and the same is her by transferred from,
the said trustees of Portsmouth and vested in the
said commissioners oi the public schools of Ports.
mouth, and their successors. soon as said com
misSioners shall he duly elected
a. Ii shall he the duty of the said commissioners
"t the public schonls of Portsmouth, and their suc
cessOrs. 10 continue in operation under the name
"I public schools. The schuns already established
by the trustees of Portsmouth, under The provi
slons OF the act of the seventeenth day of Februa-
~ eighteen hundred and Eriy FIVE aforesaid. and
from time to iime to establish such additional
pnbllc schonls in the town of Portsmouth, as thew
may bind necessary aud expedeni /, shall be
their duty 10 appoint fit and competent teachers
t"r said srhnnls, and fix their duties and comppn.
sall"n; tn make proper rules and regnla ions for
The government of said schoos, and in all things
to exercise an active supervision over them and
on the first Tuesday in January in each wear. To
report 10 the trustees of Portsmouth the amount
required for the suppnr, of said schnols fnr the
current year And the said trustees of Ports
mouth are hereby authorized and empowered
from year To year. L" levy tax IN the Inhabitants
"i the town of Portsmouth fnr SD much uf said
amount as they may deem necessary, " hich tax
shall be collected by the collector OF the trustees
ct Portsmouth. and paid over by him To said
trustees. In like manner. with the like powers,
rights and remedies, and under the like respnn.
sIhties, with other taxes levied by said trus-
tees.
D The said commissioners of the public schools
OF Portsmouth and their successors shall have
power To make by laws and regulations. not in
consistent with the constitution and laws of this
State or the United States. which shall be hind
ing on the members of their own body, and those
In their employ and may foTce the ubs.ry
ance of the same by moderate fines, which they
may recover by warrant before any Justice of the
peace for the county of Norfolk, and which fines
when collected shall constitute part of the
schon fund they may elect a chairman TO pre
side at their meetings. and appoint a treasurer
and clerk and Fix his duties and conversation
Provided, hO,oeuer. That the said treasurer and
clerk shall not be allowed 10 enter upun the
duties of his offce until he shall have executed
bond with good and sufficient snreties, in prnaIrv
to he fixed by said commissioners, payable to the
commissioners of the public schools uf Ports
mouth" and conditioned (or the faithful discharu
of the duties of his office !; for any and eveTv
breach of the condition of which bnnd The sa id
commissioners may recover by motion in the
cn' y court OF Norfolk against said treasurer and
clerk and his snreiIcs upon ten days notice
b. When the commissioners of the nnblic
srhn"is OF Portsmouth shall be elected as af,re
SAID 1t shall he The duty Of the trustees of Ports
mouth to pay over To said commissioners all mo-
neys IN The hands of said trustees or with which
they are chargeable for the use of The free schools
IN Portsmouth, and always after 10 pay over to
said commissioners and their successors al moneys
which may come TO their hands for the use of free
schools in Portsmouth, and all which thew NAV
receive from taxes levied for The support of tho
public schools under the provisions of this act
ana any and all property which is now vested in
The trustees ot Portsmouth or to which they are
entitled for the use Of free schools shall he con
veyed and transferred said commissioners
And all the moneys received by and all the pro.
perry which may become vested in the COMMITS,
sioners of the public schools of Portsmouth and
their successors shall he held and appropriated by
them to the use of the public schuols in the town
"f Portsmouth and 10 M other purpose W haisoPv
or. And The said commissioners of the public
schools OF Portsmouth and their successors shall
he bound by all legal contracts with reference Ia
Iree schons IN the town o Portsmouth,, entered
into by the trustees of Portsmouth and not eye
cuted previous to the election of said commission
7. TIE said commissioners of the public schools
OF Portsmouth, and their successors. shall have
power 10 I'LL all vacancies which NAV occut AZ
their board; they shall meet at least once in every
three months. and may meet as often as Ihey
deem necessary. and majority Of them shall be
competent to transact business; and they shall
ma ,,ol
TeciurS at the Literary fund, spttinp forth the
number of public schuuls in the town nf Ports
mouth, the number of teachers, the number of
children taught, and The subjects on which in
s'rnclon is given in said schnuls and The general
opfraiiun and efficiency of the schools, and the
eXpese of maintaining them
9. lie II further enacted, That If the trustees
OF Portsmouth shall fail 10 elect he commission
ers ct the public schools of Portsmouth on the
FIRST Tuesday in March in any year, that then il
snail he lawful for said trustees to elect said com.
missIoners at their regular meeting next ensuing
ma be al further enacted. That the epis-
Ia'hrr hereby reserves 10 Itself the ripht at any
uno hereafter To amend. alter or repeal this act !:
but IN case IL shall do So il i take care ty dedi,
ca'e To 'he purposes of education in the Town Of
Portsmouth, or 10 such other pnrposes as the
trustees of Portsmouth NAY designate. all the
property, real aud personal, and chooses in nction
which at The time may be vested in the cou,u,is
elpners of The public schools Of Portsmouth
TO- This act shall be in force from i,s MASSAGE
The fuIlowing is the Resolution Of the Board
of Trustees under which authority The bill was
prepared and sent up to the Legislature, by
member Of the Board -
PoRTsnoU1H, Va Jan. 90. 1917.
" A meeting Of The Board Of Trustees Of
Portsmouth. held this day, the following rpsolu-
ton was submitted aud adopted, viz
ReSofUed, That the Delegates from Norfolk
County be- requested To ask the Legislature Of