, 1854-07-01
CHATTER l.

That the principal of all moneys accruing
10 this Territory from the sale Of any land
heretofore given, or which may hereafter
be given by the Congress of the United
States for school purposes, shall constitute
on irreducible fund the interest accruing
from which shall be annually divided
among all the school districts in the Terri
tory, proportionally to the number Of chill
dren or youth in each between the ages Of
four and twenty-one years, for the support
Of common schools in said districts, and
for no other use or purpose whatever
Sec 2. For the purpose Of establish
ing and maintaining common schools, it
shall be the duty Of the county commission
ers of each county to lay an annualtax of
two mills on dollar, on all taxable prop
erty of the county, us shown by the assess
ment rolls made by the county assessors for
the same year, and TO include the same in
their warrant to the collector, and the said
collector shall proceed to collect the said
tax in the same manner as the other
county tax is collected and the said
money so collected shall be paid over to
the county treasurer to be appropriated
for the hire of school teachers in the sever
al school districts, to be drawn in the
manner hereinafter prescribed.
Sec. 3. For the further support Of
common schools, there shall be set apart by
the county treasurer, all money paid into
the county treasury, arising from all fines
for breach of any penal laws of this Ter
ritory Such moneys shall be paid into
the county treasury, and be added to the
yearly school fund raised by tax in each
county, and divided in the same manner,
CHAPTER II.-couxrY sUTERIxrEXDENrs.
Sec. l. There shall be elected by the
legal voters Of the respective counties, at
the annual elections, county superintend-
ent Of common schools for each county,
who shall hold his Office for the term of
three years, and until his successor is duly
qualified.
Sec. 2. The superintendent shall quail
fy within ten days after notice Of his cleo
ton, BY taking an oath faithfully to dis
charge the duties of his Office, and to the
best of his ability promote the interest Of
education within his county which oath
shall be in writing and placed on file in
the county clerks Office.
Sec 8. 1t shall be the duty Of the su-
perintendent to divide such portion Of his
county as shall be inhabited, into convent
eut shool districts TO define the bounda-
ries and numbers and to prepare and
keep in his Office map of the districts of
the county upon which the lines and boun-
daries of each district shall be clearly de-
fined; be shall lay of new districts, or di-
vide old ones when the public good shall
require it.
Sec. I. Whenever any school district
shall be formed by the superintendent, it
shall be his duty to prepare notice in
writing Of the establishment of such district,
describing its boundaries, and to deliver
the same TO some taxable inhabitant Of
such district, who shall have asked for the
formation Of the same. 1t shall be the du-
ty Of said inhabitant, within two weeks
after the receipt Of such notice, to notify
the other inhabitants Of the district Of the
time and place Of the first district meeting,
which time and place he shall FIX by writ
ten notices, and which shall be posted up
in three public places in the district, at
meeting. In case the inhabitants fail to
attend in sufficient numbers to do business
as hereafter directed, notice may be renew
ed at such times as may be thought proper.
Sec. 5. 1t shall be the duty of the su-
perintendent to examine all persons who
wish to become teachers N his county he
shall examine them in orthography, read
ing, writing, arithmetic, English grammar
and geography and if be be of the opin-
ion that the person examined is competent
TO teach said branches, and that he or she
is Of good moral character, he shall give
such person certificate, certifying that he
or she is qualified to teach common
school in said county; such certificate shall
be for the term of one year only, and may
be revoked sooner BY the superintendent
for good cause. =
Sec. 8. The superintendent shall visit
all the schools taught in his county by o
qualified teacher, at least once year he
shall give such information and encourage
ment as he may think necessary, and en-
deavor to promote the introduction of a
good and uniform system of school books
throughout the county.
Sec. I. 1t shall be the duty Of the su-
perintendent to receive the district reports
hereinafter provided for, aud keep them
on file in his Office and he shall at least
ten days before the FIRST Friday in Novem-
Der Of each year, make out from the district
reports, statement Of the number of the
scholars in the county-the number of
school libraries the number of school
hOuses--the number of districts-in how
many districts school has been kept in
the past year-what school books are prin-
cipally nsed-what proportion of all the
scholars in the county have attended school
for the past year-and the amount OF mon
ey paid to teachers. This statement. to-