Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-04-14

.fct 10 establish a System of Cotrmon
Schoois," dpproged .hug 9, 1852
The People Of The Stcse If California, rep
resented ia Senate and assembly, do enact
cs y{oliotcs.
STATE BOARD.
81 The Governor, the Superintendent OF
Public Instruction, ard the Surveyor General
Of the State, shall constitute, and are hereby
consiitl Board Of Education. The Governor
shall be President, and tie superintendent
shall be the secretary of the sand Board
, In each Of the towns, cities aud villa
ger in this state, exc pt as otherwise provided
81 tiis sch, there hal be elected three com
4aissioncvs OF comm n schools, who shall be
annually elected at ne general election, and
10 the same manner IS justices of the Peace
3 The three commissioners of common
schools, mentioned in the last preceding sec
ton. alone, or any te0 OF them, IN conjunction
with the county su aerintendent Of common
schools, or a justice + the peace of the town
city, or village. sr..! constitute board of
commissioners Of common schools for such
town, city or village, rs the case may be.
constable in each town, city and vii
lage, dnly elected ard qualified as SUCH to be
selected and designated by the board of com
missi0ners Of common schools for such town.
city or village, shall De the common school
marshal therein. to take the census of the
children residing within his precinct
). The said Board Of Education shall have
common seat, impression aud description
whereof shall be deposited by the secretary of
the Board in the oiice Of the secretary of state
and in the state treasurer's office. and in Jan
uary Of each year, shall report its doings to
the Legislature.
IS. All school moneys due each county
in the State shall be paid over by the State
Treasurer on the first lay OF January in each
year, by order the state board of education
upon the warrant of the superintendent Of
public instruction, under the common seal of
the said board of education to the county
treasurers and such warrants duly endorsed
by the county treasurers, shall be tbs only
valid vouchers in the hands of the state treas
urer for the disbursement of the said common
school moneys.
n Comptroller's warrants, drawn upon
the general fund, ard PAID. into the state treas
ury for school lands, shall draw the same rate
Of interest, and be entitled to all the prefer
ences of civil bonds, aud the state treasurer
on receiving any such warrants, shall en-
dorse upon the 5amm common school fund =
with the date Of their reception and subscribo
thereto his official signature, and no portion
Of said securities shall be soM or exchanged
for other securities, excedt by special act of
the legislature.
) s. The State treasurer shall keep a
separate and distinct account Of the common
school fund, and of the interest AMI income
thereof, together with such moneys as shall
be raised by State tax. or special appropria-
ton or otherwise for the support Of common
schools, and no portion of the couGmon school
81 n -.
nor Of the moneys raised by state tax or spec
tally appropriated for the support of common
schools, shall be diverted to any other object
or purpose.
Sec 8 The State treasurer shall, on or be
fore the first day OF December of each year
report to the board ct lucaton, who shall in
clude the same in their annual report to the
legislature, statement of the securities be-
longing to the common school fund, together
with particular statement of the moneys in
the treasury, accruing from the interest or in
come of the common sci COL fund, or from state
taxes appropriations for the support Of COM
mon schools.
) 10 The county assessor of each and eve
ry county in the State, shall be, and he is
hereby constituted the superintendent Of
common schools within and for his county
II In all cases OF failure on the part of
the ptpHlc W tItGl COuitllsSiUltTS rs HGfellDe+
fore provided, the county superintendent shall
have authority to appoint the same.
Il The County treasurers, superintend-
ents, marshals and commissioners of common
schools, within the sew raj counties, shall re-
spectively receive for their official services
under this act, such compensation as shall be
allowed by the court OF sessions or board OF
supervisors, which shall be audited and paid
in the same manner as other county salaries
are audited and paid
ARTICLE II
s The common school year shall com
mence the first day Of November, and end
on the last day of October.
ARTICLE III.
SCHOOL NfARsHALs
Sec 49, The marshals designated and Sc
iected ty the trustees under the provision Of
ihi5 Act, shall, in the month of October annu-
ally, take specific eensus Of all the children
within their respective precincts, between the
ages Of four and eighteen years, specifying
The names of the children, of the parents or
guardians Of svch children, and the town, CRY
and school district within which they reside
ank Ike full report thereof in writing under
oatu b. the county superintendent of common
schools and deliver Il true copy thereof to the
trustees in their respective school districts, by
the tenth day Of November next thereafter.
COMMISSIONERS OF COMMON SCHOOLS
The Of commissioners of common
schools of the several towns, cities. and villa
ges, shall have power, and it shall be their
duty. within their respective Jurisdictions
l To select and des gnate, by writing, I'M
der their hands, one Of the cohStables within
their respective Jurisdictions, to be the COM
mon school marshal, to take the census of the
cli'deen.