Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-05-12

int css -9rt enti led an act dn1eRdatory of
+ ami suPpf s1lefltary TO an act entitled Sin
-3cf 10 e>t0ofist a System Of Common
Sehoofs, aPProred Juuy 8, 1852.
Tie Peo2ie Of fte State of California, rep
Tesfnteet ia Senate and -4ssem5lg, do enact
as JoiioUs
STATE BOARD.
The Governor, the Superintendent of
Public Instruction, and the Surveyor General
Of the Slate Shall constitute. and are hereby
coustitd Board If Education The Governor
snail be Pr, isnt, and the superintendent
shaN be th stary of the said Board
= in eac4 f the towns. cities aud villa
ges 10 this STAKE. except as otherwise provided
by This act, there shall be elected three COM
missi1uers % :nmon schools, who shall BE-
annually aleet7 1T the general election, and
IN the =1ua o. nner as justices Of the Peace
) The three commissioners of common
schools. mentioned in the last preceding sec
ton, alone, 81 ny two of them, in conjunction
with the comfy superintendent of common
schools or 1gs-ice of the peace of the town
city, or village shall constitute a board of
coEnmlssiouels common schools for such
town. city OF VI age, as the case may be
) 4 A cons-a bic in each town, city and vii
lage, daly elee'e and qualified as such, to be
selected and a5s grated by the board of com
uusstouers Of Goa mon schools for ssch town
city or village shall be the common school
nlafsAal therein. - take the census Of the
children resiinr chin his precinct
The said . ard IF Education shall have
q common seal. tn Impression aud deserintioa
whers'; shtI q posted by the secretary OF
tae Eoarf 10 - nee of the secretary of state
AMI ID Tho s-l' reasurers office and in Jan
lary q, paea shall report its doings to
sh0 Legs
Al moneys due each county
10 iHe STATE re paid over by the State
rFe'sl Srst day oil January in each
la state board of education
ut of the superintendent of
pa n, under the common seal of
the se.1 Of education to the county
treasures such warrants duly endorsed
by the epun., .easnrers, shall be tbs only
valid voucher the hands of the state treas
urer for the d. ursement of the said common
school moneys.
) COmptr"tiers warrants, drawn upon
the general fund and paid into the state treas
nry for school lands, shall draw the same rate
of interest, and be entitled to all the prefer
ences of civil bonds, and the state treasurer
on receiving any such warrants, shah en-
d0rse upon the 81 am common school fuEd -
with the date of heir reception, and subscribe
thereto his ohic Il signature, aad no portion
of said securtis shall be sold or sxehan ged
for other secur les, excedt by special act Of
the legislature
S The ST. treasurer shall keep
separate and dis met account of the common
school fund, and of the interest and 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 coulmon school
fund, nor of the interest or income thereof,
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 wear
report to the board eff education, 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 school 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
5 IL In all cases of failure on the part of
the people to elect commissioners as herenbe
fore provided, the county superintendent shall
have authority to appoint the same.
II The County treasurers, superintend-
ents. marshals and commissioners of common
schools within the several counties, shall re-
spectvely receive for their official services
under this act, such compensation as shall be
allowed by the canrt of sessions or board of
supervisors which shall be audited and paid
in the same manner as other county salaries
are audited and paid.
ARTIcLEII
S The common school year shall COM
mence on tie frs day of November, and end
On the last is, October.
ARTICLE III.
SCHOOL MARsHALs.
Sec Is fls ilar 'hals desiguated and Sc
leetel ty the Trustees under the provision of
his Act, shalt, Il month of October annu-
ally, lake spec senSus of all the children
within their respective precincts, between the
ages Of four nud Eighteen years, specifying
the names Of tine ci idren, of the parents or
guardians oi sych e. illren, and the town, eitv
and school distrie, min which they reside.
ank make full rcpo hereof in writing under
oath 70 the county Hperintendent of common
schools, ANA deliver "a true copy thereof TO the
trustees in their rssr sctive school districts by
the tenth day OF .ember next thereafter
CoMHfISsI0 SEs- Of COMMON SCHOOLS
= The of mssioners of common
schools u the s-Tar / towns, cities, and villa
gcs, shall have po er, and it shall be their
duty. withiu the'r spective jurisdictions
! IT, select an3 'ignate, by writing. un-
der their hands f the constables within
their respective 81 siictions. to be the com