The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-07-17

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ARTICLE 1x.-EDrcAr1oN AND SCHOOL
LANDS.
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SECTION 1. The educational interest
of the State, including Common Schools
and other educational institutions. shall
be under the management of the Board
Of Education, which shall consist of the
Lieutenant Governor, who shall be the
presiding officer of the Board, and have
the casting vote in case of a trie, and
one member to be elected from each
judicial district in the State. ...s....
SEC. 2. No person shall be eligible as
a member of said Board who shall not
have attained the age of twenty five
years, and shall have been one year a
citizen of the State. ..
SEC. 3. One member of said Board
shall be chosen by the qualified electors
of each district, and shall hold the Of
fee for the term of four years, and until
his successor is elected and qualified.
After the first election under this Con-
stitution, the Board shall be divided as
nearly as practicable, into two equal
classes, and the seats Of the first class
shall be vacated after the expiration of
two years and one-half of the Board
shall be chosen every two years there
after.
SEC. 4. The first session of the Board
of Education shall be held at the Seat of
Government, on the first Monday Of
December, after their election; after
which the General Assembly may fix the
time and place Of meeting.
SEC. s. The session Of the Board
shall be limited to twenty days, and but
one session shall be held in any one
year. except upon extraordinary occa-
sions, when, upon tie Recommendation
of two-thirds of the Board, the Governor
may order special session.
SEC. 6. The Board Of Education shall
appoint Secretary, who shall be the ex-
ecutive officer Of the Board, and per-
form such duties as may be imposed
upon him by the Board and the laws of
the State. They shall keep a journal Of
their proceedings, which shall be pub
lished and distributed in the same man
ner as the journals of the General AS
sembly.
SEC. 7. All rules and regulations made
by the Board shall be published and dis
tributed to the several counties, town
ships. and school districts, as may be
provided for by the Board, and when so
made, published and distributed, they
shall have the force and effect of law.
SEC. 8. The Board of Education shall
have full power and authority to legis-
late and make all needful rules and regu-
lations in relation to Common Schools,
and other educational institutions, that
are instituted, to receive aid from the
School or University Fund Of this State;
but all acts. rules, and regulations of
said Board may be altered, amended, or
repealed BY the General Assembly; and
when so altered, amended, or repealed,
they shall not be re-enacted by the Board
of Education. 9gn'
Sec. 9. The Governor of the State
shall be er-o6scio, a member Of said
Board. s.5
Sec. 10. The Board shall have no
power to levy taxes, or make appropri-
atoms of money. Their contingent ex-
penses shall be provided for by the
General Assembly.
Sec. IL. The State University shall
be established at one place without
branches at any other place, and the
University fund shall be applied to that
institution and no other. s4
Sec. l2. The Board Of Education
shall provide for the education Of all
youths Of the State, through system
Of common schools, and such schools
shall be organized and kept in each
school district at least three months in
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