The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-07-10
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FntcGTioS ASD SrHooIs.
This subject cannot he ovcr-estimated il
received, a il deserved, more attention
from the Convention than any other single
article The principal features of the arti-
Gle her. presented are not only new Ia
the present Constitution, but are equally
~ Ia every other State Constitution in the
Union:
Sec. !. The educational interest ii I'll.
state, To include Common Schools AMI othc,
educational institutions, shall DC under th,
management II Board III Education, which
'hall consist ~ the Lieutenant Governor
WIN shall Le thu presiding officer of th,
Beard. AMI has. the casting vote ia case q
| i liz aud one Heulbcr IL h. elected iro,i
Zach judicial district IN the State
Sec =. NJ person shall 10 eligible ~
n.-mher ii said Bard who shall not hay,
attained tA. aye II twcn,, live years, and
been one Year citizen nf ia. State.
Sec. I. tine member IL said Board shall
l,c ,.h.>.n l., tic qualified electors Of each
district AMI shall hold the office ior the tern,
II fur ,ears. and until his successor j. elect
al and qualified. After the first election
unaer this Constitution. the Board shall be
divided. n nearly a. practicable, into two
equal classes. and the seat, Of the first class
shall bc vacated after the expiration of two
year,, aud one half the Board shall he cho-
..n every two years thereafter.
Sec l The first session 1T the hoard Of
Education shall be- held nj the seat &C Gov
ernincnt. an the first Monday Of December.
after their election; after which the General
Assembly may ia the time and place Of
meeting.
>ee. >. The session of the Board shall be-
limited Ia twenty days, and but one session
.liall he held in any one year. except upon
extrar,llnar, occasions. when, upon the
recommendation Of TWO thirds of the Board
tn. Governor may order a special session.
Sec q. The Board ii Education shall ap.
l~,int Secretary, who shall lie the execn-
tive "ilie.f ii the Board, and perform such
duties n may he imposed upon him by the
Beard aud The laws IL the State. They shall
A..r journal II their proceedings. which
>liall hc pnblislei and distributed in the
same manner n the Journal. of the General
Assembly.
Sos. I. Al rules and regulations made hy
I'll. Beard shall be- Published and di,tribr-
ted Il the several districts, NJ may he pro
sids'd for by the Board, and when ~ passed
published aud distributed, they shall have
the ipree aud effect If law.
s.., = The beard IL Education shall have
full pnwer and authority Ia leeislate and
make all nccdill rules aud regulations in
relation Ia Common Schools. and other ed
tieafianal institutions. that are instituted. 90
receive aid from the Sch"ol or University
fund IT this state: but all acts. rules and
regulations ii said Beard may be- altered.
amended, or repealed by the General As
>embls; and when altered, amended, or
repealed, they shall not be- Q. nactcd by the
Beard of Education.
Sec. =. The Governor of the State shall
he, Il eafie, member of said Board.
Sec. Ia. The Beard shall lla,. no ,.,w.r
Ia levy taxes. or make appropriations IL
money. The contingent expenses shall bc
provided for by the General Assembly
Sex. II. The State University shall b. e.
tabli>hed AT one place without branchc. al
any other place, and the University fund
.it,ll he applied To that institution and NJ
other.
s,s T.. Tic msmhcr, of the Beard of
Education shall pre,.de Tor the education
II all the Youths II the State. through a
system a common schools. And such
.eh.'l shall b. organized aud kept in each
school district al least three months in each
year. An, district failing, CIR two con.ecu
i've YEAR, q organize ami keep up school,
inas he deprived II their portion &c the
school fund
Sec Il. The n.inbers III the Board 81 Ed
ueation shall each receive the same per diem
during the time If their SESSION, and mile
AZ, going t. and returning thcrefroin, as
members ii Tia. General Assembly.
Sec ~ A majority IL the Board shall
constitute quorum r'r the transaction oi
business but M rule. regulation, or law, for
the regulation and government ii common
schools or III her educational institutions shall
PASS without the concurrence II a majority
of all the members III the Board, which shall
be expressed by the yeas and nays an the
final is>sage. The style II all acts shall he
:. Be il enacted by the Board of Education
# the State of Iowa
See Is. At any time after the year lsC.,
the General Assembly shall have power 10
abolish ar rc-orsanixe said Board of Educa-
tion, and provide for the educational inter
ests N the State in any other manner that
10 taem shall seem best and proper.
stHonL FINDS AND SCHOOL LANDS
In providing for q new system d co'nnon
schools, the Convention deemed Il best to
separate the causa d education proper from
the school fund and school lands, and pro-
vide for each under separate clauses Of the
Constitution. The only important change
In the latter department, 10 TO - found in
the following section: