Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-03-27
Ssiye, provide for the


nunssal s.psrvision Of ell county superin-
1910 and common schools, and shall
nesl said superintendents once year at
- pleps ss.he shall appoint to confer with
a. aad receive their statistics. He shall
snnaally; o. the frst day Of January, report
Is Ne Auditor of State the number of per-
ssss il each county of the State between the
aess Il I've and twenty one years. II he
sAsll have reasonable assurance that at least
sA;rty teachers desire to assemble Tor the
purpose q holding teachers institute, and
70 remain IN session not loss than six days,
~ shall appoins place for such meeting,
- draw from the State Treasury sum not
ensssdine 500 to defray the expenses. One
aAoasand dollars per annum is hereby aprro.
psiased towards meeting the expenses OF
fAess institutes. The superintendent shall
make reports to the General Assembly and
Hoard Of Education at each session, giving
. statement Of the condition Of the common
schools, 10. His salary shall be $500,
with necessary contingent expenses for tr"v-
cling, postage, stationery, dc provided the
whole amount Of salary and such expenses
shall not exceed $3.50 per annum.
50. The board of presidents Of school DIS
tx,cts in any county may, at any regular
Meeting Immediately following their cleo
so. determine whether high school shall
\. .,.ablishcd in such county, and in case
,hey shall determine to establish such high
school, they shall elect by ballot nine trus-
tees, res dents of the county, who shall Dc
G,;acd into classes numbered one, two,
.A,.. class numbered s'one" shall hold
their Office for one year; class numbered
.s,vo" for two years; class numbered
",hrs." for taree years, from the time Of
.h.;r election the terms Of service of those
sr,t elected to be determined by lot, and
thereafter, at every annual meeting OF said
board Of presidents, there shall be elected
tina. trustees for the term Of three years
frem such election.
e.. The trustees so elected shall consti-
toto bodyorporate, and (6l) shall have
power to elebt president, secretary and
treasurer, who shall perform the duties
sso.lly pertaining to such officers.
Sees. 81 and IS define the duties Of such
boards Of trustees.
GA. PROVIDES that in each county in which
q high school shall be established, there shall
be paid from the county treasury to the said
board Of trustees, for the parpose of erecting
buildings for and sustaining such school, the
sun Of three thousand dollars per year, for
The six next succeeding years, and one thou
saad dollars annually thereafter, and it shall
;. the duty Of the county judge to include
these sums in levying the tax for ordinary
e,anty revenue.
Secs. IS and 70, inclusive, relate to schol-
arships which shall DO constituted in the
State University, for educating young men to
bsecms professors in the high schools. The
scholarships are to be filed from the high
schools in the same manner as the scholar
ships in the high schools are filled from the
district schools. but not more than four
scholarships may be filled from one high
sci,ocl. The student using such scholarship
shall Do entitled to receive SIS annually from
Tie State Treasury for period not exceeding
three years, which sum shall be deducted
yfrea his salary when he shall afterwards
teach in higl, school or be refunded with
iassrest if he does not teach.
Secs. u aud 90, inclusive, relate to til:
6tsts University located at Iowa City. The
public buildings at Iowa City and the ten
acres VI land on which they are located, to-
gether with the two townships of land
granted by Congress Of July Goth, 1910, for
the support Of University, and the proceeds
Of the same, are donated to said University.
The government Of the University shall he
vested exclusively in board of trustees, to
consist of the Chancellor of the University,
who shall be president of the board, the
Governor, the Superintendent of Public In
struction, and twelve trusteees, who shall be
elected as hereinafter provided. The said
trustees shall DO divided into classes, NUN.
bsrsd one, two aud three. Glass number
Zone" shall hold their Offices for two years
class number 1.-TWO" for four years, and class
number "threo" for six years, from the first
Monday Of January, 1858; and every two
years thereafter there shall be elected by the
General Assembly, four trustees to supply
the vacancies made by the provisions Of this
section, and who shall hold their Offices for
six years respectively. Lauren Dewey, of
Henry county; Edgar Wright, OF Cedar !;
WIN. Burris, of Scott; ". F. Brannan, of
Ma.catine; E. c. Lyon, NJ. Reno, II. D.
Downey. ". A. Bsrris, of johnson Lincoln
Clarke, Of Dubuque county; J. B. Grinnell,
Of Peweshisk; Geo. W. Drake, of Mahaska !;
and ". P. Davis, Of Polk comfy, arc ap-
pointed tho first twelve trustees under this
act, four of whom shall hold their office for
two years, four for four years, and four for
ok years, their several terms Of Office to be
determined by LOT, At the time of the first
organization of the board under this act.
Tte trustees are to receive no compensation
for their services except mileage at the rate
Of ten cents per mile in attending general or
special meetings OF the board.
Tho bill, upon the whole, is quite liberal
in its provisions, and if it can be fully carried
ont, will make tile school system of this
State very effective sne. 1t is, We believe,
unlike any other system in operation in the
Unisn. There are some of its provisions
which do not meet with our full concur renee
the most important of which is the man
ner in which the school fund is apportioned