Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-06-12
AMENDMENTS TO THE SCHOOL LAW.

i lows By our Legislature, and it will be. we
for our readers to file the paper contain
ing the amendments:
Publish ed June LIST, 1851
AN ACT to amend an actentitled"An &C
to amend chapter nineteen of the Re
vised Statutes, zand to compile tn,
school laws of wisconsin," approved
April 1st, 1854.
| The People Of the state Of Wisconsin
represented an Senate and 4ssenbly, dc
enact as toNows.:
Section l. Section twelve of an act to
amend chapter nineteen lot the Revised
Statutes, and to compile the school laws
of Wisconsin, approved April LIST, 1854, is
hereby amended so as to read as follows
Especial district meetings may be called
by the clerk, or in his absence, by the di-
rector or treasurer, on the written request
of any five legal voters of the district, by
mott fy ing all the legal scters ina such dis
trict, and the inhabitants qualified by law
to:vote, when lawfully assembled at spe-
cial meeting shall have power to transact
the same business as ut the first and each
annual meeting"
Sec. 2. So much of chapter hineteen OF
the Revised Statutes as relates to the as
scssment and collection of school district
taxes, is hereby revived for the purpose OF
assessing and collecting any tax that may
be voted at any special meeting in accor-
dance with the provisions Of section one OF
| this act.
Sec. f. Section fourteen of said act is
hereby amended, by striking out the words;
three hundred dollars" in said section,
and inserting in lieu thereof the words,
five hundred dollars"
Sec. t. Section sixteen of said act is
hereby amended by striking ont the words
"until the annual meeting nezt following
their election or appoinir ent, and until
their successors shall have been chosen,
but not beyond ten days after the time for
holding the second annual meeting after
their election or appointment, without be-
ing again elected or appointed" and in
serting in lieu thereof the words, "three
years and until their successors shall have
been chosen or appointed, but not beyond
ten days after the expiration of their term
of office, without being again elected OF
appointed; Provided, That at the first an
nual election of district officers after the
passage of this act, land at the first election
of such officers in any newly organized
district, the clerk shall be chosen for one
year, the treasurer for two years. and the
director for three years; and thereafter
each officer shall be chosen for three
years"
Sec. 5. Section twenty of 'S.id act is
hereby amended by striking out the
words, ''such report" and inserting in lieu
thereof the words, "his final report. >
And section twenty-one is hereby amen
ded by striking out the words, "during the
year,
Sec. 6. Section thirty Of said act is
amendended by striking out the words,
''first and fifteenth days Of September"
and inserting in lieu thereof the words,
"first and fifteenth days of july and by
striking out the word, "September," where
it lastly occurs in said section, and insert
ING in lieu thereof the word "Julv;' and
by striking out the word august" in said
section and inserting id lieu thereof the
word "June."
Sec. Z. Section forty -foursof said act is
hereby Tamended by striking out the
words, first and fifteenth days of October, :"
and inserting in lieu thereof the words,
Fifteenth anil twenty-fif;h days of Sep.
tember," and by striking out the words,
"fi,st day of October, and inserting in lieu
thereof the words, fifteenth day of Sep
tember."
Sec. 8. Ssctithi seventy-two Of said act
is hereby amended by striking out the
word, November" and inserting in lieu
thereof the word October"
Sec. 8. Section two of chapter ninety
nine of the general laws Of 1857, is here
by so amended as to except the State Su-
perintendcnt of Public Instruction, from
being required to make his annual report
to the Governor within ten days after the
close of the fiscal year; and said State
Superintendent shall make his report, and
deliver it on or before the (lOth) tenth
day of December in each year, to the
Governor, who, within three days thereof
ter shall deliver the same to the contrac-
tor or person authorized to do the public
printing of the state; and when printed,
one thousand copies thereof shall be deliv-
cred by the Superintendent of Public
Property to the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, for the use Of his department
Sec. 10. Section ninety-four Of said act
is hereby amended by striking out The
word "Superintendent," where it occurs
lastly in said section, and inserting in lieu
thereof the word ''town."
Sec. IL. The State Superintendent Of
Public instruction is hereby authorized
and directed to cause five thousand copies
of the laws in relation to common
schools, as amended BY this Legisla ture, to
be printed and published in pamphlet
form by the State Printer at the contract
prices, including therein such rules, firms
aud regulations as he may deem necessa-
ny to carry into effect its provisions; and
| when thus published, be shall send to each