The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-03-19

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Legislature .4ssenabty ofhe Ter
rit0ry Of Kansas:
SECTION /. There shall be elected,
at the general election in the year
1860, and every one year there
after, a Territorial Superintendent
of Common Schools, who shall hold
bis Office for the term Of one year,
and until his successor is duly elected
and qualified.
SEc. 2. The said superintendent
shall, before he enters upon the du-
ties OF his Office, take and subscribe
al oath or affirmation to support the
Constitution Of the United States and
the Organic set of this Territory,
and faithfully to discharge the du-
ties of his Office to the best Of his
ability. which oath or affirmation
shall be filed in the office of the secre-
tary of the Territory.
SEQ. 3. The said superintendent
shall receive for his salary the sum
of fifteen hundred dollars per annum,
and the further sum Of two hundred
dollars per annum for Office rent,
stationery, &C., payable quarter
yearly out Of the Territorial treas
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SEC. 4. He shall have a general
supervision over the common schools
in this Territory, and it shall be his
duty to visit every county in the
Territory at least once in each year,
for the purpose of inspecting the
schools, awakening an interest favor
able to the cause Of education, and
difusing as widely as possible, by
public addresses and personal com
munication with school officers, teach
ers and parents, a knowledge of
existing defects, and Undesirable i'm
prOvements in the government and
the instruction of the schools.
SEC. 5. 1t shall be his duty to
recommend the introduction Of the
most approved text books, and, as
far as practicable, to secure uni
formity in the use of text books in
the common schools throughout the
Territory; to discourage the use of
sectarian books and sectarian instruc-
tiOn in the schools, and to open such
correspondence abroad as may enable
him to obtain, so far as practicable,
information relative to the system
of common schools and its improve
ments in other States and countries,
which he shall embody in his annual
report to the Legislature.
Sec. 6. He shall prepare, for the
use Of common school officers, suit
able forms for making reports and
conducting all necessary proceedings,
and he shall cause the laws, relating
to common schools, with the rules,
regulations and forms aforesaid, and
such instructions as he may deem
necessary, to be printed, together
with a suitable index, in pamphlet
form, by the person authorized to do
the Territorial printing, at the ex-
pense of the Territory, and he shall
cause the same to be distributed
among the several school districts,
and other officers having the care OF
common schools, throughout the Ter
ritory.
SEC. 7. He shall examine and
determine all appeals duly made tc
him from the decision of any school
district meeting, or from the decision
of any county superintendent in fol
ming or altering, or in refusing tC
form or alter amy school district, OIL
concerning any other matter under
the common school law of this Terri
tory, and his decision thereon shall
be final.
Sec. 8. He shall prepare in eacf
year, a report, to be submitted tC
the Legislature, bearing date on tht
last day Of December in each year,
containing, First, An abstract Of al
the common school reports received
by him from the clerks of the seyera
Counties in the Territory. Second
A statement of the condition o.
common schools in this Territory =
Third, Estimates and accounts Of
the expenditures of the schoo
money. Fourth, Plans for the i'm.
prOvement and management of tht
common school fund, and for th,
better organization of the common
schools. And, Fifth, All such mat.
ters relating to his Office and tn,
common schools Of the Territory, a
ne shall deem expedient to communi
cate.
SEC. 8. 1t shall be the duty o
5he Territorial superintendent, on o
before the tenth day of February il
each year, to apportion the amour
OF school money to be distributed il
each year among the several countie
Of the Territory, according to tn
number of children in each over tn
age Of five and under the age o
lwenty-one years, according to tn
returns thereof, as made to his ofiic
Tor the preceding year.
SEQ. 10. He shall certify sucl
aapportionment to the treasurer Of tn,
Territory, and he shall give immedl
ate notice thereof to the clerk o
each county, stating the amount ap
portOned to his county, and th
ume when the same will be payabl
70 the treasurer of such county.
SEC. II. The Territorial superin
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