The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-01-20

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shall keep a fair record of all matters
pertaining to his Office.
SEC. 13. The Secretary Of the Board
Of Education shall be charged with the
general supervision Of all the County
Superintendents, and all the common
schools of the State, and he shall see
that the school system is as early as prac-
ticable carried into effect, and put in
uniform operation. r
Sec. II. With general view to these
special duties, he shall meet the County
Superntendents Of each Judicial Dis
trict, at least once in each year, at such
time and place as he may appoint, giving
due notice of such meeting and it is
hereby made the duty Of the said County
superintendent to attend each meeting,
the object of which shall be to accumu-
late valuable facts relative to Common
Schools, to compare views, discuss prin-
ciples, and in general to listen to all
communications and suggestions, and
enter into all discussions relative to the
compensation of teachers, their qualifica
tions, branches taught, method of in
struction, textbooks, district libraries,
apparatus, and all other matters embra-
ced in the common school system.
SEC. Is. He shall visit such schools
as he may have it in his power to do,
and witness the manner in which they
are conducted.
SEC. l6. 1t shall be his duty to recon-
mend, from time to time, to county su-
perintenaents, such books AS he shall
think advisable for textbooks and for
district school libraries, a list of which
the county superintendents shall imme
diately transmit to the several presidents
of the district boards of directors in their
respective counties.
SIT. The Secretary Of the Board Of
Education shall cause as many copies of
this act and all other school acts in force,
with the forms, regulations and instruc-
tions herein contemplated thereto annex
ed, to be from time to time printed and
distributed among the County Superin-
tendents, as he shall deem expedient,
directing the latter to distribute the same
among the several school districts Of the
State. He shall also prepare and cause
TO be distributed to the several County
Superintendents, form of certificate in
blank to be granted to teachers, also all
other blank forms necessary to be used
in carrying out this act and all other
acts. |
s l8. He shall annually on the first
day of January, report to the Auditor of
State the number Of persons in each coun-
ty of the State between the ages of five
and twenty-one years.
s 10. He shall make report to the
General Assembly and the Board of Ed
ucation, at each session thereof, which
shall embrace,
lst--A statement of the condition of
the common schools Of the State, and
shall contain the number of common
school districts therein, the number of
schools.in the State, the number of schol-
ars between five and twenty-one years of
age, and also the number in each county
who have attended school the previous
year, as returned by the several County
Superintendents, the number of books in
the district libraries, and the value of all
apparatus in the schools.
2d--Such plans as he may have ma
tured for the management and improve
ment of the common school fund, and
for the better and more perfect organiza-
ton and efficiency of common schools.
3d-All such matters and things re-
lating to his Office and to the common
schools, as he shall deem expedient to
communicate.
4th-He shall cause his report to be
printed. and shall present five hundred
copies thereof to each body, on or before
the second day Of their session, for dis
tribution. s,l 1
s 20. He shall receive annually, the
sum of one thousand FIVE hundred dol
lars, as compensation for the duties re-
quired under this act, and also all nee
essary contingent expenses for travelling,
and clerk hire, pertaining to his office,
to be audited and paid as the salaries and
contingent expenses of other State Ofiic-
ers; provided that his contingent expen-
ses for these purposes shall not exceed
the sum of seven hundred and fifty dol
lars in any one year. And he shall,
within twenty days after his election take
possession of the books, papers, and eff
fects belonging to the department of the
Superintendent of Public instruction,
which office is hereby abolished. 8
81. Whenever reasonable assurance
shall be given to the Secretary Of the
Board Of Education that number, of not
less than thirty teachers desire to assem-
BILE for the purpose of holding a Teach
ers' Institute, and 70 remain In, session
for a period of not less than six WORKING q
days. he shall appoint such time and
place for said meeting and such lecturer
as the said teachers shall suggest, and
give due notice thereof, and for the pur-
pose of defraying the charges for procu-
ring teachers and lecturers for said In
stitute, the Secretary may receive from
the State Treasury sum not exceeding
one hundred dollars for any one Insti
tute, which he shall Immediately trans
nit to the County Superintendent in
whose county the institute may be held !,
who shall pay out the same as the insti-
tute may direct, in accordance with the