The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-01-20
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To proride for the Election and to define the duties
cfhe Secretary ofthe Board Of Education.
SEC. /. BE IL enacted by the Board o,
Education ofMe State Of Io,ca, That at
each regular meeting of the Board, there
shall be elected a Secretary of said Board,
who shall hold his office until his sue
cessor is elected and qualified.
Sc. He shall, before entering upon
the duties of his office, and as soon as
may be after his election, give bond for
the use of the State of Iowa, in the penal
sum of one thousand dollars, with suffi
cient surelies to be approved by the Sec
rotary of State, conditioned for the faith
full and impair tial performance of the du-
ties of his Office as Secretary of the Board
of Education.
q. He shall, also, at the time of Civ
ing bond, take and subscribe an oath or
make affirmation to the effect that he
will support the Constitution of the Uni
ted States and of the State of Iowa, and
to the best of his ability faithfully and
impartially perform the duties of Secre-
tary, which oath shall be endorsed upon
the back of said bond, which shall be
filed with and preserved by the Secre
tary of State.
A. 1t shall be the duty of the Secre-
tary to keep an accurate journal of the
proceedings of the Board, and to per-
form all other duties required of him by
the Board, OF by the laws of this State.
5 5. Immediately after the adjourn
ment of the Board of Education, he shall
furnish the printer authorized to print
the laws, with copies of the acts and res
olutions passed at the session, and cause
them to be printed in plain manner in
the form of a pamphlet
: 6. He shall make his certificate that
the acts and resolutions therein contained
are truly copied from the original rolls,
and cause the same to be printed at the
end of each volume, which shall be pri-
ma tacie evidence of their correctness.
81. He shall, as near as may be, in
the same manner as provided in the two
preceding sections of this act, have the
journals printed.
SEC. 8. He shall, on or before the first
day of March after the acts, resolutions
and journals, and such documents as
may be required by law are printed, af-
ter the adjournment of any session OF
the Board, transmit to each superinten-
dent of common schools in each organi-
zed county in this State, one copy Of the
laws for every school officer in the
county.
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Sec. 8. He shall preserve in his office
one hundred copies of the acts and reso-
buttons, and twenty-five copies each ol
the Journals, and distribute ten copies to
each member of the Board of Education,
and such other documents as may have
been published by order Of the Board of
Education. and shall hold the same SUBJ
Ject to the order of the Board. a9i
SEC. 10. He shall transmit one copy
OF the Journals to each Superintendent
of common Schools and County Judge,
in every organized county in this State,
within the time fixed for the distribution
of the acts of the Board of Education.
| SEC. IL. After the distribution of the
acts aud resolutions, and Journals, as
provided in the two preceding sections,
should there be any number Of the same
remaining, undislributed, he shall dis
tribute the same in every organized
county in this State, pro rata in proper
ton to the population of each county.
SEC. II. An Office shall be provided
for him at the seat of government, in
which be shall file all papers. reports
and public documents transmitted tc
him by the County Superintendeuts O.
the several counties, each year separate
ly. and hold the same in readiness 10 be
exhibited to the Governor. or to com.
mittee from either house of the Genera
Assembly, or to the State Board of Ed