Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-01-14
NO. -.
AN ACT

! Dictionary into the Common Schools OF
this State
SEC. l. Be it enacted By the Board of
Education of the State Of Iowa, That the
Board of Directors of each school district
in this State may, at any regular or special
meeting of said Board, determine whether
they will purchase for the use of the schools
in their district copies of Webster's Una
bridged Dictionary. ........ s.,..
SEQ 2. Whenever the sub-director Of
any sub district shall determine to purchase
copy of said Dictionary for said sub-dis-
tricl, the Secretary of the District shall i'm.
mediately certify the same, specifying the
number of copies determined upon, to the
County Superintendent, who shall certify
the same to the Auditor Of State and to the
County Judge.
Sec. 8. At the time of each annual ap-
portionment by the County Judge of school
funds among the several districts, he shall
deduct from the amount of funds derived
from county tax apportioned to each dis
trict one. half of the cost of all such Die
tionares ordered by said district that or
the preceding year, and the amount e. =.
Quoted shall be returned to the Sta.s "a.
ury as provided for surplus interest IN Sec
ton s, chapter los, laws of 1858.
Sec. 4. The Auditor of State is hereoy
authorized and directed to puiUnase of the.
publishers from time to time as they are
ordered for the several counties the number
# such books necessary to supply all orders;
o received, provided they shall be pur-
hased at cost not exceeding four dollars
Der copy, on such terms of payment as are
peeified in section three of this act, shall
be the latest edition of Webster's Quarto
Unabridged, printed on superior paper, well
bound in leather, perfect in all respects,
md shall be delivered free of charges at
my points in this State not exceeding four,
me of which shall be Council Bluffs and.
he other three not farther west than Des>
1oines city which may be designated by
he Auditor, aud the Auditor shall notify
be State Treasurer of the number of books
purchased for each county.
SEC. 5. The Secretary of the Board of
EDUCATION shall receipt to the publishers for
lch books on their arrival in good order at
he place or places design ted by the Audi
pr, and shall Immediately distribute them,
the several County Superintendent by
HON they were ordered liz the same man
err as laws of the General Assembly are
stributed.
SEQ. 6. The County Superintendent,
Shall on receipt of such books, at once dis
tribute them to the proper districts.
SEQ. Z. Such Dictionaries shall be kept
in the schools during the term time, and
under the control of the teacher thereof,
aid when not in school, shall be placed in
the District Library, subject to the rules
established for the government of district
libraI les.
Sec. 8. The Auditor of State or any
other officer, shall not receive any compen-
sation for The services which they may REM.
der under this act.
ESigned,l ORAN FAVILLE,
President of the Board of Education.
l hereby certify that the foregoing Is a.
true and complete copy of the original Act
as passed this day by the Board Of Educas-
ton of the State of Iowa.
JOSIAH 7. TUBBY,
Secretary pro tenn Of the Board.
December "a 1883