The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-04-26

SEC. o. The compensation of the coun
Il superintendent Of schools shall be fxee
By the county board of supervisors, anG
stall be paid quarterly in cash, by th,
connty Provided, That for counties con
tanning more lhan fifteen thousand inhab
itants, according to the last preceding
census, the compensation shall rot be less
than six hundred dollars per annnm, and
for counties containing more than eight
thousand inhabitants, it shall not be less
than four hundred dollars per annum.
SEC. 10 The term of office of the
several town superintendent who shall be
elected at the town elections for the yeal
1861, shall terminate upon the thirty first
day Of December, A. d. 1861, and all the
duties now devolviDg upon the town su
perintendents, and not herein enumerated
among the duties of the county superin
tendent of schools, shall thereafter be per
formed as follows:
/. The board of supervisors of each
town. the board of trustees of each village
or the common council of each city, not
working under special school charter,
shall perform all of said duties relative to
the formation and alteration of school
districts.
2. The school district board of each
school district shall visit and inspect
schools under their charge, as town super
intendents ase now required to do.
B. The treasurer of each town, city, OF
village, as the case may be, shall apply
for, and hold and pay over, upon the APP
portionment Of the clerk of his town, CITY
or village, to the school districts entitled
to draw the same, al! school moneys be.
longing to his town, city, or village.
4. The clerk Of the town, city, or vii
lage, as the case may be, shall make and
turn to the county superintendent of
schools having jurisdiction over his town
city, or village, abstracts Of the reports Of
the school district clerks in his town
city, or village, as the town superintendent
is now required to make and return such
abstracts to the clerk of the county board
Of supervisors; and such reports shall be
made to him for that purpose as they are
now required to be made to the town su
perintenaent. Ee shall also apportion
all the school funds certified to him by
the town city or village treasurer as sub,
ject to appertionment among the several
districts IN his town, city, or village en-
titled to receive the same; and shall per
form al other duties now required o.
town perintendents, not above enumera
ted, and not herein enumerated among
the duties of the county superintendent d
schools.
SEC. II. The board Of education o.
any incorporated city Of in this state may
on or before the fifteenth day of August
in any year, elect, by order or resolution
that such city shall, for the next ensuing
year, be exempt from the provisions o
this act, except in the matter of making
reports to the county superintendent OF
the county in which such city is situated
and within ten days thereafter, cause Z
copy Of such order or resolution to bt
filed with the clerk Of the board. of county
supervisors, in and for such county, il
which case the duties of the county super
intendent of schools, for that county, shal
not, during that year, extend into suci
city, except for the purpose of receiving
reports theretrom, and the electors of sucl
city shall have no voice in electing ;
countp superintendent, if one be elected
in snch county that year, nor shall tht
member or members of the county boarG
of supervisors, from such city, have any
voice IN determining or providing for the
compensation of such county superinten
dent, nor in any other matter relating tc
such officer, nor shall any tax, levied un
der the provisions of this act for that year
be levied under the provisions of this ac
tnr that year, be levied upon such city, OF
any part thereof In all cases where ar
incorporated city shall not elect as pro-
vided in this section, the duties of super
vising and inspecting schoals, and exam
ming and certifying to the qualification:
OF teachers in and for such city, shall de
volve upon the county superintendent ex
cluslvely, any act or part Of an act of thi:
state to the contrary Notwithstanding
SEC. Il. The board of supervisors O
each county shall, when they levy tht
county school tax for each year, add there
10 and apportion among the towns, cite.
and villages in such county, an amount
sufficient to pay the compensation of tht
comfy superintendent of schools in anc
tor such county, and all necessary expen
ses of printing for tne use of schools in
such county for that year, which amount
shall be levied and collected in cash, as
part OF the county school tax for sucf
county, and shall be paid over to the
county treasurer Of such county, with the
county tax, by the several town, city ant
village treasurers Propided, That nc
part Of said amount shall be apportionet
to or levied upon any incorporated city
whose board of education shall have elect
ed as provided for in the last preceding
section.
SEC; 10. All acts and parts of act:
inconsistent with the provisions of thi:
acts, are hereby repealed.
SEC. Ii. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage and
publication.
Approved April 6, 1860.
Published April IL, 1861.
CHAPTER 1S5.