The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-05-01
The School Law.
DEs MONIES, Iowa, April 9th, 80.
To SuD'ts and other School Of;rrr,.

of Education, December 24th, 1859, eu.
titled an Act to amend an Act entitled
an Act to provide system of Common
Schools, and the amendments thereto"
which has been approved by the Cover.
nor.
This Act, aud those passed by the
Board Of Education in december lsss
| which have not been repealed, will take
effect on the 10th day Of May, 1862. /
shall proceed to have them published
Immediately, and will forward them to
the respective counties at the earliest
possible period. In the mean time you
will be governed by the laws in force on
the first Of December, 1861
/ The consolidated Act embraces all the
provisions necessary for the maintenance
and government Of our schools, and re
peals Parts VIII, IN, Y, nj, MI, XIII,
\Nlll, and XIX, of the pamphle. edi
tlon of the school laws, and also two q
the Acts passed by the Board Of Educa,
tion at its last session, namely: can
Act defining the duties and regulating
the compensation Of County Superinten-
dents aud can Act to amend an Act
entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled
an Act to provide a system Of Common
Schools - 1t provides that the school
money shall be apportioned on the first
| Monday in April and fourth Monday Of
September in each year, and continues all
school officers in Office untilthe expiration
of the term for which they were elected
1t restores in substance the present law
for the government of County Superin-
tendents-prescribcs the same duties and
allows the same per diem and fees as
heretofore, and provides that "in any
county having less than twenty yfive sub
districts, his whole annual compensation
exclusive Of fees paid by teachers for
examination as herein provided, shall no.
exceed fifty dollars and in any county
having more than twenty five sub dis
tricts, it shall not exceed, exclusive of
such fees, two doIIars for each sub
district"
The changes in the general features of
the law are SO slight, that the transition
from the jurisdiction Of the old to the
new law, will not disturb the machinery
of the system. Nearly all the provisions
OF the law have been in force for the last
| two years, and hence the compilation,
which disposcs of all clauses heretofore
repealed and diyests it Of much of the
in,ricacy to which an Act with various
amendments is subject, is the chief ad
vantage gained by its enactment.
Mara tbo,, ale h., lottor, l;.,,,,J O.,
this Office contain some inquiry relative
to the division of the teachers fund
among the sub districts. The design Of
the law is that it shall not be divided ss
all. in the common acccptation of the
term. All money belonging to the teach
ers' fund, whether derived from the
county apportonmcnt or district school
tax, should be paid into the district treas
ury as the common property of the DIS
trtct townshp. The respective sub di-
rectors, under such restrictions as the
Board of Directors may prescribe, en-
ploy the teachers for a stipulated sum
per week or per mouth, and when the
Board is satisfied that the terms Of the
contract has been complied with, it is
their duty to "audit and allow the
teachers claim for compensation, and to
pay him by an order on the Treasurer Of
the district township. Hence sub dis
trict with twenty children may receive
as much as one with forty children, for it
will cost just as much to establish o
school in the one as in the other.
The idea prevails very generally that
the money is to be divided among the
several sub districts in proportion to the
number Of children, but the law does not
contemplate any such thing ltexpress-
ly provides that school shall be taught
in each sub district, and that the money
required for the support Of such school,
whether more or less than the amount
required in another sub district, shall be
raised from two sources first. from the
county apportionment; second, if the
funds derived from the apportlonment
are insufficient tor the support of the
school, the balance is to be raised by q
tax on the propertY ot' tie district to~~-
ship.
THOMAS II BENTON, JR.,