Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-04-23

~ III
The Gansrxa Asssmhiy II iks rscsat sos
sssa passed q A. AsE = aHead and con
sslsdase N Ass pAssed BY ths Board OF
Edaeakion, December Gath, 1859, entitled
Al Aat ia amend an AeE sasifled nm Aet
to provide system of Uommon Schools,
end the amendments shsretc,o which has
beer approved by the Governor.
Tkis Aass and shasa passsa hy Bassa Of
Education In Decembes Last which have
not been repealed will TAXA aaact On the
10Th 6f May, 1854. fsshan proceed 70
have than published Immediately, and
wiA fovweEd them to tho rsspaesiSe ceun.
| gles ct she earliest possibls period. In
| The ns&n time you viii be governed ~ the
laws in force on the first Of DeoembsE,
1854. sIa -
Tha consolidated ACT aahrasss all the
proviaions necessary Tor the maintenance
| and government oil our aehooia, and re-
peaIH Parts VIII, In, x, NJ, XII, XVIH,
and Xix, of the pamphlets edition Of the
school laws, and alao swo OF the Acts
passed by the Board OF Education as iss
last session, namely g An Act defining
the duties and regulating the eompenss-
ton Of County Superintendent, and,
IS An act to amend m act entitled an Act
to amend an Act entitled al Act TO pre-
vide system Of Common Schools" Ii
provides that the school money shall De
appropriated on ths arss Monday In April
and fourth Monasy OF September Of cash
year, aud continues all school ofhesrs In
olfics until the expiration of the term for
which they were elected. II restores In
substance the present Law for the govern
msnt Of County Sapesinsendents pre-
scribes the same duties and allows sAa
same per diem and fees - heretofore, and
| provides that Is la any County having less
than twenty-five sub-dissricss, ms whole
annaal compensation, exclusive OF fssa
paid by teachers for sxaminaaioa 90 here
| Ia provided, shall not exceed ifsy dollars
and in any county having more than TWEEN
ty-avs sab- districts, il sAsll aos sEcsed
exclusive of saeh fees, two dollars for saoi
| sab district" xs
The changes in the general features o.
the Law are 20 slight, that the tranaitioi
from the Jurisdiction OF the old to the nsy
law, will NOT disturb the machinery of th
system. Nearly all Of the provisions o
Il the uow law hare been II kssse fer 4As lss
Two years, and hence the compilation
which disposss of all clauses heretofer
repealed and divests IL oE much Of the IN
trieaey 20 whieh an Ass with Earioa
amendments is sahlecty ID khe CHIEF sa
vantage gained by Its enactment. ~
More than half the lettsss addressed .
this once contaln soma inquiry rsl&3iv
to the division OF the teashers' fund anon
J. the sub-distric&s. The design OF the la
. ID that it shall not be divided AZ al, In %
: | common aeceptation of the tagEn. a!
! money belonging to the teachers fund
! whether derived from the county appoi
sionmens or dsssgses school tax, should b
paid info tbs district treasury - tbs con
mon property of the district loaesashsp.-
| The respective sub directors, under sue
restrictions rs the Board OF Directors ma
prescribe, employ the teachers for stir
:, ulated sum per week or per month, an
= when the Beard IL satisfied that the term
of the contract havs besu complied witt
it is their daty TO Sc audit and allow " u
, teachers claim for compensation, and
: pay him by an order on the Treasurer
the district township. Hence suo-di'
= = kriet with twenty children may receive d
: maeh AZ one with forty children, for
: will cost just as much 70 establish scho'
" in the one as in the other.
The idea prevails very generally sh'
the money ia TO be divided among the se'
= eral sub-distriots IN proportion to Il
: number Of shiidren, bat the Law does n
. contemplate any such shing. 1t express
In provides that school shall be taugI
in each gub-district, and that the mon
&c required for the support Of such schoC
y whether mors or lesa than the AMOUNT r
"a CURED in another sab-distric., shall
raised from two sources FIRST, from 8
: county apportioumens second, 1t &
y funds derived from the superintendent q
y insufficient for the support OF the schot
% the balance 10 70 be raised By tax On 9
,s property eflhs dissTief aosoaahsp.
THOMAS ii. BENTON, ia,
- Secretary Of the Board.