The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-03-18
OFFICIAL,


AN AC1 10 amend CnapC0r i. Oh tn0 Cose.o-A
general system of Common Schools. the
p officers thereof and their respective dutles
and powers. YHe 40 .sHi!0
Be It enacted BY tie Legislature of the State Of
Minnes0td:
SECTION /. That section twenty-five of the
Session Laws of 1862 entitled an act to provide
for general system OF Common schools, tne
Officers thereof and their respective duties and
nowers is hereby amended SO as to read as
follows:
of the County Auditor to file the copy of the
record of the district, as in section 81, and to
lew the amount specified therein upon the
real and personal property of the district and
to enter upon his assessment roll for the year,
in separate column, the tax levied thereon.
PROVIDED, That the County Auditor in extend
ing such tax shall not be required to use as a
rate Der cent. any fractional part of mill
other than half MILL And it shall be the
duty of the County Auditor to report to the
State Superintendent, in q tabular FORM and
abstracts of the reports of the clerks of
the several districts in his county, and any
failure to make due returns shall be deemed a
misdemeanor, and he shall forfeit for every
such omission the sum of fifty dollars to be
deducted from his salary by the County Com
missi0nefs. Said report shall be made between
the first and fifteenth of November in each
year, and stating:
ISL Inc numOer OF districts IN his county.
2nd. The districts which have made report
to him.
Sd. The length of time a school has been
taught in each district by an authorized teacher.
4th. The amount of money received from
each source for the use of schools.
9Th. The amount disbursed to each district
and the amount on hand.
9Th. The number of persons in each district
between the ages of five and twenty-on years,
distinguishing between the males and females,
and the number that have attended schools
during the year.
trict and paid for teachers wages in addition
to the public money paid therefor; the amount
of money raised for purchasing school sites,
for building, hiring, purchasing, repairing, in
surfing and Ornamenting school houses and
grounds since the date Of his last report.
9Th. The number of private schools, high
schools colleges and universities in his coun-
ty, their condition and resources, and the
number of teachers and pupils therein. He
shall also receive from the State Superintend-
ent and forward to the several clerks of dis
tricts such blanks, reports and circular as
shall be forwarded to him for that purpose.
| SEC. 2. Section 2S shall be amended SO as to
read as follows:
| Section 81 The County Commissioners of
the several counties of this State shall, at their
annual meeting in September of each year, or
| at any other time in case of vacancy, appoint
| one man in each of the Commissioner districts
| of the county, whose duty it shall be to visit
[ the schools in his Commissioner district, and
| to examine persons applying to them for
certificate and license to teach in the schools
| of the Commissioner district. PrOcided, That
! the County Commissioners in any county may
! appoint one person for the said county whose
| duty it shall be to examine the teachers and to
visit the schools in the county.
! SEC 8. That section % shall be amended so
| as to read as follows
I'd IN
% of this act shall attend at his office, at his
residence ON the two last Saturdays of April
| and October, in each year. for the purpose of
| examination Ofteachers. To such persons who
appear upon examination to be well qualified
! to teach reading, writing, English Grammar
including orthography, arithmetic, geography
and history, and can give satisfactory evidence
of good moral character, such examiner shall
grant his certificate and license to teach. Such
| certificate shall be in such form and shall be
granted according to the rules and regulations
| furnished by the Superintendent of Public In
struction to such examiner. 1t shall also be
the duty of the said examiner to visit each of
the schools in his district at least once in each
term, and to report to the County Auditor the
number of schools taught in his district during
the year, the number of teachers employed,
the number of teachers examined by him, and
the number teaching without any certificate or
license, and such other information as may
show the condition of the schools in his Com
missioner district or county, and an abstract of
such report shall be sent by the County Audit
or to the State Superintendent.
Sec. /. That section 81 shall be amended SO
as to read as follows:
Section 81. The county examiners or exam
liner shall be paid out of the County Treasury
at the rate of two dollars per day for each day
actually employed in performing the duties re-
quired in section 20 Of this act; Precidea. That
in counties where the County Commissioners
shall appoint one examiner they may fix his
compensation by resolution of the Board. Pro-
oided, AlsO that all persons asking certificate
and license to teach may be examined at any
time upon payment of fifty cents.
SEC. s. That section 43 shall be amended SO
as TO read as follows:
Section 43. 1t shall be the duty of the State
superintendent to make an appOrtiOnment OF
the available current school funds in the State
Treasury, among the several counties of this
State on the first Monday OF ebruary and
the first Monday of August in each year, in
proportion to the number of scholars between
the ages OF five and twenty-one years residing
therein on the first day of October previous,
and to transmit statement thereof to the
County Auditor Of each county in the State
SEC. 6. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
Approved March t, 1864.
AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to
amend an act entitled an act to provide for a
general system OF COmman Schools the Off
GERS thereof and their respective duties and
powers, approved March Sth, 1862.
he u enacted by The Legislature Of the State of
Minnesota:
SECTION l. Section one of an act entitled an
act to amend an act entitled an act to provide
| or a general system of Common Schools, the
officers thereof and their respective duties and
! powers approved March 9Th, 1862 is hereby
| amended SO as to read as follows:
SEC. 2 That no school district in this State
shall in any one year levy tax exceeding eight
mills on the dollar tor the purpose of building
school house or leasing or procuringa site for
school house; PrOoidea, That any district
in which the above rate will not produce the
sum of six hundred dollars, may raise by tax
sum not exceeding six hundred dollars.
SIC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
Approved March s. 1864.
! AN ACT To amend an act entitled an act to
! provide for general system of Common
! Schools. the officers thereof and the respec-
tive duties and powers.
| be It enacted By the Legislature Of tie State of
MinResod:
SECrroN /. That section 80 of an act entitled