The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-06-17

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| Whenever it may become necessary, the BOARD
of School Commissioners shall employ survey
| or to aid the committee in dividing he county,
| and they shall allow each member OF the COM
mittee and the surveyor such compensation ioF
| his survives as may be just and proper -,
i bfThey shall report the entire costof diviulns te
i county and the publication of the notices atore-
/ said to the County Commissioners, who shall levy
| the amount as other county expenses are levied,
| and shall nav the same to the Treasurer OF the
Board of School Commissioners, by whom it shall
! be paid to parties to whom it may be due
| If county has already been divided into
| School Districts which it may be necessary 20 re-
| yise.s the Board of School Commissioners shall
have full power to make such revsions or altera-
| fions as may be necessary to accommodate the
| population and increases the efficiency OF the
4 schools. sG3a i-@i4 gi'.."''. -.
i A. full description Of such changes and altera-
tions shall also be made and recorded as aforesaid
/ The School Districts shall be numbered IN sucn
i manner as the State Superintendent may direct
The mode of dividing the city Of Baltimore into
i School Districts, and of locating the schoolhouses
j shall be fixed by the Mayor and City Council, and
not besubject to the requirements OF this sectlon
Section 6 > 1t shall be the duty of the School
I Commissioners, each for his own school dlstrlct,
lsubect to the provisions of the bylaws issued by
the State Board of Education to employ teachers
i from among those persons who hold the proper
lcertifcate to attend to the distribution OF books
/ and stationery requiring each pupil to pay IN ad-
| vance for the use of the same unless exempted
therefrom toexercise general supervision over
the schools, visiting them at least once each termj
to have the care and custody of all school houses
school furniture. and apparatus and school house
sites; purchase fuel, and provide for all incden-
tai expenses keep school houses and enclosures IN
repair, have shade trees planted, advise concern
1 ing the discipline and management and course oil
| instruction pursued require examination OF the
| pupils in any or ali branches Of study, and to
use their influence and exertions to increase the
usefulness and elevate the standard OF the schools
/ and convince thepeople of the inestimabe value
of sound educatlen.0 sbiHW itl9las I'D oiol ir
i Section \. They shall cause instruction to be
4 given in each school district, for at least SIX
! months in each year, and if the State and coun-
ty appropriations fail to prolong the school ses-
sion, then to allow the use of school houses ana
furniture for subscription schools under their dr.
rection.a hoa 9f @ la9l7lH.-t ~" -
Section 8. Every District Commissioner shall
have power to take affidavts and administer oaths
in all matters pertaining to Public schools, but
without charge or fee, and under the direction OF
the State superintendent of Public instruction
d to take and report to him the testimony III any
case of appeal. ~ l1.. ioi ~. "
Section 8. They shall examine any charge at
fcctng the moral character OF any teacher within
their district first giving the teacher reasona-
BILE notice of the charge, and an opportunity to
defend himself therefrom, and if the charge De
sustained shall annu the teachers certificate, by
wihomsoever granted, and declare him unfit to
teach and if the teacher hold certlfhcate OF inc
state asuperintendent or a diploma OF the state
Normal school, shall notify the superintendent
forthwith of such annulment. Provided, always,
that the teacher shall have the right of appeal to
:! the Board of school Commissioners. 'a'l'" e.19
4 Section IL. 1t shall be the duty of each Dis
trct Commissioner to collect from each teacher
: and report in tabular form the condition of the
schools in his. District, at each Quarterly Meet
ing of the Board. These reports shall be filed
Il by the Secretary and preserved for the use OF the
Il President of the Board of school Commissioners
! in making up his annual report to the State st-
perintendent. rlHp' ~ " .t
Section IL. Whenever the number Of children
| between the ages of six and eighteen attending
school, in any school District, is greater than
one hundred, then the Commissioner may, in
stead of dividing the district, proceed, with the
consent of the Board, to establish schools OF diff.
ferent grades and to determine into which school
, each pupil shall be admitted. .i ,'1 " ~
Section Is. The Board of Public school Com
q missioners shall publish annually in one of the
4 papers of the county or otherwise, statement oi
I, the moneys received and expended, setting forth
all the financial operations of each district, and
II if there be no newspapers within the limits Of
:. the county, then they Shall publish the same in
: some other form as may be ordered, and forward
= copy to the office of the State superintendent.
Il TITLE H. THAT WHICH is TO BE ST.
4 .1adoi9Q 70 PERVISED. io.'a =. j. IRON 1'I'
II 5lf u bs-41 CHAPTER /. }et z" ~ -,
n SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETINGS.
" Section l. For the purpose of providing schools
II in sufficient number and convenient of access,
II the several counties shall be divided as herenbe
!, fore provided.
i Section q The resident voters of each district
| shall assemble at the school house on the first
II Monday of May in each year, at four O'Clock in
the afternoon, to discuss questions relating to the
condition of the school house, its site and furni.
= ture and to take such action as may tend to the
. Improvement of education and make the school
Z as GOOD as in the exercise of sound discretion
they may deem expedient. The meeting shall
be organized by the appointment of a Moderator
, who shall preside, and CLERK, who shall keep
II minute Of the proceedings. ;'-o
4 Section 8. a copy of all the proceedings OF the
E district meeting shall be made by the Clerk and
"a certified by the Chairman, and forwarded to the
: District Commissioner by him, to be reported to
II the Board of school Commissioners at the next
IL quarterly meeting. 49, 80
:. Idi 5'''fa78 CHAPTER II. ,''S bha ''3i'.
: a9a SCHOOL HOUSES. .''H ' m :
I Section 1. The District commissioner shall
have care and control of all houses and lands
Il
trict also of the furniture, apparatus, and other
f property belonging to the district. He shall at
tend to all necessary REPAIRS and charge the cost
II among the incidental expenses of the school, to
be paid as such incidental expenses are provided
: for. init
+ Section e. Every school house shall be built
| and furnished according to plans and drawings
II issued from the office of the state superintendent
Z or according to plans from County Boards, sub
n,,od hxyh
r may be had to light and ventilation, and other
| matters that conduce to the comfort, health and
good order of the pupils. .,. ~. .-.,,,f;ts.,.
II Section s. Every school house site must be
provided with suitable outbuilding for convenience
and decency (; also for the protection of fuel and
: other articles needed for the good order of the
school, but not proper to be placed in the school
room. ,.,..l.e ;r..,,,.
,. Section A. If any person shall willfully injure
any school house, or the buildings and fences con-
nected Herewith, or disfgure the same with paint
: or otherwise or mark thereon any obscene words
figures or devices, or post thereon any paper or
other material bearing such words, figures or de-
vices he shall, on conviction thereof in the
Circuit Court of the county where the offence
was committed or in the Criminal court of Bal
timore, it the offence be committed in the city OF
, Baltimore, be punished by fine not exceeding
fifty dollars, or by Imprisonment in the county
Jail exceeding thirty days. or BOTH in the dis
erection of the court. The fine shall be paid one
half to the informer, and one-half to the School
r house fund for the school District. -
: Section S. Whenever in the opinion Of the
voters of any school district, expressed at the
, annual school meeting, the location of school
, house ought to be changed it shall be the duty
: of the Board Of school Commissioners to inquire
into the facts of the case, and if they deem it
expedient they may sell and convey the said school
house and lands and appropriate the avails to the
erection of another school house upon such, site
as they may select. r, s.,,,,, 1 .S aoil,a2
Section 6. No school house shall be used for
any other than public school purposes and school
u district meetnrs without fLa cnnsant first oh.