The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1865-05-10

! school CuucatIOui eHu al ouSn oSho0'o
so established, shall be under the man
ocemeut and control Of the board Of
education; but in case the average
attendance Of colored, children shull be
less than fifteen for any one month, it
shall be tho duty of suid board or other
school officers. to discontinue said school
or schools for any period not exceeding
six months at any one time, and if the
number of colorcd children shall bo less
than fifteen in attendance, or not exceed
ling thirty hy enumeration, the directors
sboll reserve the money raised on the
!nu,nhcr Of colorsd children, and the
money so reserved shall be appropriated
for the education Of colored children. in
such 4 way as the township board shall
think best. ..'.a...
VISITS OF COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT TO
SCHOOLS.
Cpl. It shall be the duty Of the coun.
ity superintendent to visit all the schools
within his county, and to note the course
and method Of instruction, and the
branches taught, and to give such direc.
,iops in the art Of teaching and the
method thereof in each school, as to him
shall seem necessary and expedient, so
that uniformity in the course Of studies
and methods Of instruction employed,
shall be secured as far as practicable in
the schools Of the several grades respcc.
t;rAlv He shall acuuaint himself, 80
far as practicable, with tkc character aud
condition Of each school, noting any dc.
Gciepcics that may exist, either in the
government Of the school, tho classifica.
ton Of its pupils, or the method Of in.
s,ructoa employed in the several branch
es. and shall make such suggestions in
private TO the teachers as to him shall
appear necessary to the good order of
the school, and progress Of the pupils.
lie shall uotc The character and condi.
tion Of the school houses, the sufficiency
or insuiiicicncy Of their furniture and
fixtures and shall make such sugges.
tious to the several township boards Of
education as in his opinion shall seem
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the pupils Of the several schools.
"25. it SHALL be the duty Of the board
Of supervisors. to make such allowance
out of the school fund, in payment for
their services, to each county superln.
tcndcnt, not less than one hundred nor
more than Gce hundred dollars, and to
each school commissioner not more than
one dollar per diem, while on duty, as
justice and right may require.
!, REPORTS OF STATE SUPERINTENDENT
"3l. lie shall Annually, on or before
the fifteenth day of March, report to the
auditor the number Of persons between
the ages Of six and ,wen,y.ouc years, in
each county in the State, also all town.
ship boards which have failed to make
the enumeration required in the sixth
section Of ;his act, and shall ut each ses.
sion Of the Legislature, make n report to
the same in regard to the condition Of
free schools within the State, embracing
all statistics compiled from the reports
Of the county supcrntendents, which
will be necessary to give proper exhi-
Lition Of the workings Of the system, to.
gethcr with such plans as he may have
matured for the management and i'm
provemcnt of the free school fund, and
for the better and more perfect organi.
cation aud efficiency Of free schools, and
likewise all such matters in relation to
his Office and to the free schools, as he
may deem it cxpedicnt to communicate.
DISTRIBUTION OF PROCEEDS or FINES
AND TAXES.
"37. There shall likewise be distribut-
ed. according to the second section of
the tenth article Of the constitution, and
in the manner herein provided, the net
proceeds Of all fines, confscations and
toricitnrcs accruing to this State under
the laws thereof, together with the pro.
'ceeds of a capitutioU tax Of one dollar on
each white and coiored male inhabitant
over twenty.one years of age, and such
sum as may be produced by tax Of ten
cents upon the hundred dollars va ua-
ton Of all taxable property of the State,
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shall be assessed" and collected at the
same time and in the same maDncras other
State taxes are assessed and collected.
And the officer collecting such tax, shall
be allowed o commission thereon at the
same rate per cent as may be allowed by
law for the collection Of other State
taxes which taxes, when so collected,
shall he paid into the treasury Of the
State, to be distributed annually with
other school funds herein described, to
the several counties Of the State in pro.
portion to their enumeration IF scholars.
INCREASE OF TOWNSHIP. LEvIEs AC.
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$50. 1t shall be the duty Of the board
Of education Of each township Of the
State, to submit 10 meeting Of the quail:
flied voters Of their township, at the reg.
ular annual township meeting, an esti-
, mate. as near IS practicable. Of the
amount of money necessary for the pur-
pose Of prolonging the schools in the
districts after the State funds have been
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