Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-11-30
LAWS of Vermont.

NO. An ACT 10 eSttoiioH d Oto'C
Normal School.
1t is hereby enacted by the Gen
cral Assembly of the State of Yer
mont:
Sec. 1. The Orange County Gram
mar School at Randolph Centre, is
hereby constituted and established a
Normal School for the State of YER
mont for the term of five years, and
the present trustees of said Grammar
School and their successors are con
stituted trustees of said Normal
School.
See. 2. 1t shall be the duty of the
Board Of Education to nominate a
principal teacher for the school and
no person not so nominated shall be
employed as such principal, but the
principal when nominated and en-
ployed shall be allowed to select his
assistants and to provide for the dis
cipline of the school.
Sec. 3. The Board of Education
shall arrange two courses of study
for the school, and wholly control the
examinations for admission and grad
uation, and shall have power to grant
certificates in the cases and with the
effects hereinafter mentioned, and to
revoke the same for cause shown, and
in manner to be by them established.
One course of study shall include all
the branches required by law to be
taught in the common schools of Yer.
mont; the other course shall include
all contained in the first course and
higher branches; and shall require
for its completion at least one full
year Of study; and certificates Of
graduation shall be granted to all who
pass the required examination in the
first course or in both courses.
Sec, 4. The certificates of gradua
ton from the lower course shall have
the effect OF licenses to teach in the
common schools of the State for five
years from the date thereof, and GER
ulicates of graduation from the higher
course shall have the effect of licenses
to teach i'll such schools for ffteer
years from the date thereof.
/ Sec. >. The Board of Education al
its first meeting after the passage of
this act, and at each OF its annual
meetings thereafter, shall designate
one OF its members whose duty it Shall
/ be, together with the secretary of tho
1 Board % attend the examinations fol
/ graduation, and determine who shall
receive certificates, and also to visit
the school at least twice a year OF
/ other occasions and for such attend
ance and visits such member shall re
ceive such compensation as is or shall
be allowed for attending the stated
meetings of the Board.
Sec 8. The Board of Education
shall, in their annual report, state the
condition Of the school, the terms O
admission to it and of graduation froa
1t, and the time of the commencement
. OF its ses ions; and they shall cause
10 be printed on the cover of the
school registers. a statement Of til,
terms OF admission and graduation
a.d time of the commencement Of TIL,
7 sessions.
See. l. The Board of Education
may consider similar proposals from
other academies in the State, and es
taOilSh not exceeding one norma
school III each congressional district
and arrange for them courses of study
conduct examinations, give certif
Gates, nominate teachers, and geucr
ally exercise over them the same SUI
pervlslon as provided in this act
I And the trustees OF snch academies
a. may be designated as state normal
schools, shall be respectively trustees
OF such normal schools. and have the
same powers and rights as the trus,
tees OF the normal school hereby es
tablished; provided that the state
normal school hereby established. and
such others as the Board of Education
may establish, shall be established
and maintained without any expense
to the state, excepting the payment
Of the Board of Education for their
( services.
Sec. 5. This act shall not apply to
or be binding upon the Orange Coun-
ty Grammar School until the trustees
thereof shall in writing, notify the
secretary Of State of their acceptance
Of the same.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved, November II, 1866