The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-12-07
Laws OF Vermont.
ANNUAL SESSION, 4. y
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An act to establish state Normal School.
Il is hereby cpocted by hc General is
sepibly ~ he Slaic Qf Vermont.
SEC. l. 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 consti-
tuted trustees of said Normal School
SEC 3 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 en-
ployod as such principal, but the piin-
cipal when nominated and employed
shall be allowed to select his assistants
and to provide for the discipline ofthe
school.
SEC 3. The Board of Education
shall arrange two courses of study for
the school, and wholly control the ex-
aminalions for admission and gradua-
uon, and shall have power to grant
certificates In the cases aud 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. 1. The certificates of graduation
from the lower course shall have the
effect Of licenses to teach in the com
mon schools of the State for five years
from the date thereof, and certificates
of graduation from the higher course
shall have the effect of licenses to teach
in such schools for fifteen years from
the date thereof.
SEC. 3. The Board of Education at
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 the
Board, to attend the examinations for
graduation and determine who shall
receive certificates, and also to visit
the school at least twice year on 9TH
er occasions; and for such ATTENDANCE
aud visits such member shall receive
such compensation rs is or shall be al
lowed for attending the stated meet
ings of the Board.
SEC. 6. The Board of Education
shall in their annual report, state the
condition Of the school, the terms of
admission to it and of graduation from
it, and the time Of the commencement
Of its sessions, and they shall cause to
be printed on the cover of the school
registers. n statement Of the terms of
admission and graduation, and time of
the commencement of the sessions.
SEC Z. The Board OF Education may
consider similar proposals from other
academies in the State, and establish
not exceeding one normal school III
each congressional district, and ar.
range for them courses of study, con-
duct examinations, give certificates,
nominate teachers, and generally exer-
else over them the same supervision
as provided in this act And the trus-
tees of such academies as may be de-
signated as State normal schools, shall
schools, and have the same powers and
rights rs the trustees of the normal
school hereby established; 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, ex-
cepting the payment of the Board of
Education for their services.
SEC. s, This act shall not apply to
or be binding upon the Orange County
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.
An Act in addition to section seven of
chapter twenty-five of the General
Statutes, relating to text books pre-
scribed for use in the District
Schools of this State.
II Is hereby enacted, dc.
SIC. l. The list of grammars, geo
graphies, arithmetics, readers and spell
lers, which have been selected by the
Board of Education under the act of
the Legislature, approved November