New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-13
the State Board of Education at its next

the State Board of Education at its next
meeting.
Nothing in this act shall be SO con-
as to authorize either the Division
Superintendent or the State Board of Ednca-
ton to render q judgment for money;
neither sha | they be allowed any other com-
pensation than is now allowed by law; pro-
vided, that all necessary postage must first
be paid by the party aggrieved.
That the following shall be section fifty:
Be it further enacted, etc, That where
lands shall be required tor the erection ola
house, or for enlarging a school
house lot, and the owner thereof hall re-
fuse to sell the same for a reasonable COM
pensation, the District Board of School
Directors shall have the power to select and
possess such sites, embracing space suff-
GENTLY extensive to answer the purpose OF
school house. and grounds. Should such
landholder deem the sum assessed too small,
he shall have the right tc institute suit BE-
fore any proper judicial tribunal for his
claim, but the title shall pass from him to
the school corporation.
No person shall hold any Office undo the
provisions of this act unless he Is q quallueu
voter of the State.
A failure on the part of any district, parish
or State officer to perform the duties I'M
posed upon him in this act, and IN the
manner herein specified, IS hereby
declared a misdemeanor in office, upon con-
yiction whereof such officer shall be pun
ished by a fine not less than fifty and not
exceeding one hundred dollars, and by
prisonment in Parish Prison Tor a term OF
not less than thirty days. and not exceeding
three months. All prosecutions for Offenses
against this section shall have precedence
over all other cases before any justice of
III e peace, or parish or district court.
Nothing in this act hall be construed to
apuIyt to the State Seminary of Learning and
Military Academy, it being the true intent
and meaning of this act TO leave that, instl-
tuition to be controlled by laws heretofore
enacted concerning 1t.
The State Superintendent shall prescribe
the course of study, and supervise the gen.
eral Curriculum i'll every particular not pro-
vided for in this law. He shall make pro.
vision for model, primary and grammar
schools under permanent and highly quali'
fed teachers, in which the students OF the
Normal School shall have opportunity to
practice in the art of teaching. The salary of
the teachers of the model and expert
mental schools shall be paid from the tut
ton fees derived from he pupils of said
model schools, and those of the Normal
School who pay for their tuition; and any
balance that may be required shall be paid
by the State Board of Education out OF the
public fund.
The following shall be section ffty-one.
Be it further enacted, That in case any
District Board of School Directors, for any
ward or any parish, city or town. or II the
annual meeting of the qualified electors of
any such district shall refuse or fail to
make suitable provision by purchase, lease
or otherwise, for at least one schoolhOuse IN
each district, to be used for school purposes
at least four months in each year, and for
the suitable furnishing and warming of the
same, or to levy q sufficient tax tor these
purposes, no a~pportionment OF any school
fund made to such district by the State Su-
perintendent of Public Education, or
by any other officers, under this act,
shall be paid by any State. parish or city
treasurer to the Board ofDistrict school
Directors for such district.
1t shall be the duty of the State superin-
tendent of Public Education to notify the
proper treasurers of any such delinquent
districts, and such notification shall be the
authority of such Treasurer for the with
holding Of such payments.
The following shall be section ifty-two:
Be it further enacted, etc, That if, in any
parish, before the month Of December. il
the years 1870 and 1871, the several District
Boards of School Directors shall have failed
to establish at least one school IN q district,
in one-half OF the districts of the parish, the
Parish Board of School Directors are hereby
empowered to make provisions for schools
in the districts for which schools have not
been provided, and for that purpose, after
apportioning to the districts which may
have established schools their proportion OF
the parish school tax, said parish board may
direct the expenditure of the remainder
upon the schools established by SAID board
The following shall be section fifsy.three:
Be it further enacted, ETC., That in the
years 1870 and 1871, whenever, in any par
ish, any or all of the school districts shall
fail to levy a sufficient tax and make suitable
provision for at least one schoolhouse III the
district, and for the payment of q teacher
for at least two months, or when, in any or
all Of said school districts, the District Di-
rectors shall have failed to qualify and enter
upon the duties of their offices before the
first day of December ia each or either OF
said years, the State Superintendent may,
upon the written report of the Parish Board
of School Directors, setting forth the facts
above named, direct the State Treasurer to
withhold the apportiOnment OF the State
school fund from said district Or districts
and direct him to pay the same to the treas
urer of the Parish Board of School Directors
of such parish. and such Parish Board shall
proceed 10 establish and conduct and main.
tain public schools in such district or dis
tricts, and may expend the funds from the
osatS Vi RuihoA S"O N-No VIM
for that purpose.
The following shall be section ffty-four:
PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE CITY OF NEW Or
LEANS.
Be it further enacted, ETC., That IN the
city of New Orleans there shall be a Board
of School Directors Of eleven members, WHIT
shall hold their offices for two years, snt
until their successors are duly elected OF
appointed and qualified. At its first meet
ing after the passage of this act, the State
Board of Education shall appoint six mem
bers of the said City Board of School Di
rectors, and the Common Council of the city
of New Orleans shall, as soon as possible
after the passage of this act, elect five mem
bers thereof.
If the Common Council should fail OF
neglect, for three months after the appoint
ments are made by the State Board of Edu-
cation, to elect such members, the State
Board of Education shall fill theil
places. Said board shall have all the
powers and perform all the duties
in reference to the public schools o
the city, and to the distribution Of the
school funds thereof, herein conferred upor
the Parish Boards of SCHOOL, Directors fol-
other parishes. Said board shall hold it!
first meeting within thirty days after it
appointments; shall choose q President anC
Treasurer from its own members, and shall
at once proceed to appoint, for each ware
of the city of New Orleans, a Ward Board O
School Directors. of five persons.
The following shall be section fifty-five:
Be it further enacted, ETC., That the Board
of School Directors for the city of New Or
leans may elect a Secretary, whose salary
shall be eighteen hundred dollars (SlS00.
per annum, payable monthly, out of The
public school fund, upon the warrant ofth(
President of the board.
The following shall be section fifty six:
Be it further enacted, etc, That eacl
Ward Board in the city of New Orleans, ap