Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-22
THE SCHOOL BILL.


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Legislators ~ TCuis, That lh, Su,
perinlehden. oi Public lnslrur.,o
snall have supervisory onnlru, 81
AL the pul lir free srh0nls ia this
Slate, and shall receive salary Of
three thousand dollars per annum,
lilo shall keep a record OF the mum
her of children in earh county ul
scholastic are, from sig 10 eighteen
years oi a., apPorllol! tie money
OF the school fund OF tho State 10
the several counties. actbrling 10
the scholasiiopopnla,ion. lie shall
keep n cd'rect account 0i all the
moneys 0l The school fund aud mat.
,ers apperlaining thereto, and re-
port Ia the Hovcrnor annually, al
The close OF the fiscal 'car, the con,
lition OF tlib school fund, distrihu,
tions OF morcys, aud such suggcS,
,ions in regard 10 the school system
~ may hc deemed advisable. The
fiscal scholastic year shall Hc the
samo ii the fiscal year uf the Trca.
,ury. lie shall prescribe aul fur.
n,sl III necessary forms Tor teach.
crs, aud all other subordinate oil d.
GERS or tie Bureau OF Education,
aud he rliall direct tie manner and
times ur making rcr6!ts by those
oiliccrs and those pcr3ons, aud shall
cXamin. and approve all accounts
for corihcnsctiOn Of tcachcrs aud
employees of he Burctu Of Eiuca.
tion, aud for school books ar.u ap-
paratus purchased for ,'ublics : houlS,
before the same shall DO paid rt the
Treasury.
SIC. :. THb SupcrintcGicn, Of
Public Instruction, with tie appro.
val Of tho Governor, shall appoint
for cach judicial district Of this
State ono supervisor Of education
for such iudicial district, %ho Shall
hold his office tor four Years, unless
sooner removed Each Supervisor
of education shall receive, rs com
pensation, five dollars pet day for
the time aetualIy employed in ut.
tending to the duties of l!iS office I,
proriird. that the total to be paid to
any supervisor during Any one year
shall not cNCGcd the sum OF twelve
hundred dollars. The supervisors
of education may be removed by
tho Superintendent Of Public In
struction on the approval OF tie
Governor. for incompctency, NAL
icasanco or neglect Of duty. The
supervisors Of education shall be
cmpowotcd TO lay oil and subdividc
the counties Of their respective .iu-
dicial districts into school districts.
and shall be empowered to appoint
five SCHOOL directors for each school
district; but The authority OF tho
supervisors III these respects shalt
be suffice, to The control and. rcvi-
sion cf the Stipeti H'endent of Pub
lie instruction. 1t ahall be the duty
Of tie Supervisors to onforc5, in
their respective districts, all rules
and regulations adopted by the
board Of education for the govern
moHt OF public flee schools in this
State.
SEC. ). Tic Superintendent of
Public Instruction, with the Cover
tor and Attorney General, shall
form IL board of education for tile
State. Il shall b. the duty OF this
board, 6ubiect to the Constitution
and laws of this State, TO adopt all
netcssary rules and regulations
fur the promotion Of public schools,
to provide for the examination and
appointment of teachers, and fix
their compensation; to cctinc the
course Of studies in tie public
schools, and dt'ect the class and
kind Of apparatus and books to be
used therein; to prcscri6G the du
ties Of the boards Of directors, and
geneially do Ill things, not incon
sistent with the Constitution dHh
laws of the State, necessary to cSI
tablish and maintain system OF
ptblc free schools prOrides, that
the board of education for the State
shall prescribe no rule or regulation
that will prevent the directors of
The school districts from making
any scpafRtion Of the students thai
the peace End success of Tic scho0!
and the good Of the %hoIc may re-
quire.
Sro. /. The boatd of education
for the State shall tef6tt for action
of the legislature, from time to
time, such amer!dhients Of the
school laws of this State as may be
found necessary, stating in their re-
port the facts and reasons which,
in their opinion, rerdcr necessary
such proposed amendments.
SEC. 8. TheavailabIe school fIthd
liable to appropriation for the sup
port of public schools is hereby de-
clared to be all interest which has
accrued, or may hereafter accrue, TO
the school fund from railroads or
otherwise, since the thirti5th day
OF March, 1870, one fourth OF all
the ad rdlctem and occupation taxes
assessed since that date, and such
other taxes rs have been or maF be
provided by law for the support Of
rublic schools. Accounts agii'nst
the available school fund shall be
paid out Of any part Of it that ma
be IN the Treasury, on the appro-
priktion therefor by the Leg;siature.
Tbb directors Of each school dis
triet shall have authority TO levy 2
tax Of not exreeding. one per cent.
FOR the purpose Of Building school
bonrcs and maintaining schools ia
tbeit respective school districts.
and the mannef Of the eollectios
and lisburserient Of this tax shall
be prescribed by the beard Of edu-