Litchfield enquirer., 1872-09-26

| such towns, or annually, by the mayor and aldermen of such cities, three or more persons, who alone shall be authorized to prosecute for the violation of such by
 Sec 10. Warrants issued nnderthe pre- ceding sections shall be returnable before any justice of the peace, or judge, of the police court, of the town or city; and the justice or judge, shall receive such com pensation as the city or town shalf deter mine =
 Sec. II. The police in any city and the bailiffs or constables in any borough or town, and the sheriffs and deputy sheriffs in their respective counties, are empower ed and required to arrest any and all boys that are supposed to be truants from school, between the ages of eight and six teen years, habitually wandering or loiter- ing about the streets or public places of the same, or anywhere beyond the proper control of parents or guardians, during the school term, and during the hours when school IS in session; and to stop at any place within the limits of said city, borough, or town, any boy under the age Of sixteen years, during the usual public school hours as aforesaid, and ascertain whether he is a truant from school or is engaged in any proper business; and in case he is tfuant, such truant shall be sent to the school of which he is mem- Der at the time of said arrest. | Sec. 12. In case any truant boy shall be arrested third time under the proyis- ions of the preceding section, such boy, if not immediately returned to school, shall be taken before the judge. of the criminal | or police court sitting in chambers, or be- fore any justice of the peace in any bo- rough or town where such arrest Is made; and if 1t shall appear that such boy has no lawful occupation or business, or is not attending school or is growing up in hab- 1 its of ldleness or immortality, or is an hab- itual truant, he may be committed to any institution of instruction or correction, or hOuse of reIOrmation ;za nafd C1Iy, borough or town, or, with the approval of the SC lectmen, to the state reform school, for a term of not more than three years. ! Sec 13. In all cases arising under the 1 provisions of the preceding sections, 8 proper warrant shall be issued by the judge of the criminal court of the city, or by justice of the peace in the borough or town where such arrest IS made; and the father, if living, or if not, the mother or guardian of such boy, shall be notified, if such parent or guardian can be found, of the day, and time of hearing,
 Sec. IA The fees of the judge or jus tice in such cases shall be two dollars for such hearing; and all expenses shall be paid by the city, borough or town, respect ively, in which said proceedings sball oc- cur.
 Sec. 15. After the hearing in any such case, the judge or justice of the peace be- | fore whom 1t may be had, may, at his dis | al fha condition 1 of judgement.
 Sec. 16 Upon the request of the parent or guardian of any girl between the ages l of eight and sixteen years, a warrant may 1 be issued for her arrest in the same man ner and on the same conditions as Is pro- vided in the preceding sections with re- 1 spect to boys; and thereupon the same proceedings may be had, including the rendition or suspension of judgment, as above provided with respect to boys ar rested as aforesaid, except that said girls may be committed to the industrial school | for girls
 CHAPTER IL.
 s Of the state board of education. l Sec. IT.. There shall be state board of l education, composed of the governor, lieutenant governor, and four persons ap- pointed by the general assembly, one in each year, and selected one from each congressional district, who shall hold of- flee for the term of four years. except when appointed to fill vacancy occasion ed otherwise than by the expiration of the term of office in which case the person so appointed shall hold office only for the unexpired term of the person in whose place he may be appoint ed; all such vacancies shall be filed by the general assembly; but until an ap- pointment has been so made the vacancy may be filled by appointment of the gov ernor and lieutenant-governo
 Sec. IS. The board shall have general supervision and control of the educational interests of the state; it shall have power 1 to direct what books shall be used in all the schools of the state, but shall not di- rect any book to be changed oftener than once in five years; shall prescribe the form of registers to be kept in the schools, and the form of blanks and inquiries for the returns to be made by the various school boards and committees; and shall annual ly, on or before third Wednesday in May, lay before the general assembly, report, containing printed abstract of said re- turns, and detailed report of all the do- l 1u&S O4 buC OOdISA, W1tu ouCA 1CuuaAAb 1l4u | suggestions in reference to the subject of education as they may think proper.
 Sec. 19. The board may hold, at one or more convenient places in the state, con- ventions of school officers, teachers and other friends of public education, for the purpose of instructing in the best modes of administering, governing, and teaching public schools; but the expenses incurred for such conventions shall not ex- ceed in any one year the sum of three thousand dollars.
 Sec. 20. The board shall appoint .sec- retary who shal exercise ageneral super vision over the public schools of the state, shall collect information from school wis., itors, and from other sources; and shall prepare and submit an annual report to to the board, containing the abstracts re- | quired in section eighteen of this. act, a statement of the condition of the normal school and of the public schools of the state, plans and Suggestions for the im- provement and better organization of the same, and all such matters relating to his office, and to the interests of education, as he shall judge necessary He shall visit, as often as his duties will permit, differ ent parts of the state, for the purpose of awakening and guiding public sentiment | III feiatlOn IO Lne pTdcblcaI lutefesGS OI eu- ucation; shall collect in his office such school books, apparatus, maps, and charts as can be obtained without expense to the state; receive and arrange in his office the regor.s aud rstnrns of the school officers; aaa a sseeiEs. m preserve, & or distributs list r, the schools. He shall also give sufficient mo- tice of all teachers, institutes, or other meetings, held under the direction of che board; and shall have printed and send the blank forms of inquiry, the school registers, and the annual report of the board, including his own annual report, to the school visitors of the several towns, as soon as they, are ready for distribu- tion.
 Sec. 21. He shall receive from the state an annual salary of three thousand dol lars; and his necessary travelling expenses,