Litchfield enquirer., 1872-09-26


 urer of said district, unless the.same. have l been entrusted to others by the donors CT | grantors, ,or by the general assembly; they shall pay into the treasury of the district all moneys which they may receive for the support of schools; they shall determine the number and qualifications of the scholars to be admitted into each school; shall supply the requisite number of qual-. flied teachers: shall annually, during the first two weeks of the month of Septem- Der, ascertain the expense of supporting and maintaining the schools under their , superintendence, during the year ending the thirty first day of the previous August and report the same, together with the amount of money received towards the payment thereof, to iStrict, at a meeting to be held on Monday of September in each. .ye hall at the same time, make ful iheir doings,. and the condition of 6e ools under their sui ferintendence, and III i'm i portant matters concerning the same, to the district; and shall perform all lawful acts which may be required of them by the district, and which may be necessary to carry into effect the powers and duties granted by this act
 ] Sec. 34. All existing school societia in which school districts have been d may be abolished, may avail themselves of the privileges specified in the preced- ing section.
 Sec. 35. The funds, buildings, and all Eother property of the school societies spec fled in the two preceding sections, shall, not be affected by this act.
 Sec. 36. The boaE7 education ap- pointed by any scho kct,a organized under the thirty-th irty-fourth sections of this act, sl all the powers and be subject ali the duties within sad district, whicN are possessed 1 by the school visitors in u e several towns; and shall make their annual report to the ststo board of edneation, and send their e'urns and ceftlfeates directly to the comptroller
 Sec. 37. Said board of education shall have full power to appoint an acting school visitor in said district; who shall possess. within said district, all the powers and be subject to all the duties by law pos sessed by and imposed upon similar of- ficers appointed by the school visitors of the several towns.
 | Sec. 3S. The authority of the board of school visitors, of the town in which said district is situated shall extend only to the remaining portion of said town; and their returns and certificates shall include only the children of such remaining portion
 Sec. 39. The comptroller of public ac- counts, on the application of the board of education of such district on the treas urer, for the proportionate amount to which such district may be entitled, of all moneys appropriated by law.for the bene- lit, support and encouragement of public schoolls,. as IS provided in respect to towns; and the town in which said district IS situated shall be entitled to receive on- I ly its proportionate amount of such public money for the children in the remaining portion of said town.
 CHAPTER V.
 Of school visitors.
 Sec. 40. The board of school visitors shall annually choose from themselves 8 chairman and secretary. They shall pre- scribe rules and regulations for the man I agement, studies, classification and disci- pline of the public schools, and, subject to the control of the state board of edu- cation, shall prescribe the text books to be used. They shall as board, or by q committee by them appointed, examine all persons desiring to teach Tn the public schools; and to those with whose moral character, literary attainments and ability to teach they are satisfied, they shall give a certificate, either authorizing the holder to teach in any district in the town SO long as desired, without further examination unless specially ordered; or to teach in any such district therein named during the ensuing term only, or to teach only in the district therein named during such term; but no certificate shall be given to any person not found qualified to teach reading, writing, arithmetic and grammar ! A. .
 phy and history. Also after the first day of September, 1873, teachers shall be qualified to give instruction in the rudi- ments of drawing, if required by the school visitors of the town. If a person is examined in other branches besides those herein named, and found qualified to teach the same, such branches shall be named in the certificate given to such per son. They shall revoke the certificates of such teachers as shall at any time be found incompetent to teach or to manage a school, or fail to conform to the require ments of the board. They shall, if the town so direct, employ the teachers for all the public schools of the town, after con- sulting with the several district commit tees. They shall make proper rules and regulations for the arrangement. use and safe keeping of the district and high school libraries provided in part by the state :; and the books selected for such libraries must be approved by them. They shall fill vacancies in district offices, and fix sites and approve plans for school houses, in the manner specified in this act; and whenever any town shall maintain a high or graded school, the school visitors shall perform the duties specified in those sec- tions of this act providing for such schools.
 Sec. Al. Whenever the board of school visitors, or school committee of any town, propose to order change of any of the text books used in the public schools of the town, they shall, at least two months before deciding what text books they will prescribe for the schools, notify the boards of school visitors, or school committees, of the several adjoining towns, ti1nb eseh a change is proposed; and the board giy- ing notice and the several boards notified shall, so far as may be practicable and consistent with the best interests of all the schools of the several towns, agree up- on such changes of books as will cause the same textbooks to be used in all the schools of their several towns.
 Sec. A. They shall annually assign the the duty of visiting the schools of the town to one or more of their number, who shall be called the acting school visitor or visitors shall in company with the other visitors, and with the dietrict commmit- tee when convenient, visit such schools at least twice during each term, once with in four weeks after the opening, and again during the four weeks proceeding the close, at which visit the school-house and ont buildings, school register and library, shall be examined. Half day shall be spent in each school so visited, unless other wise directed by the board They shall, one week at least before the annual town meeting, submit to the board a full written report of their proceedings, and of the condition of the several schools during the year preceding, with plans and suggestions for the improvement of the same