The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-03-13
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
How Orr Schools Over the
State are to be Directed.

BY reference to our report of the Leg
islarive proceedings of last week, it viii
be seen that the House adopted the Sen
ate bin offered by Senator w. p. Jones,
''to establish and maintain uniform
system of public schools It only
needs the Governors signature to be-
come a law, and we give to our readers
All o. It's imporrant TEXTURES.
1t provides for State Superinten-
dent, County Superintendent, and Dis
triet school Directors. The State Su-
perintendent is to be nominated by the
Governor and confirmed by the Senate.
and is to hold for two years, devoting
all his time to the State schools. with an
office at the Capitol; make tours of in
spection, collect and disseminate all in
formation relative to public schools,
and to require of County Superinteud-
ents detailed reports, annually, and as
much oftener as he may deem proper;
and he may require special reports at
any time of any officer connected with
the school system. He is further re-
quired to report annually the scholastic
population of each county, also an ac-
count Of receipts and disbursements and
minute particulars tabIdIrly set forth,
showing average attendance, age, etc
Persons between the ages of IS and 81
are to De allowed public school privile-
ges for the term of three years after the
organization under this act.
The County Superintendent is to be
nlaetal ~ a. o. $500 s,.s1
or July term, 1873, and after 1874 he
shall be elected biennally in january.
and no member of the County Court
shall be eligible TO said office. He must
be literary, wei instructed, must visit
the schools, must keep posted in the
merits of text books, and observe such
directions and regulations as the State
superintendent of Schools may from
time to time prescribe, TO make special
reports to that officer whenever requir-
ed. His duties are well and exhaust
lively defined
There shall be three Directors for each
school district; one to be elected for one
year, one for two years, and one for
three years; and after the expiration of
their first term of office, the successors
shall be elected for three years. They
are to visit schools of their district from
time TO time, direct the management of
the schools, keep sepezate and apart
schools for white and colored children,
use the school fund apportioned to their
district, and take care of and control the
school property of their district. They
are to have clerk and treasurer elected
by themselves. The school districts are
to remain rs they are now. All penal
ties for failure to do duties are to 90 to
the school fund; prosecutions to be con-
Quoted by the District Attorney. Writ
ten contracts, at fixed rate per month,
are to be made with all teachers
Teachers may suspend pupils for sufH-
cient cause, said cause to DC finally set
tied by the Directors. The schools are
to be free to all between andIs years,
residing within the district.
Orthography, reading, writing. arith-
metic, grammar, geography, elementary
geology of Tennessee, and history of the
United States, are to be taught. Vocal
music may be taught. Additional stud
les may be Taught by special regulations
"upon the payment of such rates of tui-
ton as may be prescribed, the fund de- |
rived from this source 20 go into the |
school fund, for the support of the re- |
speetiye schools in the district in which
1t may be collected"
The permanent school fund shall he |
the 81 100000 ueCidrvdIDy section DAG OF
the Code, TO which is to be added the /
accrued interest, making the entire per-
manent school fund $2,5l2, 800. The |
principal of said fund shall always re- |
main unimpaired and entire, and the
annual income of interest, paid semi-an- /
nuully at 6 per cent, is to be devoted to /
public schools exclusively. There is to |
be poll tax of one dollar to be so devo-
ted, and n tax of one mill on the dollar /
of all taxable property for the same |
purpose. All moneys in the Treasury |
Of the State for the annual support of |
her schools, on the list Mondays i'm De- |
tober and April of every year, shall be
apportioned by the Comptroller among |
the several counties, according to their
scholastic population. lie shall give /
immediate notice of such apportionment |
to the County Trustee of each county, |
and shall give notice, in some newspa- !
per at the seat of government, of the
amount appOrioned to each county.
None of the provisions of this act are |
to interfere in anywise with schools or
school systems already established in
cities and incorporated towns.
The act to take effect from and after
its passage.