Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-01-10

4 III Ic5uIu 10 'tutui COMMISSIONERS " Q
therefore publish in full that section of the
law;
There Is hereby established in said city a
/ Board Of School Commissioners % be com
posed of the Superintendent Of Schools, who
| shall be er Qbfd0 Il member of said board ami
/ the president thereof and five other schOC.
| commissioners, one for each ward, to be elect
| ed as hereinafter stated | Jntl the expiration
Of the terms Of office to which they have re,-
pectiyey been elected, the following mem
bers of the present board of school eOmmiS-
| siOners, viz. : Matthew II. Buckham,
| Henry LOOMS, Charles J. Alger and Luther
l.. Lawrence shall be school commissioners
| for the several wards in which they respect
| ively reside, viz Mr. Buckham for Ward
One, until the first day of April, 1874, Mr..
Loomis for Ward Two, until the lst day Of
| April, 1873, Mr.. Alger for Ward Three.
until the lst day of April, 1874, and Mr..
Lawrence for Ward Five. until the lst day
Of April. 1919.
At the annual city election in 1873 in
| Ward Four. and at such election in the
other wards next preceding the expiration
| of the several terms Of the school commits
| SiOners above specified, and thereafter bien
nially in each ward at the March city elec
ton, there shall be elected a school commits
siOner from and by the legal voters of such
ward, who shall hold his office for two year
from the Ist day of April following his elec
ton, and until his successor shall be chosen
and qualified. The city council shall fill
| any vacancy in the Board of School Com
missioners, occasiOned bv death, resigna-
tion, removal from the ward or other disa
| bility, but such vacancy shall continue ia
force only until the lst day of the next
| April and the vacancy for the remainder
of the biennial term, shall be filled by the
| legal voters of the proper ward in the man
ner hereinbefore provided for the election
of school commissioners.
Said board shall appoint 4 clerk, and a
| majority of their number shall constitute
quorum for the transaction of business.
Such board shall have the care and custody
of all the property belonging 70, or used
for, the several public schools of the city,
shall employ teachers and fix their cOmpen-
alton, have the management and control OF
all the public schools of this city examine and
allow all claims arising therefrUm, and draw
warrants for the payment of such claims
upon the City Treasurer. But they shall
not incur liabilities IN behalfOf the city, ex-
eeeding in the aggregate in any year such
sum as would be raised by n tax of fifty
cents upon the dollar Of the grand list of the
city, except when 80 authorized by the legal
voters of the city.
| They shall have in general all the powers
and authority, and perform all the duties
pertaining to the Offices Of prudential com
mittee and clerk of school districts, not in
consistent with the system hereby estab-
lished; they may establish graded schools
and provide for the instruction of the
scholars in the sciences, and in the higher
| branches of thorough education and
may establish such bylaws and regulations
for carrying out the powers herein granted,
| a with rhIs md the In
of this State.
They shall be sworn by the mayor to the
faithful discharge of their duties, hold
meetings a. often a. necessary 10 fulfil
their duties, and keep record of all their
proceedings in books provided for that pur-
pose They shall receive no compensation
for their official services.
They shall, during the first week in April
annually, appoint the Superintendent of
schools, and fix his compensation, which
shall be paid by the school commissioners
in the same manner As other expenses aris-
ing from the support Of schools, and for
causes Of incapacity, negligence or miscon-
duet, they may remove such superintendent
of schools from Office Such superintendent
shall perform such duties in connection with
the public schools Of the city as shall be
assigned him BY the Board of School Com
missiOners He shall annually report to the
City Council such statistics as are now re-
quired by law. and such other information
as the school commissioner shall direct. lie
shall hold his Office for one year from the
time of his appointment, and until his sue
ceSSOr shall be chosen and qualified.
The City Treasurer shall keep a separate
account of all monies appropriated for the
Use Of schools, which monies shall consist
of the income Of the United States deposit
fund. and of the town school fund, the in
come Of any money OF other property do
mated by any person to said city for the Use
of schools, and all money appropriated by
the City Council for that purpose; and the
City Treasurer shall pay, out Of any monies
mentioned in this section, all warrants
drawn by the Board of School COmmi--
sioners for the use of schools
The City Council shall annually appro-
| PIRATE for the Use Of schools such sum. not
| exceeding the amount which would be
raised BY n tax of fifty cents upon the dollar
| of the grand list of the city. Except when
20 authorized by the legal voters Of the city)
as shall be recommended by the Board OF
School Commissioners and shall annually
assess a tax sufficient to meet such apprO-
priations and the city shall not be re-
| quired to assess the tax mentioned IN section
50 of chapter - ofthe General Statutes.
Ii shall be the duty of the city to provide
and maintain suitable school houses for the
accommodation Of all the schools of the city
and the location, construction andsale of the
same shall be under the control Of the school
commissioners, subject to the limitation
herein before mentioned upon their power
of incurring liabilities in behalf of the city,
The train that left Boston on the Fitch
burgh road, Thursday forenosn, was twenty
two hours in reaching Keene. 1t came to
a dead halt at Winchendon, eighteen miles
below Keene The passengers were all
crowded into one car, and there they stayed
| from O'Clock in the evening till ; the next
morning. The conductor regaled them
with crackers, cheese and corn-balls, amt
somebody having discovered that Rev. Mr..
| Cyr, of Rutland, the Baptist clergyman,
and friend to Pere Hyacinthe, was on
| board, he was called upon 10 enliyen the
occasion by something about the POpe's
renegade" He happened to have with
him lecture he had prepared on the sub
| ject, and. taking the aisle for his platform,
| he spoke in 4 very interesting manner of
| Pere Hyacinthe and his relations to the
church The audience turned in - in va
rious postures, after the lecture, and slept
| till midnight. when Mr.. Cyr gave second
lecture, on the Alps, illustrated by pictures.
| The novelty OF this added much enjoyment,
and everybody had good time. An extra
engine and snow plow took them TO keene
the next morning.