Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-04-25

.!ou7n0l, 1917.
From the Raleigh News.
1eetinS of the state hoard of I:du-
cation in the Executive office,
April 10th.
Pursuant to Section 9. Article TX, of
the Constitution of North Carolina,
which provides that .'the Board of
Education shall have fuil power to
legislate and make all needful rules
and regulations III relation to free
public schools, ami the educational
fund of the State, the Board OF Elu-
cation met April 10th. present: His
Excellency, Tod II. Caldwell, Cover
nor, d. A. Jenkins. Treasurer, ". H.
HoWerton, Secretary OF State, John
Reilly, Auditor, a,id Alexander McIver.
Superintendent rf Public instruction,
and unanimously adopted the follow.
ing rules and regulations III relation to
public schools:
/. The school districts Of ih2 several
counties shall he laid of as nearly
equal in form, as the situation Of the
several localities viii permit. Natural
boundaries. as mountains, large water
courses. Swamps, and 1mocclpicd
lands, shall be adopted as the boul!d5-
ries of adjacent school districts Tie
convenience of each neiclborhool
must be consulted.
.. Each school district shall contain
an area equal to Il square of from four,
to seven miles square, and the school
house shall be as near the centre of the
school population Of the district as
may lac practicable.
;. 1t shall be the duty OF School
Committees to lay off school districts
within their respective townships. in
accordance with the foregoing regula-
tiOns, and sections 10 and 29 of the
school law. on or before the second Sat
urday i'll June, 1873, and record the
boundaries and designation of each dis
trict IN the book of School Records of
the township and report the same to
the Register of Deeds, IF Il school dis
trict is to be held of so that twill lie
in two or more townships, the School
Committee of the several townships in
terested shall agree upon the bound
ary; or if they fail to agree, they shall
report the facts to the County Board
of Education, and the latter shall
ESTABLISH the district
The electors of the several School
in June in each year, elect three resi-
deuts of the district to be styled obs
trict Trilstces," whose term of office
shall begin on the first dav OF July
following and continuc one year and
until others arc chosen. The white
electors shall elect "District Trustees"
for the school for white children, and
the colored electors shall lect'sDistrict
f,,r, ho
children The election shall be held at
such place i'll the District as the School
Committee of the township may
designate, and tlic three persons hav-
ing the highest number of votes shall
be declared elected. The School
Committee of tho township i'll which
the district lies shall give notice in
writing at three or more public places
in each district of the election at least
ten days before the same, and shall
appoint two suitable residents of the
district to conduct the election The
said conductors of the election shall
give to the School Committee certiti-
cate in writing of the number OF votes
received by each person, and the
School COMMITTEES shall declare the
three persons receiving the highest
number of votes for District Trus-
tees" for the District Prorided, That
whenever the District fails to make IN
election, the School Committee of the
township shall appoint suitable per
sons ''Distriet Trustees. ant shall
fill the vacancies sliat may occur from
any cause.
5. 1t shall he the duty of the Dis
trict Trustees to have supervisors of
the school house and school property
of the district for which they are
elected, to obtain funds by voluntary
subscription TO pay half the cost of
the building, repairing and furnishing
school houses, to determine the time at
which the publIe SCHOOL be taught, re-
commend Il teacher who will be accept
able to the people of the District, and
obtain by voluntary subscription such
assistance as will supplement the pub
lie hool fund SO that the two COM
bined Will pay the wages of the teacher
for such time as the people may de-
sire to continue the public school year,
and report to tiie School Committee the
school census of the district.
6. The School Committee shall in no
case give an order on the County
Treasurer in payment of a teacher .
wages for more than seyenty-cents a
month for each pupil TO teacher of a
third grade school, nor more than a
dollar month for each pupil to a
teacher of second grade school, nor
more than a dollar and twenty-five
| cents mouth fcc each pupil to a
teacher Of :. tlrst grade shool, counting
! the number of pupils, in every case,
by their average attendance.
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