The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-05-01

SIC. l6. Be it further enacted. That in a
n Incorporated towns or cities having lie
than two Thousand inhabitants the Board
l. Mayor and Aldermen shall meet on the la
Saturday of August next, after the pass
: Of this Act, and Annually thereafter, an
appoint three Trustees for such town
J. city, who, when appointed, shall constltul
A Board of Trustees for the several publ
l. schools in such town or city. and said Irus
tees shall hold their office for the same tim
q and in every way be subject TO tile sam
laws, regulations and instructions Trus
d tees provided Tor in the foregoing section
of this Act
q SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That TO
the purpose of affording the advantage o
d free education to all the educable youth o
this State, there shall hereafter be, am
q there is hereby levied on the assessed val
uation of the taxable property of the State
= tax Of four mills on the dollar and th'
! same shall be placed on the assessment
= rolls annually, in the same manner as th'
assessment for general purposes, provided
- tor III section 1868, Revised Code, to bC
paid and collected only in legal currency
OF the United States and set apart eXclu-
sively TO the payment OF teachers in the
public schools to be designated on the as
sessment rolls as the Teachers Fund. The
State Superintendent shall, on or before
the first day Of January, annually, report
to the Auditor the number of educable
persons IN each school district and said
Auditor Shall thereupOn. by the first Mon
u SnEn
school revenue to the several counties or
school districts in due proportion of the
amount OF such revenue for such euumer-
alton, and submit a certified copy aud re
port thereof to the State Superintendent,
| who shall ther upon notify each County
Superintendent of the amount accruing 10
his county. The sheriff of each county
shall pay over to the Treasurer of his
county every month the amount Of Teach
| ers' Fund collected by him, taking his re-
fs.4II fnr ha md Hal fbn
amount SO paid over TO the Auditor OF
! Public Accounts Immediately thereafter.
aud said fund, when so paid in. shall re-
main IN the county treasury to the credit
OF the Teachers Fund of the State. and
be inviolable held to such credit, until the
annual pro rata distribution of the same
! has been made as herein provided, aud II
shall be the duty of the various county
! lreasurers, on the order of the Auditor Of
Public Accounts. to paw over, Ou or by
! the first day of May. in each year. 10 the
state Treasurer, any excess of said fund
! that may be in his hands, TO be distributed
/ as required by law, and in the event said
amount of Teachers Fund shah b4 less
than the pro rata share due said county
said , ate Treasurer shall charge rhe same
10 said county, and the State Treasurer
shall Immediately forward 10 each county
80 IN arrears OF its pro rata the balance due
said county under the general distribution
laws of the State; Provided, Tax As
SCISSORS shall receive commission on the
amount of school taxes herein assessed. !
SEC. Is. BE it further enacted, That in
case the State superintendent. for any
reason, shall fail, within the time fixed by |
this Act to report to the Auditor OF Pub /
lie Accounts the number OF educable chill !
dren in each county or school district il /
shall be the duty of the Auditor to make !
said aportionment to such delinquent
county or district on the enumeration of |
the previous year, or on the latest enumer-
alton returns IN his office, it being the in |
tent OF this Act TO secure certain and equGt-
able apportionment Of the Teachers Fund /
to the several school districts at the time /
therein prescribed.
SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That it |
shall be the duty of the Board of County +
Supervisors and the Board of Mayor and /
Aldermen of each Incorporated city or town
OF mole than two thousand inhabitants, an /
nually, upon the estimate of the County /
Superintendent, required in this Act, to levy |
a tax upon the taxable property OF the /
county and city sufficient for school house |
purposes, the County Superintendent sal I
airy and any deficit in the Teachers Fund /
which may arise, and all taxes which may
hereafter be levied by Boards of Supcryi- (
sors or by the Boards of Mayor and Alder
men or Selectmen of any Incorporated city
or town for school purposes shall hereafter
be receivable only in legal currency of the
United States as in teachers warrants for
the teachers fund, and school house or con
tingent warrants for the school-house or
contingent fund, and so much of section
POPS, article 10, chapter 49, of the Revised |
Code of 1871, as provided that State certii-
Gates shall be receivable in payment OF
taxes for school purposes, be, and the same
is hereby repealed.
SEC. 20 Be it further enacted, That here
after no Board of Supervisors or Aldermen
shall allow any accounts against the school
house fund unless there be money in the
Treasury to pay the same in full upon pre-
SentatiOn of a warrant therefor, nor shall
the said Board in allowances it may make
for any year exceed the receipts OF the
Treasury for said year.
SEC. 81. Be il further enacted, That the
County Treasurer and the Treasurer of each
city constituting separate school district
shall hereafter make quarterly reports to
the County Superintendent, showing the
amount of Teachers Fund, if any, in the
treasury, and 4 estimate Of the amount 10
be paid into the same daring the ensuing
quarter, and in all contracts with teachers
the County superintendent shall consider
the aggregate amount of Teachers Fund
due and available for said school year.
SEC. -. Be it further enacted. That the
public schools of each county shall be class
itied annually by the County Superintend-
ent second grade and first grade. and the
grades fixed In this Act shall be adopted IN
each and every county in the State. There
shall be taught in the schools of the second
grade, photography, reading, penmanship,
the rudlments OF arithmetic, English gram
mar, and geography. The monthly wages
of teachers in this grade shall not exceed
the sum of sixty dollars, nor be less than
thirty-five dollars.
SEC. 3D. Be it further enacted, That there
shall be taught in all schools of the first
grade photography, reading, penmanShip,
arithmetic, grammar geography, history
of the United States and English compO-
stion, and teachers in this grade shall re-
ceiVe a monthly salary not exceeding sew
enty-tve dollars nor less than sixty dollars.
1t shall be the duty of the County Superin-
tendent annually at the beginning of the
school year to fix the rate OF salary to be
paid to teachers in each grade of schools in
the county, which shall not be changed or
amended within one year thereafter, and
the compensation that may be fixed for the
teachers of the public schools shall be uni
form throughout the county according To
the grade OF certificate they may hold and ,
the school they may teach; and the rate of .
salary so fixed shall be within the maxi
mum and minimum fixed for the several
grades by law; Provided, That in schools
having three or more teachers and at aver
age attendance of one hundred pupils. the
teacher shall receive monthly
salary OF one hundred dollars.
SEC. a. Be it further enacted, That the
County superintendent, by and with the ,
approval of the Board of Supervisors and
Board of Mayor and Aldermen of any ,
town or city of two thousand inhabitants
or over, shall prescribe uniform series of !
text books for the county, and the series so ;
selected and approved, or any uniform Sc ,
ries of text books adopted by any county
board of School Directors as required by
law and in use at the passage of this act,
shall not be changed or amended within
five years from the period of such adoption.
SEC. %. Be it further enacted, That al
laws or parts of laws requiring the counties
Of this State to be divided into sub-school
be, and they are hereby, repealed
Provided, That nothing in this section shall
be so construed as to prevent the Board of
of any county from levying
and collecting any tax to pay Indebtedness
incurred by any sub-schooI district hereto 1
tore established, on account of purchasing