Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1873-02-15
SHEPHERD COLLEGE AND NOR
NAL SCHOOL.

SCtiOOL.
We give below the bill establishing
branch State Normal School at Shep-
herd College, passed February 9th,
1872, and the amepded bill passed Feb
ruary 4th, 1873
A BILL establishing branch State
Normal School at Shepherd College.
Be il enacted by The Legislature Of He"
Firgi"in
l. That branch State Normal School,
for males, be, and the same is hereby es-
tabished at the building known as
Shepherd College, in Shepherdstown,
in the county of Jefferson; and the said
school is hereby placed on the same
footing, and subject to the same regula-
tons as the other branches Of the State
Normal Schools; provided that the said
building, and the lot on which i is e.
rected, shall be fitted up H. a suitable
manner lor the purposes OF such school,
and conveyed in fee, for term Of not
less than ten years by demise, assigned or
original free of charge to the State, for
such fitting up or occupancy.
A BILL to amend an act entitled,
''An act to establish branch state
normal school at Shepherd College,in
Jefferson county, passed the twenty
seventh day of February, 1872.
Be ii enacted by The LegiSfatweof Vest
Virginia
That chapter one hundred and one Of
the acts Of eighteen hundred and seven
ty-two, is hereby amended and re-enact-
ed so as to read as follows:
|. That branch state normal school
be. and the same is hereby established
at sShepherd College," in Shepherds
town, county Of Jefferson, for the III
struction and practice Of TEACHERS OF free
schools, in the science Of education and
the art of teaching, and the board OF
trustees of Shepherd College, with the
state and county superintendent OF free
schools, and their successors, shall con-
stitute board Of regents, tor the COY
eminent Of said normal school.
,. The said school shall be
under the general supervision and
control of said board Of regents,
who shall have power to pass
such general laws and adopt such gen
eral rules and regulations for its gov
erGment, not inconsistent with the laws
of the state, as they may deem best
calculated to effect the object of its es-
Enlistment. They shall fix the number
and compensation OF the teachers to be
employed therein, appoint and re-
move the same; prescribe the prellml-
nary examination, the terms and condi-
ton on which pupils shall be received
and instructed in the school; the branch
es Of learning to be taught therein.
They shall determine what shall be the
number Of pupils received from the sew
eral counties of the State, conforming
as near as possible, to the ratio of pop
ulation, and prescribe the mode of Sc
Letting the same. They may also adj
nit into the said school, from this or
any other State, us many students, who
may not desire to become teachers OF
free schools, as they may deem proper,
and upon such terms at they may pre-
scribe.
3. The board of regents and faculty
may graduate any student Of said Shep-
herd College, who may have pursued
the studies prescribed and found, upon
examination, duly qualified, and shall
certify the same, by atfixing their sigma
lures and seal of the college to his dip
Iona.
4. The board Of regents shall transmit
to the Legislature, at each regular sess-
iol, full account Of their proceedings
under this act, together with a detailed
report of the progress, condition and
prospects of said school.
5. They shall elect,a their first meet
ING. or as soon thereafter as practicable,
out of their own number a president,
secretary and treasurer. They shall
prescribe the duties of said officers, and
determine what amount Of compensation
the secretary and treasurer shall receive
for their services, not to exceed $50
each, per annum. No compensation
shall be allowed the regents for their
services as such, except for personal eX-
penses incurred in the discharge of their
duties as regents.
6. The board of regents shall meet to
organize as soon as official notice shall
be given, by the board of trustees OF
Shepherd College, that the College is
ready for the reception of pupils.
7. The said school shall continue 10
be called and known by the name OF
shepherd College"
1t will be observed that the amended
bill puts the control of the College prop
erty and management Of the school into
the hands of the Trustees Of the Col
lege, while the States interest is repre-
scented by the County and State Super
intendents Of Free Schools, who, with
the Trustees, form the Board of Re-
gents" for the government of the Nor
NAL School. This school is on the same
footing with the other Normal Schools,
and is, of course, entitled to, and will
receive the same annual appropriation
that they have been receiving.
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