The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-03-21
The SchnnIHnW
The following is a synopsis of the
School Law recently enacted by the |
Tam aaGaa I pUiSlatura.

The following is a synopsis of the
Tennessee Legislature:
1t provides for a State Superintendent
County Superintendents,an and District School
Directors. The State Superintendent is to
he nominated by the Governor and con-
tirmed by the Senate, and is to hold for two
years. deVoting all his time to the State
school, with an office at the capital make
tours of inspection, collect and disseminate
all information relative to public schools,
and to require OF County superintendent,
detailed reports, annually, and as much
Oftener as he may deem proper; and he
may require spec al reports at any time of
tenn. He is further required to report an
nually the scholastic population of each
county, also an account ofreceiptS and dis
bursements and minute particulars tab
ularly set forth, showing average attend
ance, etc. Persons between the ages of eigh-
teen and twenJy-One are to be allowed pub
lie school privileges for the term of three
years after the organization under this act.
The County Superintendent is to be elect
ed by the County Court at its April or July
term, 1877, and after 1874 he shall be elected BIZ
ennially in January, and no member of the
County Court shall be eligible to said office.
He must be literary, well instructed, must
visit the schools, must keep posted in the
merits of text books, and observe such di-
rections and regulations as the State Super
prescribe, to make special reports to that
officer whenever required. His duties are
well ana SXnauSIlNelY u6HDSQ.
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, their successors shall be elect
ed for three years. They are to visit schools
of their district from time to time, direct
the management of the schools, keep sep
arate and apart schools for white and color
ed children, use the school fund apportion-
ed 10 their district, and take care of and
control the school property their district.
They are to have clerk and treasurer elect
ed by themselves. The school districts are
to remain as they are now. All penalties
for failure to do duties are go to the school
fund prosecutions to be conducted by the
District Attorney. Written contracts, at
fixed rate per month, are to be made with
all teachers. Teachers may suspend pupils
for sufficient cause to be finally settled by
the Directors. The schools are, to be free to
all between six and eighteen years. residing
within the district.
photography, reading, writing, arithmetic,
grammar, geography, elementary geology
States, are to be taught. Vocal music may
be taught. Additional studies may be
payment of such rates of tuition as may be
prescribed, the funds derived from this
source to go into the school fund for the
support of the respective schools in the dis
trict in which it may be collected"
The permanent school fund shall be the
8 500,0O0 declared by section 949 of the Code,
to which Is TO be added the accrued interest,
making the entire permanent school fund
S2,512 500. The principal of said fund shall
always remain unimpaired and entire, and
the annual income of interest, paid semi
annually at per cent, is to be devoted to
public schools exclusively. There is to be
poll-taS of one dollar to be so devoted, and a
tax of enc 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 in October and April of every
year, shall be apportioned by the Comp
troiler among the several counties, accord
ing to their scholastic population. He shall
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and shall give notice, in some newspaper at
the seat of government, of the amount ap-
portioue ed to each county.
None of the provisions of this act are to
interfere in anywise with schools school
systems already established in cities and in
cOrporaIed towns.
The act is to take effect from and after its
passage.