Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-01-13
pensation of town superintendent Of


pensation of town superintendent Of
schools
SEC. l. Instead of the compensation
now provided by law, the superintendent
of schools shall receive for his services
two dollars for each day necessarily
spent in the discharge of his legal duties
and a reasonable sum for his annual re-
ports to the March meeting and to the
secretary of the board of education, and
ten cents mile for necessary travel i'll
meeting the secretary of the board of ed
ucation in pursuance of the provisions
of an act approved November 20, 1870,
entitled IAN act relating to the duties
of town superintendent.
Sec. 2 Sections one hundred nine
and one hundred ten of chapter twenty
two of the general statutes are amended
by striking out the words ''town clerk,
whenever they occur, and inserting in
place thereof 'town superintendent.
SEC 3. Section one hundred eleven
of chapter twenty-five of the general
statutes is hereby repealed.
SEC f. The returns now required to
be made by district clerks to the town
clerks by the provisions of the act enti
tied "An act in relation to school census
and other school matters approved No
vember %, 1870, shall hereafter be made
to the town superintendent of schools.
SEC. 5. 1t shall be the duty of the
town superintendent of schools to file in
the town clerks Office, on OF before the
first day of June in each year, the school
registers and school census returns for
the preceding school year.
SEC. 6. The secretary of the board of
education is hereby directed to prepare
and annually furnish to each town super
intendent suitable blank certificates to
teachers.
SEC. 7. This act shall take effect from
its passage.
Approved November 80, 1872.
An act providing for the training and
instruction of idiotic and feeble mind
ed children.
SEC. |. A sum not exceeding two
thousand dollars may be annually drawn
from the treasury of this state. by the
governor, for the benefit of idiotic and
Predetermined children of INDECENT par
ents residing in this state, to be appro
priated agreeably to the provisions o.
this act
SEC g. The beneiciaries above men
toned shall be instructed in the MaSsa
chusetts school for idiotic and feeble
minded youth, established in the city o
Boston, in the commonwealth of Massa
chusetts, until provision is otherwis
made by law.
SEC. 3. The board of civil authorit,
in each town shall annually, on or befor
the first day of February, certify to tn
county clerk the names of all idiotic an
feeble minded children between the age
of five and fourteen years, residing i
their several towns, together with tn
pecuniary ability and circumstances Q
the parents of said children, Tor of tn
persons bound by law to support sal
children,) and whether the children nam
ed in said report are in the opinion c
said board, proper subjects of the CHART
) of this state, and whether the parents {
said children are willing they should b.
, come benefciaries of the institution mer
, toned in the preceding section.
: SEC. 4. Each county clerk shall al
f nually on or before the first day {
March, make return to the governor {
e all the information he has received fro,
= the several boards of civil authority i
4 his county.
| SEC. 5. The governor shall sele,
y from the names thus returned such pc
: sons as he shall think best to designa
t as benefciaries under this act, and ma
allow all or any of the expenses of COZ
e veying said benefclaries to said scho
n for their instruction, and of their SUI
n port therein for such length of time
; he shall deem proper, and may in pa
; ment thereof draw orders on the treasu
e for any part or all of the appropriate
y provided in section one; and he may
= his discretion take bonds to indemni
s the state against expenses which may
n incurred for tho clothing or transport
ton, or in consequence of the sickness
u any of said benefciaries
ct SEC. 6. Whenever any person sh;
IN be approved and designated a beneficial
N under this act, the selectmen of the toy
id in which such beneficiary resides are e
I'd powered and authorized to defray the {
S penses of conveying said beneficiary
Il, and from the school in which said benz
or ciary is to be instructed, out of the ire
to ury of said town, if in their opinion
II parents or guardians of said benefci5
IS are not able to pay the same,
d, SEC. 7. The governor shall annua
MT report to the legislature his proceedil
ry under this act, with an account of all
on penditures arising therefrom.
Approved November 26, 1872
An act making further appropriat
to the Normal Schools of this state