Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-24
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
The New School Law.

amendments to. the law made at the last
session of the legislature are SO radical as
to be virtually new law.
The most important among these
amendments is the act creating the of
fice OF County Superintendent This had
been favorite measure with the teach
ers of the State, who had seen its work
ings in other States and hoped for like
beneficial result here. We haze the coun-
ty Superintendency at last, but with such
a salary. attached as to render the prob
abilities of securing competent men in
many counties extremely small 1t might
have been expected, that a legislature
which valued its own time so highly,
would have afforded an equal compensa-
ton to the men who have charge of our
schools.
But instead, we find our law makers
fixing their own salaries at IS per day,
while the County Superintendent must
content himself with $4 per day. What
more the opponents of the system could
ask for, we know not 1t is we'll known
that man who knows anything of
schools or their management, can secure
more than $4 per day in the schoolroom.
"The township trustees of the several
townships shall meet at the office of the
County Auditor on the first Monday in
June, 1873, and blennially thereafter and
a point County Superintendent &C."
The Board of County Commissioners
shall have power to dismiss the Co.
Supt. for immortality, incompetency or
neglect of duty, or for acting as agent for
the sale of any books, maps &c. He
shall perform the duties formerly required
of the Co, Examiner.
He shall hold at least one public exam
ination for teachers each month in the
year, and in no case shall grant licenes
upon private examination.
He shall have the general superintend-
ence Of the schools of the county; sAall
attend each Township Institute once in
each year and shall preside at the same
and conduct its exercises; shall visit each
school of the county once each year.
He shall also encourage Teachers In
stitute and Associations, and shall be the
medium between the State Board of Ed
uoation and the school officers.
Schools OF Incorporated TowI4s 5srIi viiti7., |
employing superintendent may be ex-
empt from the jurisdiction of the Co
Supt.
The Supt shall receive foar dollars Der
day for the time actually employed in the
discharge of his duties; he shall presnt an /
itemized account of his services, befor.
receiving.pay for the same.
The Board of Commissioners shall have
power to determine the number of days to
be spent by him in visiting schools, but
the number of days thus spent shall not
be less than the number Of schools in the |
county.
The Supt. shall examine the dockets,
records and accounts of the Clerk of the
Courts, County Auditor, County Com
Justices of the Peace, and
Prosecuting Attorneys, and see that all
fines, liquor licenses, &c; are promptly
paid to the proper fund. He shall also
see that the full amount of interest on the
school fund is paid and apportioned.
The School Trustees of the townships,
towns and cities shall constitute county
Board of Education. They shall meet
mi-annually at the office of the County
Supt The duties of the board are gener-
al in their nature, embracing among
others the change OF textbooks, purchase
&C.
The teachers of each township shall
day in each school month Teacher
failing &c attend such institute shall for
Ieit one days wages for each day absent
from such institutes.
Trustees shall select the teachers for the
schools in their several townships, in
stead of fleaving their selection to the
school meetings as heretofore.
Towns and cities are authorized to in
cur a bonded Indebtedness of not more
than fifty thousand dollars, instead of
thirty thousand as before
Trustees in towns and cities are author
ized to employ Supt's., and pay them from
the special tund. This has been done
from necessi ty on the strength
of decision of the State Supt.
A new edition of the School Laws viii
be published soon, which we advise Trus
tees to procure, as there are many other
important changes not noticed above.
Seeing that teachers change so frequent
ly, and that they know how to teach
when they are just ready to quit, how