The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-04-24
Am Act

To provide for abolishing town or city boards of
school directors within parishes where the
same may not be necessary; to limit the fees
OF tax collectors on all school moneys to five
per cent; to provide for text books TO restrict
further enumerations of educable children,
and regulate the apportionment of school
and other assets claimed for educational pur-
poses.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of Louis
lana IN General Assembly convened, That all
local boards OF school directors, except those OF
the respective parishes, be and the same are
hereby abolished, except in the parish of Or
leans; provided, that the State Board of Ednca-
ton may by resolution increase the number of
directors in any parish where the board of an
Incorporated town or city may have been nbol-
ished to not exceeding ton. Such resolutions
shall he published in the State official journal,
and offered for publication in a newspaper of
the parish in question, If there be one published
therein. In all cases OF the adjustment of a.
board, its assets and unpaid taxes shall lapse to
the parish, and be under control of the parish
board, No director shall oficiate or draw salary
as O. teacher.
SEC. Q. Be it further enacted, etc, That the
tax collectors fees for collecting school taxes,
State or local, shall be tive per cent and no more,
and tax collectors are prohibited from turning
over school taxes collected to any police Jury or
parish treasurer other than the treasurer of the
board OF school directors of the parish.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc, That no
treasurer OF a school board shall receive any
moneys from any apportionment of State school
taxes greater in amount when added to the bal.
anee in his hands than the amount of his official
bond, and all parish school treasrrers shall, with
each quarterly demand for apportiOnment and
at all other times when required by the Super
intendent of Public Education, forward N state-
ment to that officer showing the receipts and
disbursements and balance in their hands, and
the Superintendent Of Public Education shall
then decide and certify what amount'of State
moneys may be drawn by such parish school
SEC. 4: Be it further enacted, etc, That the
State Board of Education shall designate what
text books shall be used in the public schools of
the several parishes OF the State, but when text
books have been so designated, they shall not
be changed within two years thereafter.
SEC. s.. Be it further enacted, etc, That the
enlmeratlons made IN the year 1874 of educablo
children according TO statutes at presentin force,
with corrections as hereafter provided, shall be
the basis OF all apportionments of State moneys
until further legislation upon the subject, and
no further annual enumeration shall be held af-
ter the same shall nave been completed, except.
ing for the purpose of revision or the correction
OF errors or frauds therein, and the State Board
of Education may take such means of obtaining
information relative to the subject matter as it
may deem advisable, and correct such errors or
frauds, or supply such omission as may be dis
covered. and upon so doing they may correct
the basis Of distribution for the town, city, par
ish ordistrict involved, aud the distributions
snail pc made according to such corrected basis.
SEC. &. Be it further enacted, ETC., That dt-
rectors OF the public schools shall be removable
by the State board at any time for cause shown:
anu II Sudu DC deemed especial cause Tor removal
il, on the representation Of the school board In
teresfed or the superintendent of the division,
sit be shown that the director has absented HIM
self without leave from the meeting of the board,
or from visiting the schools when open,r during
two consecutive months.
SEC. Z. Be it further enacted, etc. That tho
Superintendent of Public Education NAV ap-
point O person of legal attainments in each
school division of the State to examine notes
due and other assets arising out of purchase of
lands granted to educational purposes; to re-
cover lands improperly held and revenues di-
verted and generally protect the school inter-
ests in matters appertaining thereto. He shall
be paid a commission ON moneys recovered not
exceeding ten per cent, and on the value of
lands and other property recovered not exceed
ing five per cent.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, etc., That Sec
ton five Of this act shall apply to the whole
state, und the remaining sections shall apply TO
all parishes excepting the parish of Orleans.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, etc, That this
act shall go into effect from and after its pas
sage, and alllawso or provisions of law conflict
ing Herewith are hereby repealed, so far as con-
fiicting.
(signedJ CHARLES w. LOWELL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) &C. ANTOINE,
Lieut.. Governor and President of the Senate.
Approved April Z, 1874.
(Signedl WILLIAM 2. KELLOGG,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
true copy:
z. G, D~EsLoEDE, Secretary Of State.