The Russellville Democrat., 1876-01-20


 kind whatever in any public school; and any school office who shall violate. the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a. misdemeanor, anc subject to removal from office. l Sec. 3l. That the state aul::..o' shall on requisition from the s..te superintendent of public instruc tion, draw warrants on the state treasurer for payment to the sev. eral county treasurers of the school revenues due their respec. tive counties.
 Sec. B. That the per capita tax levied by the general revenue laws of the state shall be collected by the county collector, at the samet time and place that the state taxes are collected, and be paid in the county treasury on ol before the first day of July of each year, in the presence of the county court clerk, who shall make . record of the same as . revenue for the support of common schools.
 Sec. B. That state superin- tendent orpublic instruction shall have power to grant state certili- cates, which shall be valid for life, unless revoked, to any person Tn the state who shall pass thor ough examination in all those branches required for granting county certificates, and also in algebra and geometry, physics, rhetoric, mintal philosophy, histo- ", Latin, the constitution of the United States and of the state of Arkansas, natural History, and theory and art af teaching,
 Sec. B.. That he shall prepare, for the benefit of the common schools of the state, list of such text books on photography, read ing in English, mental and written arithmetic, penmanship, English grammer, modern geography, and history of the United States, as are best adapted to the want of the learner, and as have been prepared with reference to the most philo sophical method of teaching these branches, and shall recommend the said text books to teachers and to trustees throughout the 1 state.
 Sec. 35. That he shall procure and adopt seal for his office, and furnish an impression and descrip- tion of said seal to the secretary of of state, to be preserved in his of flee.
 Sec. 36. That copy of any pa per or document deposited or filed in the office of superintendent of public instruction shall, when au- thenticated by the sad seal, be evidence equal to all intents and purposes with the original.
 Sec. 37. That the said superin tendent shall prepare appropriate forms for three several grades of certificates, to be issued to teach CTS by the county examiner. He shall prepare suitable school reg isters, in which teachers, at the close of the school term, are to make their reports to the trustees of the name and age of each pupil, the date of each pupils entrance, the separate days on which each attended the school, the studies each pursued, the total attend ance, and shall likewise prepare suitable forms for the reports of directors and county examiners.
 Sec. 3S. The state superintend- ent of public instruction shall re ceive for his servlces the sum Of eighteen hundred dollars per an mum, to be pad quarterly out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and also a sufficient amount to defray his actual travelling expenses while engaged in the discharge of the duties of his office, not to exceed the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars.
 Sec. 39. That the boundaries of school districts in counties of this state shall be and remain as now established, except that the coun- ty courts shall have power to alter the same whenever majority of the citizens residing therein shall petition the court so to do, but In all changes due regard shall be had to the convenience of the cit izens, and all the territory in the county shall be embraced in said school district.
 Sec. 40. That the county court, immediately on receiving notice of the disUributive share of school revenue apportioned by the state superintendent to each county, shall proceed to apportion to the several school districts of their county, in proportion to the mum Der ofpersons between the ages of six and twenty-one years residing within the school district, respect ively, on the first Monday of July previous, the said school revenue appOrtioned to the county, and shall forward to the county treas urer, and to each of the directors of each district a statement of such apportionment, carefully dis