The Russellville Democrat., 1876-01-20
--- THE SCHOOL LAW.
(Continued from last week. ]

(Continued from last week.
 Sec. Is. That he shall prepare and transmit to the county exam. iner school registers, blank certifi- cates, reports and other printed blaaks, together with other suita- ble blanks, forms, and printed in structions, to be forwarded to trustees and other school officers, as may be necessary to aid such officers in making their report and carrying into full effect the vari- ous provisions of the school laws of this state; he shall exercise such supervision over the school fund as to ascertain the amount ard disposal made of the same, their protection and safety when invested or deposited, and recon mend measures for their security and preservation, and for render ing them most productive of rev enues; shall enforce the strict ap' plication of the school revenues to the legitimate purposes for which they were intended, and shall when directed by the con- mis sioners of the school fund, cause to be instituted in the name of the state of Arkansas, suits or actions for the recovery of any portion of the said funds, or said revenues, that may be squander- ed, illegally applied, or unsafe ly deposited.
 Sec. IF. That he shall, on ol before the first day of November in each year, prepare and submit to the governor of this state an annual report, in writing, showing the number of persons between the ages of six and twenty -one years, residing in the state on the first day of the preceding July; the number of such persons in each county; the number of each sex; the number of white; the number of colored; the whole number of such persons that at tended the free common schools of the state during the year ending the thirticth day of the last pre- ceding June; and the number in each county that attended during the same period; the number of whites of each sex that attended, and the number of colored of each sex that attended the said schools the number of common schools in the state; the number of pupils that studied each of the branches taught; the average wages paid teachers of each sex; the relative average wages paid to male and female teachers, respectively, ac- cording to the different grades oi thelf certificates; the number of school houses erected during the year; the material and cost there of; the number previously erected
 the material of which they were constructed; their condition and value; the number with theil grounds inclosed; the counties in which teachers institutes were held, and the number that attend ed the institutes in each county. Sec. IS. That he shall likewise report the amount of permanent school fund belonging to the state at the close of the fiscal year, ano the amount of other property ap portioned to school purposes; tho nature, kind and amount Of suci investment made ofthe same; tht safety and permanency Of such Tn vestments; the amount of revenue accruing from the school funds the income received from the pei capita assessments of each county and the amount derived iron such assessments in all the coun ties ofthe state; the income deriv cd from all other sources, togethe
 with the amount derived iron each; likewise in what sums, fo
 what purposes, and in what man
 ner the said school revenues shal have been expended, and wha amount of school moneys of vari ous county treasuries nnexpended See. l9. That he shall includ' in his report such plans as he ma, have matured for the improvement of the common school system o this state; for the accumulation the investment, and the more judi