The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-03-30
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The following is the new Law In re.
gard to Normal Institutes:

| The following is the new Law In re-
gard to Normal Institutes:
AN ACT To provide for uniform system
of County Normal Institutes, anpropri-
ating money therefor. and repeating
sections two, three, four and five OF ar
ticle six, chapter 122, of the laws
of 1876.
Be IL enacted By the Legislature of the
| State Of Kansas:
SEC. 1. The County Superintendent OF
Public instruction shall hold annually,
| in their respective counties, for term OF
not less than four weeks, b Normal Insti-
tute for the instruction Of teachers and
| those desiring to teach: Pr0rtded, That In
| the sparseIy settled portions Of the State,
| two or more counties NAV be united in
holding one Normal Institute, as herein
after provided.
SEC. 2. The County superintendent of
Public Instruction, with the advice and
! consent of the State Superintendent Of
| Public Instruction, shall determine the
time and place Of holding such Nor
NAL Institutes, and shall select conduc-
| tor and instruc tors for the same: Prori-
ded, That no person shall be paid from
the Institute funds for services as conduc-
tor or instructor of said Institutes who
has not received certificate firm the
State Board Of Examiners as TO his special
qualifications for such work.
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institute the County Superintendent
shall require the payment OF g fee Of one
dollar from each Candidate for 8 teachers
certificate. and the payment OF one dollar
registration fec for each person attending
the Normal Institute; and the Board Of
County Commissioners may appropriate,
az may by them be deemed necessary for
the further support of such Institutes:
Pr0Oided, Such appropriation does not,
IN any year, exceed the sum OF one hun
dred dollars.
SEC. 4. The fund thus created shall be
designated the t'Normal Institute Fund.-"
and the County Treasurer shall be the
custodian OF the said fund.
SEC. 5. The County Superintendent
shall monthly, and at the close of each
Institute, transmit to the County Treas
urer all moneys received by him, as pro-
vided in section 3, together with the name
of each person SO contributing, and the
amount; and the County Treasurer shall
place all such moneys to the credit OF the
"Normal Institute Fund.-
SEC. 6. 1t shall be the duty Of the State
Superintendent Of Public Instruction, an
nualIy, when fifty persons have registered
as members OF the Normal institute, In
any county organized under the PrOvis-
ions of this act, and have paid the regis
tration fee. to certify the same to the Au-
ditor of State. who shall forward the
same to the County Treasurer Of said
county, an order on the Treasurer OF the
State for the sum of fifty dollars. to be
paid out Of any money appropriated for
that p lrpose; which amount the County
Treasurer shall place to the credit of the
''Normal Institute Fund" And the sum
OF three hundred dollars, or so much
thereof as may be required, is hereby ap-
proprIated for the purposes hereI n named
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1878,
and the same amount for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1879.
SEC.7. All disbursements of the t'Nor-
NAL Institute Fund" shall be upon the or
der of the County Superintendent. and no
orders shall be drawn upon said fund ex-
cept for claims, approved by the COUNTY
Superintendent, for services rendered or
expenses incurred in connection with the
Normal Institutes.
SEC. 8. Each County Superintendent of
Public Instruction shall, Immediately af-
ter the passage of this act, and hereafter.
before entering upon the duties Of bis Of
fee, execute y bond to the State of Kan
sas in the sum of one thousand dollars,
with enc or more suretIes, conditioned
for the faithful performance of his duties.
which bond shall be approved by the
County Clerk, and filed in his Office.
SEC. q. Two or more counties, each
having less than three thousand Inhabi-
tants, may be united In holding one Nor
mai Institute, with the consent and by
the direction of the State Superintendent
of Public Instruction: Provided, That the
several County Superintendent OF the
counties thus uniting shall choose one OF
their number to act for them IN determin-
ing the time aud place of holding the
Normal Institute, and in selecting q con-
ductor and instructors tor the same, as
provided in section 2. And Provided,
That the person thus chosen shall draw
all orders upon the ''Normal Institute
Fund.-" as provided in section q: And
ProUided. That the Treasurer of the
county in which such Normal Institute
is held shall be the custodian Of the ''Nor-
NAL Institute Fund.- to whom the State
and county appropriations for the benefit
of the Normal Institute shall be trans
mitted, and to whom the several County
superintendent OF the counties thus unit
ing shall transmit the fees thus collected
as provided In section 3.
SEC. 10. That sections 2, 3, 4 and 5. Of
article 8. chapter 122, of the laws Of 1876,
are hereby repealed.
SEC. II. This act shall take effect and
he in force from and after its publication
In the Commonwealth
l, Thomas Il. Cavansugh, Secretary of
the State Of Kansas, do hereby certify that
the foregoing is q true and correct copy of
the original enrolled bill on file In my
Office.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto
subscribed my name, this 9th day OF
March. A. D. 1877.
[L.s.l Taos. II. CAvANAuGH,
Score tary of State.