The Arizona sentinel., 1879-08-16
Gesper's Law for 1879.

the Tenth Legislature vOuchsafed thus far to Yuma County, con- vinces us that they are, as pub lished, not to be relied upon. And yet the Secretary, under the broad seal of the Territory, certi. fies that they have been compared with. and are correct transcripts of the Bills as passed, and now on file in his office.
 We are aware that this is a se- riOus charge, but we propose to substantiate it as regards one of the Bills, and an important one ; if one is radically incorrect what confidence can we place in the rest?
 We refer to H. B. No. 40, en- titled "An Act to establish and maintain Public Schools in the Territory of Arizona"
 r. w. M. Buffum, Chairman II tae Committee on Education, made the following report:
 House of Representatives, l
 Prescott, A. T. Feb. ,, 1879. ]
 MR. SPEAKER Your Com mittee on Education, to whom was referred H. B. No. 40, " An Act to establish and maintain Public Schools in the Territory oi Arizona," have had the same under consideration, and report favorable (sic) and recommend it's passage. w. M. BUFFUM,
 Chairman
 "On motion of Mir. Buffum the rules were suspended, H. B No. 40 was considered engrOssed read a third time by title, pu upon its final passage, and passed by the following affirmative vote all voting aye save M. w. Stew art of Pima County"
 This was the original Bill with the apoortionment of the Schoo Fund on a basis of attendance for three specified months Please notice that the whole Yav apai delegation voted aye, ano we regret to say that the member from Yuma also voted in the affirmative.
 In the Council, February Sth, w. s. Head and c. c. Bean re- ported H. B. 40 back and recom- mended that it pass; but MT. Hughes (of Pima County,) offered the following amendment, which was adopted by the following vote: Ayes-Gray, Kirkpatrick Thomas, Welcome. and MT. Pres ident. Noes-Bean, Head an( Wells-ail Yavapai members :!
 "1st Amendment-Sec. 1O- Amend by striking out all of sai( Section after the word act, in thu 1lth line of said Section (6th line as publishe0 and inserting in it stead, ACCORDING TO THE MUM BER OF PERSONS BETWEEN THE AGES OF SIX AND INVENTION YEARS, AS SHOWN BY THE CEN sUs LISTS OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES"
 As there is but one copy here O these laws, as officially published We give the whole of the Section 10 as it now stands, with the cer tificate of John J. Gosper, Secre tary of Arizona, and the seal o the Territory, that it is "printeC as passed by the Tenth Legisla tive Assembly of the Territor. of Arizona, according to the en rolled copies upon file in m. ofice."
 Sec. 10. It shall be the duty o the Superintendent of Public In struction, subject to the supervi sion of the Territorial Board o Education, to apportiOn to tn several counties, on the Second Monday of January, June an' SeDtember of each year, tn amount of money to the credit c the School Fund to which eacl County shall be entitled, unde the provisions of this Act, T. PROPORTION TO THE AvERAG NUMBER OF CHILDREN TIA HAVE ATTENDED SCHOOL T EACH OF SAID COUNTIES DURIN THE THREE MONTHS PRIOR T THE FIRST DAY OF JANCAR OF EACH YEAR.
 This is as it was in the old law
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