The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-29

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graded schools in towns and cities,
was added to the school law at the
late session of the Legislature.
Sec. SO. That each incorporated
city or town in this Territory shall be
comprised in one school district and
under one board of school directors,
and in each and all such cities or
towns, where the enumeration of
school children entitled to draw school
money is three hundred or more, the
directors shall be required to adopt
the graded system of teaching their
schools; Provided, That nothing in
this section shall be so constructed as
to prevent the extension of such city
or town districts q reasonable distance
outside the limits of such incorpOr-
ated city or town: Ind prOcided fur
Tier, That the schools of such cities or
towns may be graded in such manner
as the directors thereof may deem
best suited the wants of such districts.
But no language other than the Eng
fish, and no mathematics higher than
arithmetic, shall. be taught in such
graded schools.
Sec. 81. The directors of incorpor-
ated city or town districts may in
their discretion elect one city or town
school superintendent in each dis
trict, who may be a teacher of the dis
trict, and who shall have the control
or management of all the schools in
his district subject to the concurrence
of the board of directors.
Sec. IS. 1t shall be the duty of the
city or town superintendent to visit
all the common schools i'm his dis
trict as often as twice every month
during school terms, and Ito see that
all requirements of the school law
and the board of directors are en-
forced.
Sec. 66. The directors of any school
district composed of any incorporated
city or town shall, when inItheir opin-
it is necessary, levy a special tax Of
not exceeding ten mills in any one
year, for the purpose of building
school houses which tax shall be lev
led and collected as provided in the
general school law: PrOuided, That
no special school tax shall be levied
or assessed i'm any district until the
same shall have been submitted to
the qualified voters of such districts
as required by law and majority of
the votes cast shall be in favor of
such tax.
Sec. 81. The directors of such dis
trict may also have power to levy a
special tax of not exceeding five mills
in any one year for tuition purposes
in their districts, as provided by law:
HOUided, That such tax shall be lev
led in accordance with the provisions
of See. 1 in this chapter.
Sec. IS. When two or more school
districts in any town or city hre
united by the provisions of this act,
all the directors of the districts so
united shall act as directors of the
said new districts, and shall have all
the powers and authority conferred
by the laws of this territory upon
school directors, (and they may des-
ignate the person to act as clerk of
said district) until the next annual
school meeting in said district, at
which time there shall be three direct
ors and one clerk elected for said dis
trict, in the manner provided by law,
who shall hold their respective offices
as provided for officers of new dis
tricts.
Sec. SO. Districts thus formed shall
be entitled to their full share of pub
lie school fund moneys, to be drawn
from the county treasury, in proper
ton to the school enumeration of such
districts.
Sec. 20. Directors failing to organize
districts as therein provided, within
one hundred and twenty days after
passage of this act shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and fined in
any sum not exceeding $500, provided
they are supplied with sufficient
money to organize the same.