The Opelousas courier., 1882-10-07
The New Schoo Law.
0. VOL AN ACT


Amending sections 3, d, Z, "a, q and 81
of Act No. % of the General Assem-
bly, of 1877, being entitled An Act
to regulate public education in the
State of Louisiana to impose certain
penalties, etc.
Sec. 1. That section three 81 of Act
No. %, of the General Assembly of 1877,
be SO amended az to read as fellows !:
s'I'hat the State Board of Education
shall Immediately after the passage of
this Act, appoint for each parish of the
State, the parish of Orleans excepted,
o beard of not less than five nor more
than nine competent citizens of the
parish, being residents thereof for one
year, as directors of all the public
schools therein, and to be designated
as the Parish Board of Directors. They
shall hold their efices for four years
and un6il their successors shall bs duly
appointed and qualified according to
law. Said Parish Beard is hereby CON
stituted a body cooperate in law, with
pewsrs to sue, and be sued, o majority
Of said Apprentices shall constitute o
querum ; legal process shall DO served
on the President, and in his absence,
the Secretary, and the District Attor-
Rey of any District shall act, ex-offcio
as counsel for the Parish Board, or
Boards, of Public Education within said
District. The regular meetings of each
Parish Board shall be held on the LIST
Saturday of January, April, July and
October, each and every year, and it
may hold such special and adjourned
meetings 40 the Board may determine,
or aa~ occasion may require.
Sec. 2. That section four (4) be SO
amended as to read as follows That
the powers and duties of each Parish
Board Of School Directors shall be as
follows LIST. To elect frem anaeng
their number q President Of the Board,
to appoint q Parish Superintendent of
Public Schools, in their respective par
islies, who shall be ex-oficiO Secretary
of the Parish Board, and whose salary
for his double functions shall not ex
coed tive hundred dollars annually, to
be paid out of the Public School Fund
accruing to each parish, respectively.
Cd. To make nesdful bylaws and reg
nlations for their " government. Sd.
To prescribe rules for the government
OF the frea public schools within their
JuTleSaietion, not inconsistent with this
law and the rules prescribed by the
State Board of Education. 4th. To d.
vide the parish into ward or school dis
tricts, to define and number the same,
and TO apportion the proceeds of all
school funds among the several wards
Of school districts of the parish, in pro-
portion to the number of persons in
each district between the ages of six
and eighteen years. 5tl. To appoint,
ia their discretion, auxiliary visiting
trustees for each ward or school district
in the parish, requiring such trustees
to make quarterly reports to the Parish
Board of the actual condition, BROS.
poets and needs of the schools therein.
9th. To appoint q special committee to
examine personally all candidates for
memberships In the SCHOOLS of the par
ish provided, that no teacher shall be
employed in any free public school
without q certificate from said commit
tee voHchiAg his OF her scholastic quail
ifieatl0ns, and moral fitness for the ex-
ercises OF the teachers vocation. 9TH.
70 exercise proper vigilance in secur-
- for the schools DC the. parish oil
" destined for the support thereof,
8asssuch sunls az may be donated TO
tss of the public school fund by
fnbli0sapiritsd citizens to aid in pre-.
longing the session Of the free public
schools. 9th. To provide schoel honses.
and apparatus for the schools !:
te fx the site for each school houaa. |
taking into consideration the wants and
necessities of the people Of each nor.
ton Of the district. 9th. To make all
e~entracta purchases and payment ma
cSssary 10 carry eat their powers and
provided, that All contracts
except those with taachers) shall he
let ont To tho lowest bidder after nnh-
AZ netice, and that this provision al
elah BE- construed aa mandatorv
Said Board shall hays no power d isssa
negotiable evidences Of dsbt. IOth. To
determine the humber and character nf
schools which ahail be establisbed Il
aacli ward or school district. and the Z
length Of time shall DO taught, subject
q TIP provisions ri this Act. IEth. IA