Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-11
THE CALLED SESSION.


holding first-class certificate receive
from the public free school fund more
than SO per month, and those holding
a second-class certificate more Than $50
Der month, and those holding II third
class certificate more than 500 per
month.
Sec. zoe. Trustees may employ one
or more assistant teachers whenever
the average daily attendance exceeds
thirty-five pupils. The teachers shall
be entitled TO pay for pupils
over and under age at such rates rs the
trustees may prescribe. If the neces-
sity for the employment of an assist
ant teacheris caused by the attend
ance OF private pupils, then the trus-
tees shall require the teacher to emf
ploy at his or her expense an assistant,
holding certificate of competency as
teacher.
Sec. 20. The amount contracted by
trustees to lie paid teacher shall be
paid on check drawn by majority
of the trustees ON the county treasurer
and approved by the county Judge;
the check in all Instances be accompa-
MED by the affidavit of the teacher
that he Is entitled to the amount speci-
fled in the check as compensation un-
der his contract.
Sec. 50. II shall be the duty of the
assessor of taxes for each and every
county in this state not operated un.
der the district system, prior to the
first day of June of each and every
year, to take an accurate census of all
the children within their respective
counties who will be of the ageo of eight
and under the age of sixteen years on
the first day OF September next sue
ceeding the taking of such census.
Sec. 81. Such census shall state the
name of the child, his or her age, sex
and color.
Sec. 50 For the purpose of ascertain
ing the facts required by the preceding
article to be placed in such census, the
assessor shall avail himself of all ac-
cessible information, and may, when
he may deemit necessary, require the
parent or guardian of any child, or
any other person, to answer under
oath touching such matters.
Sec. SO. No allowance shall be made
by the comptroller of public accounts
to any assessor of taxes in his county,
until such assessor shall have eXhib-
tied and filed with him certificate
from the county clerk, under his hand
and seal of office, showing that such
census and abstracts, approved by the
county judge rs hereinafter required,
have been delivered TO him by the as
SCISSOR within the time hereafter pro-
vided.
Sec. 81. Such census shall be verified
by the affidavit of the assessor, and
shall be by him returned to the county
judge on or before the tenth day of
June in each year.
Sec, 50. 1t shall be the duty of the
assessors to make out and sub
nit to the county judge, for his appro-
val, two abstracts of such census show
ing the number of children, white and
male and female, and such
other information as may have been
required by the state uperintendent
and upon the approval thereof by the
county judge to mail the same on or
before the said first day of July, to the
state superintendent.
Sec. Sc The assessor shall receive as |
for taking such census
and making out such abstracts, and |
the other duties required of him in |
Herewith, for the first one |
thousand children enrolled, five cents
per capita, and for all children so en-
rolled in excess of one thousand three
cents per capita, to be paid upon the
warrant OF the comptroller, out of the
available school fund, by the tax col
leetor of the county, upon the certif-
cate of the county judge, attested by
his signature and seal.of his Office that
said census and abstracts have been
delivered to him as required by law.
See. 81. The governor shall imme-
iiately appoint Il uperintendent of
public instructions who snail hold
said Office and discharge its duties I'M
Ill the superintendent of public in
;truction elected at the next general
election for state and county officers
shall qualify.
See. SO, Nothing in this act shall be
construed 20 interfere with the teach
ng or management of the public
schools for the scholastic year ending
August 81, 1884, but all such schools
shall be taught, conducted, paid for,
lnu closed under the laws in force
prior to the passage of this act; pro.
iided further, that nothing in
his act shall lie construed to re-
zeal the laws appertaining exclusively
% public schools of cities aud towns
which have or may hereafter assume
control of the public schools within
heir counties, whether Incorporated
n not.
Sec. SO. That all laws and parts of
avs in conflict with any of the pro-
'!sions of this act be ana the same are
hereby repealed.
Takes effect ninety days after pas.
age.