The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-13

Gates, $50 per month; teachers with Sd
grade cert doa,os. $50 per month; provided.
That teachers teaching under certificates Of
one wears att sndance NJ a state normal
school be regarded rs teachers with 2t-loass
certificates; provided further, that this rule
shell not apply 10 teachers employed IN dis'
trioti Voting u local tax on themstly yes.
Teachers shall admit an children over and
under scholastic ago into the public schools.
An tuition PAID for stulsuts attending n
lrra hcho0l, under aud over tho scholastic
age, shAll De paid IN The trustees Tor the
henedt NJ the community or district Ia
which the school Is taught,
SEC. 5l, Teachers shall keep daily regis-
lers In which the nemps, ages aud studiei
OF the pupils, AID their daily attendance
shAl be recorded and such other mattcr1
IN may be prescribed ny. he state superin-
tendent. Said register shall be open 10
the inspection Of all parents, school officers
aud other persons WAC may be Interested
ft1 examine the same. AN teachers thhll
make monthly reports on such ruhlcoi1 n'
may be designated by the n tte gupnrint'u'
dent or county judge, to bs approved ny a
majority OF the trustees OF the district, AVA
shall ile the same with the county judge
when they present their voucher Tor the
months salaries, They shall mh-C suoh
term reports at the end oil
schools Hs may DO prescribed by INC ste'e
] NN tt"ElnthnlFnE ln1 uflNh hWNh W." #N
ports are made the trustees shall not mp
prove vouchers Tor last months salaries
and until they are ret urned 20 nnd APP
proved by county Judges, county Judges
shall net approve their vouchers Tor latt
months salaries, nor she'll the county
treasurer pay the same. All monthly and
term reports shall be made urder oath,
and county judges arc hereby ogerpo@ured
to administer oaths for such purposes.
Sec. 90 II shall be the duty Of all teach
ers la the public schools ~ this ststa Go a..
lend the summer ormal institutes as lai
as pos bic.
Sec. so. School trustees shall determine
how many schools shall be maintained in
their respective school districts or COM
munities, and at what points they shall be
located: they shall determine when the
schools shall be opened and closed: they
shsll contract with teachers and manage
and supervise the schools subject to the
rul = AMI regulations OF the county Judge
aud state superintendent. They shall mp
prove Ill teachers vouchers and all Other
claims against the school funds ot their dis
tricts or communities. Provided, thai
trustees Of districts or communities in max
ing contracts with teachers shall not create
u deficiency debt against the district oil
community,
Sec. "a. trustees of districts that levy
school tax, shall make contracts with teach
ers to teach the public schools OF their re-
spectiye districts tor "a period OF not lee
than six months in o scholastic year, which
time may be divided into two terms or not
as may be directed by the bosrd OF trus'
tees, but the compensation to teachers I'M
de- written contract with the trustees
shall be approved by the county judge be-
fore the school Is taught, stating that the
teacher will teach such a school Tor the
lime and money specified In the contracf
I and that ha uyttl amnpV tho nnIlhpF nj
competent assistants necessary when the
number OF children in the district shall eN'
coed fifty, and al children within the schoi'
astic age, who have g'i'''d in such 9
district since the schoiastc census VS.
taken shall be entitled TO receive 81
the benefits OF the schools OF such district
and in such districts the trustees shall have
the right to increase the salaries Of teache~.
aud the scholastic age, and may also hay,
the schools taught longer than six months /
1t Is dsemed advisable.
Sec. %. All the public schools OF thil
state shall be required TO have taught II
them photography, reading in Engiish
~peGmanahip. arithmetic, lngish grammar
modern geography and com position, an,
other branches ~ may be agreed On by th.
trustees or directed by the state superin
teudent.
Sec. SO. Three teachers holding frs
grade certificates, to be appointed by tn,
county Judge, shall constitute the count,
board of examiners, and shall re
ceive from each teacher examined
for certificate the sum o
three dollars, and the county Judge shal
keep a record of certificates issued by sait
board and all other certificates and diplo
mas of teachers, giving the name, 4 sex
color ana nativity of the person, the date
grade and length Of time Of each certificate
Teachers certificates shall be valid any
-. L.. a. .t.s. a A,,t so .
until forfeited as hereinafter provided, pro
vided, however, that when a teacher re
moves from one county to another, before
leaving such county he or she shall obtain
from the county Judge, duly certified tt
and authenticated by his official signature
a certificate showing that the certificate
granted to him or her as a teacher has not
been Cancelled. And no teacher who re-
moves into another county and fails to oh.
tain such certificate shall be competent II
contract with school trustees unless to be
re-examined.
Sec. 81. The trustees of school dis.
tricts or communities shall have the man.
agemeut and control of the pu bile schools;
they shall have the power to employ and
dismiss teachers; but, In cases oil dismissal,
teachers shall have the right of appeal ia
the county Judge and state superintendent,
Sec. So. The trustees of schools shall
have the power TO admit scholars over or
under scholastic age, either in or OFT of the
district or community, on euch terms as
they may deem proper and Just, and they
may suspend from the privileges of schools
any pupil found guilty of incorrigible con
duct, but such expulsion shall not extend
beyond the current term of the school.
Sec. SO. County judges, trustees and all
school officers. except teachers. shall take
oaths to faithfully and impartially dis.
charge the duties Of their respective Of
fees.
Sec. GO. White and eoiored children shall
not be taught in the same schools, but the
colored children shall receive the benefit as
far as practicable of the public school fund
aud the funds set aside In any distric. OF
community for colored children shall not be
used for the education OF white children
nor shall the public school fund sci
aside in n district or community fol
white children be used for the education o.
colored children. Three white trustee.
shall in all caseg be elected or appointed
for the management and control OF white
schools, and three colored trustees shall be
elected or appointed in any school district
for the colored schools therein upon the
written application Of ten colored resi-
or more children within the scho'
lastic age, TO the county Judge
QUE month before any annual election ia
said district for school trustees. In case
there are not enough colored children in
any school district as laid of, then two oil
more OF said districts may be consolidated
by the trustees for the benefit OF the col,
ored school, and each OF the districts shall
pay pro rata, according to oolored scholas.
tic census in each, from the district school
fund, for its support, and shall be governed
by the trustees OF both districts.
Sec. 81. When a school district or com,
munity has no school house or not a sufii.
cient number, the nvaisble public free
school fund for any one year, TO the credit
OF said district or community with the
county treasurer, may he used for the pur
pose OF erecting a house, upon the follow
Ing conditions.
L. A suitable piece OF land shall be do