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


GERS and teachers such reports relating
to the school fund and other school AZ
fairs as he may deem proper Tor col
lectinp information and advancing
the interests of the public schools, and
shall furnish to county, city ana town
superintendcpts for the use oi such oili'
GERS and teachers the necessary blanks
and forms for making such reports ana
CARRYING out such instructions as may
be required of them
Sec. l9. The state superintendent
shall, one month before the mceting oil
each regular session OF the legislature,
and ten days prior to any special ses-
sion thereof, at which, under the gov
ernor's proclamation convening the
same. any legislation may be had res
pectinp the public schools, make a full
report TO the board of educa-
ton of the condition OF the
public schools throughout the state.
Such reports shall give all the informa-
ton called for by the board OF educa-
ton, and shall contain such other
matters as the state superintendent
shall deem important.
Sec. 10. The governor shall lay such
reports before the Legislature.
Sec. 90. Eleven hundred copies OF
said report shall be printed in pam
inlet form for the use of the legisla-
ture, and for distribution among the
various school officers and Libraries
within the state and the superintend-
ents os public schools of other states
and territories of the United States
and Canada and the bureau of educa-
ton at Washington City.
Sec. Il. The state superintendent
shall be ex-oflicio secretary OF the state
board of education, and shall Keep a
complete record of all its proceedings,
which shall be signed by the president
of the board and attested by the SUI
perintendent.
Sec. a. The state board of education
shall, on or before the fifteenth
day of July of each year, make an ap,
portionment Of the available school
fund among the several counties oil the
state, and to the several cities ana
towns constituting separate school Or
CARNATIONS according to the scholastic
population of each, and the state SUI
perintendent shall deliver an abstract
of such apportionment TO the comptIol-
Ter and to each county Judge and
mayor of each city or town that have
control of the public schools, a state
their county, city or town rs the case
may be, and he shall issue to the
county treasurer Of each county, and
to the city treasurer of any city or
town having control of the public
schools, n certificate for the amount of
the available school fund so appor-
toned to his county, city or town,
which certificate shall be signed by
the governor, as president of the board
of education, countersigned by the
comptroller Of public accounts and at
tested by the secretary.
Sec. %. The state superintendent
shall he allowed by the state board of
education an amount necessary for
the expenses for books, postage, eX-
press charges, printing, stationery,
porter hire and other necessary office
expenses 10 be paid ont of the available
school fund.
See. n. The comptroller shall keep
n separate account Of the amount OF
the available school fund arising from
every source, and shall draw his war
rant upon the state treasurer in favor
of any county or city treasurer for the
amount OF the available school fund
due his county or city or town, ~ the
case may be, on presentation OF GER
tificate from the state board of educa-
ton issued 10 the county, city or town
treasurer showing the amount due
each from the available school fund,
duly Endorsed by such treasurer.
See. -. The comptroller shall, on or
before the meeting of each regular ses-
sion of the legislature, report to the
legislature an estimate of the amount
Of the available school fund to be re-
ceived for the succeeding two years,
and which may be subject To appro-
priation for the establishment and
support of the public schools and the
several sources from which the same
accrue.
Sec. 20 The state treasurer shall
receive and hold rs special deposit
all moneys belonging to the available
school fund and keep an account OF
the several sources from which they
accrue and he shall pay out such
moneys on the warrant of the comp
tToller.
Sec -. The treasurer shall thirty
days before each regular session of the
legislature and ten days before any
special session at which any legisla-
ton can be had respecting the public
schools, report TO the governor the
condition OF the permanent and avail
able school fund, the amount of each
and the manner OF it's disbursement
and he shall also make any additional
report required by the board of educa
ton.
Sec. IS. The treasurer shall not
under any circumstances use any por-
ton OF the permanent or available
school funds IN payment of any war
rant drawn against any other fund
whatever.
See. ~ II shall be the duty of tn,
county commissioners court OF AL
counties not exempted from this see
ton to sub-divide their respective
counties into convenient school dis
tricts, at least one month before the
first Monday in October 1884. Sale
courts shall designate said school dis
tricts by numbers; provided, thai
when districts are once established
they shall not be changed without tn,
consent OF majority OF the lega
voters IN all districts effected by sucl
change.
Sec 80. Said school districts shal
be so made rs to be rs convenient ~
possible 10 the scholastic population
and said courts shall give the mete
and bounds Of each district, and shal
designate the same carefully by givin,
the whole surveys and parts OF sur
veys, with acreage OF whole survey
and approximate acreage of parts o
surveys In each district, and the count,
Judge shall carefully record the same
and each district shall be given n mum
har which nm, har sho n ha ,aintai I,