The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-04-14


attendance, upon application from the trus
tees for an assistant the superintendent.
shall visit the school, and after conference
with the trustees and an examination of
: the daily register, he shall grant an assist
ant il IN his judgment one is needed In
the same manner he shall grant second
assistant when eded IN school with
more than ninety five in actual attendance;
| but IN schools OF more than one hundred
in actual attendance only one teacher shall
. be allowed for every thirty-fye pupils.
SEc- o.. A teacher with a third grade
license shall not be principal of school
which requires an assistant. and IN schools
| requiring more than two assistants the
principal must have a hrSt-grade license.
| SIC. IS. The principal teacher shall keep
daily register OF facts pertaining to thai
school, in such form as the school reguls-
tons require and shall be responsible for
he same 10 the county superintendent al
the close of the school term, or of the
period of service of such teacher, aud no
county superintendent shall allow any
teacher an account for th > m lnth Of service
thar completes a term, until said teacher
shall have delivered to him said register in
good order, or satisfactorily accounted for
the same In the said register shall be ser
down the name, age. sex 7nd color of each
pupil in attendance, and he name Of alb
sentees for each day. At he end of every
month. the said principal teacher sha |,
tron0 the register required To DC kept
make out report to the county sUperln-
sendent of the name, age, sex and color of
each pupil in attendance during the month.
and the number of DAYS such pupil has
attended. such report shall be approved
by at least two of the trustees, and cert & d
t. and npon the filing oS such report with
him the county superintendent shall issue
10 the teacher his pay certificate, and said
renort shall be carefully preserved in his
office.
SEC GA. Before entering upon their duties.
all teachers o. public free schools shall sign
contracts in a form to be prescribed by the
regulations OF the Stue Board of Educa
tiop; saii contracts shall specify the posi-
ZION said teacher is 30 occupy in saiu
school; the contract shall be signed III
duplicate, and the teacher shall retain one
copy thereof, and the superintendent The
other.
/ SEC. 65. The scholastic year shall begin
on the first day o. 0c oher and eud Gu the
| thirtieth OF september.
SEQ 90 Twenty days of actual teaching
shall constitute school month, and the
number of hours of actual teaching that
shall eoastitute school y shall be fixsi
and de ermin,d by the board of trus ees
h reof at not less than six nor a-ore than
| eight hours.
SEC. 81 rhere shall be winter term to
| bsgia In November and a summer tern o
| Begin in June, during either of which a
!
| ttustees; Provided, the day on which the
term II 10 begin sh al be fixed by the county
| sch iol board Provided further, he late OF
| ipening each school shall be fixed by tbe
county school board by ard with the con-
sent of the trustees Of said school, and they
| sha state during which four months the
| school is to be taught.
SIC. 6S. The schools shall ali be kept in
continuous session for four months, pro-
vided that in thinly settled districts the
| trustees and county superintendent may
change this rule, and Tor as many days
| longer as the school FUNDS for that scholas
tic year will pay for; Provided, the county
superintendent may close all the schools for
| the Christmas holidays, for an equal period
| of time not TO exceed two weeks, and upon
application from the trustees may close
any school because of an epidemic prevail
| ing in the school district, or on account of
death. sickness, or dismissal of the teacher,
| but such school shall be allowed their fun
| time after being reopened.
SEC 90. Whenever the amount OF school
| fund in the State Treasury in any fiscal
year, does not, in the aggregate amount to
| three hundred thousand dollars, exclusive
| of Chiekasaw or other special funds, then
| the State Treasurer shall transfer from the
general fund TO the common school fund "a
| sufficient amount to make the sum of said |
school fund, three hundred thousand dol |
lars and said sum shall be distributed
|
several counties pro rata, according 10 the
number OF educable children in said coun- |
ties.
SEC. 20. The Auditor of Public Accounts
shaI II annually, on the second Monday IN
| July aud January, or failing therein. as
| ) on thereafter as practicable, distribute |
among the several counties OF the state all
the common school fund available for that
purpose, said distribu ion TO be pro rata
according TO the number of edueaole Chi
| dren an each county respectively SAID dis
| trIbution shall he made by the issuance of
| Auditors warrants on the Treasury pay
able to the n easurers of said counties.
SEC H. The county treasurer OF each
county in this State. and the treasurer of
any town constituting a separate school
dis rict, shall be required TO give an ad
| iitional bond, TO be fixed by the board of
| supervisors or the mayor and aldermen, as
| the case may be, in an amount not less than
| the amount OF school funds likely to be in
| his hands at any one time, for the faithful
| performance OF his duties under this act, to
| be approved as the bonds of other county or
town officers. And the county treasurers of
the Chickasaw counties shall be required
| 10 give an additional bond for the amount
| Of the Chickasaw school fund 70 be distribu-
tel 10 heir counties, equal to the amount
| 20 be distribted for the year
SIC. n The duties OF county treasurers
| under this ac shah be as follows, to-wit
L
Public Accounts OF all moneys accruing to
The common school fund from their Tespec
tive counties, and to pay the same To the
| ) ate Treasurer, when required by law;
Second, to keep on his books a separate and
Il stInct account of the moneys arising from
| poll taxes; rom taxes levied by the board
| OF SUPERVISORS Tor tie maintaInnnce OF pub
hc free schools, from disfributige share o.
common school fund, from Chickasaw
school fund, and from any other source
Ia ri, to make a report TO the county super
lat .udeut Of iucation on or before the hrst
| Day July, asn' q ly, stowing ie am0u I
| ) school fund, if auy - tac treasury, aud
| ne amount thai can be made availab e
suring The current year ior common Sc COL
| pu pos s. as e ariy as h. can IN ske said e.
| innate from The data accessible 10 him;
| Fourth, to receive and receipt for al money!
| IN accoant Of school funds OF he county;
| Flfih TO pay money out of tue commo on
| choo fund upon the OF der of h county
| . sperint-udent of educiuon, approved by
1 h. board oi supervisors, except III case of
| TEACHERS warrants, which will be pa d up
| u pprov al OF he su, erIntendent aforesaid
/ upon the warrant of the clerk lxth, o
| Jay no second month teacher 8 warrant Un-
| less sufficient money remain in the treasury
/ pay all first months warrants issued or
/ 20 be issued and to maintain the same
order of payment throughout the whole
number of months taught; oeyenth.to make
| an annual report 10 the otate board OF Eda
cation by the first day OF January. show
| ing the amount paid out during each fiscal
| year for free school purposes and the source
| from which the moneys were derived
/ SEC. %. Each county treasurer shall,
| Immediately ON its receipt by him, pay
| over to the treasurer of any city or town IN
| his county, which is separate school dis
| rict, any money to which such separate
district may be entitled.
/ SEC. "a. The treasurer OF each town.
which is separate school district. shall
perform the same duties as are deyolved on
| county treasurers, as far applicable, in
| reference TO money for the support OF
| schools.
| SEC. 75 Ii shall be the duty of he board
| of supervisors of each county in this State,
on or before the first Monday in September,
annually, 10 levy upon the taxable property
| of such county tax OF three t3l NILS or
more on the dollar, to be collected as other
county iaxes for general purposes, and at
| the. same time, and TO be paid into the
county treas sry to the credit OF the com
mon school fund, to make up any deficiency
| IN the aggregate amount OF common school
unds arising from other sources, necessary
10 maiatain the public free schools OF said
| county during the time required by law
And such iaxes shall be receivable only in
lawful currency of the United States, or
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