Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-01-26

EDUCATIONAL INTEREsTS-THE NEW BILL.
The public school bill, H. B. No. So
introduced by Mr.. Paulin on Saturday,
provides that the governor superintendent
of public instructions, and the president
of st. Michael's college of Santa Fe, the
president of the university at Albnqner.
Que, and the president of the agriruItur-
al college at Las Cruces, shall he and
constitute the territorial board of edu-
cation, and shall meet semi-annualIv
the governor to preside. The
superintendent of instruction shall he APP
20 nted by the governor, confirmed Dy
the council, and receive $1,000 per year
and travelling expenses not to exceed $500
The territorial board shall apporton the
funds to the various counties according
10 school population. The superintendent
shall visit each county at l. asst once year
and as much oftener as consistent with
the discharge of his other dates for he
purpose of holding a teachers institute
and of awakening an interest in
the cause of education through
out the territory, etc. 1t shall
he lis duty to recommend the most ap-
proved text books in English, or in En-
glish and Spanish, for the common
schools of the territory, after the same
have been adopted by the territorial
board of education and snch text books,
when adopted, shall not be changed for a
. Rod of four years. He shall pres
cribe and cause to be prepared in En-
glsh AMI Spanish all forms and blanks
necessary in the details of the common
school system, so as to secure its uniform
operation throughout the territory and to
cause the same TO be forwarded to the
several county superintendents, to he by
them distributed to the several persons
entitled to receive the same. Ample pro.
vision is made for publishing school laws,
annual reports, statistics, etc.
The county superintendent shall be
elected az now and receive from the
county the sum OF So for every day act.
ually and necessarily employed in his du.
ties, not to exceed five days in each dis
trict each year. La the apportionment OF
county school funds to districts no district
shall receive any portion OF the common
school fund in which common school
has not been taught at least three months
during the twelve months preceding. In
conjunction with two competent persons
appointed by the judge Of the district
court wherein the county is situated,
he territorial superintendent shall
make examination of all applicants
to teach, and when duly salts
fed OF their competency shall grant them
a certificate, said certificates to be of three
grades, and in school districts where the
only language spoken is Spanish the
teacher shall have knowledge of both
English and Spanish. The bill provides
u simple plan for forming new school dis
lricts, and there shall be established in
each district one or more schools in which
shall be taught photography, reading,
writing, arithmetic, grammar, geography,
the English language and the history OF
the United States"
The district school directors shall be
elected on the first Monday in June,
shall have charge generally OF
Ill public school affairs, are
authorized to open the school houses for
the use Of religious, political, literary,
scientific, mechanical, agricultural and
industrial socleiies belonging in their dis
rict for the purpose of holding business
or public meetings OF said societies, and
for carrying on the schools they are en-
pow red to levy q tax when necessary
not exceeding s mills on the dollar in