Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-02-05
Full Text Of the Measure as Unani-
mously Passed by Bo h
Branches ofthe Legis-
lature.
Tile Anti Gambling Act Goes Through the
Statehood Revived In
the Households.

anu lilC WI Abs Nih AlSh' ~ VIM So
of Santa Fe, the president of the unlver-
sity at Albuquerque, and the president OF
the agricultural college at Las Cruces,
shall be and constitute
THE TERRITORIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION,
and shall meet semi-annuslly; the gov
ernor to preside. The superintendent Of
instruction shall be appointed by the gov
ernor, confirmed by the council, and re-
ceive $4,000 per year and travelling eX-
penses not to exceed $500. The territorial
board shall apportiOn the funds to the
various counties according to school pop
uIation. The superintendent shall visit
each county at least once year and as
much oftener as consistent with the dis
charge of his other duties for the purpose
of holding a teachers institute and OF
awakening an interest in the cause Of ed
uCation throughout the territory, etc 1t
shall be his duty to recommend
THE MOST APPROVED TEXT BOOKS
in English, or in English and Spanish,
for the common schools of the territory,
after the same have been adopted by the
territorial board of education; and such
text books, when adopted, shall not be
changed for a period OF fonr years. He
shall prescribe and cause to be
prepared in English and Span
lsh all forms and blanks
necessary in the details of the common
school system, so as to secure its uniform
operation throughout the territory, and tc
cause the same to be forwarded to the
several county superintendent, to be By
them distributed to the several persons
entitled to receive the same. Provision is
made for publishing school laws, annua
reports, statistics, etc.
The county superintendent shall bt
elected as now and receive from thf
county the sum of s. for every Cay act
ually and necessarily employed in his du
ties, not to exceed five days in each dis
trict each year. In the appOrtionment o
county school funds to districts no distriC
shall receive any portion of the common
school fund in which common sckoo
has not been taught at Leaf three months
during the twelve months preceding. lr
conjunction with two competent persons
APPOINTED BY THE JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT
court wherein the county is situated
the territorial superintendent shal
make examination OF all applicants tt
teach, and when duly satisfied Of thei
competency shall grant them certificate
said certificates to be OF three grades, ant
| in school districts where the only Ian
guage spoken is Spanish the teacher shal
have knowledge of both ENGLISH an'
Spanish. The bill provides simple plal
| Tor forming new school districts, ani
"there shall he established i'll each dis
| trict one or more schools in which stal
be taught orthography, reading, writing
arithmetic, grammar, geography, fh'
English language and the history of'th'
United States
The district school directors shall b'
elected on the first Monday in June, shal
have charge generally of all public schoo
affairs; ARE hereby fequi ed to provide
AS soon practicable school house sites,
PROPER SCHOOL HOUSES"
etc. They are authorized to open thu
school houses for the Use Of religious, pol
itical, literary, scientific, mechanical, agri
cultural and industrial societies belonging
in their district for the purpose OF hcldlni
business or public meetings of said so
cleties, and for carrying on the schools
they are empowered to levy a tax When
necessary not exceeding b mills Oh the
dollar in any one year, on the taxable
property of their respective districts. i
hall be the duty of district directors tt
make an estimate for such tax levy, OF
or before the third Mondays in July o
each year, of the amount OF money neces
sary for teachers wages
FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS
in each year and to purchase or least
suitable sites for school houses and tt
keep in repair and provide for said schoo
houses with necessary fuel and furniture
books and stationary, for the board ant
district meetings, and d,iray all othe
contingent expenses of the district, which
tax levy shall be voted upon by the quail
led voters OF said district, and if con
CURED III by majority of such said voter'
If said district it shall he certified to by
the board of county commissioners OF TIM
proper county, and if said commissioner
decide such election legal, this tax shal
then be collected by the sheriff or Ia,
collector, as other school taxes are now
collected and accounted for: provided
that no board shall Issue warrants or Ger
utcates of Indebtedness of the school dis
trict in excess OF the amount OF the lev!
| for one wear, but all school orders shal
iraw lawful interest after having beer
presented to the county treasurer and no
paid for want of funds; the board shal
also have power to levy special tax moi
exceeding mills Oh the dollar OF taxable
property, for the purpose OF creating
sinking fund to pay of school house
bonds.
Explicit details are given for the gov
eminent OF school directors, reports by
teachers, etc. A tax levy OF not to ex'
coed 3 mills on the dollar on all territorial
taxable property is provided for running
the schools; county treasurers shall be
custodian of school funds shall give bond
In the sum OF not less than $40, 200.
who shall fail to pay over all money
collected by him within thirty days after
the 10th day Of each month in which the
same is collected, shall be summary re-
moved by the governor from the Office OF
collector. If tho tax collector be also
sheriff such delinquent shall also be re-
moved from the Office OF sheriff and for
ever thereafter be disqualified from hold
ing either OF said offices and the governor
shall appoint a successor, " no shall quail.
fy according to law, and tho shall hold bis
otiice during the balance of the time Of
The officer removed. 1t shall also be the
duty Of the collector OF taxes to keep the
accounts OF special taxes levied by school
districts in separate books provided for
that purpose.