Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-02-12

miSSloners or trustees OF each school DIS
trict or districts in the State shall furnish
the necessary text books free to all the
pupils enrolled in the free schools of the
State in the manner hereinafter provided.
Sec. Q. The school commissioners or
trustees shall order from the publisher or
publishers the books which have been
adopted by the State Board Of Education
for use in the free schools of the State at
the net contract price at which the pub
fishers have agreed to. supply, the same as
follows: There shall be a blank order
book prepared by the State treasurer for
the use OF the school commissioners which
shall contain duplicate order blanks, with
a printed list of the books which have
been adopted by the State Board of Educa-
ton at the net contract prices at which
the publishers agree to furnish the same.
Duplicate orders shall be filled out and
signed by at least two of the school COM
missioners, or in case of united or incor-
porated districts by the president and sec
rotary of the school board; one of these
orders shall be forwarded 10 the State
treasurer, to be forwarded to the pub
fishers, and the other shall be kept as a
stub in the order blank as voucher.
The State treasurer on receipt of an order
or orders from school commissioners shall
make an entry of the amount of the order
or orders against the district or districts in
book kept for that purpose, and shall
forward the order or orders to the pub
Usher, requesting them to ship the books,
with two invoices, one to the State treas
ures and one to the clerk of the district to
which the books are consigned.
The treasurer shall pay the publisher
out of the school funds of the State for
the books and charge the amount to the
respective districts ordering the books, and
| deduct the amount from the sums allowed
| by law to said districts, provided however,
that the State treasurer shall pay no bill
| for at least thirty DAYS from the time 1t is
rendered, in order that he may be notified
| by school commissioners of any error.
| Sec. g. II shall be the duty of the clerk
of each district to distribute the books re-
ceiyed, to the scholars of the district, or
their parents or guardians, or other per
sons, as they may desire. The clerk of
each district shah be responsible for the
safe keeping Of the books; also for the
| prices ofall books sold, as hereinafter pro-
vided, to parents, guardians or scholars.
The county superlntendents shall have
| power to recover by law before any justice
Of the peace for any books or money nm
accounted for by the clerks
Sec 4. 1t shall be the duty of the com
missionerS to provide for the safe keeping
and care of books which shall be returned
| by the pupils at the end of each school
term to the clerk of the district, or to some
person selected by him. Books shall be
furnished to pupils at cost when it is nee
essary they shall be replaced.
Sec. s, II shall be the duty of every
teacher to make quarterly reports Of all
/ pupils attending during the quarter, what
books they have in their possession and
| by whom held, &c.
Section 6 allows the State treasurer $500
per annum as contingent fee.
i Section Z provides that the text books
/ for lf4l,,NI1a ,,f ha a1,all hf
ord red by the county superintendent
through the county treasurer.
Section provides that the teachers oil
the negro schools shall also make quarterly
reports to the county superintendent.
Section 8 provides that the county treas
urer shall receive $50 per year for his ser
vices in purchasing the text books fol
negro schools.
Section 10 provides that after this act
goes into effect all school clerks shall be
funded In sums not less than 5000.
Section II gives the form of bond.
Section II provides that the district clerk
shall receive $40 per annum as compensa
ton.
Section 10 provides that any person who
ha! completed full collegiate course al
Delaware College and holding q diploma
for the same shall be entitled to, and such
4 diploma shall be license to teach FOL
two years, and after two years of service
such teacher, if his or her duties have beer
4 faithfully performed, shall be entitled tc
life certificate.
Section Il provides that none Of the pro
visions of this act shall apply TO the city Of
Wilmington.
FOUR TO ONE AGAINST THEM.
The House committee on revised stat
utes got together Immediately after adj
journment this afternoon and proceeded
to consider the bill to substitute certain
newspapers which masquerades on the
journal as an act for the better informa
ton Of the public, This bill has beer
materially modified since its introduc
ton, being cut down so as to contem
plate the publication of general law
only, but there was no occasion to taxi
vote in committee on it, Mr.. Hutsol
alone favored it; his four fellow-commit
teemen, Messrs. Attix, Hickman, Smitl
and West, regarded the proposition as
useless drain on the State treasury an(
sat down on the scheme right hard. Sit
transit, &c.
The committee next took up the bill
to make the Farmers Bank at Dove
the depository Of all the State funds
and here again Mr. Hutson found him
self in minority of one; his four fel
low members holding that the Farmers
Banks in each county should and ough
TO have to their share Of the benefits &C
cruing from the deposits of public
money. The bill to tax the fish peddler
of Kent county a $40 license fee wa
also considered and turned down, anC
the committee then rose,
THE aRMIsTIcE RENEWED.
The senatorial armisice expiring b,
limitation to-day and that body still
standing four to four, On motion of Sen
ater Hall the truce was renewed for an
other week. Senator Williams is still
confined to his room and will not b
here before next week at the earliest.
THE DIVORCE DEADLOCK OVER.
As was to be expected the Senate, lils
, Davy Crockett's coon, has finally com
down the tree, and receded from it's 10
sition on the divorce question. TIL
, pressure of this legislation could nc
J well be withstood altogether, since til
Senate could not decline to consider an
business which the House sees fltto sen
to that body, and the only alternativ
would have been to refer every divorC
bill, as it came in, to special COMMITTEES
The embargo was therefore raised Til
! afternoon by vote of 6 to Q, Messrs. Ha
: and Pilling in the negative, in favor {
. concurring In the House request for I'll
$ appointment Of standing committt
:, on divorce.
j, SUSSEX LEVY CoURTMEN.
Senator Moore offered petition til
morning, which was referred, from Il
= levy court of his county, setting fort