Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-07-30
PUBLIC SCHOOL LAW.
SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

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~, ANY municipality of ihrcc hundred or
more inhabitants may be declared a sepa-
rate school district by an ordinance OF the
mayor aud board or aldermen; but SHALL not
be entitled TO the rights and privileges of
ii scparat,. school district unless n free pub
lie school shall be maintained therein for a
term of at least seven month, in each schol-
astic year.
COUNTY CHILDREN MAY ATTEND.
%. Children may attend the school OF 4
separate school district in their county, and
the county during the winter term shal!
pay the actual cost of tuition in the school
they attend in computing the cost OF tut
tion, the salary Of the municipal supcrin-
%tcndent, if there be one. shall not be inclu-.,
ded Al = part of the salaries of the teachers,
aud the salary of a teacher shall not he ra-
tel at more than the maximum fixed tor
teachers of similar grade, but II chile in the
county shall not attend a separate school
district without the consent in writing of
the trustees thereof, and Of the trustees OF
the school of his district.
TERRITORY TO BE ADDED TO SEPARATE
SCHOOL DISTRICT.
81. Any part Of Il county or counties adj
joining a municipality which is u separate
school district, may be included in such dis
trict upon a petition of u majority OF the
resident frccholders of the territory pro-
posed to be added, and the approval of the
municipal authorities.
LEVY TAXEs o SCHOOL PURPOSES;
ERECT SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND ISSUE
bonds.
81. The mayor and board Of aldermen Of
a municipality, constituting a separate
school district. shall annually levy q tax
sufficient to pay for fuel and other ncccsSa.
ries for its public free schools, and shall
make such levy Of taxes as may be necessn.
ry to maintain the schools, after the cxpi-
ration OF the four months term provided
for by the state, or to supplement, during
the four months, the funds distributed by
the state. And such municipality may col.
lect taxes to erect and repair school bull
dinss; and may issue bonds for that pur-
pose in the manner provided in the chapter
on municipalities, But a tax in excess of
three mills on the dollar shall not be LEVIED
ity of the tax payers of the municipality.
GRADED SCHOOLS.
20 cnnarato snlnol district NAV mnEn
either or both OF its schools graded schools,
and graded schools may be of two kinds:
A graded grammar school and IL graded
high school. In every graded school there
shall be u graded grammar school IN which
the common school curriculum shall be ill.,
clndcd; and the graded high school shall be
composed ofpupils who have passed through
the grammar grades, Or who shall pass an
examination therein, and the course shall
be completed in three years. The trustees
may fix reasonable tuition fees for the grad
ed high school department, or it may be
free; and they may prescribe what other
studies shall be taught in the graded high
school.
EXAMINATION or TEACAERs; BOARD OF
EXAMINERS.
81. Two tirst-grade teachers, to be APP
pointed annually prior to the fall examina.
ton, one by the county school board and
one by the supervisors. shall with the coun-
ty superintendent, constitute an examining
board for each county but Il teacher of a
normal or training school shall not be ap-
pointed on the board II majority of said
board shall be present and conduct all eX'
and they shall. as Il board, and not indiyid'
TALLY, review and grade the examination
papers submitted by applicants for license
to teach. The teachers composing this
board shall each receive two dollars and !
half for each day of actual service in lol
ding the examinations, and twenty-five
cents additional for grading the papers o
each applicant, to be paid out Of the schoo
fund in the same manner as teachers sala
ries are paid. The examiners shall qualii!
by subscribing the oath of office before thu
county superintendent, who snail file it il
his office, and for violations of the sectionI
Of this law which refer to examination
they shall be subject to the same p%cnaltie
as the county superintendent.
WHEN EXAMINATIONS HHLp.
81. On Friday and Saturday of the las
two wee rs OF September and October, ant
of the first four weeks OF April, the exam
lining board shall hold, under regulation
prescribed by the board of education,
written examination of applicants to teach
The examinations shall be lhcd at the coun
ty site and in tho public schoo! building
whenever practicable. In counties hayin.
be held alternately at the places of holdin;
court, If the convenience OF teachers re
quirc it. The superintendent shall exclude
from the room all persons who are not OK
amincrs or applicants Tor license. Their
: shall be separate examinations tos the tw'
races
=. HOW CONDUCTED.
, So. The examinations shall be held npo1
questions prepared by the state superin
. tendant Of education and sent, sealed, t
: the county superintendent, to be opcue'
by him in the presence Of the teachers, at
ter they have assembled In the examina
ton room and after the seals have been In
U spectcd by the examiners. The question
on one subject ut = time shall be write
upon Il blackboard aud the answers there
(. to shall be written In ink in the prescns
. of the examiners and delivered TO the 8,
pcrintendent before the questions on tn
. next subject are given out. All question
prepared by the State Superintendent sha
relate only to the branches of study RI
quired to be taught in the public schools.
ALL TEACHERS MUST BE LICENSED.
G IS. 1t shall be unlawful for n county 81
perintcndcnt or the trustees Of II separat
= school district to contract with n teacht
y who does not hold q license valid Tor tn
|, scholastic year in which the school is to /
=. taught. ard Of II grade sufficient II high I