Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-03-17

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blanket ballot should he dispensed with
and a less complicated method substi-
tuted. This feeling is shnred Ivy some
OF the members Of the General Aasem
bly anu they are doing what they can
to accomplish the de5ire OF their con
stituents. However no detinitv plan
has heen decided upon, and tho indi-
cations are thnt very little will be done
until the registration bill 10 we'll under
way. IL is feared by some OF the mem-
bsrs that il the registration and election
bills were before the Assembly Al the
same time they might conflict. and
more good eau he accomplished by
having them acted upun at different
times.
Dover. March 10. The general edu-
cational bill one OF the most important
measures of the special session of the
General Assembly, was read IN tho
House of Representatives yesterday anu
referred to the committee on education,
consisting of MeHsrs Lsander s. Hop
kinH, chairman, Smith. Mccoy, Adams
aud CheairR Tho bill was prepared by
Henry Ridgoly, Jr., and covers 63 type
written pages, and will necessarily re-
quire much time on the part OF the
Cullullllot luE ~ DAO-
yiCes that the general supervision and |
control OF tho free public nchools of the |
State, including thoae for colored chill.
dren, shall be vested in State Board |
of Education composed Of the Governor,
Chancellor, President of Delaware Col
lege, State Auditor, and the senior
member of each county school COM
mission created under this act. The
Governor III TO be the president, and
the auditor tho secretary. Meetings are
to be held during the last week of
September, December, March and June
of cuch year. The first meeting is to
he held on June 25th next. -Four mem
hers will constitute quorum. Tho
board is TO have the power to make the
necessary rules and regulations for its
own government. Annually in June it
| is to elect superintendent Of schools
| for each county at salary OF $1,000 a
year, the term of office to begin on the
second Tuesday in July following
The board is also to prepare the neces-
sary lists Of examination papers tor
the teachers. The examination panerH
are to be composed of questions
on pedagogy, orthography, reading,
writing, mental and written arithmetic,
geography, history of the United States,
Il
Eugliah grammar, or physiology and
hygiene, with specsl reference to the
effects Of alcoholic drinks, atimulants
and narcotics upon the human system,
and any other branches of knowledge
that the State board shall deem proper.
New papers are to be made out each
year. The board ia to have jurisdiction
to hear and determine all appeals of
teachers. 1t shall make report to
each General Assembly. The members
will receive no salary, but each, ex-
elusive of the Governor and auditor,
shall he paid So for each day actually
spent ir attending the meetings of the
board, providing it shull not be more
than $50 in any Que year.
The supervision of all the public
achnOls, including those for colored
children, in each of the counties. is to
be vested in county school commits
sion composed of three members, not
more than two of whom shall be Of the
same political party, appointed by the
Governor, and tu hold office for two
years. The first appointments ara to
be so made that the term OF one mem
Der will expire each year. The senior
member OF each comm ission Is to be it's
president, and the junior member its
secretary. The first meetings are 10 be
held on June 4th. The object OF the
school comm iaHiun is to have general
charge of the school system of the coun-
, ties The commission is to have power
and authority to visit all schools, IN
/ Guiding incorporated schools. The
commission Is also to act ae u sanitary
! commission and may condemn school
, il deemed necessary, 10 which case the
/ school cannot receive another appro-
! priation until the mission decides
that the trouble has been remedied.
The comm ission is also to have the
power to transfer farms or residences
3 from one district to another unGer GER
D tain regulations The members OF the
/ commission are To be allowed So per
day for each day actually spent in at
) tending the meetings of the commits
q sion, providing IL shall not exceed $40
per year, and are also to receive siz
9 cents per mile for the distance Travelled
y in visiting schools, providing no charge
4 can be made for visiting a school more
d than once in quarter.
The schools in each Representative
. district are to be consolidated into ONT
d school district, and the school districts
Z as constituted before the passage OF thu
@ act, together with the districts O.
, cclored schools, are to become suhdis
O tricts of the new district. Where thu
d boundaries of the former districts ex
9 tend into more than one Representative
. district the old district becomes a sub
: district of the one in which tine school
a house is situated. All of the money
IT and properties of the old districts ar
II to be turned over to the new districts
Y which also assume the debts OF the OLE
districts. The control OF the schools
y including the colored schools, in eacl
a OF the new districts, is to be vested IN
10 district school COMM ssion composed o
Y three members to be elected on the frs
% Saturday in April OF each year. Eacl
male CITIZEN having right to vote 70
i Representative of the General Assembl
1t and having paid his school tax for th
r preceding year in the district in whicl
D. he lives, and every female person abov
~ the age of 81 years, residing in the dis
& trict and having paid tax within tina
1t district for the preceding year. is on
y titled to vote. The manner of selectin
ie the mmissiouers is as follows: Th
D. elections spoken uf are held in the sub
i'd districts and three Bub district commits
D. sioners are chosen in each on the da
O. named. The sub district commissioner
NEST within one week after thei
or election and CHOOSE the three distric
I'd commissioners as provided. The hrs
ad election under the act is to be he'll
Ia within one week after ths last Saturda.
No in June next, and the first meetings az
ne to be held come time within the mont
on of July. The district school commi.
ia sion is required to prepare an estimat