The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-29

portion the Territorial school fund set
apart for his county, together with the
unapportioned county school fund among
! his school districts in the ratio of per-
sons of school age. No district in which
common school has not been taught at
least three months of the preceding
year, shall' receive any portion of such
| fund. He shall report to the County
Clerk the boundaries of each of his
school districts annually, and make a
semi-annual report to the Territorial Su-
perntendent of Public Instruction, Civ
ing a statistical showing of persons Of
school age. length of term of each
school, with numbers of scholars attend
ing, etc, as well as of private schools;
number Of gratis schools, branches
taught, ETC.; report of the condition of
his Normal school, and of his Normal In
stitute; the number of colleges and acad-
emies in the county; the number of stu
dents attending; the proportion of ap-
preparation given to gratis schools; mon
ey raised in each district by district
school tax for teachers wages, purchas-
ing school sites. buildings, etc.
The salary of County Superintendent is
based on the number of persons Of
school age in his county, and runs from
$500 per year for counties having a thou
sand or less such persons up to 1000 n
year cities of the first and second class
/ being excluded in figuring county school
population. He is to appoint persons to
| fill vacancies in the District School
Board till the next annual school meet
ing. In case of vacancy in the office of
County Superintendent the County Board
appoints one for unexpired term. A
County Superintendent must be a grad
uate of some institution of learning or
| hold first class teachers certificate"
| He is to divide his county into school
districts and change the boundaries
! thereof from time to time in order to
secure the best results, but no district
shall contain less than eight persons of
school age, nor shall any school district
contain more than nine square miles. ex-
cept In counties not enumerated.
Chapter 90 School Districts-When a
school district shall have elected its dis
trict school board. it shall be deemed
organized and such shall be body cor
porate, and possess the usual powers of
such corporation, with power to contract
with persons, acquire and sell real es-
tate etc. A new district formed out of
parts of one or more districts shall eQui-
tably settle with the old districts.
There shall be an annual school meet
ing In May at y. m. at the school
house: in case the School District Clerk
forgets to call meeting, provision is
/
qualified to vote at the general election
may vote at the school meeting: such
! school meeting has power to choose a
director clerk or treasurer, designate by
a vote a site for the district school
house, vote an annual tax not exceeding
per cent for its district, and distribute
| the amount so voted to suit its wishes.
In case the school meeting neglects or
refuses to make tax levy, the County
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Superintendent, shall levy a tax not ex-
ceeding 2 per cent. The school meeting
shall determine how long school shall
be taught the following year, but it shall
not be less than three months, and
whether it shall be summer or winter
term. In case the school house shall, by
mistake, be located on property not be-
longing to the district, the Probate
Judge is authorized to straighten out the
| difficulty, subject to the usual rights and
appeal.
Chapter 81 District Officers-The di-
rector, clerk and treasurer are first elect
ed for one, two and three years respect
lively, and after that only one Of them
each year For neglect of his duties, he
may be removed and the County Super
intendent shall fill the vacancy by APP
pointment The school director is pres
| ident of the Board and school meeting,
/
usual duties Of such offices. In addition,
the Clerk reports to the County Superir-
tendent the statistics from which the
| County Superintendent makes up his re-
port to the Territorial Superintendent.
/ The Treasurer is required to give bond
| for double the amount he is likely 10
handle during the year, and he BAYS oft
on the order of the Clerk of the District
| such public moneys as may come into
his hands from the Territory. county or
school district. If a school district neg
/ lects to vote a school tax in anv year
/ It is required to vote a double ons the
next year.
Sec. Is. No sectarian or religious doc
| trine shall be taught or inculcated in the
public schools of this Territory, but
nothing in this section shall be conEtru-
ed to prohibit the reading of the Holy
Scriptures"
School district property is exempt from
taxation.
Chapter % In every school district
shall be taught orthography, reading.
writing. English GRAMMAR geography
and arithmetic, and other9 II the Dis
trict Board so orders; ! instructions
throughout the county shah be uniform
and In English A tuition fee may be
levied In certain emergencies.
Chapter %. Prescribes tie procedure
for obtaining county teachers certih-
Gates, which are three grades. The first
grade requires passing examination IN
the ordinary branches aOoSe enumerat-