The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-07-24
EIIAn1'ER lInl
AN ACT Providing For the Better Ma
npcmcnt Of the Public Schools In I
state.


AN act Providing For the BETTER Man
ngcmcnt of the Public Schools In the
state.
PASSED April II, l9oS)
II s enacted by the General Assembly rs
follows:
section l. All the school district. In this
state that have not prior To- January I.
iaui been abolished according TO law shall
he and they hereby are declared abolished
ON and after said January I. 1901 and NIL
title and interest I'm all ~ the school
houses land. furniture. and other prop
crty which was vested In the several dis
tricts shall ho vested In the town I'm which
the said districts wore located The prop.
crty So vested shall In the case of cnCh
town hc appraised hy "a commission of
three dislntercstcd persons to he appoint.
Cd 10y the common pleas division of the
supreme court m the county In which
such town is situated. upon the request
of the school committee of said town.
and nt tNs next annual assessment of
taxes thercafteF u tax shall be levied up
on the whole tooG equal to the amount VI
said appraisal. ard ibeTe shall hc remit.
ted To the taxpayers "f oaEh district their
proportional share of the appraised value
of the school property la Euot district;
Provided. that " any district he H. Jsbt
and peih debt Ice assumed by tho town.
the amount of said debt shall he deducted
from the whole amount To hc remitted tc
the Taxpayers ~ said district. ~ however
the parties I'm interest prefer. the differ
enccs I'm the value ~ the property of the
several districts may be adjusted iu such
manner as they may agree upon Pro.
vidcd. that the selection " teachers. and
election of superintendent In such towns
as do not unite for the employment of q
superintendent and the entire care. CON
troll. and management OF all the public
fchool interests Of the several towns. shall
IA Ia he, - Ia
several towns
Sec = ANY two or more towns the ag-
gregate number of schools I'm all of which
shall not be mo-s than sixty. may Ivy
vote OF the qualified electors of said sew
eral towns unite for the ,s4.rpose ~ the
employment " superintendent cf
schools
Sec 2. The school committee. cf the re,
srective towns voting therefor. sr pre-.
scrihed I'm section 2 hereof. shall form n
Joint committee for the purposes of this
act: said Joint committee shall he the
agents of each town comprising such
union Said schocI committees shall meet
annually IN Joint conventicn. on the last
Friday in June. at place and hour
agreed upon by the chsirmeu of the re-
spective school committees. and shall or
ganize by the choice 81 n chairman sDd
secretary. They shall choose by ballot
superintendent of schools m his salary
and apportion the amount thereof 10 be
paid by each OF the towns according te
the next preceding school census in said
town Such union shall not be dissolved
because the number Of schools shall have
increased beyond the number of sixty,
nor. for any reason. for the period of
three years from the date cf the forms-
tion Of such union. except by vote cf a
majority Of the towns constituting such
union.
Sec. T. whenever the chairman and sec.
retary ~ such Joint committee shall GER
tify 10 the commissioner Of public schools
that a union has been effected az herein
provided. together With the amount OF
sGldry to- &c paid 10 the superintendent Of