Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-03-11
NEW SCHOOL LAW.



Proposition to Increase School Board
from Three to Five.
A bill HI, b 3sn tI.f)i1fltfIsjbhst eg-
| stature that is of especial interest to the
citizens OF Ellsworth.
1t is an act to amend the city's charter
SO as to enable 1t to choose superintend
ing school committee OF five members,
instead OF three as at present.
The act as proposed reads as follows.
AN ACT TO AMEsD THE CHARTER OF THE CITY
OF ELLSWORTH.
lie 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives lin the Legislature assembled as
follows
SECTION !. Chapter twenty-nine of the pr.
vate and special laws of Maine for the year
1883, entitled tan act to Incorporate the town of
Ellsworth into city" and acts additional thereto
ana amendatory thereof are hereby amended
by adding thereto the following provisions:
SEC. 2. The management of the schools and
the custody and care, including insurance and
repairs, Of all school property In said city shall
deyoiye upon experimenting school con- ittee
consisting of five persons, inhabitants of said
city, who shall perform the duties required of
them by the laws of the state, and W no shall be
chosen by the mayor and aldermen of said city
at the time, and in the manner of the election of
other city officers by said board but subject to
the following provisions:
SEC 3. The members of the present super.
intending school committee of said city, whose
terms of Office have not expired, shall hcld their
offices for the unex pired terms thereof.
SEC. A. AS soon as may be conveniently pos.
sible after the passage of this The said board
of mayor and aldermen shall choose the remain
ing three members of said experimenting
school committee herein provided for, and shall
designate one of said members SO chosen to
hola office for three years, to hold office for
four years and one to hold Office for five years,
| and hereafter annually at the time of the choice
of such officers said board of mayor and alder
| men shall choose member of said super.
| intending school committee to fill the vacancy
| then occurring.
Any vacancies occurring in the membership
of said experimenting school committee, other
wise than by expiration of a term of office, may
| be filled by the said board of mayor and alder.
men at any regular meeting, and the person so
chosen to fill such vacancy shall hold Office for
| the unexpired term OF the person vacatlng such
| office.
No person is Ineligible to ting Office of super
| intending scnooi committee on account of sex
SEC. 5. AS soon as said committee of five
| persons herein provided for is chosen aud or
| ganized, and annually thereafter upon organi-
| cation of the new committee iG shall elect a SUI
| perintendentof schools who shall not be a mem.
| Der of the committee, who shall be er oticio
| secretary of the committee, and who shall per.
| form all the duties devolving upon him by the
| laws of this state.
SEC. 6. The experimenting school committee
| shall serve without pay but the superintendent,
shall receive for his services such sum as may
be voted by the board of mayor and aldermen.
| No member of the experimenting school com
| mittee shall be employed a teacher in any
public school in said city. Members of the
experimenting school committee shall be sworn
to the faithful performance of the duties re
quired of them by law.
SEC. I. This act shall take effect when APP
proved.
The school board, as at present consti.
tuted, is as follows: Charles II. Leland
term expiers March, 1904; H. Fremont
Maddocks, term expires March, 1903
George B. Stuart, term expires March
1905.
The superintendent OF schools is George
B. Stuart.