The Goodland republic., 1905-02-03
PROVIDES FOR LARGER SALARY
BROWNS BILL RELATING TO COUNTY
SCHOOL sUFERMTEHDEET.
Preseribes Once TO Be Kept Open Two
Days Zach Week, Increases salary,
includes Entire school PoPu-
Istion Of the County.


Representative B. F. Brown, of
Sherman county, has introduced in
the house a bill increasing the salary of
the county superintendent of schools of
this county, which has been reported
back by the house committee Of fees
and salaries. with the recommendation
that it be passed. 1t will probably be-
come a law. The bill, shorn of the
fOrmalities that are necessary in Iegis-
lation, is as follows:
Hereafter the county superintendent
OF Sherman county, Kansas, shall be
allowed by the board of county com
missio1ers of said county, as full COM
peuSatiOn for such services, a salary of
SIX hundred dollars per annum; prOvid-
ed, that when said county shall have q
school population of from 1900 to 1900
the said county superintendent shall re-
ceive the sum Of seven hundred dollars
per annum; provided further, that when
said county shall contain more than
1900 persons of school age, said super
intendent shall receive the sum of seven
hundred and fifty dollars per annum.
Hereafter, for the purpose of deter
mining the salary Of the county super
iuteudent, the entire school population
of said county, including the city of
GoOdland, shall be taken in cOnsidera-
ton
1t is hereby made the duty of said
superintendent to visit each and every
school district In said county once dur
ing each year, and spend at least two
hours IN each school, and it shall be the
duty of said superintendent, so far as
possible, to make such visit at the be
ginning of the school year; provided,
that If said superintendent shall fail to
make such visit, the board Of county
commissioners shall deduct from the
last quarterly installment of said super
intendent's salarythe sum of five dollars
for each such failure or delinquency
The board of county commissioners
of said county shall, upon proper vOuch-
er being fled by said county superin-
tendent, allow said superintendent the
sum Of one dollar as travelling expenses
for each and every such school 50 visited.
Hereafter the superintendent of said
county shall keep his Office open at
least two days Of each week, one of
which shall be Saturday, and It shall
be the duty Of said superintendent to
perform each and every duty relating
10 his Office that now IS or may here
after be required by law.
It IS hereby made unlawful for the
county superintendent of Sherman
county TO hereafter teach any day
school, public or private, during his
term OF Office, except IN the normal in
stitute OF said county. If the said
superintendent of said county shall
accept the position and teach any public
or private day school during his term
Of Office contrary to the provisions of
this act, or fail to keep his Office open
or visit such schools as herein required,
the same shall work the forfeiture OF
his Office and all salary due OF to be
come due, and It shall be the duty of
the county attorney of said county to
cause such forfeiture to be adjudged
and such officer removed from Office by
a proper civil action brought for that
purpose in the district court of said
county.