Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1905-05-06
Now Law WIN Stop Padding.

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The state land department has sent
to the clerks of the different boards of
education over the state, copies of house
bill No l65, which provides penalty
for false enumeration of school children
for the purpose of securing state funds.
In many instances in the past the re-
turns have shown signs Of being padded,
but, while it was apparent that padding
! had been done, there was no penalty
provided and nothing could be done in
| the matter. With the new law it is
hoped to prevent such work in the fut-
ure. The law as passed reads as follows
| 1t shall be the duty of the clerk of the
school district board, or clerk of the
board Of education in each district in
| the state to, on or before the first Mon
| day in June Of each year, take the CEN
sus of all the children under twenty one
and over six years of age residing in the
district, giving the age, parent or guar
| dian of each, and to file the same with
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the said first Monday in June. He
shall also place one copy of said census
in the register of each school in the dis
triCt Provided, that before entering
upon the duty of taking the school CEN
sus, he shall take and subscribe an oath
to faithfully perform the duties of CEN
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to the best of his ability, and that be
| will, by house to house visitation, en-
ter in the said census the names of all
children of legal school age, as herein
defined, and none other, and said oath
he shall file with the county superin-
tendent of schools.
Any clerk of the district school board
who shall, willfully enter and rsturn in
said census the name of any child not of
legal school age, as bereinbefors defn-
| ed, or who is not legal resident Of the
district where enumerated, shall be
guilty Of misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction thereof shall be subject to a dne
not exceeding 500.
1t shall be the duty Of the county sup.
erintendsnt Of schools to receive such
census from each school district clerk in
his county, and to carefully inspect the
same, and by comparison with the pre-
vious census of said district, and other
means, verify its accuracy, and if upon
examination and comparison be finds
the said census to be inaccurate, INSULT
cient, or including names not properly
enrolled in the said school district, it
shall be his duty to cause a new census
of the said school district to be made,
and the expense thereofshall be charged
to and paid by the said district 30 max,
ing the insufficient, false or fraudulent
| returns.
On or before the first day Of July in
each year, each county superintendent
shall report under oath to the commits
sioner Of school and public lands the
enumeration Of persons of school age in
each school district in his county, ac-
cording to the census of the school dis
tricts as hcreinbefore provided.
Upon the receipt of such report of the
enumeration of children residing in each
school district in the state, it shall be
the duty Of the state commissioner OF
school and public lands to carefully in.
spect each report so received and, by
comparison or otherwise, to satisfy him
self Of the accuracy thereof and if upon
such inspection, comparison or by other
means he shall become satisfied that the
census of any school district as reported
is insufficient, false or fraudulent, it
shall be his duty to provide for re-
enumeration Of the said school district
and the expense Of such Remuneration
shall be one half paid by the school dis.
trct so recommended and one half by
the county in which such district is To-
Gated And upon the census of all o.
the school children secured, as herein
before provided, be shall apportion the
school funds, as provided in section 39t
of the Political Code of 1908.
Whereas, there is no law for the pro
lection of the school census from INSULT
cient, false and fraudulent enumeration
returns, an emergency is hereby declared
to exist, and this law shall take effec
and be in force from and after its publ
cation.
All acts and parts of acts in conflic
with this act are hereby repealed.