Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-11-15

ization, the joint committee is required
to meet annually on the first Tuesday in
April for the transaction of such bust
ness as may properly come before it.
The Joint committee must elect a super
intendent of schools who shall serve for
one year, terminating June 30; shall de-
termine the amount of service to he
performed by said superintendent, which
service shall be based upon the number
OF legal schools maintained in each town;
shall FIX the salary ana apportlon the
amount thereof to be paid by the sew
cral towns forming the union according
to their grand lists, and shall certify
such amount to the treasurer OF each
town. When such union Is effected. it
three years from the date of it's forma-
ton. except by a two-thirds vote of all
the school directors of tho towns form
ing the union.
Whenever the chairman and secretary
of the joint committee certify, under oath,
to the State treasurer that a union has
been effected as provided i'm tho act ana
that the towns unite1iy have raised by
taxation, appropriated and paid in any
one year, sum not less than twelve
hundred and fifty dollars as salary for
n superintendent of schools, and that un-
der the provisions of the act supcrin-
tendent has been employed for ono year
the State treasurer is required to appor-
ton the sum of one thousand dollars
among the several towns forming the
union according to their grand lists on
the approval of the superintendent Of
education, and tho town trcasurers arc
to place such sums 10 the cre1.' of their
respective school, funds
II the superintendont Of any town which
alone constitutes n union spends any part
of his time in teaching. such town shall
receive from the Static treasurer such
portion of one thousand dollars as the
time spent by him as superintendent bears
to his whole time, but such sum so paid
by the State shall in no ca7c exceed five
hundred dollars.
The. school directors Of tho several
towns forming a union are required to
draw orders on tho school funds of such
sary to carry out the provisions of the
act.
1t is provided that a superintendent
elected under the provisions Of the act
may be removed for such cause as a
ajority Of said joint committee. with
the approval OF the superintendent Of
education deem sufficient \ superinten-
dent elected under tho provisions of the
act must devote his entire time to the
supervision Of schools; shall be holder
Of. or shall have held, FIRST grade Ger
taught at least fifty weeks; shall have
power to examine teachers ard to grant
certificates Of the second and third grade
under the Same regulations governing
examiners of teachers, but which Shall
be valid only in and fot the union for
which they were granted; shall be a
resident of one OF the towns forming
the union or become resident before en-
tering upon his duties; shall make such
statistical returns to the superintendent
of education as may be required by him;
shall annually on or before the fifteenth
day of February of each year, submit a
written report Of his official dongs to
the school boards Of the several towns
forming the union. Towns forming such
a union must have no other supcrinten-
dent OF schools.
The act in question is to take effect
April I, 1881.
1t is believed that the adoption Of
these provisions for more thorough super
WON of common schools marks a long
step in advance for the cause OF educa-
tlon in Vermont, and it Is to be hoped
there may be a general disposition on
the part OF towns TO take advantage of
the grand opportunity thus afforded.