Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08

Section 553m-1r3. The members OF the
county board OF education so elected snai,
hold their of1ces for four years ana until
their successors are elected and quaiihed
Section 553m-4. The county scnooi
board convention shall fill all vacancies oc
curing IN said board of education, except n,ai
Ing vacancies occurring between the annual lsa.i
meetings of said school board convention
which shall be temporarily filed by said
county board of education.
Section 553m-5 l. No person snail De
appointed TO said county board OF euuca
ton who is not legally qualified teacher
and has not had at LEASE nve years ex-
perience In teaching or in the supervision
of public schools.
2. Nor shall any person be appointed to
serve upon said board who is oealer IN
text books or is an agent of, OF olresuy
or Indirectly interested in, any person, hlm
or corporation engaged in the publishing
or furnishing of school text books, or
who shall be directly or indirectly interest
ed in any book or series of books as the
author, associate author, or In any manner
whatsoever and il any person shall become
so interested during his term of ofnce as
member of said board of education, MS
office shall ipso facto become vacant, ana
be filled as provided for orner vacancies;
3. Any such person who shall violate
any of the provisions of this section while
holding the Office of member of said county
board of education shall be deemed guilty
of misdemeanor and upon convlctlon
thereof be fined not less than one hundred
dollars nor more than five hundred dollars
or by Imprisonment in the county jail OF
said county not less than sixty Gays nor
more than one year, or by both sucn me
and Imprisonment.
Section 553m-6. Each member of said
county board of education shall, before en-
tering upon the duties of his office, take
and subscribe to the constitutional oatn OF
Office and to faithfully, impartially and
honestly perform and discharge the duties
Of his office; and shall in addition thereto
swear that he Is not directly or indirectly
interested In or related to any puDIisnlng
house, person, firm or corporation, engaged
in publishing or furnishing Of school text
books, or any of their agents, and that he
is not interested directly or indirectly In
any book or series Of books as the author,
associate author, or otherwise; which oath
shall be filed with the county clerk OF eacn
county.
Section 553m-7 The members of said
board of education shall within ten Gays
after their appointment meet at the county
seat and organize by electing one Of their
number president, and one secretary. ana
majority Of the board shall constitute
quorum for the transaction of business, ex.
cept that In the selection or adoption OF
text books it shall require majority vote
of all the members of the board to ADOPT or
change any text book.
Section 553m-S. The president and sec
rotary so elected shall act as president and
secretary at the meetings Of the SAID Doard,
and said board shall auopt such rules and
regulations as may be necessary to the
transaction of its business, not contrary TO
the provisions of this act.
Section 553m-9. 1t shall be the duty
of the president and secretary and they
are hereby authorized to sign all contracts
on behalf of said board and 1t snail pc
the duty of the secretary to keep full
and complete record Of all proceedings or
said board of education in a book kept for
that purpose, which book shall be deemed
public record and be kept in the ONCE
of the county superintendent Of schools.
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education shall hold an annual meeting at
the county seat on the first Saturday In
May, for the purpose of organization ana
the transacting of any business that may
lawfully come before 1t, and they snail
meet at such other times as may be deemed
necessary by the majority Of the board,
and it shall be the duty of the president
Of said board to call a meeting at any
time, upon the written request OF three
members or a majority Of the board.
Section 553m-11. Every county board
of education shall, between the first day
of January and the first day of July, next
following the date of their appointment,
and every fourth year after the first adop-
tion of text books, meet at the county seat
and select and adopt uniform series OF
text books for their respective counties
shall be used In all school districts OF the
county, except in districts and cities main
tanning a free high school and In state
graded schools of the first class, and shall
taught in the district schools of Wisconsin
and none of said text books shall contain
matter of partisan or sectarlan character.
Section 553m-13. Text books so Sc
lecteds and adopted by county boards of
education for use in the schools of any
county shall be introduced the following
September and used by each and every dis
trict In the county, coming within the pro-
visions of this act and shall remain In
use until the same shall be displaced or
replaced by said county board of educa-
ton; but no book selected, adopted and
introduced into said schools shall in any
the date of adoption.
Section 553m-14. In school districts
that are now furnishing free text books 1t
shall be optional with the board of any
such district as to whether or not change
of the text books now In use shall be
made; but whenever a change Is made In
such text books or new text books shall be
introduced, only such text books shall be
der the provisions Of this act.
Section 553m-15. Nothing in this act
shall prevent state graded schools when
they may deem 1t advisable, by a unani-
NOUS vote of the school board of any
graded school from adopting, in lieu of the
uniform series of text books provided for
by the county board of education, the uni
form series Of books regularly adopted for
use in the grades of the nearest city school
system.
Section 553m-16 The text books Sc
Iected and adopted by said board Of edu-
cation shall be selected after a careful ex-
or sets of books presented, and snail be
the best books in the opinion of the board,
taking into consideration quality of ma
terial used, Illustrations binding, price,
and all other things that go to make up
desirable text book; merit however, shall
be the main point to be considered In their
selection. majority vote or all the mem
bers OF said board Of education shall be
por, fo adOnt ohQnOo rp-aHOnf Anp
and all text books.
Section 553m-17. Nothing contained in
this act shall be so construed as to prevent
school districts coming within the pro-
education, from selecting introducing and
using additional and supplementary books
at any time when they deem 1t necessary
in order to establish and maintain the
highest standard of excellence In their
schools.
Section 553m-1s. Such supplementary
books shall not be used to the exclusion
of the books prescribed and adopted under
use be made In good faith OF the books
adopted under this act.
Section 553m-19. Each and every county
board of education shall at least thirty
days before meeting to adopt text books
send notice to text books publishers and ad-
vertise in a newspaper of general circula-
ton of the county notice to the erect
that said board will on day named therein,
meet at the county seat and select and
adopt a uniform series of text books for the
use of all the public district schools of said
county, except In districts and cities main
tanning a free high school and state graded
schools of the first class, and shall invite
proposals for the furnishing of such books,
giving a list of text books to be selected,
the publishers to state an exchange price,
wholesale price and retail price TO pupils or
school districts during the period of their
use In said county and such further In
formation as said board of education may
require Said notice shall also state the
time when proposals cnd samples of books
must be submitted TO them, and such fur
Their facts as the said board may deem
necessary.
Section 553m-2O. 1. Any person, firm
or corporation desiring to furnish books
under the provisions Of this act In any
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