The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-04-16
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Under the provisions of section 179
Of the new law. the boards Of educa-
ton are composed Of five members
elected at large by the qualified eiec-
tors thereof, who shall be elected in
the year 1908, two for a term of one
year, two for term of two years, and
one for term of three years. Every
year thereafter there shall be elected
each for a term of three years. two
members Of such board, except in
years which are divisible by three.
when one member shall be elected,
and each shall serve till his successor
is elected and qualified. Provided that
no member of the city council or board
of trustees shall be a member of the
board of education" The selection of
such school board shall be on the third
Tuesday in June instead of at the time
of the regular spring election. This
method of selecting school officials
wipes out the existing boards and
starts with new slate in June. There
Is where the trouble is likely to show
up. 1t has been the custom of school
boards to select the teaching force
early in the year to let the teachers
know where they stand for their next
years work. and on the theory that the
old board was better able to judge
which one of the teaching force should
be retained. AS half the old board
remained, it was a continuing board
and could legally make such con-
tracts. The question of present boards
contracting for teachers which will be
Under control of entirely new boards
in the next school year, was submitted
10 Attorney General Clark, and he
referred his inquIrers to an opinion
by Attorney General Pyle in 1889,
which is against such contracts, and is
in substance: THE school year be-
gins July / of each year, and If during
the life of the old board, teachers were
employed for the coming year, the
board which had the right to control
and manage schools, would be prevent
ed from employing such teachers so
far from the management and control
of the schools. Accordingly 1t has
been held that the school board act
ing in good faith with the district, can
make a contract for the service Of d
teacher where the term commenced
during the life of the board hiring
such teachers, but where the term
lapses over into the official year Of
their SUCCESSORS, but cannot make q
contract for the teaching of a term
WHICH begins during the term OF their
successors"
Doane Robinson, superintendent OF
the census, has returned from a trip
to the southern part of the state to
look up the rec sons why returns are
not made to the department more
fully and promptly. He says he found
that the delay in most cases is on the
part of justices of the peace, before
whom the certificates are made, and
who do not, in many cases, make any
return until the report is late for the
work, and in some cases neglect to
make any return at all. He is looking
into several cases of neglect, and in
tends to apply the penalty in case the
neglect is shown 20 be wilful on the
part of such officials.
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The state appraisement board has
completed its work in the counties in
the southern part of the state, where
state school lands are to be offered
next month, placing the minimum at
from $35 to SAC per acre in the diff
ferent counties. Next week the board
will make the appraisements in the
northern counties in which lands are
to be offered, and as these include a
large number of endowment lands,
the general average will probably be
somewhat lower than those fixed in
the southern counties.
Articles of Incorporation have been
filed for the Independent Publishing
company at Fort Pierre, with a capi-
tai of $4,000. Incorporators, M. L.
PARCELS, Manuel Sylvia and Fred A.
Mix. This is the company which is
to publish an insurgent republican pa
per at Fort Pierre.
Gov. Crawford has appointed Miss
Emmer Cook, of Huron, member of
the woman's board of investigation Of
charitable and penal institutions. He
has appointed G.. c. Clark. of Lowry,
game warden for Dalworth county.
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Gov. Crawford granted parole to
w. L. Wells. sentenced from Dawson
county on a, charge of forgery. and to
Richard Goddard, sentenced from Gus
ter county on charge of horse steal
ing.
An extradition warrant was granted
recently on application OK the govern
or of Wisconsin for George Tyler, who
was arrested at Mobridge on charges
of wife desertion and bigamy.
The town of Mellette has organized
as city under the general laws of the
state. and has filed with the secretary
of state a notification OF such change
in its corporate existence.
Peter j. Bents, of the |woonsocket
Times, has taken a place on the field
force of the state land department.