The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-13
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 IN SELECTION" Supt. Gunnels Issues Important Statement ON THE SCHOOL ELECTIONS District Trustees to Be Elected
 July 4. They in Turn win Meet and Select County Boards of Education-su- perintendent stresses in His
 Statement Importance of
 These Elections. .f f


 An address to the people of Alabama urging upon them the importance of electing members of the County Boards of Education Aug, 5, was isseud yes State Superintendent of Education. The Department of Education looks upon this election as one or the most important events of the year in the
 The reason for calling the attention of the people especially to the election of the Boards of Education Is appa- rent when one inquires into the pow CTS. authority and duties of these men. They have entire control of the gov ernment of public schools in their counties. electing the. teachers upon nomination of the district trustees, and purchasing. leasing. holding. etc., title to real and personal property for school purposes.
 The people are called upon to txer- else good judgment In the selection of their district trustees on July next as these men themselves assemble ten days after their election and select tbe members of Inc % Board e four @ in eish. sfl who, with the County Superintendent of Education, make Board of live members.
 nels is as follows:
 To the People of Alabama:
 I wish to remind the people of the State that the new County Boards of Education will be elected in the vari, ous counties of the State on the second Saturday in August (Aug. S) for a term of four years.
 These county boards have entire con- tro1 of the public schools within tn cir respective counties and have authority to make rules and regulations for the Government of the county schools and the right in the name of the county to acquire, purchase, lease, receive, hold, transmit, and convey the title to real and personal property for sch ool pur- poses. They also have the power to fix the length of the school term and ous districts of the State in accordance with Section 256 of the Constitution and Section l7e5 of the Code. While the district trustees have the right to nominate teachers, all public school, teachers must be elected by the County Board of Education and con- tracts must be. made with the County In accordance with Section 1883 of the Code, the county high schools of Alabama are controlled and governed by the High School Commission in con- nection with the County Boards of Edu- cation of the several counties of the State.
 the selection of competent men to serve on the County. Board of Education. The County Superintendent of Educa- ton is ex officio member of the County Board and under the law Is the executive officer of the Board. These County Boards are indirectly elected by the qualified electors of the various counties of the State as foI- lows:
 On the first Saturday in July. 1908. (July D, the qualified electors of every public school district must meet at the district schoolhouse or some other place previously designated sby the County Superintendent of Education and shall elect from among the free holders and house holders, who can read and write. three district trustees, who must reside in the district in which they are elected. Within ten days after their election, these trustees must meet and organize by electing one of their number chairman and another secretary. The chairmen of the Boards of District Trustees will meet in the court house of their respective coun- ties on the second Saturday in Au- gust, 1908, (Aug. S). and elect four members of the County Board of Edu- cation, who, with the County Superin- tendent tmaking five in alD, will serve as the County Board of Educa- tionf for the next four years.
 Yours very truly,
 1T. c. Gunnels
 Supt. of Education.
 The coming election is the first to be held under the new law.
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