Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-01
Special Orders from Office Of
the Adjutant General.
kempshaII Tire Co. Increases Its
Capital Stock.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
Thursday, Feb. 81, at 10 A. M.


and should prove valuable publica-
ton in school circles. The pamphlet
makes a publication of IA pages and
opens with an extract from the
school laws of Maine it being Sections
40-45 of Chapter Is of the Revised
Statutes as amended. The provisions
of the law are summarized as follows:
1. The State pays two thirds of the
salary of the superintendent to the
limit of $500 annually on the part of
the state.
2. The union may include not less
than twenty. nor more than fifty
schools. Any city or town having
more than fifty schools may receive
the benefits of the law without joining
with other towns.
3. The time given by the superin-
tendent to each town of TIL" union is
determined by the proportionatc part
of the salary paid by each.
4. The superintendent of a union
must hold a State certificate Of super
intcndcncc grade.
>. The duties of the superintendent
are the same for each town as in the
case of the local superintendent.
6. A vote taken by a town to form
| union holds for three years, except
that a union may be dissolved within
that time by tWo-thirds vote of the
| joint committee.
| /. Each town is required to raise
only the amount of its own share in
the superintendent salary.
| s. While the union formed under
section 40 must continue for three
years after its first formation, unless
dissolved by the joint COMMITTEES, as
provided in section AZ. it should be I'M
dcrstood that the superintendent may
be elected annually and changed an
nually. if the joint committee deem Il
change advisable.
| 9. There is no restriction "a to the
| number OF towns The only require
mcnt is with regard to the number of
| schools.
10. There is no restriction as to
relative location of towns forming
union. They may be in the same or
| different counties and may be con-
| tiguouS or not.
| IL. The formation of a union must
be authorized by vote of the several
towns uniting. This vote may be TAX
en- at the regular town meeting or at
4
pose.
| T. The secretary of the joint COM
,mttee, upon the formation of a union,
must certify to the treasurers of the
several towns uniting and to the State
superintendent, as required in section
Al
| The text OF Sections 40 Al and AZ
above referred to, is given below:
of two or more towns, having under
their care and custody an aggregate of
not less than twenty. nor more than
| fifty schools. may unite in the employ
ment of a superintendent of schools
provided they have been so authorized
| by Il vote of their towns at the regu-
| lar Town meetings, or special town
meetings called for that purpose. Pro-
vided further that such union shall not
take effect until the State superin-
tcndcnt of public schools shall have
approved the certificate of union as
hereinafter provided. But the COM
mittcc Of any town dissatisfied with
| the decision of the State superin-
| tendent may appeal to the Governor
and Council who shall make the final
decision relative thereto
| section Al. The school committees
| OF the towns comprising Il union shall
form joint committee. and for the
purposes of this section and the four
following sections. said joint commit
| tee shall be held to be the agents of
each town comprising the union. Said
CONT committee shall meet annually
at day and plac" agreed upon by the
| chairman of the committees of the
several towns comprising the union
| ana shall organize by the choice of Il
| chairman and Il secretary. They
shall determine the relative amount of
| service to be performed by the super
| intendent in each town, fix his salary.
| apportion the amounts thereof to be
paid by the several towns, which
amount shall be certified to the treas
urcrs of said towns respectively and
to the State superintendent of schools.
together with the amount apportioned
To each town: provided that the
amounts so certified shall be in pro-
portion to the amount of service per
formed in the several towns They
shall choose by ballot superin-
tendent of schools for term not eX-
ceeding five years. but the period of
SutIl titCtloH Sidii Ilpt tAcePu tnat Tor
which the union of towns has been
authorized.
Section 43, The towns uniting for
the purpose of employing a superin-
tendent OF schools shall appropriate
for his salary their proportion of the
sum paid said superintendent: and the
amount to be paid by each town shall
be determined by dividing the entire
sum expended for superintendent
among the towns comprising the union
in the proportion of the service per-
formed in each town. A union of
towns formed under the provisions of
sections forty and forty one shall con-
tinue for a period of three years unless
sooner dissolved by two-thirds vote
of the joint committee"
The object of the law providing for
the union of towns to employ super
intendent of schools is to give to the
smaller towns of the State advantages
that have for long time been enjoyed
by the cities and some of the larger
towns. For many years the cities
have noted tho a6vauta0as riSipc from