The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-03-03

lishment, organization and con
troll of public schools in the com
mon school districts Of Texas,
making appropriations for the
teaching of agriculture, domestic
economy and manual training in
said high schools and in certain
high schools alrady established.
That is found in the preamble,
and looks innocent enough, TO be
be sure. The bill contains six
teen sections, and makes provis-
ion for the sustenance of these
schools, or rather for the carrying
out Of this act by appropriating
100000 therefor.
The Co-Operator has no inten-
ton of publishing this bill in full
at this time, but desires TO call the
attention of its readers to Sec
tons 4, 5 and 6, and request them
to say what they think of that
portion OF the law relative to the
country school, and what differ
ence there is between the provis-
ions OF those sections and what
the Conference for Education de-
sired in its law that they tried to
have passed during the last ses-
sion Of the Legislature.
Section 4 reads thus:
The general management and
control Of high schools III each
county Of the state provided for
in this act shall be vested in Five
County School Trustees, elected
from the county at large at the
time the trustees Of the common
school districts are elected, the
first Saturday in April of each
year, the order of their election
to be made at the same time and
by the same authority that orders
the election of the trustees of the
common school districts. The
first election under this act shall
be held on the first Saturday in
April subsequent to the taking
effect of this act, at which cleo
ton county school trustees shall
be chosen; two of whom shall
hold office for one year, or until
their successors are elected and
qualified. and three of whom
shall hold office for two years, or
until their successors are elected
and qualified, and regularly there
after on the first Saturday in
April of each year there shall be
elected two county school trustees
for two years and three county
school trustees for two years re-
spectively. Provided, if this act
does not take effect prior to the
first Saturday of April, 1911, the
county school trustees herein pro
vided for shall be appointd by
! the Commissioners Court Of each
county, to serve until the election
and qualification and successors
in 1912.
Section 3 reads thus:
II shall be the duty of the
county school trustees to classify
| the schools Of the county into PR
mary schools, intermediate
schools and high schools for the
purpose of promoting the eff.
cheney Of the primary and inter
mediate schools and of establish.
[ ing high schools wherever prac.
ticable. The sad county school
trustees shall, in cooperation
with the county superintendent OF
public instruction, prescribe
course of study for the Public
/ Schools of the county conforming
10 the law and requirements o..
/ the State Department of Educa
/ tion.
Section 6 reads iu part:
An rights and powers pertain
ing to the public free schools %.
/ the county that have heretofore
been vested in the County Com
missioncrs Court and that ar
not prescribed in this act shall
hereafter be vested in the county
school trustees.
Section T says boo part: Ih
/ county trustees shall constitute
/ body cooperate by the name of th.
county school trustees oi.......
county. state of Texas and u
that name may acquire and boil,
real and personal property. an'
may sue and Doe sued. c'c.
Section rs. and the last pro
/ vides that ass am emergency exist
and AN imperative public uace~
sitv. that the law 60 into ettec
ON and after It's passage.
This bin is on the House cal