Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-08-04

Approved q uAy D. A"AA' OOP' -"' w.
''O' CH,APTfER 545, LAWS OF 1911.
1860 of the statutes, concerning state
aid to high schools maintaining In
struction in manual training, agr1-
culture and domestic economy.
The people of the State of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows: ,o,
Section /. Sections 496b and 496c OF
the statutes are amended to read: Sec
ton 496b. /. Any board having charge
of free high school or of high
school having a course OF study equiv
aIent to the course pre-
scribed by the state Superintendent for
such free high schools may establlsn
and maintain in connection
ment, or in connection with said high
school and the three upper grades next
below the high school, as SAID BOARD
shall decide, a department OF manual
training, or domestic economy or ag-
riculture, or any or all of said depart
3. The expense of maintaining such
departments shall be provided
for in the same manner as other eX-
penses of maintaining such schools,
and such departments shall
be under the management, direction
and control Of such board.
8. The state superintendent shall, so
- far as his other duties may warrant,
give such information and assistance
and maintaining such departments, ana
in arranging schemes and outlines or
work; and with the aid of the inspector
of high schools, and when occasion
shall require it, with the aid Of the in
spectors of graded schools, shall have
the general supervision OF all
departments established under this
section; and shall from time to time
Inspect the same, make such recon-
mendatiOns relating to their manage
nent as he may deem necessary, and
1yo oh nyt q
full information concerning their num-
Der, character and efficiency.
4. The state superintendent shall es-
tablish a standard of qualification for
ments and may grant special certifi-
Gates to such applicants as are fully
qualified to instruct in special lines Of
work, which certificates shall
be in such form and for such time as
he may prescribe, and shall be regard
ed as Qualifying the holders thereof to
teach in those departments
established under this act which shall
be named in such certificates.
Section 496c. /. Amy school whose
manual training. domestic economy, or
agriculture, has been approved by the
state superintendent, and whose teach
er has been qualified may upon appl1-
e4tlon 09 pi@cfG aPoin an such
a department or departments.
2. A school once entered upon such
llSt may remain lu0I6 anu DS GI1llllStl
to state aid so long as the scope and
character of it's work are maintained
in such manner as to meet the approval
Of such superintendent. On the first
day of July in each year the clerk of
each school board maintaining
such department or departments in the
school or schools under It's jurisd iction,
or the city superintendent of
any city where such an approved
school is maintained, shall report to
the state superintendent in such form
as may be. required, setting forth the
facts relating to the cost of maintain
ing the department or de-
partments established under this act
the. character Of the work
done, the number of names of teachers
employed, and the length of time
each department was maintained
during the preceding year, ana upon
the receipt of such report, If it shall
appear that the department has been
maintained in a satisfactory manner
for period of not less than six months
during the year, the said suDerintend-
ent shall make a certificate to that eff
feet and file it with the secretary OF
state.
8. Upon receiving such certificate the
secretary Of state shall draw his war
rant for one-half the amount actually
expended for instruction in
each department established under this
act during the year for which the state
aid is received, not, however, to eX-
coed three hundred and fifty dollars
for each department established
maintained in connection with the high
school and the three upper grades next
below the high school, but not to eX-
coed two hundred and fifty dollars
for each department established
under this act which shall have been
connected with only the high school
Provided, however, that no one school
district shall receive aid in any one
year for more than three such depart
ments. The sum payable in accordance
herewith to be payable to the treasurer
Of the district or corporation main
tanning the school; provided. that the
total amount expended for such pur-
pose shall not exceed fifty
thousand dollars in any year
Section 2. All acts and parts Of acts
conflicting with any provisions of this
act are repealed in so far as they are
inconsistent Herewith.
Section g. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after it's pas
sage and publication.
Approved July 8, 1911. Copy Law
No. SS9 Al IPuPliks shes ~ J4ly g. 1911
AN ACT to amend sections 1797m-4
and 1797m-3O, and subsection l. OF
section 1797m-74, of the statutes
providing for physical connection ir
telephone service and prohibiting
duplication in cities and village.