Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-06-05
Meeting of School Officers.

The Forty Seventh General Assembly
OF the State Of Missouri passed a law
providing for county meeting Of school
officers. The purpose of this letter is to
find out when it will be most convenient
for the various school officers to hold this
meeting.
If there be no serious objections, |
have planned that Saturday, July 18th,
1913, would be the best date, for several
reasons:
FIRST. l will hold the Teachers
Meeting, which is require d by law to be
held prior to the opening of schools, on
July 10th and nth; this will give the
school officers and teachers an opportu-
nifty to meet together.
SECOND. 1t will give districts that
want to begin their schools early a chance
to begin as early as the second Monday
in July.
THIRD. 1t is the time of year that
the District Clerks are closing up their
years work and will afford the new Clerk
(f there is to be a change in .clerks) an
opportunity to understand the duties of
his Office better.
The President and Clerk Of each school
district are to be the representatives, but
every district entitled to two representa-
tives, and if the President or Clerk can not
be present, it is the duty of the Board to
appoint some other member of the Board,
or some other person in the district, to
represent them at this meeting. Each Of
fcer attending such meeting shall receive
compensation at the rate of one dollar
and fifty cents per day for the day that he
is at the meeting, and mileage at the rate
Of five cents per mile for the number Of
miles necessary to be travelled in going
from the schoolhouse OF his district to
the place of meeting.
Following is the bill as it passed the
General Assembly:
Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of the State Of Missouri, as follows:
SECTION I. That it shall be the duty
Of the county superintendent Of public
schools to call together once each school
year at the county seat or some other
suitable place in the county, the presi-
dents of the school boards and the clerks
OF the school districts of the county, for
the consideration and discussion OF ques
tons pertaining to school administration.
SEC. 2. 1t shall be the duty of every
president Of a school board and OF every
clerk Of a school district in the several
counties to attend the meeting of school
officers called by the county superimend-
ent of public schools for the purpose Of
considering and discussing questions per-
tanning to school administration and each
school officer attending such meeting
shall receive compensation at the rate of
me dollar and fifty cents per diem and
mileage at the rate of five cents per mile
for the number OF miles necessary t O be
travelled in going from the schoolhouse OF
his district to the place Of meeting, same
to be paid out Of the incidental fund Of
his district: ProOidea, that no allowance
shall be made for more than two days in
any school year: Pyo0ided, further, that
in case Of the inability Of either the
president Of the board or the clerk Of the
district to attend such meeting, the school
board shall appoint another member or
some other person to represent the dis
trict in place Of said president Of the
board or clerk Of the district. Upon pre-
sentation Of a certificate signed by the
county SUPERINTENDENT Of public schools,
the board shall order warrants drawn in
favor OF the school officers or other rep
resentatives Of the board who attended
said meeting in accordance with the pro-
visions Of this section.
| have asked the County Treasurer to
meet with US for the purpose Of explain.
ing the financial condition Of the various
districts. Mr.. Jones requests that any
district clerk whose record does not agree
with the statements as sent out by him to
bring his record so they can make a com.
pariscn with the county records.
! win ask the County Clerk and coun-
ty Collector 10 meet with Us for the pur.
pose Of explaining the collection and ap.
p~ortionment Of the various school funds.
This win be a new meeting. the first o