Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-22

year and until his successor shall be
chosen and shall have qualified. A ma
jority Of the board shall constitute q
quorum. The clerk for the county sup
erintendent whose appointment Is herein
after provided shall be ex officio secretary
of the board, but in case no such clerk Is
serving then the county board OF educa-
ton shall elect one of it's members sec
rotary.
Section 1923 The regular meetings Of
| the county board Of education shall be
held on the first Tuesday in May and on
the last Friday in October of each year
Special meetings shall be called by the
secretary upon the order Of the piesl-
dent or upon the order Of any two othef
members of the board by giving at least
six days written notice by mail OF the
time and place of such meeting to each
member of the board and to the county
superintendent Of schools. All meetings
. shall be held at the county seat, except
of all the members Of the board
meetings may be held elsewhere
in the county. All members or
the county board Of education shall be
age as provided in section 696 of the
statutes for members Of the county board
OF supervisors; but no member or salo
board shall receive compensation for ms
services as member of such board Tor
more than fifteen days in any one year.
provided the limitation Of the number or
days for which the members ofsthe county
board of education may receive kcompen-
sation shall not include the number or
days necessarily spent in performing the
duties as outlined in subdivision CD or
section 702-10
Section 1920 The powers and duties
of the said board Of education shall be as
follows
Cd The county board of education may
appoint at least one assistant superin-
tendent from a list Of three persons sub
mitted by the county superintendent in
all cases where there are more than one
hundred schools in the county board OF
education district The qualifications OF
such assistant superintendent shall De
the same as is now required by law OF
county Superln tendentS; the term OF OF
flee shall be two years, and the compen-
Sation of said assistant superintendent
shall be fixed by the county board OF edu-
cation Any person appointed as assist
ant county superintendent of schools shall
have power to perform, under the direc-
ton and supervision of the county super
intendent of schools. all Of the duties
now imposed by law on the county super
intendent except licensing teachers and
annulling certificates. Said assistant
superintendent shall be subject to re-
mOval by the board.
ca The county board Of education up
on the nomination Of the county super
to removal by the board, for the county
superintendent of schools. fix his salary,
and define his powers and duties.
60 The county board of educa ton
shall have full power and authority to
form, organize, alter or consolidate
school districts, and shall be vested ex-
clusively with all the power and authority
now exercised by town boards, village
boards of trustees and city councils, in
the formation and organization of dis
tricts, and in the consolidation and altera-
ton Of them, with the right Of appeal by
any person aggrieved thereby to the state
superintendent from its decision as now
provided by law. In case it becomes ne
cessary to organize alter, Or consolidate
school districts affecting cities under city
superintendent or adjoining county or
counties over which the county superin-
tendent shall have no jurisdiction, then
and in that case the city council, or coun-
ty board of education of such adjoining
county or counties, shall have voice and
vote in such organization, alteration or
consolidation, as is now provided by law
for the formation Of joint school districts.
The said county board of education in ex-
ercisng it's authority as granted in this
section shall follow the procedure as now
provided in the law for the organization,
alteration or consolidation of school dis
tricts. The county board of education
shall have discretionary power to author
ize parents or guardians living nearer to
a school in an adjoining district, to send
their children to the nearer school. In
such cases it shall be the duty of the
school board of the district in which the
parents or guardians Of the children live
to pay the district where the children at
tend tuition at the rate not to exceed
the maximum fixed by law.
ca The county board of education may
appoint, upon the nomination of the
county Superint endent, a board or exam
liners, not to exceed five persons for the
common school diplomas, prescribe Its
duties. fix the compensation Of it's mem7
bers as hereinafter provided, and may
limit the number Of days in any year for
which any member Of said board of exam
iners may receive compensation.
(5) Each member of the county board
of education shall devote not less than
two days in each year to visiting and in
specting rural schools, but no member
shall receive a per diem for more than
five days of such visitation and Inspec-
ton. Each member shall attend at least
one of the annual meetings Of the school
board conventions of the county.
CO. The county board of education
SHALL on or before August 18th, make and
transmit to the state superintendent or
public instruction an annual report dated
June 80 of each year showing such facts
regarding the business and educational
administration of the schools within the
county board Of education district as he
shall require.
Cd The county superintendent and his
assistants shall make such reports to the
county board of education as 1t may deem
necessary.
80 1t shall be the duty of the county
superintendent to attend the meetings,
unless excused by the board, and to act
as an advisory member Of such board.
Said superintendent when in attendance
at such meetings shall have all the priv
| ileges of members of the board excepting
the right to vote.
(9) The county board of education
shall fix the salary of the county super
intendent of schools, but in no case shall
| it be less than one thousand dollars, ex-
Guiding travelling expenses and expenses
for printing, postage, and stationery.
Q0) The county board of education
ig hereby authorized to- exercise all the
! powers and privileges conferred by law
upon the county training school board
by sections 411-1 to 411-11, inclusive, of
the statutes, and upon the county schoog
board by sections 553c to 553m, inclusive,
Of the statutes If the county board of
supervisors shall so determine.
OD At the regular meetings in May
and October the county board Of educa-
ton shall audit and allow the county sup
erintendent and his assistant or assist
ants travelling expenses, and expenses of
postage, printing and office supplies, as
shall be incurred In the discharge of their
duties, but the county board of education
shall have power to limit annually or
semi annually the amount that shall be
expended for such purposes; and at such
meetings shall audit and allow to the
members Of the board of examiners for
common school diplomas. If such have