The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-30
LAW PROPOSED
TO CHANGE THE
SCHOOL BOARD
WHEN THE LEGISLATURE CON-
vENEs ONE MEASURE WILL BE
INTRODUCED PROVIDING FOR
THE ELECTION AND oRGANIzA-
TON OF BOARDS.

Tallahassee. March ga promi-
nent gentleman of Tallahassee, who Is
very much interested in the welfare cf
the public schools of the state, will
have presented to the coming legisla-
ture the following BILL on which criti-
cisnl by the public is invited:
A bill to be entitled an act providing
for the organization and election OF
county boards of public instruction
and fixing their compensation.
Be it enacted by the legislature of
the state of Florida.
Section I. County boards of public
instruction shall consist of five MEM
bers. four of whom shall be elected
as hereinafter provided, the other
member shall be the county superin-
tendent of public instruction, who shall
be the county superintendent of public
instruction, who shall be member ex-
offcio and have the right OF a vote on
all questions except upon questions fix
ing his own compensation. No two of
the elected members of any county
board OF public instruction may be
women.
Section g. At the general election in
A. d. 1914, there shall be elected in
each county in this state a county
board OF public instruction consisting
of four members, the terms of ONCE or
the two members elected in and for
school board district numbered one
and three shall be for four years, the
terms of Office of the two members
elected in and for school board district
numbered two and four shall be for
two years. their successors at the ex-
piration of their terms of two years
shall be elected for four years. There
after the term of Office OF all members
OF county boards of public instruction
shall be four years, one half being
elected at the recurring general cleo
tons held every two years. The term
of off1c OF every member of a county
board OF public instruction shall begin
on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in January after election and
terminate upon the qualification of his
or her successor four years thereafter,
except the terms of those members
elected from even Numbered districts in
A. D. 1914. which shall terminate on the
first Tuesday after first Monday in
January A. d. 1917.
Section 3. At the first meeting in
January 1914. the county board of pub
lie instruction of each county in the
state shall subdivide their respective
counties into four school board dis
tricts so as to place in each school
board district the same number of
qualified electors, as nearly as practl-
cable the dividing line of said school
board districts being so designated as
to place each election district or ward
wholly within one or another of said
school board districts.
The said county boards of public in
struction shall at their meeting in
January A. d. 1914. file in the office of
the clerk of the circuit court OF their
respective counties a certificate of
their said action, containing a descrip-
ton of each school obard district by
number and the names and number of
the election district or districts or
wards comprising each school board
district: which description of school
board districts shall be recorded by
the clerk OF the circuit court in book
OF public record, and said clerk shall
publish the same In a newspaper pub
llshed within the county: but IL there
is no newspaper published within the
county, then the clerk of the circuit
court shall post the same at the county
court house for four weeks thereafter.
county board of public instruction
may change the boundaries OF a school
board district only in January of the
year of a general election, but such
change shall be certified to and record
ed in the Office of the clerk of the