Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-01-14
EVERY COUNTY TO HAVE
BOARD OF EDUCATION
To Be Elected at the Annual
April Election
viii Consist of Five Members Who Are
Given Far-Reaching Powers
in School Matters

An important law known as Chap
ter No, 751, passed at the 1913 SEES
sion of the Wisconsin legislature,
which we believe is not generally
known of by the public, but which
is of considerable Importance to all,
is that which provides for a County
Board of Education for each county
in the state, the members of which
are to be elected at the annual spring
election. to be held on the first Tues
day of April this year. The powers
of this County Board of Education
are many and far reaching and we
have not time nor space to go into
it in detail at this time but will
briefly review herewith the princi-
pal features of the law, and take it
up more fully at later date. The
law was published IN full IN the law
supplement sent out by the Herald
to it's subscribers last fall, but owing
to the vOluminOus character of that
publication, which made 62 pages
of newspaper size, set in very small
type, it is doubtful if one person in
one hundred ever read or perhaps
ever knew that there was such a
law.
Briefly it provides that at the first
meeting of such County Board of
Education following its election, the
members thereof shall cast lots to
see which one shall serve tor a term
of one year; which one for two years;
which one for three years; which
one for four years; which one for
Ave years
The candidates for election as
members of this board shall be nom
mated as provided in section 80 of
the statutes, which is the same
method employed in the nomination
of candidates for other county offices,
The district for which such a board
IS elected comprises the entire
county, Including all towns, villages,
and cities therein, and every person
residing within the county who is
qualified to vote at elections per-
tanning to school matters shall be
qualified as electors for members of
the County Board of Education.
This means that women can vote.
The board shall meet at the county
seat on the first Tuesday in May
and organize by electing one of its
members president, and the clerk
for the county superintendent shall
be, ex-Omci0, secretary of the board.
All meetings. shall be held at the
county seat except by unanimous
consent of all members of the board
meetings may be held elsewhere.
All mem bers of the board shall be
allowed and paid the same per diem
and mileage as that paid to all mem
bers of the county board of super
visOrs, but no member shall receive
compensation tor his services for
more than Is days in each year.
AS TO the powers of this County
Board of Education, it may appoint
at least one assistant County Super
intendent, who shall be subject to
removal by the board; it may ap
point clerk for the county super
1ntendent, fix his salary, define his
powers and duties, and have the
authority to remove him for cause.
The board shalt be vested eXclus.
lively with all the power and author
ity now exercised by town boards,
village boards of trustees and city
councils in the formation and organ
1Zatlon of school districts. and in the
consolidation and alteration of them
1t shall have discretionary power to
authorize parents or guardians liv-
ing nearer to a school in an adj lin
ing district to send their children to
the nearer. 1t may appoint board
of examiners, not TO exceed five
persons, for the common school
diplomas, prescribe its duties, fix its
cOmpensations, ETC. 1t shall devote
not less than two days, nor more
than five days each year to visiting
and inspecting rural schools. 1t
shall make an annual report TO the
state superintendent of schools each
year.
The board will have the power to
fix the salary of the County Super
intendent of schools. audit and allow
his bills for travelling expenses, post
age, printing, office supplies, etc,
and have power to limit annually or
semi-annually the amount that shall
be expended for such purposes, and
finally shall report to the county
board In November the amount of
money which will be necessary for
carrying out the provisions of the
law under which the County Board