The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-05-05
District School Trustees.


District boards of school trustees
shall each be composed of three mem
bers, appointed from the residents of
the school district by the county
boards of education on or before the
third Tuesday in May, for term OF
three wears from the third Saturday
in May next succeeding their appoint
ment, and they shall hold office until
their successors qualify. Provided
| that in the first instance the county
boards of education shall each appoint
one member for the term OF one year,
one member for the term of two
years and one member for the term
of three years, from the third Satur-
day in May, 1917. Thereafter the
term of each member appointed to the
| boards shall be three years.
Census of Children.
The state board of education shall
prescribe, with and on the advice of
! the state superintendent Of schools,
the rules and regulations for taking
biennial school census of all chill
dren within the State between six
and eighteen years of age, inclusive;
also the forms and blanks to be en-
ployed in taking such census and in
compiling the reports thereon.
New Offices and Duties.
The state department of education
shall hereafter be provided with the
following professional assistants.
Such professional assistants as are
dent of schools, who shall represent
shall take effect shall be eligible for
reappointment to the positions which
they now hold:
/ ~ An assistant state Superlnten-
dent of schools, who shall represent
the state superintendent of schools in
his absence, shall have charge of the
department. the correspondence, pub
Ilications. records, reports. and educa-
tional and financial statistics; shall
audit the accounts of the county
boards of education, and shall per
form such other duties as may be as
signed to him by the state superin-
tendent of schools
/ (2) supervisor of rural schools,
who shall have supervision OF state
aided high schools, shall aid the in
structors in all other schools above
the seventh grade, and shall perform
such other duties as may be assigned
to him by the state superintendent Of
schools.
t3) A supervisor of rural schools,
who shall devote his energies to help
ing teachers, SuperintendentS and in
teresteG citizens to formulate a pro-
gram of rural education adapted to
the specific and general needs of the
State and who shall perform such
other duties as may be assigned TO
him by the state superintendent Of
schools.
t4l A white supervisor of colOred
schools, who shall have supervision
of all colOred schools. and shall per-
form such other duties as may be as
signed to him by the state superinten-
dent of schools.
t5J And such other clerical and
professional assistants and agents as
may be authorized by the state board
of education within the limits of the
appropriation for State department Of
education.
/ New Name for the School Commits
SiOnerS.
The county board of education shall
hold an annual meeting each year on
tie second Tuesday in May, or as
near as possible thereto in May. At
this meeting the board shall elect one
Of its members to serve as president
and one to serve as Tice-president
Other regular meetings shall be held
al least once in each school term,
and such special meetings may be
held as the duties and business of the
board may require. The members of
the county boards of education shall
receive no salary, but each member
shall receive the sum of one hundred
dollars annually for travelling and
other expenses incident to attending
the meetings and transacting the
business of the board within the
county.
Duties of Superintendent.
The county superintendent Of
schools shall be the executive officer,
the secretary and treasurer of the
county board of education. He shall
attend all meetings of the board and
OF its committees. except when his
own tenure, salary, or the admins
tration of his office are under cOnsid
Grafton, and shall have the right to
advise on any question under consid-
Grafton, but shall have no right to
vote.
The County superintendent OF Schools
Appointments.
The county board of education Of
each county shall appoint during the
month of May superintendent of
schools for term Of four years, from
the first day of August next succeed
ing his appointment, and he shall
hold office until his successor quail
fies. No person shall be eligible for
appointment to the Office of county
superintendent Of schools who does
not hold from the state superintend-
ent of schools a certificate i'm admin
istration and supervision as provided
for in section IS OF this article, nor
shall the appointment of any person
'by the county board of education to