Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-22
IN F OR NJ ALTON
ON new SCHOOL
LAW MISLEADING
Pamphlets Sent Out Calling
Attention to Measure Which
Does Not Go Into e.
feet Until July 10.

- Lincoln. June 2l.-State Superin
tendent J. H. Clemmons is won
dering what is going to happen next
Ever since he has been in Office
certain interests connected witt
education have been making the
shedding for the superintendent
rather rough in places, and now II
appears that they have again come
TO the front and have been sending
out instruction relative to the work
of the new redistricting school
district law, with the result that
certain counties have taken action
before the bill has gone. into effect
A letter received from the county
superintendent of a western county
encloses a folder being sent GU,
which the superintendent says was
forwarded her by Mr.. Fowler
connected with a local publishing
firm of educational works which,
sets out what counties must do to
carry out the law.
Information Misleading.
The state superintendent points
out that the information is mislead-
ing i'll that it pretends to quote the
law as follows
Before August 8 the county board
shall appoint committee, ETC." and
Before August IS the county clerk
shall certify to the state superir-
tendent etc" and again Before
August Is the state superintendent
shall call conference Of the county
committees, etc"
The state superintendent calls at
tention to the fact that under these
pamphlets of instructions sent out,
counties have already, in some IN
stances, appointed the committees,
while the law has not yet gone into
effect and will not go into effect un-
{ til July 10. He wants to know why
all this haste on the part of the book
g.. concern or at least the parties own
ing the book publishing company.
Section of Law.
The new law relative to the matter
recds:
Section 2. Within twenty GEO day.
10 board Of each county Of the state shall
meet and appoint two school electors
from said county. and the county clerk
shall certify the same to the county and
sat- rirt and nf0 with ir ft1rA
days; and such two persons together with
the county superintendent, shall consti.
tute, a committee Of three to make sur.
veys and investigation as will determine
Z an equitable Adjustment. of the bound
= aries of districts for high and con.
= solidated school of all such territory OF
said county. Such two persons, shall hold
their appointment. At the end of theil
terms the county board may again ap.
point two persons to serve for the same
term. The county board shall fill al
i vacancies Within thirty (3O) days after
this act becomes law, the state superfn
Z tendent shall call state conference OF
S all said committees for the discussion OF
(. the principles to be followed in the ad.
r justment of school boundaries and locat
ing school house Sites Each member Of
said committee shall attend said state
& conference If possible. and his necessary
Z travelling and hotel expenses shall be pait
i by the county he represents Within ter
UO) days after the adjournment of sale
E shall meet in the office of the county
superintendent and proceed to plat ant
establish the school house site and bound
airy lines Of the proposed districts within
the county.
What is Object?
The question which is botherine
the state superintendent is just why
certain interests should send out {
pamphlet which lead the counties tc
/ believe that action can be taken any
time before a certain date, when the
I law :tself states that within q
days" after the act goes into effec
such action shall be taken. HI
wants to know what they expect to
gain by taking upon themselves thu
organizat ton of these counties before
the law goes into effect, instead o
waiting until the state superintend
emit shall organize them under thu
{ new law.
It is pointed out that these are thu
same interests which fought Stat
Superintendent A. o. Thomas so bit
terly before and after he becam,
state superintendent and which wer'
behind the present state superintend
ent when he defeated Mr.. Thoma
, for reelection.
The question now hobs up ant
will have to be solved: Must TIL
counties which have already organ
lied under the propaganda sent on
by Mr.. Fowler. have to reorganiz
after the law goes into effect.
State Superintendent Clemmon
has taken the matter up with til
attorney general who holds tina
counties already organized will hav
8. to do it over again as present ap
nointrnents are illegal