Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-10-19


OF. state OF Mis-
souri,. to the best Of my ability. accord
ing to law, so help.me Cod" Said board
shall then organize by electing n Of it's
members president. The county super
i%ntendent OF schools shall be the secre-
tary and executive officer OF the board.
The count treasurer shall be the treas
urer Of the county board of education.
The county board Of education shalI keep
an official seal with which to attest its
official acts.
Sec. IA. The county board OF education
shall meet at least four times a year and
oftener, II necessary, upon call Of the
president of the board or Of any four
members. The -four regular meetings OF
the board shall be held at the county
seat on the last Saturday of February,
May, August, and November. -Four mem
bers shall constitute a quorum for trans
action OF business. n one or more va
cancies occur in the membership of the
county board of education by death, res
ignation, refusal to serve, repeated neg
lect of duty, removal from the township
where elected or from the county school
district, or for n reason, the remain
ing members shall, before transacting any
official business, appoint one or more suit
able persons to fill such vacancies until
the next annual school election. In the
event that the entire board should be-
come disqualified for any of the reasons
hereinbefore stated. the county court shall
within thirty lays appoint successors
thereto, whit shall serve until the next
annual election. At the annual meeting
on the last Saturday in May. the board
shall reorganize and the newly elected
members shall take the oath as prescribed
in section Is of this act.
Sec. is. The members Of the county
| board Of education qhaU racaiya fnr thar
services on this board a per diem allow
ance of not exceeding five dollars for each
day. Said per diem allowance shall not
exceed fifteen days actual service in any
calendar year, and also a mileage allow
ance of ten cents per mile, each way for
each mile travelled from the residence of
the board member to the place OF meeting
of the county board. Said expenses shall
be paid from the incidental fund Of the
county chool district; provided, however,
that prior to July /. 1922, the compensa-
ton and travelling expenses of the county
board of education and all other expenses
incurred by said county board in the
transaction of it's official business shall
be paid by the county court from the gen.
eral revenue fund of the county and,
within six months after July l, 1922, the
county board of education shall, out of the
incidental fund of the county school dis
trict, reimburse the county court for all
moneys paid out under the provisions OF
this section.
Sec. 16. The county board OF education
shall have power n 1t shall be its
duty
First: To appoint a county superin-
tendent Of schools for a term not to ex-
coed four years. Said superintendent
shall be not less than twenty-four years
of age, a legally qualified teacher, a citi.
yan Of tho TIpital Cfofac aOd shall haUe
taught or supervised schools as his CHIEF
work during at least two years. TIL
minimum salary of the county superin.
tendent shall be determined as provided
in section 1852 and section 1883, Revised
Statutes Of Missouri, 1919; provided, thai
the county superintendent now serving II
the various counties shall receive a salary
not less h that now paid, and thai
they shall continue to serve until the ex'
~piration Of the time for which they wert
elected, or until their successors are
elected and qualified, and shall be eligible
to r~eappointment under this act. The
county superintendent of schools may bt
discharged by the sale county board upor
charges preferred in writing for violation
of contract, inefficiency OF other jus
cause; provided, not fewer han foul
members Of the county board OF educa,
n vote In favor of such discharge. TIL,
county board shall provide for all office
and travelling expenses of the county SUI
, p~erintendent and his assistants, and pre-
scribe such duties as they deem necessar,
in addition to those prescribed by article
Q, chapter 1902. Revised Statutes Of Mis-
souri,. 1919; provided further, that thu
board may supplement the salary of thu
county superintendent from the teachers
a fund.
i Second: To contract with the teacher,
Cf fhn rAonanfSIya 1ana1 1fofriofo .apd a,
) salaries in accordance with a prescribed
8 published classified salary schedule whicl
I shall be determined on the basis of Ia
] academic scholarship, (b) professional
[ training, (c) successful experience IL
{ teaching. For the purpose of determin
ing salaries. the county superintendent
of schools, with the approval of tn
county board Of education, shall ~classif,
E the teachers according to a salary sched
, ule previously adopted by the count,
board of education. Provided. that tn,
directors of each local district shall Sc
, lect their w teacher or teachers from al
+ eligible list furnished by the county su
perintendent of schools.
Third: To elect, on nomination of tn
county superintendent. Of schools, sucl
: assistants, supervisors, attendance Off
GERS and other employees of the count,
. district as in the Judgment of the count,
DOdTu Wdy DC necessary LOT the eILlCleIl
: administration of the school system, pre-
: scribe their duties and Ak their compen
? sation. The state superintendent Of publ
7 schools is hereby given full authority t
, prescribe the academic and professions
. standards of preparation for county su
= perintendents of schools. their assistant
y and supervisors.
Fourth: To have supervisory powe
over the care and keeping OF all schoc
property situated within the county schoC
8 district; to cooperate and advise wit
: the board of directors of the local district
d and the county officers having to do wit
t the administration Of the schools.
! Fifth: To change boundary lines {
. local school districts whenever in its judg
. ment 1t becomes necessary; to combin
. two or more local board school district
when needed for elementary or hig
! school purposes.
Sixth: To establish, govern, and main
q tain such high schools as said board ma
q deem necessary. The board hall hay
r power to rent or lease any suitable build
: ing for high school or elementary scho,
il purposes where needed and pay for til
same out Of the incidental fund Of til
4 county school district; to sell all scho
n property no longer used or needed fl
"a school purposes and place the money n
Il sulting from such sale to the credit
" the building fund of the county scho
il district; to purchase sites; to conderr
10 sites as now provided by Law In cenden