Year: 1872

THE SCHOOL LAW.


ACT ESTABLIsHING A COMMON SCHOOL


SYSTEM FOR THE TERRITORY OF
WASHINGTON.


| CHAPTER I.


SEC. I. BE ii enacted BY the Legis.
lattice assembly Of the. Territory of


Washington, That the Legislature
shall in Joint Convention, during
its present session, and every two
years hereafter, elect a Territorial
Superintendent of common schools,
who shall hold his office for two
years, and until his successor is duly
elected and qualified.


Sec. 2. 1t shall be the duty of said
Territorial Superintendent to dis
sen,inate Intelligence in relation to
the value and method of education.


Sec. 3. lie may examine all who
apply to him for certificates to teach
school, and his certificate shall be
valid in the whole Territory, and he
shall be entitled to receive the same
fees for certificates as County Su-
perintendents. lie may call a teach
er's convention at such time and
place as lie shall deem conducive to
the educational interests of the Ter
ritory. lie shall prepare and for
ward to County Superintendents
printed blanks designating the ques-
tions he desires answered, on or be-
fore October first of each year.
Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty of all
the County Superintendent of
schools to forward to the Territorial
Superintendent copy of their annu-
al report forthwith, aud they shall
also state what school books would
give. most general satisfaction III
their respective counties.


SEC. 5. 1t shall he the duty of the
Territorial Superintendent to make
out report, from the reports of the
County Superintendent and any
other means of information he may
have, of the condition of the schools
in the Territory, and shall state what
school books seem to be most popular in
the Territory. He shall also recommend
some series Of school books to be intro.
duced throughout the Territory, and he
may make any suggestions he may think
best for the promotion of education. lie
shall publish his Territorial report in some
leading newspaper Of the Territory, with
request that other papers copy.


SEC. q. lie shall make report to the
Legislature at its next regular session,
and every regular session thereafter, with.
in ten days after converting, embodyiug all
the information mentioned in Section 5,
aud any other information and recon-.
incubation he deems advisable.


SEC. I. The Territorial Superintendent
shall receive as salary, out Of the Terri
torial Treasury $4,000 three hundred dol.
lars annually, which shall include Office
rent, stationery, printing, and all other
incidental expenses of his Office; aud the
Territorial Auditor shall issue an order for
said amount, which shall be paid by the
Treasurer out of any funds not otherwise
appropriated.


SEC. 8. The Territorial Superintendent
shall qualify, within sixty days, after no.
ticc of his election, by filing in the office of
the Secretary Of tho Territory an oath that
he will faithfully discharge the duties of
the Office according to the best of his
ability. Whcreupon, the Governor shall
issue to him a commission the same as to
other Territorial officers. And in case of
vacancy from any cause, the Governor NAV
appoint to fill tho vacancy until the meet
ing Of the next Legislature.


CHAPTER II.


SEC. l. That the principal of all moueys
accruing to this Territory from tho sale of
any lands heretofore given, or which NAV
hereafter be given by the Congress of the
United States for school purposes shall con.
stitutc an irreducible fund, the interest &C.
cruing from which shall be annually di.
vided among all the school districts in the
Territory proportionally to the number of
children or youth in each, between the
ages Of four aud twenty-onc years, for the
support OF common schools in said district
and for no other use or purpose whatever.


SEC. 2. For the purpose of establish.
ing and maintaining common schools. it
shall be the duty of the County Commis
siouers Of each county to levy an annual
tax of four mills on a dollar, on all taxable
property of the county as shown by the as.
sessment rolls made by the County As.
SCISSOR for the same year, and to include
the same in their warrant to the collector
and the said collector shall proceed to
collect the said tax in the same manner MS
other county tax is collected, and the said
money SO collected shall be paid over to
the County Treasurer, to ho appropriated
for the hire Of school teachers in the sew.
eral school districts, to be drawn 10 the
manner hereinafter prescribed; neither
shall it be lawful for any County Treasurer
to receive county orders in payment for
county school tax, nor to pay out any
school money on county orders.


SEC. y. For the further support of com.