Shall vote no extra allowance. When salaries commence. Take effect when. SEC. 14. Neither the Senate or House of Representatives shall be authorized to vote any extra allowance to its officers. SEC. 15. The salaries of the present State officers, justices of the supreme court and judges of the district court elect shall commence on the first Monday of January, 1861, and the salaries of the State officers, provided for in this act, hereafter elected or appointed, shall commence from the time they are qualified and enter upon the discharge of their duties. SEC. 16. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its publication. Approved May 20, 1861. Education under the supervision perintendent. Take oath. CHAPTER LXXVI. AN ACT for the Regulation and Support of Common Schools. ·Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas : SECTION 1. The educational interests of the State shall be of the State Su- under the supervision and management of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. He shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, to support the Constitution of the United States and of the State of Kansas, and faithfully to discharge the duties of his office, which oath or affirmation shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. Oath filed. Have general su- ty. SEC. 2. He shall have a general supervision over the common schools of the State. It shall be his duty to visit each county in the State, at least once in each year, for the purpose of awakening an interest in the cause of education throughout the State. Preserve official He shall file, and carefully preserve in his office, the official reports made to him by the County Superintendents of the several counties, trustees or directors of academies, graded schools or colleges. reports. Recommend text books. ence. SEC. 3. It shall be his duty to recommend the most approved Open correspond- text books for the common schools of the State, and to open such correspondence as may enable him to obtain all necessary information relating to the system of common schools in other States. SEC. 4. He shall prepare, for the use of common school offi forms to be print ed. cers, suitable forms for making reports and conducting all neces- Prepare suitable sary proceedings, and he shall cause the laws relating to common ed and distributschools, with the forms aforesaid, and such instructions as he may deem necessary, to be printed in pamphlet form, and he shall cause the same to be distributed to the common school officers of the State. money. SEC. 5. He shall, on the first Monday of February in each Apportion school year, apportion among the several counties of the State, according to the number of children in each, over the age of five and under the age of twenty-one years, the amount of school money in the treasury for the support of common schools the current year, and he shall certify such apportionment to the State Treas- Certify apporHe shall, also, certify to the Treasurer and County Super- whom. intendent of each county, the amount apportioned to their county, and he shall draw his orders on the State Treasurer, in favor of shall draw his the county treasurer of each county, for the amount apportioned to said county. urer. tionment to order. SEC. 6. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall Have an office. have an office at the Seat of Government, where shall be kept all books and papers appertaining to the business of his office. Copies of all papers filed in his office, and his official acts, may official acts cerbe certified by him, and, when so certified, shall be evidence, Evidence. equally and in like manner as the papers. tified.. contain what. SEC. 7. He shall prepare, in each year, a report, to be submit- Yearly report ted to the Legislature, bearing date on the last day of December, containing First, A statement of the number of common schools in the State, the number of scholars attending the same, their sex, and the branches taught; a statement of the number of private or select schools in the State, so far as the same can be ascertained, and the number of scholars attending the same, their sex, and the branches taught; a statement of the number of normal schools in the State, and the number of students attending them; the number of academies and colleges in the State, and the number of students, and their sex, attending them, and such other matters of interest as he may deem expedient, drawn from the reports of the county superintendents of the several counties in the State, and from other reports received on the subject of education, from trustees or other school boards within the State. Second, A statement of the condition of the common school funds of the State, including moneys, school lands or other property held in trust by the State, for the support of common schools. Third, Estimates and accounts of the receipts and expenditures for the current year. Fourth, A statement of plans Discharge other duties. Deliver to his successor. County Sup't have charge of school interest of county. Take oath. Oath filed with county clerk. Divide county into districts. Number school Apportion money. Draw order. Visit schools. for the management and improvement of common schools, and such other information relating to the educational interests of the State as he may deem important. SEC. 8. He shall discharge such other duties as may be provided by law, and he shall deliver to his successor, within ten days after the expiration of his term of office, all books, papers, documents and other property belonging to the office. ARTICLE II. DUTIES OF COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT. SEO. 1. The County Superintendent of Public Instruction shall have charge of the common school interests of the county. He shall, before he enters upon the discharge of the duties of his office, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, to support the Constitution of the United States and of the State of Kansas, and faithfully to discharge the duties of his office, which oath or affirmation shall be filed in the office of the county clerk. SEC. 2. It shall be his duty to divide the county into a convenient number of districts, and to alter the same when the interests of the inhabitants of the several districts may require it; and, if any county shall have been imperfectly or partly districted, he shall proceed, as soon as practicable, to complete and perfect the districting of said county, and he shall describe and number the school districts of the county, and file the papers, containing such description, in his office. SEC. 3. On the second Monday of March in each year, or as soon thereafter as he shall receive the certificate of the State Superintendent, certifying the amount apportioned to his county for the use of common schools for the current year, he shall apportion such amount to the several districts or parts of districts within the county, in proportion to the number of children residing in each, over the age of five and under the age of twenty-one years, as the same shall appear from the last annual reports of the clerks of the respective districts, and he shall draw his order on the county treasurer, in favor of the several district treasurers, for the amount apportioned to each district; Provided, No district shall be entitled to receive any portion of the common school fund in which a common school has not been taught at least three months during the year. SEC. 4. He shall visit each school in the county, at least once each term, for the purpose of examining into the condition of the school, of ascertaining the text books used, and of giving such in reference to the course of advice as he may deem proper, reperts are made correctly. SEC. 5. He shall see that the annual reports of the clerks of See that annual the several school districts in his county are made correctly, and in due time. ers. SEC. 6. He shall examine, annually, all persons offering them- Examine teachselves as teachers of common schools in his county, in regard to moral character, learning, and ability to teach school, and he shall give to each person examined and found qualified to teach, Give a certificate. a certificate, signed by him, officially; and, any person receiving such certificate, shall be deemed a qualified teacher, within the meaning of this act. trict. given of SEC. 7. Whenever a school district shall be formed in any Notice of discounty, the County Superintendent of Public Instruction of such county shall, within fifteen days thereafter, prepare a notice of the formation of such district, describing its boundaries, and stating the number thereof, and appointing a time and place for the first district meeting. He shall cause the notice thus prepared, to be posted in at least five public places in the district, Notice posted. at least ten days before the time appointed for such meeting. Sup'ta report. SEC. 8. He shall, between the first and twentieth days cf No- Transmit to State vember of each year, make and transmit in writing, to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, a report, bearing date on the first day of November of each year, containing a statement of the number of school districts or parts of districts in the county, and the number of children and their sex, resident in each, over the age of five and under the age of twenty-one years; a statement of the number of district schools in the county, the length of time a school has been taught in each, the number of scholars attending the same, their sex, the branches taught, and the text books used; the number of teachers employed in the same, and their sex; a statement of the number of private or select schools in the county, so far as the same can be ascertained, and the number of scholars attending the same; the number of teachers employed in the same, their sex and the branches taught; a statement of the number of graded schools in the county, the length of time school has been taught in each, and the number of scholars attending the same, their sex and the branches taught, the number of teachers employed in the same, and their sex; a statement of the condition of the normal school, where such school shall be established, the number of students attending the same, their sex, and the number of teachers employed in the same, and their sex; a statement of the number of academies and colleges in the county, and the number of students attending the same, and their sex, the number of teachers employed in each, and their sex; a statement of the amount of pubne money received in each district or parts of districts, and what portion of the same, if any, has been appropriated to the support of graded schools; a statement of the amount of money raised in each district by tax, and paid for teachers' wages, in addition to the public money paid therefor; the amount of money raised by tax, or otherwise, for the purpose of purchasing school site. for building, hiring, purchasing, repairing, furnishing or insuring such school house, or for any other purpose allowed by law trict or parts of districts, and such other informa State Superintendent of Public Instruction may requ.. SEC. 9. He shall discharge such other duties as ma Deliver to succes- scribed by law, and he shall deliver to his successor, days after the expiration of his term of office, all the books and papers appertaining to his office. Discharge duties prescribed by law. sor books and pa pers. Vacancy, county commissioners appoint. he dis as the be pre in ten SEC. 10. If a vacancy occurs in the office of County Superintendent of Public Instruction, by death, resignation or otherwise, notice thereof shall be given by the county clerk to the board of county commissioners, who shall, as soon as practicable, appoint some suitable person to fill the vacancy, and the person receiving Person appointed such appointment shall, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of the office, file his oath or affirmation in the county clerk's office, as hereinbefore provided, and he shall discharge all the duties of the office of County Superintendent of Public Instruction, until a successor is elected and qualified. take an oath. Oath filed. Have power to appoint chairman cers. ARTICLE III. SCHOOL DISTRICTS. Го ence of SEC. 1. The inhabitants, qualified to vote at a school district and choose off-meeting, lawfully assembled, shall have power: Firs lo appoint a chairman to preside over said meeting, in the a the director. Second, To adjourn from time to time. Third, To choose a director, clerk and treasurer, who shall possess the qualifications of voters, as prescribed in the next section of this act, at the first and each annual meeting thereafter. Fourth, To designate, by vote, a site for a district school house Fifth, To vote a tax annually, not exceeding one half of one per cent., on the taxable property in the district, as the meeting shall deem sufficient, to purchase or lease a site; Provided, When not inShall not contain cluded within the limits of an incorporated town or village, said site shall not contain less than one acre, and to build, he or pur Site for school house. Yote a tax. less than one acre, when, |