Class A J Book L .s% 1 1^76 COMPILATION /X^-Z. OF THK yif NOW IN FOECE, PUBLIC EDUCATION, By THOMAS ^V- CONWAY, SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBT.IO EDUCATION. As this lite is a preparation for eternity, so is ediicatiou a preparatiou for this lif*!, aiul tliat education alone is valuable that answers these great primary object?). — Bishop Shon'. NEW OELEANS: PRINTED AT THE OFFICE OF THE EEPUBLICAN, 9i CAMP SXIJEIil: 1870. tf» >1 u'p- >;■ 511 ' 'Of m^mntmhtniB of mttncniton. THOMAS W. CONWAY, State Superintendent of Education. DIVISION SUPEEIXTENDENTS. R. C. RICHARDSON, ----- First Division. E. S. STODDARD, ------ Second Division. R. K. DIOSSY, ------- Third Division. JAS. McCLEERY, ------ Fourth Division. R. C. WYLY, ------- Fifth Division. J. B. CARTER, ------- Sixth Division. CONTENTS OF COMPILATION. Introduction 3 Act to Kegulate Public Education — State Board of Education > 5 State Superintendent of Public Education 9 School Districts and Boards of School Directors 14 Duties of District officers — Presidents of District Boards 16 Secretaries of District Boards 16 Treasurers of District Boards 18 Qualifications and duties of Teachers 22 Of the Division Superintendents 7 School Divisions 5 Duties of Auditor of Public Accounts 22 District Ward Meetings 19 General Provisions 23 Public Schools in the city of New Orleans 30 Index to School Laws 37 From Act No. 321, of March 15, 1855 — Duty of Superintendent in regard to School Lands 45 Free School Fund 45 Duties of Parish Treasurers as to School Lands, etc 46 Duties of District Directors and Parish Treasurers as to unsold School Lands. 4{^ Disposition of proceed^ of Lands, etc 49 From Act No. 182, of March 19, 1857— Free School Fund in State Treasury 49 Act for compensation of Parish Treasurers (33 of 1859.), ..... 50 Act for collection of notes (217 of 1859) 60 Act for relief of purchasers (83 of ^1866) , , ,..,,.,.,.,, 50 ^ct exempting property of Public Schools from seizure (151 of P^5). .,,,.<,, ,. ...,,,...,...., U' vi CONTENTS OF COMPILATION. Laws Peoviding tor the Free Education of Teachers — page. Normal Department in High School (153 of 1859) 51 Act Supplementary to Act No. 153 of 1859 (155 of 1860) 53 State Seminary of Learning (131 of 186*1) 54 Free Education of Indigent Young Men — In Centenary College, Jackson, Louisiana. (116 and 271 of 1855) 55 In University of Louisiana, Ncav Orleans (320 of 1855) 56 Act for free transportation of cliildren (17 of 1868) 56 Educational buildings exempt from taxation (114 of 1869) 51 Rules and Keg^ilations for the government of Schools 58 CONTENTS OF APPENDIX. School Fund in State Treasury— ■" page. Current School Fund 69 Free School Accumulating Fund , , . . 69 State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy 70 Seminary Fund 14 University of Louisiana _. 76 Institutions of Learning generally 16 Miscellaneous appropriations for benefit of Education 77 Constitution of 1868, Title VIL— Public Education 71 United States Department of Education 79 Circular Letter by Commissioner of Education 80 Schedule of Information, etc 80 INTRODUCTION^. Special attention of all officers charged with the execution of the provisions of these laws, and all teachers and heads of families generfilly, is invited to this compilation. All existing- provisions of these laws, that are now in operation in the State, have been care- iuUy preserved in the text, and, to avoid confusion and misconception, care has been taken to exclude therefrom all sections, paragraphs and clauses of the statutes that have been modified or repealed by subsequent enactments. In this compilation appear the "Act to Kegulate Public Education in the State of Louisiana, and to raise Revenue for the support of the same," No. G of extra session of 1870, and all. antecedent acts and parts of acts not repealed thereby; to all of which ready reference can be had by consulting the accompanying Contents. In the Appendix will be found title vii. of the Constitution of 1868, relating to Public Education, on which the provisions of Act No. 6, extra session of 1870, are founded; also, a brief abstract of such provisions of the laws as relate to the creation, preservation and present condition of the respective School Funds in the State Trea- sury; a complete text of the law, as now in force, for the government of the State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy, with refer- ence to the act relative to the University of Louisiana; and a memo- randa of tlie amount appropriated by the State since 1866, for the promotion of education. The "Act (of the United States Congress) to establish a Depart- ment of Education," approved March 10, 1867, will also be found in the Appendix, with copy of circular letter issued by the Commissioner of Education, and a "Schedule of information sought respecting Systems, Institutions, and Agencies of Education." Division Superintendents will see that a copy of this pamphlet is placed in the hands of all persons above enumerated; and Secreta- ries of District Boards will make it their especial care to furnish, in their periodical reports as required by law, complete and accurate INTRODUCTION. statements of all such matters as come witliin their districts. If, in any instance, positiA^e statistics and facts cannot be obtained, esti- mated reports will be given by the Secretaries, according to their best available means of information. The cordial aid and co-operation of School Officers, Supervisors, and Teachers of Educational Institutions, and all other good citizens desirous of seeing the State of Louisiana ranked in intellectual ad- vantages, beside any of her sister commonwealths, are earnestly solicited to thus vindicate her honor and dignity. All necessary information for the promotion of this object not contained in this pamphlet, will be promptly furnished, on receipt of communications, by the Compiler. THOMAS W. CONWAY, Superintendent of Public Education. A.ISr ^.(..^T TO REGULATE PUBLIC EDUCATIOI IN PHE STy\TE OF LOUISIANA, AND TO EAISE REVENUE FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE SAME, APPROVED MARCH 16, 1870, WITH INDEX THERETO. PEEPAEED BY THOMAS W. CONWAY, SUPEBINTKNDENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. To which is appended Rules and Regulations for the Government of liif Sfhools by the State Board of Education. SPECIAL NOTICE. A copy of this pamphlet will be furnished to each raenibei* of the State Board of Education, each Division Superintendent, each Dis- trict Board of School Directors, the President or clerk of each Police Jury, to Parish Treasurers and State Tax Collectors, District Attorneys, and all other ofl&cers and citizens needing information as to the school laws, who should preserve them for reference. The Division Superintendents are especially charged with the distribution of these pamphlets throughout their respective division-^. Such persons as need copies and are not furtiished wiih the same before tlu; first day of August next, are requested to address their proper Division Superintendent, or this office, and they will be promptly supplied- THOS. W. CONWAY, State Superintendent of Public Education. New Orleans, May 15, 1870. Nil. (J. — Extra Session.] TO REdULATE PUBLIC EDUCATIOxN STATE OF LOUISIANA AND CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, AND TO RAISE A REVENUE FOR THAT rURPOSE. Section 1. Be it enacted by the, Senate and Houi^e of Rep- resentatives of the State of Louisiana, in General Assembly Board or Eduua.- convened, That the common schools of the State, and such High and Normal schools as n)a_y be established and maintained by the State, shall be under the management of a State Board of Education, whicli shalP consist of the Superintendent of Public Education aud of six membeis, to be appointed as is hereinafter provided. Sec. 2. Be if. fvrtlicr enacted, ed:.. That lor the purpose of regulating" public education in free schools, the State scuooiDmaious tihali be divided into six divisions. All that part of the l^'i^'St Congressional Distiict outsi<;lc of the city of Nev/ prleans yhall form the First Divission. All that part of phe i^econd Congressional District out'^idc of the city o[ I^ew Orleans shall farm the S<'Oon(:i I3i\isiou. 'I'Iig J'lurd, Fourth and Eil'th GQ4grc.-:5,siojial Districts bhall iorm the Third, Fourtii ai>d Fifth DiTibiona, ancf tho pity of New Orleans shall constitute the ^ixth Diviiisinii, to ha known as the Di>ision nf New Qrleans. Skc. 3. Be it farther ryuMni, dv., That immediately upon the passay-e of this act, the Governor shall, on the Nomination an^ nomination of tho State Suiicrintendent of Education, oiviMJou snp?>-i HppoJTit ]5y a?|4 Wit'^l t'lie fidyjco. ai?a oonscut of the Sen- ■ ■ - 6 salaries. .-iupermten president of board FoTvsis and 'Inties. Quorum. ate, one Division Superintendent for each of the Divisions hereinbefore named, said person to be a resident of the division for wliich he is appointed. The Division Super- intendents so appointed and chosen shall take the oath required by State nil rules and regulations passed by the State Board of EdiK';itio]i. They shall examine and certify to the qual- iticati< ms of all applicants to teach within their respective divisioijs, as hereinafter provided, unless such applicants hold a certificate of qualification from the State Superin- tendent. They shall receive and transmit all reports from the Board of School Directors to the State Super- intendent. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, etc., That the Division Superintendent shall, once in each three months, at such nuties. place as he . may desig'nate in his division, not to be a less number than one [for] each two parishes, meet all those who are desirous of passing an examination, and for the traijsactiun of all other business within his juris- diction, in some tiuitable room at the seat of justice of the parish, or ut any other place, as occasion may require, and shall notify the parish judge of the place of meeting. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, etc., That the Division Superintendent may revoke the certificate of any teacher May revoke •If 1-1 ini ■ ■ -• -t certificates. m the parish lor any reasons which would have justified the withholding- thereof when the same was given. And the Board of School Directors, upon sufficient cause shown, may dismiss any teacher from any school in the district. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, etc.. That on or befoi'e the fifth day of October in each year, he shall make a Kepoits, report to ihe State Board of Education, containing a digest of the reports to him by the Secretaries of the District Boards, and such other matters as he shall be directed to report by the said Secretary, and such as he Penalty. Further duties leaehers' Institute. Teaohers' Assopiations. himself may think pertinent and material, and esppciaUy siieh as will show the condition of the schools under his rliarge. He shall also suggest such improvements in the S3'stem as he may thinL- judic-lons. He shall also^ by the fifth day of October in eneli year, file with the Eecorder of the parish an abstract of the number of youths between the ages of six aad twenty-one years, residing in each ward and schoul disti-ict within his parish. tSlioald he fail to make either of the reports required in tLiis section, he shall forfeit to the school fund of his district the sum of tlfty ddllarn, and shall, besides, be liable for all damages caused by such neglect. Skc. 10. Be il farther enacted, etc.. That he shall at all times conform to the instructions of the State Board of Education as Irt matters within their jurisdiction. He shall serve as tfie organ of communication between the State Board of Education and the Superintend- ent of Public Education and District Board of School Directors. He shall transmit to the District Board of School Directors or teachers all blanks, circulars and other communications which are to them directed, and rshall entertain and decide all appeals taken fi-om the decisions of District Boards of School Directors. He shall organize and conduct, once in each year, for his own division, at such times as, after conference with the Superintendent of Public Education, may be desig- nated, a teachers' institute, at some central locality in the division, to which access is convenient, and where the teachers will receive the encouragement of hospi- tiility. In this work the Superintendent will be aided by a professor fi'om the Normal school, or by some practical teacher appointed by the State Superintendent. He shall also encourage and assist at teachers' associ- ations, to be convened four times each year, if practica- ble, on the last Saturday of some month in each quarter, in each parish or in several parishes united, urging the attendance of the teachers of the same, for the purpose of mutual conference and instruction in their duties. 9 He shall also report the inimber of private .sch(^ols, academies and colleges in the division; number of pnpils, ijenorts oi pvivntM schools. male and female; and all other information, in such form as the State Superintendent may prescribe, so as to pre- sent a full view of their educational facilities. He shall perform such duties and make such reports, in addition to those required in this act, as the State "Board of Education may determine. , SUPEEINTPJNDENT OF PUBLIC KDUCATION. Sec. 11. Be it fihrther enacted, etc., That an office shall be provided for the Superintendent of Public Edu- ofxice ot siijifi inteiJcUau. cation at the seat ox government, and to cost not moj"e than eij^ht hundred dollars j)er year (payable out of the public school fund on his own warrant), in which he shall file all papers, reports and jjublic documents trans- mitted to him by the Division Superintendents of the several divisions, and by boards of directors, each year separately, and hold the same in readiness to be exhib- ited to the Governor, or to a committee from either house of the General Assembly, at any time when required, and shall require to be kept a fair record of all matters pertaining to his office. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, etc., That he shall Eeportsor make a report to the General Assembly at each session ®'"'^°°' '■tiwren, thereof, which shall embrace — First — A statement of the condition of the public schools throughout the State, the number of scholars attending in the various parishes and towns bet.veen the ages of six and twenty-one years, and the condition of the public school libraries. Second — A statement of all rules and regulations adopted by the State Board, and whatever suggestions of rui^s, he may deem it expedient to offer upon the efficient working of 'this law. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, etc., That the Superin- tendent of Public Education shall appoint a secretary, secrptary of the and shall prescribe the duties of his office, not inconsis- tende'iit^^"'^ tent with this act. He shall receive for his salary the sum of three thousand dollars ($3000) per annum, pay- 10 General super- Vision. Superintendent to meet the able in monthly installments out of the public school funds, by the Treasurer of the State, upon the warrant of the Superintendent of Public Education. He will take tlie usual oath of office. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, etc., That the Superin- tendent of PubHc Education shall be charged with the general supervision of all the Division Superintendents, and all the common, high or normal schools of the State ; and he shall see that the school system is, as early as practicable, carried into effect, and put in uniform opera- tion. AVith a general view to these special duties, he Division Super- shall meet the Division Superintendents at least once in mtendents. ■*■ each year, in each division, at such time and place as lie may appoint, giving due notice of such meeting; and it is hereby made the duty of the said Division Superintend- ents to attend each meeting, the object of which shall be to acciunulate valuable facts relative to common schools, to compare views, discuss principles, and in general to listen to all communications and suggestions, and to en- ter in all discussions relative to the compensation of teach- ers, their qualifications, branches taught, method of in- struction, text books, division libraries, apparatus, and all other matters embraced in the common school system. He shall visit such schools as he may have it in his power t() do, and witness the manner in which they are conduct- ed. His traveling expenses incurred in such visit shall be 23aid by the State Treasurer out of the public school fund upon his warrant; provided, That the same shall not exceed the sum of one thousand dollars in any one year. The Su- perintendent of Public Education shall cause as many copies of this act, and all other school acts in force, with the forms, regulations and instructions herein contem- plated thereto annexed, to be from time to time printed and distributed among the Division Superintendents, as he shall deem expedient, directing the latter to distribute the same among the several school divisions of the State. He shall also prepare, and cause to be distributed to ihe several Division Superintendents, a form of certificate in blank, to be granted to teachers; also, all other blank Traveling expenses. Distribution of School docu- ments. 11 f forms necessary to be used in carrjiiig out this act and all other acts. He shall, annually, oti the first day of KeporttJthe Auditor. January, report to the Auditor of Pubhc Accounts the number of persons in each parish of the State between the ages of six and twenty --one years. He shall make a to General report to tlie General Assembly and the State Board of "'" ' Education at each session thereof, which shall embrace — ■ First A statement of the condition of the common school di-\i!=iiou(s therein, the number of schools in the statement a Schools and State, th(! number of scholars between six and twenty-one sciioiara. years of age, and also the number in each parish who liavo attended school the previous year, as returned by the several Division Superintendents, the number of books in the division libraries, and the value of all apparatus in the schools. Second — Such plans as he may have matured for the management and improvement of the common school Plana, fund, and for the better and more perfect organization and elftciency of common schools. Thh'd — All such matters and things relating to his office, and to the common schools, as he shall deem expe- dient to communicate. Fourth — He shall cause his report to be printed, and shall present five hundi*ed copies thereof to each body ou i-rinted report. or before the second day of their session, for distribution. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted, etc., That whenever reasonable assurance shall bo given by the Division Su- teacher.-;- j>erintendent of any division to the Superintendent of 1°^*^*^"^'^. Public Education, that a number of not less than thirty teachers desire to assemble for the purpose of holding a teachers' institute in said division, to remain in session for a i>eriod of not less than six working days, he shall appoint such time and place for said meeting, and such lectures as the said teachers shall suggest, and shall give due notice thereof ; and for the purpose of defraying the expenses of said institutes, there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the State treasury iKjt otherwise appropriated, a sum not exceeding fifty dollars annually, for one such institute m each diviRiori held as aforesaid, 12 which the said Sitpcriutoudent of PubHc Education shall immediately Irausinit to tlie Division Superintendent in whose diA-ision tiie institute shall be held, who shall paj' out the same as tlie institute shall direct, provided, that a like sum shall be contributed by the division. Sec. 16. Be it farther enacted, etc., That the State Board Appointment of of Education shall appoint for each incorporatad city or- town in the State, except in the city of New Orleans, a Board of School Directors of not less than three nor more than five members, who shall exercise all the powers and duties herein conferred upon District Boards of Di rectors, and shall hold theii* offices for two years, and ujitil their successors shall be duly elected and qualified according to law. Sec. 17. Be it further enacted, etc., That the board School Board of S'Ppointed for t!ie town of Algiers shall control public schools in the parish of Orleans, not within the limit of Teffersor". the city of New Orleans. There shall be a board ap- pointed for that part of the parish of Jefferson on the right bank of the Mississippi river. There shall be a board appointed for the parish of Jtflersou on the left Provision for bank. Should any part of the said territory be here- vvith New Or- after incorporated within the city of New Orleans, said board shall have control over all territory remamiug out of the hmits of New Orleans, and the board for the city of New Orleans shall control all schools within the ter- ritory thus brought within the limits of the city of New Orleans; said boards of Algiers and Jefierson shall have the powei-s and duties of, and be governed by the regu- lation hereJJi provided for District Boards of School Directors in other pai;ishes. Sec. 18. Be it further enacted, etc., That tlie State .\.ppoiuiiiiciit Board shall appoint lor each parish in the State, except . vails cares ^-^^ parishes of Orleans t\nd Jeftersou, > board c '' school directors, consisting of five or more persons, who' shall be chosen, when practicable, from the several jury wards of the parish. Sec 19. Be it further enacted, etc., That the members Term oi office, of the bofti'ds of f?chool cltrectors shall hold office for 1\vo ynars, and iinHI thpir RUcc-eRonvn are njiiioi5it('rl and <(Lialilied. The ttriu! >>( oftice oi' Llie clifector.s appointe'l undei' tins law nhnW begin ou the first day of May, 1870. after the approval oi Iho same, but they shall be appoiiii- ed and shall assume I lie dniies of their office immediatelv iipon the passage of thiH act. They shall take the oath oaaof cffics. of office, -which shall bo Hied ^Mtli the Superintendent of Public Education. Sec. 20. Bp U further enacted, dr.. That each Board of School Directors hereinbefore j Tovided for ig hereby incorporation of . . School Boards. •-Constituted a body corporate and politic m law, with powers to 8ue and be Bued. The body whall be known and styled " The Board of School Directors of the town, city or parish of ," as the case may be. The President of the Board shall be the officer upon whom citation may be served. Sec. 21. Be it furtJivr cnaded, etc., That the powers and duties of each Board of School Directors hereinbe- dutieso fore provided for, shall bo as follows: First — To elect from among their members a president, officcrr. secretary and treasurer. The treasurer shall give bonds in an amount not less than five thousand dollars, toi be approved by the parish Trsasurccr or district judge and the recorder of the parish, and a copy thereof to be forwarded to the Superintendent of Public Education, for the faithful performance of his duties under this act. Said bond may, from time to time, be increased by the order of the board or of the district judge, in proportion to the auiount of school funds in the hands of the treasurer. The board shall, from time to time, examine the accounts of the treasurer and settle ill cm. Second: — To appoint for each ward school district in their parish a board of- three district school directors. District cijrcc!-. Said district school directors shall hold their office for ^^^^ two years from the time of their appointment, and until their successors are duly plected or appointed and nualifieci 14 Schools to bs visitoci. Beport of delinquencies. Receiving and apportioEing tax. Ur-lavrs and ii-Kiilations. Kcccipts and •"CCOUUtS. r.sportt. Third — To visit aud examine the schools of the sev- eral districts of the parish, t'roiu time to time, and t^) meet and advise with the several boards of district school directors as occasion may require. Fourth — To report U) the State Board of Education, and to the Superintendent of Public Education, all defi- ciencies in the schools, oi' neglect of duty on the part of teachers, directors, division superintendents or other officers. Fifth — ^^^To recei\'c from the State tax collector all proceeds of any parish school tax levied by Ihe police jury in accordance with this law, and to apportion the same among the several ward school districts of their parish m proportion to the number of persons in their district, between the ages of six and twenty -one years. Sixth — To make such needful by-laws and regulations for their own government, not inconsistent with this law, as they may deem proper. The treasurer of the board shall receive all money on account of the board, and pay out the same on warrants signed by the president and countersigned by the secre- tar}', and he shall keep a correct account of all expenses and receipts in books provided for that purpose, which shall always be open for inspection. He shall render a monthly report to the board, and an annual report to the division superintendent, on or before the tenth day of January. Scliool district inade a body rorporatc. DUTIES OF OFFICERS OF SCHOOL BOAED. Sec 22. Be it further enacted, etc.. That each police jury or other ward that is now, or may be hereafter organized in the parishes of this State, is hereby declared a school district for all the purposes of this act. That the District Board of School Directors of each school district, which is now or may hereafter be organized in the State, is hereby made a body corporate by the name of the "Ward District of , in the parish of , and State of Louisiana,'"' and in that name may hold property, become a party to suits and contracts, and do other corporate acts. That the District Board of School PirectovB v^^M 15 hold tlieir reicular meetings on the first Saturday after greetings ot ° ° " district boards. the first Monday in April and October in each year, and may hold such special and adjourned meetings as occasion may require. Tliej shall organize by electing from their officers. own number a president, treasurer and secretary. That the duties of the directors shall be as follows: Fird — To make all contracts, purchases, payments and sales necessary to carry out any vote of the district; carrying out tii? Prodded, That before erecting any school house they ^^rt." shall consult with the Superintendent of Public Educa- tion as io the most approved plan for such building. Second — To admit pupils not belonging to the district, 4jmit,i„„ as provided for in section twenty-five of this act, to their r"pii'?- schools, ou such terms as ihej may agree upon. Third — To determine the number of schools which shall be established, and the length of time each shall be schools™^'^ taught, subject to the j) revisions of section twenty-three of this act. Fourth — To fix the site for each school house, taking gi^es of school into consideration the wants and necessities of the people ^°^^^^- of each portion of the district. Fifth — To establish graded or union schools wherever they may be necessary; and they may, as occasion re- Graded and . union scliools, quires, select a person who shall nave the general super- super-»isor. vision of the schools in their districts, subject io rules and regulations of the board. Sixth — To determine what branches shall be taught in stxiaies. the schools of their district. Seventh — To require the secretary and treasurer each to give bond to the district in such penalty, and with such Bonds oi secre- sureties as they may determine upon, conditioned for the lu-Vj.'^"' faithful performance of their duties under this act. The bond shall be filed with the president of the board, and a copy of ihe same shall be sent to the Superintendent of Public Education, and in case of breach of condition thereof, he shall bring suit thereon in the name of the district. Eighth — They shall, from time to time, examine tliC accounts of the treasurer, and make settlement with him, settlement ot and present at each regular meeting of the election a full ^'^^°''^^'^^' statement of the receipts and expenditures of the district, 10 RegulatiiiG schools. Quorum. Uniform text books. and all matters delegated to them to pei-form, and all such other matters as may be deemed important. Ninth — To visit the schools in their district, and aid the teachers in establishing- and enforcing rules for the government of the schools, and see that thej keep a cor- rect list of the pupils, embracing the period of time during which tlie}- attend school, the branches taught, and such other matters as may be required by the division superintendent.. A. majority of the board shall be a quorum to transact business, but a less number may adjourn from time to time. Each district board shall adopt a uniform series of books for all the schools in their district, and such series shall not be changed oftener than once ui two veavs. DUTIES OF DISTRICT OFFICEES. President of District Board To appear in suite. Gounse]. Gecretary to keep full records. iNotice of raest- ings. Sec. 23. . Be it farther enacted, etc.. That the president shall preside in all meetings of the board and of the dis- trict; shall draw all drafts upon the State Treasurer and upon the treasurer of the parish board for money appor- tioned to his district; sign all orders on the district treas- ury, specifying in the order the fund on which they are drawn, and the use for which the money is assigned ; and lie shall sign all contracts. The president shall appear in l^ehalf of his district in all suits brought by or against the same, but when he is individually a party, this duty shall be performed by the secretary; and in all cases where suits may be instituted by or against any of the school officers, to enforce any of the provisions herein contained, counsel may be employed by the Board of Dii-ectors. The secretary shall record all the proceedings of the board and district meetings in separate books kept for that purpose; shall preserve copies of all reports made to the State and Division Superintendents; shall file all reapers transmitted to them pertaining to the business of t he district, and shall countersign all drafts, warrants and orders drawn by the president. He shall keep an accurate account of all the expenses incurred by the district, and shall present the same to the Board of Directors, to be it audited and paid as herein provided, Tte shall give teii •lays' previous notice of all regular and special 'meetings of the district by posting a written notice in five different conspicuous places therein, one of vi^hicli shall be at or near the place of meeting of the district board. On or Ammai report. Ijefore the twentieth-day of September in each year, the secretary of each school district shall file with the Division Superintendent a report of the affairs of the district, wliicli shall contain the following items, viz : Fir>arish or district school director for negligence, incom- petency or violation of law, after a due hearing and fair trial. Sec. 30. lie il, fuiilipr enacted, elc, That the Superin- tendent of Public Education shall cause notice of the xctice o( auuuai annual district meetings of the electors to be published in each parish, and, as far as possible, in each ward dis- trict, at least thirty days before such meetings. Sj:«;. 31. Be it further enacted, etc., That the treasurer of the Board of Parish School Directors shall, imme- Parish treaeurer T 1 -I Tji j^- • to transfer diately upon his appointment and qualmcation, receive school funds, from tlie parish treasurer all scliool funds that may be in the hands of the parish treasurer, and all records and accounts relating to any school funds. Any parish ti'eas- penalty for re- urer who shall fail on demand to turn over such funds feffifad's!'""'^' and records to the treasurer of the Parish Board of School Directors, shall forfeit the sum of tliree hundred dollars, to I:)e recovered by action before any court of competent jurisdiction, and shall, in addition, be liable upon his official bond with his sureties for any loss to the school fixuds or damage to the public interest that may be suf- fered thereby, l^'rom and after the passage of this act, j^^ warrants to the Auditor of Pubhc Accounts shall issue no warrants j'^^'freaslirci?'-? ' upon any school fund to any parish treasurer. All claims upon such fpuds now held by parisli treasurers shall be 22 examined by the State Board of Education, and referred by them to the next General Assembly. Sec. o2. Be it furllwr enacted, etc., That nil vacan- FiUmg vacau- cios in uBy Board of Parish School Directors shall be IJlled by the State Board of Education; all vacancies in ;iny District Board of School Directors sliall he filled 1)}' tire Parish Board of School Directors of the parish. QUALIFICATIONS AND DUTIES OF TEACHER?. Sec. 33. Be it farther enacted, etc , That no person Teachers' ccrfi- shall be employed to teach a common school unless he shall have a certilicate of (pialification, signed by the Divisii.>n Superintendent of the division in which the school is situated, or l)y the Superintendent of Public Education; and no certificate shall be valid more than one year from the date thereof; and any teacher who commences teaching without such certificate shall forfeit all claim to compensation for the time during which he teaches without such certificate. Second — The teacher shall keep a correct register of School register, the school, which shall exhibit the district, ward, parish and State in which the school is kept, the day of the week, the month and year, the name and age and attendance of each scholar, and the branches taught; the register to be after the form supplied by the Board of Education. Tliird— When scholars reside in dittereut districts, a register shall be kept for each district. Fourth — -The teacher shall, immediatel}^ after the close Copy to bo filed, of his school, file in the olfice of the secretary of the board and transmit to the State Board of Education a certified copy of the register aforesaid. EEVENUE. Sec. 34. Be it furtlier enacted, dc, That for school School rcveuue. purposcs there shall be annually levied b}' the Auditor of Public Accounts, and coliectecl by the collectors of State HtatG tax, taxes, in the same manner as other State taxes are levied and collected, two mills upon the dollar upon all taxable property in the State. It shall be the duty of the Audi- toy of Pi|biie Accounts tq notify the tax collectors of tliis 28 fissGssmont, and require the collection thereof. The tax ("ollectors shall make separate monthly returns to the Auditor of Public Accounts (who shall transmit a copy thereof to tlie Superintendent of Public Education) of the collection of this tax, and pay the same into the Staff treasury. Sec. 3.5. Be it further enacted, etc., That the Super- intendent of Public Education shall, quarterly, on the Apportionment bv State Snper- tu'st Monday in March, June, September and December iutpndpni. in each year, apportion the funds thus raised among the several ward, district, city or town school Ijoards of the State, according to the number of children between the ages of six and twenty-one years, within the cities, towns or ward districts for which the respective boards have been appointed. The amounts so apportioned shall 1)e paid b}'- tlie State Treasurer to the treasurer of each such board upon the warrant of the president, counter- signed by the secretary thereof. Sec. 36. Be it further enacted, etc., That the State Board of Education may establish academies, normal Academies and schools and a teachers' institute, and provide for the government and control of the same. Sec. .37. Be it further enacted, etc., That there shall be no public free schools within the State, not under the pubiic schools control of the boards of school directors herein provided control inter-^^*^ for. The city of New Orleans, and other incorporated '^^'^^^'^'• cities or towns, as well as all parochial authorities, are prohibited from organizing and maintaining separate public schools from those organized under this law, and controlled by the boards created hereby. It shall not be competent for any municipal or parochial authority to levy or collect any tax or impost to sustain schools not controlled by the boards acting under and by authority of this law. GENERAL PROVISIONS. Sec. 38. Be it further enacted, etc., That in the dis- charge of jtheir duties in their several divisions, the Division supei.- Division Superintendents shall comply with such instruc- jeeuo instruct tions of the Superintendent of Public Education as are '''"^^' not ineonsistent with the provisions of this law, nor witli the rules and reo-ulations of the State Board of Education; and in case of failure to perform their duties as herein specified and provided, or for other improper conduct, the Superintendent of Public Education shall report the facts in the case to the Grovernor, Avho may Governor may remove such Divisiou Superintendent and appoint a suc- remove. cessor, as herein provided. Sec. 39. Be it farther enacted, etc., That tlie offices of offipps var>ated. all Scliool Directors, parish, city or district, and of all Division Superintendents, and of the members of the State Board of Education appointed or elected under any previous law, are hereby declared vacant, and upon the appointment of the officers provided for by this act, each and all of said officers shall, uj^on the demand of the officers appointed iinder this act, turn over all books, records and. furniture of their offices to tlie officers thus appointed. ^ Sec. 40. He it furllwr enarted, etc.. That the fees of Fees of asse?- assessors for assessing any State school tax shall be sors and col- isciors. one per cent. No fees shall be allowed any officer for assessing x^arish or district school taxes. The fees of collectors for collecting all school taxes shall be five per cent. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, etc., That the Treasurer Treasurer of of the Parish Board of School Directors in each parish it-- parish board to examine ac- herslsv required and authorized to examine the accounts counts, report '' and prosecute of formcr parish treasurers with the school fund, and report all delinquencies and defaults in settlement and payment by any parish treasurer, to the State Board of Education, who shall report the same to the Cleneral As- sembly. Upon the discovery of any such default or de- Hnquency, the said treasurer of the Parish Board is authorized to prosecute suit" in the name and for the use of said board against the delinquent or delinquents, and shall receive twenty-five per cent, of any and all amounts recovered by such prosecution, and paid to the parish school fund. I'or default. Sec. 42. Be it further enarleJ, etc, Thnt all officers Oath prescribed appointed under this act shall take the oath ot oltice pre- scribed by law. Sec. 43. Be it further enacted, etc., That wlien any officer is superceded by appointment, he sliall immedi- Books aud pa- ■"■ ./ 1 _ pars to be sur- afcely deliver to his successor in office all books, papers rendered. and moneys belonging to liis office, taking a receipt therefor. Every officer who shall refuse to do so, or who shall wilfully mutilate or destroy any such books or papers,, shall be liable to a fine of not less than fifty nor Penalty for with more tlian five hundred dollars, at the discretion of the ^"''°"- court. Sec 44. Be it further enacted, etc., That the Bible shall not be excluded fi'om the public schools, but no pupil Bible in af-bnois. shall be required to read it contrary to the wishes of his parent or guardian. Sec. 45. Be it further encated, etc., That any officer, school, municipal, parish or State, or any teacher of any Refusaito admit ' . . , , pupils. ]:)ublic school who shall refuse to receive mto any school any child between the ages of six and twenty-one years, who shall be lawfully entitled to admission into the same, and shall comply with such rules and regulations as may be presented by the Board of School Directors and the State Board of Education, shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be pun- ished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more penalty, than five hundred dollars, and by imprisonment in the parish jail for not less than one month nor more than six months, and all such causes shall have preference before other criminal cases upon the docket of the court before which it shall be brought; and such person so ofteuding shall also be liable to an action for damages by the parent or guardian of the child so refused. Sec. 46. Be it further enacted, etc., That the police juries of the respective parishes shall be, and they are Parish school hereby authorized to levy a tax not exceeding two mills on the dollar, in any one year, on the taxable property of the parish; the same to be collected as other parish taxes, and under the same rules and regulations. The 4 2fi lai so collected shall be paid over bj tlie tav collectors in the foUowing manner, to ^^dt : The amont of tax col- lected in any parish from property situated within the limits of a corjDoration, for which a separate board of school directors have been apx^ointed, shall be paid to the To wiiom to be trcasiu'cr of said board of school directors. The amount paid. of tax collected from other property in the parish shall be j)aid to the treasurer of the Parish Board of School Directors. The funds so realized shall be apportioned by Apportionment the Board of Parish School Directors among- the several ol pai'isli j-i-» 1 i>fNi 1-r-.- authorized to BE- 1871, the several District Boards of School Directors tabitsh schools shall have failed to establish at least one school in a dis- boards tail tu trict,' in one-half of the districts of the Parish, the Parish Board of School Directors are hereby empowered to make provisions for schools in the districts for which schools have not been provided, and for that purpose, after ap- portioning to the districts which may have established schools, their proportion of the parish school tax, said parish board may direct the expenditure of the remainder upon the schools established by said board. Sec 53. Be it further enacted, etc., That in the years eighteen hundred and seventy and eighteen hundred and provision lur I 1 • ■ 1 n J! j_i schools when rieventy-one, whenever, m any parish, any or all ot the district direct- school districts shall fail to levy a sufficient tax, and make ifjor\o°Tl\s& 1 suitable provision for at least one school house in the ™ '"'^" district, and for the payment of a teacher for at least two months, or when, in any or all of said school districts the pistrict Directors shall have failed to qualify and enter upon the duties of their offices before the first day of De- ueniber in each or either of said years, the State Superin- tendent may, ux^on the written report of the Parish Board of pchool Directors, setting forth iha I'acts above named; direct t}l§ ^k^M '^'veasnrer to >yithh*>M the apportion ni en,!- 30 of the State school fund from said district or districts, and direct him to pay the same to the treasurer of the Parish Board of School Directors of such parish, and such parish board shall proceed to establish and conduct and maintain public schools in such district or districts, and may expend the funds from tlie State oi- parish school taxes of the district for that purpose. PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. iNew Orleaus city board of school directors Powers aud duties. Ward scliool directors. Secretary of cit; board. Each ward board a bocTy corTioratec Sec 54. Be it farther enacted, etc., Tiiat in the city of New Orleans there shall be a Board of School Directors of eleven members, who shall hold their offices for two years, and until their successors are dul}^ elected or ap- pointed aud qualified- At its first meeting after the pas- sage of this act, the State Board of Education shall ap- point six members of the said City Board of School Di- rectors, and the Common Council of the city of New Orleans shall, as soon as possible after the passage of this act, elect five members thereof. If the Common Council should fail or neglect, for tljree months after the appointments are made by the State Board of Education, to elect such members, the State Board of Educatioii shall fill their places. Said Board shall have all the powers and perform all the duties in reference to the public schools of the city, and to the dis- tribution of the school funds thereof, herein conferred upon the parish boards of school directors for other par- ishes. Said board shall hold its first meeting within thirty days after its appointment ; shall choose a presi- dent and treasurer from its own members, aud shall at once proceed to appoint, for each ward of the city of New Orleans, a ward board of school directors of five persons. Sec. 55. Be it farther enacted, etc., That the board of school directors for the city of New Orleans may elect a secretary, whose salary shall be eighteen hundred dollars ($1800) per annum, paj^able monthly, out of the public school fund, upon the warrant- of the president of the board. Sec. 56. Be it farther enacted, etc., That each ward board iu the city of New Orleans, appointed under this act, shall be a. body corporate by the name of the -^^Yftr^ HI School District of the city of New Orleans," and in that name maj^ hold property, sue and be sued, contract, and do other corporate acts. Sec. 57. Be it further enacted, etc., That each ward board of school directors in the city of New Orleans shall powers and have the powers and duties, and be governed by the reg- ulations herein prescribed for district boards of school directors in other parishes. Sec. 58. Be it further enacted, etc., That each Avard board of school directors for the city of New Orleans snii.custricts, may, in their discretion, subdivide their ward into two or more sub-districts for school purposes, as may be deemed best for the public interest. The ward board of school directors for each ward shall convene an annual meeting of the qualified electors Annual meetin? of each ward district on the first Saturday in May, of each year, which meeting shall have the powers and rights to levy taxes, and do other acts herein conferred upon the meeting of the qualified electors of ward districts in the parishes; Provided, Then whenever any ward board of school directors shall have subdivided the ward into sub- districts, the electors of each sub-district shall assemble on each first Saturday in May, in separate meetings, and such meeting for each such sub-districts shall have all the powers and rights to levy taxes, and do other acts herein conferred upon the annual meetings of the elec- tors of ward districts in other parishes. Sec. 59. Be it further enacted, etc.. That the ward boards of school directors for the city of New Orleans Transfer of may allow children from one sub-district to attend the schools of another sub-district in the same ward or other wards, when they may deem it advisable. Sec 60. Be it further enacted, etc., That the treasurer of the board of school directors for the city of New Treasurer's Orleans, and the treasurer of each ward board of school directors, shall each give a bond in such sum and under such conditions for the faithfid performance of his duty as the State Board of Education and Common Council may require. Sec. 61. Be it further enacted, etc.. That the control control vested and direction of all public schools within said city, which ^" '^'^^ '''°^'''^' 82 Repeals previ- ous enactments. CJontrol of city seliools. Applicatiou for liooks and pa- ■DPrs. Kefusal to de- liver school property. ai'e supported from public school moneys, whetlier such moneys are derived from municipal or State taxation, is hereby vested in tlie board of scliool directors for the city of N"ew Orlean.s, that shall be appointed under this act: and all laws or parts of laws by which the Common Council of New Orleans is empowered to elect a board of directors of the public schools, and by which any control over any of the schools named above, is given to said board of directors appointed or elected by the Com- mon Council of New Orleans, and the special act of the GJ-eneral Assembly, approved March 14, 1S55, entitled "An Act relative to public schools in the city of New Orleans," be and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 62. Be it further enacted, etc.. That the sole and exclusive control and regulation of all public schools within the city of New Orleans, whether supported by municipal or State taxation, is hereby vested in the board of school directors for the city of New Orleans, and the other subordinate and local boards appointed in said city in accordance with the provisions of this act; and that the offices of all school directors in said city, appointed or elected, or assuming to act under authority of any law made prior to this act, are hereby terminated and made to cease; and all the powers hitherto confer- red upon such school directors by virtue of any law or of any ordinance of said city, are hereby abolished and annulled. Sec. 63. Be it further enacted, etc., That the board of school directors appointed under and by virtue of this law shall at once apply to the person or persons now controlling the pubHc schools in said city for possession of the books, furniture, apparatus and appendages in the possession of the said board of school directors for said city; that if said person or persons, or any person or persons shall usurp control of the public schools afore- said, or shall fail or refuse to deliver said books, furni- ture, apparatus and appendages aforesaid, or shall assume or pretend to act as school directors for the city of New Orleans, in violation of law, he or they shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon con- viction of the fact, be fined each one thousand dollars, and imprisoned at the discretion of the court. 33 Sec. 64. Be it further enacted, tic, That, if the validity of this law shall be questioned in any court, such suit Pieferren ?.w\i shall have preference over all causes yionding in such court. Skc. 65. Be it further enacted, etc.. That this law shall not be construed so as to divest the city aforesaid of any (.^^y i-etaius property in the school houses or furniture in which pub- *^*^®' lie schools are held, but said property shall vest as now, in said municipal corporation, to be by it held in trust for pu^^lic education under the laws of the State, and under the control and possession of the school boards appointed in accordance with this act. Sec. G6. Be it further enacted, etc, That the city of New Orleans be and is hereby prohibited from establish- proiaibition ot .... „ ,,. ,, • municipal mg or maintaining tree public schools separate irom seboois. those controlled by the officers appointed by this law. Sec. 67. Be it further enacted, etc., That no city or dis- trict school director, appointed in the city of New Orleans compensatior. under this act, shall receive any compensation for his* services. Any person so appointed and refusing or fail- ing to qualify and enter upon the duties of his office penalty for within ten days after he shall be officially notified of his qnaiiiy. appointment, shall forfeit the sum of two hundred dol- lars ($200), to be recovered by the »Superintendent of Public Education, before any court of competent juris- diction, for the use of the school fund ot the city. Sec 68. Be it further enacted, etc., That all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed, Pa^pr aiing and the charter of the city of New Orleans, and all laws or parts of laws, whether incorporated in the existing or any preceding charter of the city of New Orleans, or in any other statute of the State authorizing, requesting or enjpowering the Common Council of the city of New Orleans to establish and maintain public schools, or to elect school directors for the city of New Orleans, are wholly and expressly repealed. ?A Sec. 65). Be it far/her enaclpJ, etc., That this act shall take effect from and after its passage. (Signed) MORTIjVIER CARE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. (Signed) OSCAR J. DUNN, Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate. Approved March 1(T, 1870. (Signed) H. C. YVARIMOTH, Governor of the State of Louisiana. A true copy : , Tteo. E. Bovee, Secretary of State, ALPHABETICAL INDEX. ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO ACT No. 6. A. Academies — State Board may establish Algiers — Special regulation for Board of Aggeievances — Persons aggrieved may appeal to Superintendent Appeals — District Secretary to record and notify parties General directions for taking May be carried up to tlie State Board Ari'OBTioKMENTS — By Superintendent of Public Education to wards, towns, cities and districts By parish boards \ By parish boards ! 26 1 4( How to be paid '2313 23135 13121 Auditor to issue no warrants to Parish Treasurers ,21 31 Shall notify tax collectors of assessment j22 State Superintendent shall report to Tax collectors shall report to Shall transmit a copy to State Superintendent B. Bonds of Treasurer of Parish Board To be given by Secretary and Treasurer Treasurers of ward boards in New Orleans to give 34 . Bible not to be excluded from schools No pupil to be compelled to read ; 1 25 c: Ceeth'icates — Teachers must possess By whom signed , Valid for one year ilay be revoked CoLLEcxoE to make seiparate rolls for special school tax Fees to be five per cent To pay OA-er nioneyi to Treasurer' of BoiU'd 11 14 23 34 23 34 13 21 15 22 31 60 25 4i 25 44 22 33 22 33 22 33 7 8 19 27 24 40 14 21 CoxovKESSiONAiJ DisTEicTS— School JJivisious to correspond with | 5i 2 Exceptions in First and Second Districts | 5 i 2 Contingent Expenses of State Supf,rintcudent/or oflice, etc Of same, for traveling expenses '....., Contracts to be in writing To be filed with President of Djstvii'f P.niud 38 CuMPEXSATiON — Xoue to be received by Parish or District Directors :19;26 Denied to City or District Directors in New Orleans ; 33 1 67 Of assessors and collectors of tax 24:' 40 , Of District Attorney ' '21 28 D. DiKEcior.s — Paei«h — How aiipointeil ; 12 18 From whom chosen jl2 18 . Parishes escepted |12 18 To hold office two years : 12 19 To take the oath of" office ;13jl9 Abody corporate |13|20 Mny sne and be sued . . . ■ 13|20 Shall elect officers ■ 13|21 To aiDpoint Disti'ict Boards 13|21 Shall ^-isit schools ;14|21 To report deficiencies or neglect 14' 21 Tu receive and appoi-tion parish school tax levied by police jm-y 114121 To apportion local tax among school districts 1 14' 21 Penalty for refusing to qualify J20 28 Vacancies, how filled '22^32 DiKECTOES — DiSTEicT — How appointed IS, 21 A body cor-porate 14 22 May hold propeiiy 14i22 To hold regular meetings ~ T4j22 IViode of organizing jlo 22 Powers and duties ...! 15122 Shall make contracts, j)urchases, etc j.l5| 22 Shall make contracts -ttdth teachers, in Arating il9;24 Pvegulate schools and admit pui^ils 1 15*22 Fix ^hc site of school houses , il5|22 To establish schools j 15 1 22 To determine studies ■ 15 22 To take bonds and examine accounts ■ 15 22 May establish graded schools 15 22 31ay select a supervisor of schools 15 22 Shall visit schools 16 22 Shall adopt a uniform series of text books 16 22 ShaU, audit and pay accounts 16 23 Shall keep a hst of heads of families, etc 18 24 Shall report to Division Superintendent 16 24 Power to dismiss pupils 18 24 Shall receive no compensation 1 19 26 Vacancies, how filled .- '22 32 Z^Iay take land for school-house sites 27 50 DisTKicxs — One or more schools to be taught in, each : 19 ; 25 Scholars may be transfeiTed to another district ....... T9 j 25 Ward district meeting 19127 i I DisTEiGX Attoexey — Shall prosecute certain cases i21 28 ShaU receive fees ". 121 28 Dtvision BrPEpaNTENDE.N'rs — How appointed To take oatl\ of otfiei; .... . ... .19 To reside in his division To hold office tor thi'ee years Salarj' of Constitute a Stato Board Have general supervision of schools Shall examine teachers Shall transmit reports Shall hold quarterly examinations. Shall report to State Board May revoke teachers' certificates , . . . Sliall iile abstract of educable yoiith Shall forfeit fifty dollars for failure to report Shall conform to instructions of State Board Shall organize teachers' institutes Shall assist at teachers' associations Shall rejDort private schools, etc Meetings of Division Superintendents Shall comply with directions of State Superintendent. E. Examination of Teachees — By whom to be made. F. Fees — Of Assessors Of Collectors Fines — (See Penalty.) Fund — School House — To be raised by special tax ^lust be levied at the regular meeting To be paid to district treasurer .... Fttnd — Teachees — "Whence derived ' Separate accounts to be kept Pro rata payments to be made FuNT) — School — How j)rovided for By whom to be collected To be apportioned by State Suioerinteudent , . . , . Parish tax for How to be levied Apportioned by parish board Penalties forfeited to - a. (teneral Assembly — State Superintendent to report to Eeports and documents subject to inspection bJ^ Superintendent of Public Education to report to GovEENOE— Shall, on nomination of State Superintendent, appoint Division Superintendents State Superintendent to report to - May remove Division Superintendent for caxise. 6 3 6 3 6 3 G 4 7 6 7: '.; '7 ij 7 7 7. i) 7 8 8 9 8 9 8 10 8 10 8110 gjio io:i4 2338 7 G 24 40 24140 20!27 20 27 20 27 18 23 18 23 18 23 I 22 34 22 34 23 35 25 40 25 4G 26 4G 8l 9 9 12 9 II 11 14 5 3 24 38 24 38 40 L. o Louisiana State Semixap.t — Escliidecl from operation of school law 28';j<) Time inteut of this act couoerning 28 oO ZSI. ZvIoNEY — Appropriated for teachers" in-titutes • Uilo By whom to be received il4:2l How to be disbm-sed by treasiirer 'I4l2l Forfeited to school fnnd 26 4>i o. Oaths— Secretary of State Superintendent shall take 10 in Prescribed for all ofl&cers • 2o'42 Division Supeiintendent may administer in certain cases 27 49 iDfficees — Shall take oath of office 2-5 42 When superseded shall deliver up books, etc 25 43 Offices — Under former law vacated ;24 39 ^- i I Police JuiiiES — Shall pay a two mill tax |25'46 President State Boaed— State Superintendent shall be. ex officio \ 6; 4 May call special meetings i 6i 4 PfvOfessob — From nonnal school to aid at teachers' institiites i Si 10 Penalties Inflicted — On Division Superintendents , . . i 8j 9 On Parish Treasui'ers |21'31 On officers superseded j25 43 For mutilating books or papers ;25|43 For refusing admission to schools .25145 For neglecting to provide for schools !28'51 On Xew Orleans City Board for refusal, etc ,32 63 For refusing to perform duties , 20 28 Special penalty in New Orleans '33 67 To inure to the benefit of the district ^ ^26 48 E. Repoets— State Superintcndcut to General Assembly I 9 - State Superintendent to Auditor '11 State Superintendent to State Board. .' ill By District .)Secretaiies i 17 Of State Board to General Assembly '. ^ . . . . ^ j24 By Division Superintendents \ ^ I 71 9 Subjects to be embraced in ; : ! H j 14 PiEVENTE — How provided [22:34 By whom to be collected j22'34 To be apportioned bv State Superintendent !23 35 Palish tax for '. |25|46 Apportioned by Parish Board '26 46 Penalties and fines forfeited to I Si 9 41 S Salaries — Of Division Superintendents Of Secretary of State Superintendent Of teachers of model schools Of Secretary of New Orleans City Board ScHOLAEs — Division Superintendents shall report number of. From one district may atten^ another To be reported by District Secretary School House Sites — By whom to be selected . Refusal of owners to sell Eemedy of land owner School Opkicees — Required to take oath Parish and district to serve without compensation Refusal to qualify. May be removed for cause To turn over papers to successor Penalty for destroying books or papers Who refuse to admit pupils Vacancies — how to be filled Schools — Shall be open to all children impartially .... Rules for the government of State Superintendent shall visit Funds may be withheld from Bible shall not be excluded from Penalty of refusing to admit pupils Control of all public schools vested in State Board Model primary and grammar New Orleans city schools School funds withheld from City of New Orleans prohibited from establishing . School Month — Shall consist of four weeks. Schools of New Oeleans— Organization of Board of, how appointed Powers and duties of Board of, same as parish boards . . . . Secretary of City Board Each ward board a body corporate , Powers and duties of ward boards Wards may be sub-divided Treasurers to give bonds Scholars of one allowed to attend in another sub-district . Control and direction of Conflicting acts repealed Penalty for refusing control Penalty for refusing to perform duties City retains title to houses and lands . . School Divisions — Division of State into 5 I School Houses — Tax for the erection of i 20 , 27 Plans to be approved by the State Superintendent. 115122 Schools, Noemal — May be established by State Board 23 36' 6 4-2 Schools, Pkhate — Di\ision Superintendent to report 9 '10 Schools, Gsaded — State Superintendent may establish '28 50 Secretary of Dlsteict Board— To be elected by board I15J22 Required to give bonds |l5j 22 To appear in behalf of districts 1 16|23 To keep accurate accounts, etc |16 23 To preserve and lile all official jDapers il6 23 Shall countersign warrants, etc il6!23 To give notice of meetings ; 16; 23 To make an annual report i 17| 23 Forfeiture in case of failure in duty '17123 Secretary of City Board,. New Orleans — Office created and salary fixed. . '30I55 Secretary of State S^perixtendent — To be appointed and duties pre-; j scribt-d .' 9 1 13 To take oath of ofdce 10 Salary of, how to be j)aid . . j 9 State Board of Education — Of whom it shall consist ! 6 How appointed ' 5 Shall control all schools ' 6' .5 President of : 6i 4 Annual and special meetings of 61 4 To make rules and regulations : 6j 5 To recommend imiform series of text books '• 61 5 Are constituted a body corporate 6 May employ counsel ^ 6 5 Shall appoint i^arish, town and city boards .12 16 Shall report refusal of directors to serve 21 28 To report delinquencies to General Assembly i24 41 Have power to remove directors 21 29 To fill vacancies in parish boards 22 32 Shall open the schools to all by si)ecial regulation 6 5 May establish academies, etc 23 36 Shall appoint six members of New Orleans Board ■ 30 54 Shall examine claims and report to General Assembly . . . . :21 31 State SLTEKixTJi>-DE>-T — A member of State Board of Education 15 Ex-oflicio President of the Board j 6 Maj' call special meetings of Board , \ 6 Shall nominate Division Superintendents | 5 Oifice provided for I 9 Shall file all loapers, reports, etc ! 9 Shall cause correct records to be kept i 9 Shall present an annual report i 9 ShaU appoint a Secretary and prescribe duties j 9 Is charged with general supervision 1 10 Shall meet Di\dsion Superintendents . . . ". i 10 Shall ^•isit schools ■. j 10 Shall make provision for model schools !28 Shall piiblish notice of district elections 121 Shall make apportionment of school funds j23 Shall distribute copies of school act, blanks, etc j 10 Shall prepare lorm of teacher's cei-tificate , jlO To report to Auditor ill 48 To report to General Assembly 11 To report to State Board 11 To appoint teachers' institutes 11 Triveiiug expenses to be paid 10 Suits— Treasurer of Parish Board may institute. . President shall appear in In cases of fines and penalties For refusing to admit pupils In whose name to be brought To test validity of this law, have precedence T. Tax, Disteict — No fees allowed for assessing. How to be raised To be certified to District Board By whom to be collected Treasurer shall receive Tax, State — How levied and collected How apportioned Two mill tax to be levied by jjolice juries Separate returns of, to be made Teachees — Must have certificate '. Certificate valid for one year Contracts with to be in writing Shall keep a register Shall forward duplicate to State Board of Education. May be removed Institutes and associations of Examinations of Teachees' Associations — When and where to be convened. Teachers' Institutes — To be held annually in each division Assistance in conducting . . ; Text Books — Uniform series to be recommended Each District Board shall adopt May be changed, how often Teeasueee of Disteict Boaed — Shall receive and pay out money Shall keep separate accounts Partial payments may be rqade . . . '. Shall render a statement Accounts to be open to inspeotiqn Shall give bond -v^fith sureties . . . .' Teeasueers of lSfEA\ Okleans ScHOOiiSi— Eequired to give bonds To be appointed for each ward. . , '. Tti.f.asurer 03? Paexsh Boaeb- -Sir'.'! irceivp till funds ia hands of Parish 23 23 23 23 18123 15 n <^i 22 44 AVap.kants — Parish school tax warrauts on, how drawn 1 14 21 President of District Board shall draM- il6i23 District Secretary shall countersign i 16'2o State Treasurer shall paj' ' 23 35 None to be issued to Parish Treasurer j 21 31 President of District Board to draw on State Treasurer ..,,..,, 1 23 35 GENERAL ENACTA1ENTS RELATING TO EDUCATION, DUTY OF SUPERINTENDENT IN REGARD TO SCHOOL LANDfci. From Section 29 o/' Act No. 321, of March 15, 1855. Sec. 89. (29.) He shall, tlirough the diiferent district attorneys, inquire annually into the condition of the inquire into , . . , . condition of Bchool sections, and institute such proceedings as may be bcIiooi sections. necessary for tlieir recovery when held illegally by indi- viduals, or for tlic collection of claims originating in the sale of school lauds which may be in arrears; and it shall be the duty of the District Attorney to prosecute the suits; Provided, The State Superintendent of Public Edu- cation shall be autliorized to employ other counsel to prosecute these suits, on the refusal or neglect of the Dis- trict Attorney to attend to the same. The money, when collected, shall be paid into the State treasury, and the interest thereof shall be placed to the credit of the district to which it belongs. FREE SCHOOL FUND. From Sections 31 /o 36 of Act No. 321 cf March 15, 1855. Skc. 90. (31.) The proceeds of all lands heretofore granted by the United States to this State for the use or what consti- support of schools, except the sixteenth section in the tuna, various townships of the States specially reserved by Congress for the use and benefit of the people therein; and of all lands which may hereafter be granted or bequeathed to the State, and not specially granted or. bequeathed for aiiy other purpose, which hereafter may 46 be disposed of by the State, and the ten per ceut. of the net proceeds of the sales of the public land wliich have accrued and are to accrue to this State under the act of Congress, entitlad "An Act to appropriate the proceeds of the public lands and to gTant pre-emption rights;" ap- proved September fourth, eighteen hundred and forty- one, and the proceeds of the estates of deceased persons, to which the State has or may beuome entitled by law, shall be lield by the State as a loan, and shall be and remain a perpetual fund, to be called the jFree School Fund, on which the State shall pay an annual interest of six per cent; which interest, together with the interest of the trust fund deposited with this State by the United States, under the act of Congress approved the twenty- third of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-sis with the rfints of all the unsold lands, except that of the sixteenth sections, shall be appropriated for the support of jDublic ^ schools in this State; and donations of all kinds which X shall be made for the support of schools, and such other means as the Legislature may from time to time set apart for school purposes, shall form a part of the fujid, and shall also be a loan on which the State shall pay an interest of six per cent, per annum. DUTIES OF PARISH TEEASUEERS AS TO SCHOOL LANDS, ETC. Seuse of inhabit Sec 91. (32.) It shall be the duty of the parish trea- surers of the several parishes in this State, to have taken auts as to sale of \)^-^q scusc of the inhabitants of the township to which SL-liool land?. ■•- may belong any lands heretofore reserved and appropri- ated by Congress for the use of schopls, whether or not the same shall be sold, and the proceeds invested as au- thorized by an act of Congress approved February the fifteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-three, entitled an act to authorize the Legislatures of the States of Illinois, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee to sell the lands here- tofore appropriated for the use of sohools in these States. Polls shall be opened and held in each township, after Manner oi iioki. advertisBjuent for thirty days at three of the most public r- ■ " places in the townshii\. find at the cmivthonse doov, nucl tile sense of the legal voters therein shall be taken within the usual hours, and in the usual manner of holding- elections, which elections shall be held and votes received by a district director' of public schools or a justice of the peace; and if a majority of the legal voters be in favor of selling the school land therein, the same may be sold, but not otherwise. The result of all such elections shall l)e transmitted to the Parish Treasurer, and by him to the State Superintendent. Sec. 92. (33.) Before making sale of the school lands belong-inc: to the State, it shall be the duty of the parish Kesurvey of ° '^ w X lines. treasurer, or other persons whose duty it may become to superintend the sales, to cause a resurvey of such lines as from any cause may have become obliterated or imcer- tain; and for this purpose he is authorized to employ the parish surveyor, or, in his default, any competent sur- veyor, and the lines thus surveyed shall be marked in such manner as to enable those interested to make a thorough examination before sale; and all advertisements made for the sale of such lands shall contain a full descrip- tion thereof, according to the original survey and that required by this section. The expens.es of making the survey shall be paid by the Auditor of Public Accounts, out of the proceeds of the sale of the lands, on the warrant of the parish treasurer. Sec. 93. (34). (As amended and re-enacted by act 267, of 1858). If the maiority of votes taken in a town- Manner of con- ' ' '' '^ ducting sales. ship shall give their assent to the sale of the lands afore- said, the parish treasurer shall forthwith notify the Audi- tor of Public Accounts of the vote thus taken, and upon his order the said lands shall be sold by the parish treasurer at public auction, before the court house door, or by the sheriff or an auctioneer, to be employed by the treasurer at his expense, to the highest bidder, in quan- tities of not less than forty acres nor more than one liun- dred and sixty, after having* been previously appraised by three sworn appraisers, selected by the pariah treasurer and recorder of the parish, after thirty days' advertise- ment; but in no ease at a less sum than the appraised 48 VaiuGj payable on a credit of ten years, as follows, to wit: Ten per cent, in cash, and the balance in nine annual installments, the interest to be paid on the whole amount annually, at the rate of eight per cent, per annum. The notes shall be made payable to the Auditor of Public Accounts, secured by special mortgage on the land sold, and personal security, in soHdo, until final payment of principal and interest. In the event of the purchaser neglecting or refusing to paj^ any of these installments or interest at maturity, the mortgage shall be forthwith closed, and the parish treasurer is hereby authorized to ad- vertise and sell the land as before provided for, and fur- ther authorized and required to execute all acts of sale on behalf of the State for any such lands sold, to receive the cash payments and notes given for the purchase which shall be made payable to the State Treasurer, and to place the same in the ofiice of the Auditor of Public Accounts for collection. All cash received, either for principal or interest from said sales, shall be transmitted by him to the State Treasurer, and any moneys thus received mto the State treasury from sales aforesaid, shall bear interest at the rate of six per cent, per annum, and be credited to the township to which the same belongs, according to provisions of the act of Congress, The result of all sales made. by the parish treasurer shall be forthwith notified by him to the State Superintendent. The parish treasurer shall be authorized to receive the whole amount bid for the lands, deducting the eight per cent, interest which the credits woiild bear. DUTIES OF DISTEICT DIEECTOES AND PAEISH TEEAS- UREES AS TO UNSOLD SCHOOTi LANDS. Sec. 94. (35). Should a majority of the legal votes be Lease of echooi against the sale of the lands, then it shall be the duty of the district directors where the same may be situated to secure them from injury and Av^aste, and prevent illegal possession or aggression of any kind, and, in conjunction with the parish treasurer to lease the same, or any part thereof, for a term not exceeding four years, according to land 49 the provisions of the second section of the act of Con- gress aforesaid, and to inform the State Superintendent thereof. Such lease shall only be made after due notice shall have been given by advertisement for at least thirty days, at two or more public places in the township, of the time and place when the land will be offered for lease, to the highest bidder. In all cases ample securitj^ shal 1 he required not only for the punctual payment oi the rent, but for the protection of the land from all and every kind of waste and injury. DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS OF LAND. ETC. Sec. 95. (36). All moneys that have been or may be hereafter received into the State treasury, and the inter- Disposition of est that has or may accrue thereon from the sale of the school lands. sixteenth section of school lands or the school land war- rants belonging to the various townships in the State, shall be placed to the credit of the township; and should the people of any township desire to receive for the use of the schools therein the annual interest payable by the State on funds deposited to their credit, or the annual proceeds of the loans, the same shall be paid to the treasurer of the parish for the use of the townships or districts, otherwise the interest shall be an accumulating fund to their credit until so called for. FREE SCHOOL FUND IN STATE TREASURY. From Sections 9 and 10 of Act No. 182 of March 19, 1857. Sec. 96. (9). The interest due upon the capital (of tlic free school fund) and the interest due upon subsequent rreo srhooi sales of the sixteenth sections shall be paid to the sev- treasiny. eral boards of school directors of the districts ixi wJricli the several sixteenth sections lie, on their own orders, approved by the treasurer of the parish, at any time within two years after the same shall be due. It shall be the duty of the Auditor of Public Accounts, at the end of every fiscal year, to notify the treasurers of all the parishes in the 'State of the amount of interest com- 7 ;1n Kents of six- teenth sections ®onipensatioii to parish trea- surers. Collection of claims. .Annulment of sales by pnr- ohaHRV.o. ing to the several townships within the Hmits of the parish, from the interest accrued during the year then terminated, and at the same time to furnish the State Treasurer and Superintendent of Public Schools ^vith a tabular statement of the amount due to each township. Sec. 97. (10). The rents of the sixteenth sections that may hereafter accrue shall not be paid into the State treasury, but shall be paid to the Parish Treasui'er, and shall be subject to the order of the school directors of the districts in which the said sixteenth sections are located, and shall be by the said school directors appro- priated to the support of their respective pubhc schools. Acl for Compeii. K9 Appropriation for support of. Beports of. C4raduateii pupil ?-. Second— ¥ov the support and encouragement of such Normal School Department there shall be appropriated out of the general fund of the State the sum of fifty dol- lars for each person receiving instruction therein, in accordance with the conditions hereinbefore prescribed, the said sum to be paid quarterly by the State Treasurer upon the warrant of the Treasurer of New Orleans, drawn on and approved by the Auditor of Pubhc Accounts in favor of the Du-ectors in whose municipal districts such departments shall have been organized; Provided, That the session of said department shall beheld on five daj-s of each week when not interrupted by national or State holidays, or by annual vacations ; and that the number of scholars presented as the basis for appropriation shall be in all cases the average attendance of scholars for the previous quarter; Provided, moreover, That said directors shall furnish satisfactory evidence of the actual establish- ment and successful operation of such department, and that the total sum so appropriated shall not exceed fi'^e thousand dollars per annum. Third — The said Dii'ectors shall exercise exclusive con- trol over such department and the teachers thereof, but it shall be their duty to make a special annual report to the Common Council of the citj of New Orleans, and also a similar report to the Slate Superintendent of Public Education, during the first ten days of the month of Jan- uary, showing in detail the condition of such department under their charge, the number of pupils admitted and left, the time of their continuance therein, and the actual expense and the money received for the support of the same. Fourth — Whenever the number of graduated pupils shall exceed the number of representative districts in New Orlea,ns, the Superintendent of Public Education slialljUpon apphcation being made by the difterent parishes distribute the excess among the parishes of the State in such proportion as he may deem just and equitable. Ad ftSi'pplevienlarij i ronstituling Slate Ahmnal Hriiool, No. 155, Approved March 10, 1860. Sec. 108. — The Normal School Department organized on the, third dajr of April, 1858, and now in successful >^omiai achooJs in city of Hew operation in the l'"irf>i District of the city of New Orleans, Orleans for ' training of is hereby constituted and designated a State Normal female teacher?, School for the instruction and practical training of female teachers for the free public schools, and other educational institutions of Louisiana. Said Normal School shall be open to applicants from every portion of the State who shall possess the qualifi- cations of age, moral character, and mental culture pre- scribed by the Directors thereof, and who shall have de- clared their intention to adopt teaching as a profession to be exercised within the State of Louisiana for at least two years after they shall have received appropriate cer- tificates or diplomas from said Directors. So soon as the Commo'n Council of the city of New Orleans shall have provided the sum of ten thousand dollars to aid in the erection of a suitable building, the State will contribute a like sum, which is hereby conditionally appropriated to be paid in four equal installments within two years from the date of action of the Common Council, on the war- rant of the Treasurer of New Orleans, approved by the Auditor of Public Accounts; and the title to said build- ing and the site thereof, shall be exclusively in the State of Louisiana; Provided, That the Normal School therein accommodated shall be designated and organized in con- formity to the provisions of the first and second sections of the act to which this is supplementary; and that the Directors thereof shall provide for the education of fort^^- eight pupils, to be selected by the Governor, and ap- pointed annually; said pupils being entitled to remain in the school for two years, and to be educated free of charge for tuition, the State not paying the fifty dollars, as pro- vided in the act to which this is supplementary, for any one of the forty-eight pupils so appointed. The Directors of the State Normal School shall an- nuaUy Inrnish the State Superintendent with an abstract ;iiruiDi^ 54 of the names, ages, residences, and qualifications of the graduated pupils of said school, and fi'oni time to •time, with sucb other information as he may require. NORMAL DEPARTMENT. FOR EDUCATION OF MALE TEtNCHERS in STATE SEMINARY OF LEARNING. NE.\R ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA. Siju] lU-i. Act (providing for Beueliciarv Cadets) No. loi, ^iarc)i 28, 1867, ameudatory of Section 10, of Act 98, of 18(30, aud of Section 1, of Act 63, of 1860. Each parish in the State shall ha\'e the right to delegate Normal dep. — The Primary and Grammar Schools shall contain four grades of departments, known as First and Second Primary, and First and Second Grammar departments; but in sparsely set- tled districts of country, the Primary and Grammar Schools may be united at the discretion of the local boards. Rule 4. — The High Schools shall be for the education of all children who are competent to pursue the branches taught therein. CHAPTEE II.— TEEMS AND SCHOOL SESSIONS. Rule 5. — The scholastic year shall commence on the first Monday in September; and in every school district there shall be kept, for at least twenty-four weeks in each year, at such times as the local board may deem most convenient, a sufficient number of schpols for the instruction of all the children who may legally attend public schools therein. Rule 6. — There shall be daily sessions in all the schools, Satur- days, Sundays and holidays excepted. These sessions shall be regu- lated as to their duration and intermissions by the District Boards, but it is hereby recommended that the sessions, exclusive of recess, shall not exceed five hours each day. u (r\\h\'fm in, T■:KA^|iNAiMOX^^, .iitut.E i. — A_ pvibiic exaniinaliori rtf all the fjcijools shall take pkr(i at least once in each year; besides which nil ihe classer; in the High and Nuvmal Schools shall ])e examined, in wvitiug-, in each branch of stntly when it is ecinpleted. 'o rata for absence, except in cases of duly attested illness. EuLE 17.~No teacher shall be employed in the public schools who does not hold a certificate of qualification from the State or Divi- sion Superintendent. Rule 18. — Teachers shall not hold any position of higher grade than the one corresponding to their certificates. CHAPTER VI.— PEINCIPAL TEACHERS. Rule 19. — The principal teachers shall keep a register, in which they shall record the name, age, birth place, residence and date of admission of each pupil for the first time entered in the public schools, and also the name and occupation of the parent or guardian. Rule 20. — They shall also make a daily record of the pupils ad- mitted, present, absent or tardy (provided that no pupil shall be considered as enrolled after five consecutive days' absence), and at the close of each term they shall file the same in the office of the Secretary of the District Board, and at the close of the school year shall forward two certified copies of said recoi'ds to the Division Superintendent, one of which shall be forwarded to the State Board. Rule 21. — The principal shall have a general supervision of the grounds, buildings and appurtenances of the school, and shall be held responsible for any want of neatness or cleanliness on the 9 66 pi'etnises', whenever any repairs ai'e needed he feliall g-ive notice thereof to the President of the District Board. Rule 22. — Each principal shall examine the classes of the assist- ants as often as practicable, withont neo^lecting the pupils vnider his immediate charge. Rule 23.— No distinction shall be made by any Board of School Directors by which female teachers shall receive less pay than is allov/ed to males, when the services rendered are equal. CHAPTER VII.— CONCERNING DISCIPLINE. Rule 24. — All teachers are required to maintain strict order and discipline in their schools. Any neglect of this requirement will be considered good cause for dismissal. In maintaining order teachers are hereby authorized to employ any proper means which may be necessary to secure a compliance with their commands to the j)upils, and in the use of which they will receive the full countenance and support of the District Board. Rule 25. — All teachers will be held to a strict accountability as to the manner in which they shall use the authority herein delegated, and upon complaint of severity of punishment, each case shall be adjudged upon its own merits, the teacher being subject to dismissal if the Board decide it to be demanded by the circumstances. Rule 26.^ — Those teachers who are most successful in maintaining the order and discipline of their pupils without the use of corjjoral punishment, other qualifications being sufficient, shall be awarded by the Board a higher degree of appreciation, and receive the pre- ference over all others in promotions and appointments. Rule 27. — Principals shall be permitted, without interference on the part of any member of the Board, except on the recommendation of the Superintendent, to arrange the details for the internal govern- ment of their schools according to their own method, provided such method is not inconsistent with the general regulations of the schools. Rule 28. — The principals shall be required, within one week after the commencement of each term, to have the programme of their daily exercises posted in the school room in a conspicuous place, and shall transmit a copy of the same to the President of the Dis- trict Board, and one to the Division Superintendent. 67 CHAPTER VIIL— PUPILS— ADMISSION, ATTENDANCE AND ABSENCE. Ru?,E 2'). — Children applying for admission into the public schools are lequired to furnish all the necessary text books and stationery used in their classes. Rule 30. — No one having been a pupil in one school shall be admitted into another during the same scholastic year, without pre- senting to the principal a certificate of honorable discharge from the former school. Rule 31. — No pupil shall be allowed to depart from school before the usual time, unless sick, or on account of some other pressing emei'gency, of which the teacher shall be the judge. CHAPTEE IX.— DEPOETMENT OF PUPILS. Rule 32. — The pupils must, on all occasions, be obedient to their teachers and polite in their intercourse with each other. They must be diligent in study, prompt in recitation, and observe propriety of deportment during the recesses, and in coming to and going from school. Rule 38. — Cleanliness in person and clothing is required of every pupil, and repeated neglect or refusal to comply Avith this rule shall be sufficient cause of suspension from school. Rule 34. — Any pupil who shall willfully destroy or injure any property of the public schools shall be requii'ed to pay the amount lost thereby, and on failure to do so may be suspended from school. Rule 85. — Any pupil guilty of disobedience to a teacher, or of gross misconduct, may be suspended by the principal, written notice of which, stating the cause, shall be immediately given to the parent or guardian, and to the District Board. Rule 86. — Any pupil suspended from school by virtue of any of the above rules, can be restored only on such conditions as the Board of Directors shall determine. CHAPTER X, —SCHOOL DIRECTORS. RuIjE 87.— The Secretaries of the District Boards of School Direc- tors shall, in addition to the regular reports required of them by ]§w, to t-heiy rggpegtiye Division Superintendeiits, m^ke, in connect tion therewith, full and complete reports of all school lands in their districts, the amount and condition of the same, and any changes that may occur therein by sale, rent, or otherwise, and shall make it their especial care to see that such lands are not trespassed upon, or in any way laid to waste, and wiU make such other reports as the State or the Division Superintendents may at any time direct. Rule 38. — If, in any ward of any parish, an organization cannot be effected for school purposes, through lack of suitable persons to be appointed as school directors or otherwise, such ward shall be merged into the ward next most contiguous, forming one school district therewith, the Superintendent of the Division designating with what contiguous ward it shall be merged, and the Board of School Directors of the ward to which such unorganized district is joined, shall assume charge of the same, until such time as said ward can be satisfactorily organized. Rule 39. — The constitution of the State of Louisiana declares that " all children of this State, between the ages of six and twenty- one years, shall be admitted to the public schools or other institu- tions of learning sustained or established by the State, in common, without distinction of race, color or previous condition." In accord- ance with this provision every District Board and teacher shall admit any child entitled to admission to any of the public schools estab- lished in any city, parish, ward or town under authority of law. Office State Board or Education, New Orleans, April 8, 1870. The foregoing rules and regulations were this day adopted by a unanimous vote of the Board. T. W. CONWAY, President of Board, William Rollinson, Secretary of Board. APPENDIX. L— SCHOOL FUNDS IN STATE TREASURY. CURRENT SCHOOL FUND. This fund was first created by act No. 200, approved March 19, 1857, and now consists: 1. Of the two mill tax, as provided in the fifty-seventh sectioD of the foregoing compilation, and is estimated at a maximum of about $460,000. 2. Of ninety per cent, of the poll tax as provided in the fourth (5th) section of act No. 114, approved March 9, 1869, esti- mated at $36,000. 3. Of amount accruing from the license of the Louisiana Stale Lottery Company, article 5, section 1, act No. 25, of 1868, $40,000. Section 2 of the first act above mentioned requires that the current school fund shall be used for the support of public schools, and that the surplus of receipts over expenditures for any one year, shall be appropriated to the support of such schools during the ensuing year. The appropriation out of this fund, for 1869, is $250,000. Sections 57 and 58, of the foregoing compilation, define the Audi- tor's duties in relation to said fund; sections 21, 29, 55 and 58, those of the Treasurer. FREE SCHOOL ACCUMULATING FUND. The Free School Accumulating Fund was created by act No. 265, approved March 14, 1855, and is derived from — 1. The interest on the vested proceeds of school lands (1211 bonds, representing $1,193,500) annually, $71,610. 2. The interest on bonds belongmg to the "Free School Fund," remaining due after payment to townsl^ips. 3. The receipts from sales of sixteenth sections. 4. The ten per cent, tax on estates descending to foreign heirs, and otlier funds received in ty^st for free schqol purposes, (See ^§(3tion §9 pf Compilatiqu), ' ^ - , - - -^ 70 The Auditor and Treasurer are required to invest such funds, vdth. the Governor's sanction, in stocks, bonds of the State, or bonds of the consolidated city of New Orleans, bearing six per cent, inter- est, and hold said investment sacred for the accumulation of a fund sufficient to produce, by the dividends derived from it, aii amount equal to that required annually for the support of fi'ce public schools. Section 2, of act Xo. 200, of 1857, repeals other provisions of this act, and those of act No. 181, of 1855. As to such investment and the interest thereon, see act No. 182, of March 19, 1857, ("in rela- tion to certain debts of the State"); sections 1, 2 and 3, in lieu of section 7, repealed: see .section 2, of act No. 48, of March 6, 1858; and sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13, of act No. 182, of 1857; and linally, act No. 26, of March 12, 1859. Section 13 and act A"o. 26 provide that the receipts constituting the "Free School Accumulating Fund," shall not be mingled with any other moneys in the Treasur}^, and that the Auditor and Treas- urer shall annually report to the Governor the amoimt belonging to said fund, and invest it in airy of the bonds receivable by the State, as securities for the circulation of the banks established under the Free Banking Law. Section 12 makes the Secretary of State and the State' Treasurer joint custodians of the Free School Bonds, and the Auditor the collector of the interest coupons thereto attached. II— STATE SEMDTAEY OF LEAENIXG AND MILITAEY ACADEMY. ESTABLISHED XEAK ALEXANDRES, LA. Act for Organizarlon and GoTemment, No. 228, of March Lj, 1S58 — as subse- quently amended, and now in force. Section 1. (As re-enacted by section 1, act No. 98, approved March 7, 1860). The "State Seminaiy of Learning," estabhshed near the town of Alexandria, in the parish of Eapides, shall be here- after designated as ''The Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy," and shall be under the direction and control of fourteen supervisors, who shall be a body corporate, under the style and title of the "Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy," with the right, as sijch, to use a CQmmon seal, and who shall be capablG in la^ to VeceiVe all donations, subscriptions and bequests in trust for said Seminavj'^ and Academy, and to recover all debts which ma^'^ become the property of said Seminary and Academy, and to sue and be sued ill courts of justice; and in general to do all acts for the benefit of the Seminary and Academy' which are incident to bodies cor- porate. Sec. 2. (As re-enacted by act No. 14, approved February 14, 18w). The Governor of the State shall be ex officio President of the Board of Supervisors, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Conrt, the Superintendent of Public Education, and the State Engineer shall be e.r officio members of said Board. The remaining- ten mem- bers thereof shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for four years; and they shall con- tinue to exercise the duties of their office until their successors are qiialified, and shall be removed by the same power and in the same manner as provided for in their appointment. The Governor shall select ten members, as follows: three from the parish of Eapides, two from the parish of Orleans, and five from the remaining parishes; Provided, That not more than one member shall be selected from any one of the said remaining parishes. Said Board shall elect one of the members from Rapides as Vice- President, to serve in the place and absence of the Governor; the three members from the parish of Kapides shall constitute an Execu- tive Committee, to be convened by the President or Vice President, for the transaction of such urgent business and important business as, in the opinion of the President or Vice President, cannot be delayed till a meeting of the Board of Supervisors can be convened; and the proceedings of the Executive Committee shall be submitted to the Board of Supervisors for approval or disapproval at the first meeting of the said Board subsequent to the meeting of the Execu- tive Committee. The Board of Supervisors and the Executive Com- mittee shall hold their meetings at any point designated by the President or Vice President of the Board; Provided, That one meet- ing shall be held annually at the State Seminary and Military Acad- emy at the time of the commencement exercises of said Academy. Sec 3. (Act No. 98, March 7, 1860, as modified by foregoing second section, 1867). The Board of Supervisors shall have stated meetings at such times as the President or Vice President of said Board shall deem necessary to convene them, a majority of, the n Vv'liole Board constituting a quorum for the transaction of business, but any Supervisor who shall fail to attend two consecutive meet- ings shall be deemed and considered as refusing to act as such, and upon such failure to attend being notified to the Governor, he shall proceed to the appointment of his successor, in the same manner as hereinbefore prescribed ; Provided, That if such failure be occasioned by sickness or temporary absence from the State, the provisions of this J section shall not apply thereto; Provided, hoivever, That any four members of the board, together with the President or Vice President, shall be a sufficient quorum for the transaction of business. Sec. 4. (Act No. 98, March 7, 18G0, amending section 5 of act of 1858). The Board of Supervisors shall have power to engage a superintendent and other professors, and all other officers necessary' for conducting the literary, financial and civil concerns and interests of the said Seminary and Academy, and to remove and displace the same at pleasure; to fijc and regTilate the salaries of the professors^ and all other officers, tuition fees, and all other charges ; to establish rules for the good government and discipline of the students; to prescribe the duties of all officers, servants, and others; to confer diplomas, upon the recommendation of the superintendent and faculty, on students for proficiency in any branch of science or department of learning; and in general to make all rules and regulations which may be deemed necessary for the proper govern- ment of the said Seminary and Academy, and for promoting the objects for which it was founded; but nothing in this act shall be construed as obligating the State to pay any debts contracted by the Board of Supervisors, in case they should at any time exceed the appropriations made for the support of said Seminary and Academy. Sec. 5. (6th of act No. 228, March 15, 1868). The Board of Supervisors shall, at theii' first meetipg, elect a secretary, who shall record, attest, and preserve their proceedings, and a treasurer, wh(j shall give bond for the faithful performance of his duties, and in such sum as shall be determined by the Board. Note.— Sections 7, 8, 9 and 10 of act of 1858, refer to the original board of trustees, and the first board of supervisors, exclusively, except as to the following provisions, which are still in force : Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors, imme- diately after their organization, to prescribe the course of studies to be pui'sued at the Seminary, and the number of professoijs, and to draw up a project of the system of instruction so adopted. Sec, 7. The Board of Supervisors shall be charged with the preser- vation and repair of the buildings of the Seminary, and the care of the grounds and appurtenances. Note. — Sections 3, 11, '12 and 13 of the act of 1858 have been repealed by acts of 18G0, '66 and '67. Sec 8. (6th of act No. 98, of March 15, 1860). In the course of study pursued at the said Seminary and Academy, the Board of Supervisors shall cause instructions to be given in the military branches of science; the students shall be called cadets, and shall compose a military corps, under the command of the superintendent and such other professors as may be assigned to that branch of instruction. They shall constitute a guard to all public property, arms, or munitions now there, or which may hereafter be assembled there; and the superintendent shall receipt for all svich property, arms, or munitions, and shall obey all orders relative to their preser- vation or delivery, as he may receive from the Governor of the State. Sec. 9. (7). The Governor of the State shall cause to be issued to the superintendent a commission as colonel, and to such other pro- fessors as may be assigned to command, commissions as majors, captains, or lieutenants, according to the strength of the command; Provided, That such commissions shall not entitle the holders to an}^ rank in the militia of the State, or to any claim whatever to compen- sation other than what is attached to their positions as professors. Note. — See, in this connection, act No. 202, of March 14, 1860, "providing for the establishment of a 'central State arsenal,' in connection with the Semi- nary," etc., and act No. 15, of February 19, 1867, "requesting the Secretary of War to revoke his order forbidding the usual military exercises at the Seminary, and to permit their resumption, as has been done at similar institutions in other States." Sec 10. (8th of act No. 98, of 1860). The reasonable expenses of the Supervisors, in going to and attending the meetings of the Board, shall be paid by the State; and it shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors to set forth in their annual report the amount of such expenses. Note.- — The remainder of this section has been repealed. Sec 11. (10th of act No. 98, of 1860). Proviso: The beneficiary cadets (in the State Seminary) shall be placed on a footing of per- fect equality with the paying cadets in said institution; and it shall 10 be ths duty of said Board of Supervisors to report to the Legislature the esacfc costs incurred iu supporting a cadet. Note. — The tenth section of the act 98, of 18G0, in so far as it provided for peneficiary Ciidets, vras amended by the first section of act No, (13, approved March 7, 18G6, and this fii-st section "«-as re-amended and re-enacted by act No. 131, approved March 28, 1867, which said act appears hereinbefore as section 103 of the compilation. Sec. 12. (Section 2, of act No. G3, of March 7, 1866). The State Librarian is directed and required to turn over to the superintend- ent of said institution copies of any books of which there may be dupHcates in the Hbrary of the State, for the use of the " Louisiana State Seminary and Military Academy," taking therefor the receipt of said superintendent, which shall be filed in the office of the State Librarian as his vouchers for said books, when called upon to pro- duce or turn over tbe same. Sec. 13. (Section 2, of act No, '162, of March 28, 1867). No gambKng house or drinking saloon, or store for the barter or sale of any kind of nierchandise whatever, shall be established within two miles of said institution. Sec. 14. (Of act No. 228, approved March 18, 1858). The Board of Supervisors shall at all times conform to such laws as the Legis- lature may, from time to time, enact for their government, and the said Seminary shall in all things and at all times be subject to the control of the Legislature; and the said Board of Supervisors shall make an annual report to the Legislature during the first week of the session, embracing a full account, of the disbursements, and a general statement of the condition of said Seminary. SEMTXARV Fr:\D. (See Article 136, of Constitution of 1845; Article 138 of that of 1852, and Article 145, of that of 1864. j This fund is vested in the same manner as the " Free School Accumulating Fund," under act No. 182, of March 19, 1857, already referred to. It consists of one hundred and thirty-eight bonds, representing |138,000, bearing sis per cent, interest per annum. (See Auditor's Eeport of January 1, 1869.) The appropriations for the re-organization and support of the Seminary, in 1866, 1867 and 1869, have been as follows: 75 Act No. 63, of March 7, 1866. Interest on fund fur 1863, 1861: and 1865 $25,800 For repairs and refitting of building, outhouses, etc 5,000 For renewal of library, apparatus, etc., destroyed or lost during war ' 5,000 For maintenance of 52 beneficiary cadets, at $300 15,600 For salary of secretary, traveling expenses of supervisors, stationery and incidentals 1,000 Total for 18G6 $52,400 Act No. 13], of March 28, 1867. For maintenance of 98 beneficiary cadets, at $100 $39,200 Act No. 153, of March 28, 1867. For defraying expenses of supervisors 1,000 Act No. 162, of March 28, 1867. For additional repairs to buildings and improvement of grounds 5,000 For enlarging' the library and philosophical apparatus 5,000 Act No. 119, of March 25, 1867. Interest on fund for 1862 and 1866 16,380 Total for 1867 .$66,580 Act No. 73, of March 6, 1869. For the erection of three professors' houses $15,000 For repairs to buildings as now erected 5,000 For the erection of additional outhouses 5,000 For purchase of additional philosophical apparatus and library books 5,000 For traveling expenses of board of supervisors for year 1869 1,000 ^c^iVo. 139, 0/ Jlia^/ 25, 1869. Interest on fund for 1869 8,220 For expenses of 98 cadets one year, at $40 per month, 39,200 Total for 1869 $78,420 Payable to treasurer of Sepainary on wairaut of the Governor, '- 76 III.— UNIVEESITY OF LOUISIANA. IN NEW OKLEANS. This University, per act No. 81, of March 3, 1860, is under the control and supervision of eleven administrators, of which body the Governor, Chief Justice of the State and the Mayor of New Orleans are ex officio members, the remaining eight being appointed every four years by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The administrators receive no compensation for their services. The powers and duties of administrators are defined in section 2 et seq, of act No. 320, approved March 15, 1855. Of the four depart- ments or faculties, of which the University should be composed, according to said act, and the 143d Article of the constitution of 1864, but two have been organized, viz : those of Law and Medicine. (See Art. 142, of constitution 1868). The appropriations in 1866 and 1867 " for the rehef of the Uni- versity," have been as follows : Act No. 130, March 22, 1866. For repairs of buildings and to maintain the University $25,000 Act No. 182, of March 28, 1867. For fitting up Hbrary, lecture and professors' rooms, and com- pleting repairs 3,000 Total .$28,000 rV.— INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING GENEEALLY. Act No. 261, approved March 14, 1855. Section 1. The president and trustees of any institution of learn- ing- established in the State of Louisiana, which is or may be here- after incorporated as a bod^^ pohtic, in conformity with the consti- tution and laws of the State, who may wish so to do, can deposit in the treasury of the State of Louisiana, all sums of money intended aolely for the uses and pui-poses of such institutions of learning; and all sums so deposited shall be invested in the bonds or obliga- tion^ of the ^tate of Loiiisiana or of f-b^ T^i^ited Sitatfs, md \\xp 77 interest accraing thereon, as realized, shall be paid over to such corporation, or again invested as they may desire. Sec. 2. Should any endowment be made, either by donations inter vivos or mortis causa, to establish a professorship, in any insti- tution of learning in the State duly incorporated, on the principal being deposited in the State Treasury, the same shall be invested, and the interest as realized shall be paid over as stipulated in the preceding section; and it shall be the duty of the Auditor of Public Accounts and the State Treasurer to make the investments to the greatest advantage and interest of said institution. MISCELLANEOUS APPEOPEIATIONS, ETC., FOR THE BENEFrr OF EDUCATION. Act No. 156, of March 22, 1866. ' For purchase of 2666 copies of Spencers's English Grammar for gratuitous distribution throughout the State (from Current School Fund) $2,00u Act No. 184, of March 28, 1867. For repairs to Poydras College, parish of Pointe Coupee, (from Current School Fund) $2,500 Act No. 154, of March 28, 186t. Lands belonging to the State laboratory at Mount Lebanon, Bienville parish, donated to trustees for the use and benefit of Mount Lebanon Female College Act No. 163, of October 19, 1868, For Third District Indigent Orphan School, Greatmen street, New Orleans $2,500 v.— CONSTITUTION OF J868, TITLE YH. PUBLIC EDUCATIO>f, Article 135, The Genei-al Assembly shall establish at least one free public school in every parish throughout the State, and shall provide for its support by taxation or otherwise. All children pf this ^fia,|p, bf^twfipn the ag-es of six (6) and tweaty-one (21) yeays, b| 18 be admitted to the public schools or other institutions of learning sustained or established by the State, in common, without distinction of race, color or previous condition. There shall be no separate schools or institutions of learning established exclusively for any race by the State of Louisiana. Akt. 136. No municipal corporation shall make any rules or regu- lations contrary to the spirit and intention of article one hundred and thirty-fiA-e (135). Art. 137. There shall be elected by the qualified elect>>rs of this State a Superintendent of Public Education, who shall hold his office for four years. His duties shall be prescribed b}^ law, and he shall have the supervision and the general control of all public schools throughout the State. He shall receive a salary of five thou- sand dollars per annum, paj^able quarterly, on his own warrant. Art. 138. The general exercises in the public schools shall be conducted in the English language. Art. 139. The proceeds of all lands heretofore granted by the United States, for the use and support of. public schools, and of all lands or other property which may hereafter be bequeathed for that purpose, and of all lands which may be granted or bequeathed to the State and not granted or bequeathed expressly for any other purpose, which may hereafter be disposed of by the State, and the proceeds of all estates of deceased persons to which the State may be entitled by law, shall be held by the State as a loan, and shall be and remain a perpetual fund, on which the State shall pay an annual interest of six per cent., which interest, with the interest of the trust fund deposited with this State by the United States, under the act of Congress, approved June 23, 1836, and the rent of the unsold lands, shall be appropriated to the support of such schools,. ami this a|jpropriation shall remain inviolable. Akt. 140, No appropriation shall be made by the Greneral Assem- bly for iht; support of any private school or any private institution of learning whatever. Art. 141. One-half of the funds derived from the poll tax herein provided for shall be appropriated exclusively to the support of the free public schools throughout the State, and the University of New Orleans. Art. 142. A university shall be eatablished and maintained in the QJty of New Orleans. It shall be composed of a Ifiw, a niediqal ^A\d &, collegiate depai'tment, each with appropriate faculties. The General Assembly shall provide by law for its organization and maintenance; Provided, That all departments of this institution of learning shall be open in common to all students caj)able of matricu- lating. No rules or regulations shall be made by the trustees, facul- ties or otlier officers of said institution of learning, nor shall any laws be made by the General Assembly violating the letter or spirit of the article under this title. Aet. 143. Institutions for the support of the insane, llie education and sujDport of the blind and the deaf and dumb, shall always be fostered by the State, and be subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by the General Assembly. VI.— UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, APPROVED MARCH 2, 1867. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bepresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That there shall be established, at the city of Washington, a department of education, for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and territories, and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school sys- tems; and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the country. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a com- missioner of education, who shall be entrusted with the management of the department herein established, and who shall receive a salary of four thousand dollars per annum, "and who shall have authority to appoint one chief clerk of his department, who shall receive a salary of two thousand dollars per annum, one clerk who shall receive a salary of eighteen hundred dollars per annum, and one clerk who shall receive a salary of sixteen hundred dollars per an- num, which saict cierkjj shell be siibjej^t to the appointing and re; moving power of the commissioner of education. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the commissioner of education to present annually to Congress a report embodying the results of his investigations and labors, together with a statement of such facts and recommendations as will, in his judgment, subserve the purpose for which this department is estab- lished. In the first report made by the commissioner of education under this act, tliere shall be presented a statement of the several grants of land made by Congress to promote education, and the manner in which the several trusts have been managed; the amount of funds arising therefrom, and the annual proceeds of the same, as far as the same can be determined. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That the commissioner of pub- lic buildings is hereby authorized and directed to furnish proper offices for the use of the department herein established. CIRCULAR LETTRR BY COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATIOX. The undersigned desires to obtain, as early as practicable, accu- rate but condensed information of the designation, history and present condition of every institution and agency of education in the United States, and of the name, residence and special work of ever}^ person in the administration, instruction and management of the same. Any response to this circular in reference to any institu- tion, agency or subject included in the following schedule, addressed to the Department of Education, Washington, D. C, and endorsed " official," is entitled, by direction of the Postmaster General, to be conveyed by mail free of postage, and wiU be thankfully received bv (Signed) HENRY BAENARD, Commissioner of Education, Washington, D. C. SCHEDULE OF INFOEMATIOX SOUGHT RESPECTING SYSTEMS, IX3TITUTI0NS AND AGENCIES OF EDUCATION. A — General condition (of district, %dllage, city, county and State), Territorial extent, municipal organization, population, valuation, re- ceipts and expenditures for all public purposes. B — System of public instruction. 81 - C — Incorporated institutions, and other schools and agencies of education, /. — Elementary cr Primary Education. (Pubhc, private and denominational, and for boys and girls.) II. — Academic or Secondary Education. (Institutions mainly devoted to studies not taught in the elemen- tary schools, and to preparation for college or special schools. ) III. — Collegiate or Superior Education. (Institutions entitled by law to grant the degree of bachelor of arts or science.) IV. — Professsional, Special, or Class Education. (Institulions having special studies and training, such as — 1, theology; 2, \a,w, 3, medicine; 4, teaching; 5, agriculture; 6, architec- ture (design and construction); 7, technology — polytechnic; 8, engineering (civil or mechunical); 9, war (on land or sea); 10, busi- ness or trade; 11, navigation; 12, mining and metallurgy; 13, draw- ing and painting; 14, music; 15, deaf-mutes; 16, blind; 17, idiotic; 18, juvenile offenders; 19, orphans; 20, girls; 21, colored or freed- men; 22, manu.tl or industrial; 23, not specified above — such as chemis- try and its applications, modern languages, natural history and geology, steam and its applications, pharmacy, veterinary sur- gery, etc. ) V. — Supplementary Education. (1, Sunday and mission schools; 2, apprentice schools; 3, evening schools; 4, courses of lectures; 5, lyceums for debates; 6, reading rooms — periodicals; 7, libraries of reference or circulation; 8, gym- nasiums, boat and ball clubs, and other athletic exercises; 9, public gardens, parks and concerts; 10, not specified above.) VI. — Societies, Institutes, Museums, Cabinets and Galleries for the Advancement of Education, Science, Literature and the Arts. VII. — Educational and other Periodicals. VIII. — School Fund and Educational Benefactions. IX. — Legislation (State or Municipal) respecting Education. X. — School Architecture. 11 82 XL — Penal and Charitable Institutions. XII. — Churches and other Agencies of Religious Instruction. XIII. — Reports and other Publications on Schools and Education. XIV. — Memoirs of teachers and Promoters of Education. XV. — Examinations (competitive or otherioisej for Admission to National or State Schools, or to Public Service of any kind. THOMAS W. CONWAY, Superintendent of Public Education, State of Louisiana. f^ '3i