58 authority; it may likewise provide, equip and maintain a clinic for 59 the examination and treatment of such pupils; and it may in its 60 discretion provide and pay for such medical treatment for indigent 61 pupils who may be otherwise unable to obtain the same. 62 Said board of education may provide, equip and maintain, and 63 operate suitable playgrounds for use of the school children of said 64 district, and to maintain and operate such playgrounds during the 65 vacation summer months and to pay the expense of the same out of 66 proper school funds. 67 Said board of education shall have power to establish a city 68 institute for the teachers of said independent district, or course 69 of educational lectures, to be held at such time and place as the 70 board may designate. Attendance upon these institutes or course 71 of educational lectures, shall be obligatory upon all teachers em72 ployed in the district and is required in lieu of attendance upon 73 county teachers' institute. 74 Said board of education shall maintain annually for said inde75 pendent district a school term of at least nine months and shall 76 levy upon the taxable property in said independent district a 77 sufficient sum to maintain schools for said term of at least nine 78 months. 79 The oard of education shall have power to maintain, equip, 80 and conduct in connection with its system of schools a public 81 library, and to levy an annual tax not to exceed three cents on the 82 one hundred dollars' valuation for the support, maintenance and 83 increase of the same. 84 The board of education shall have authority to employ a super85 intendent of building, and janitors and such other employees as 86 may be necessary, and shall fix the compensation of the same. Sec. 5. The board of education shall establish within the dis2 trict one or more schools for colored pupils, which shall be under 3 the management of said board, and subject to the general regula4 tions of the said school district. Sec. 6. A superintendent of schools for said independent dis2 trict shall be appointed by said board of education for a term of 3 not more than four years, and his salary fixed by the said board at 4 the first meeting of the board in May, or soon thereafter. Said 5 superintendent in addition to the duties specified in this act, shall 6 perform such other appropriate duties with relation to the schools 7 of the city as the board may prescribe. He shall be liable to re 8 moval by the board of education for any palpable violations of the 9 law or ommissions of duty, or for other good and sufficient cause, 10 but he shall not be removed unless charges be preferred to the 11 board, and notice of a hearing, with a copy of the charges, de12 livered to him and an opportunity given him to be heard in his 13 defense. 14 Said superintendent shall exercise general supervision over all 15 the schools of the district; he shall prepare and revise courses of 16 study to be used in the schools; he shall from time to time con17 duct teachers' meetings and principals' meetings with a view of 18 improving the method of teaching and providing for professional 19 growth of teachers; he shall make all necessary reports, and in 20 so far as he is able to do so, he shall furnish such information re21 lating to the schools as the board of education may desire; he shall 22 advise with the board in the selection of teachers, and shall be a 23 member of the board of examiners provided for in this act. Sec. 7. The superintendent of schools of said district, to2 gether with two persons appointed by the board, shall act as an 3 examining committee for the district, and it shall be the duty of 4 said committee to examine applicants for positions as teachers 5 in the district; to issue teachers' certificates to persons found com6 petent by such examinations to teach in the schools of the district. 7 The appointive members of the committee may receive such com8 pensation for holding such examinations as the board may allow. Sec. 8. The board of education shall appoint teachers for the 2 public schools within the district and fix their salaries, and shall 3 establish rules and regulations to which all teachers shall be sub4 jected, and may remove any teacher at any time for proper cause. Sec. 9. The board of education of Fairmont independent school 2 district is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow money and 3 issue bonds therefor, for the purpose of purchasing school sites, 4 and erecting, completing, enlarging, repairing or furnishing school 5 buildings in said district; provided, however, that no such debt. 6 shall be contracted under this section unless all questions connected 7 therewith shall have been first submitted to a vote of the people 8 of said district, at a general or special election, and have received. 9 a majority of three-fifths of all the votes cast for and against the 10 same, said elections to be provided for and caused to be conducted 11 by said board of education, and the result thereof declared, in such 12 manner as it may determine: provided, however, that no registra 13 tion of voters of said independent district shall be required to be 14 made, all qualified voters therein having the right to vote in said 15 election; and provided, further, that no debt shall be contracted 16 under this section which shall, including existing indebtedness, 17 in the aggregate, exceed five per centum of the value of the taxable 18 property in said district as ascertained by the last assessment 19 thereof for state and county taxes, nor without at the same time 20 submitting to the voters of said district at the election held for 21 the purpose of authorizing bonds, the question of authorizing a 22 special levy sufficient to pay the interest annually on all the out23 standing bonds and to retire annually a proportionate amount of 24 the principal of such bonds. If a majority of the votes cast at 25 such election be in favor of such levy, the board of education shall 26 have authority to lay such levy or such portion thereof as may be 27 necessary, from year to year, without an additional vote until such 28 bonded indebtedness is paid off and discharged; but the funds 29 arising from such levy shall be used for the purpose designated and 30 no other. Such bonds shall be of such denominations as said 31 board of education may prescribe, and shall be payable any time 32 after the date thereof as may be prescribed by said board but 33 within and not exceeding thirty-four years, and shall bear interest 34 at the rate of not to exceed six per centum per annum, payable 35 annually. Sec. 9. All provisions of the general school law of this state, 2 and all laws and acts heretofore existing, which are in any manner 3 inconsistent with the provisions of this act, shall be void within 4 the district, otherwise, the said general school law shall remain 6 in full force and effect in this district, as elsewhere in this state. CHAPTER 42 (Senate Bill No. 213-Mr. Henshaw.) AN ACT to amend and re-enact section two of chapter two hundred and sixteen of the acts of one thousand eight hundred seventytwo and seventy-three, of the legislature of West Virginia entitled "An act relating to the school district of Martinsburg, West Virginia." Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia : That section two of chapter two hundred and sixteen of the acts of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two and seventy-three of the legislature of West Virginia be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: Section 2. The qualified voters of said school district shall, on 2 the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November, one thou3 sand nine hundred and twenty-two, that being the time of the gen4 eral election, elect five commissioners; no two of whom shall reside 5 in the same ward of the city of Martinsburg, whose term of office 6 shall commence on the first day of January, one thousand nine 7 hundred and twenty-three, and shall be as follows: Two shall 8 hold office for the term of two years and six months and three 9 for the term of four years and six months, to be decided by lot; 10 and biennially thereafter at each general election on the first 11 Tuesday after the first Monday in November the qualified voters 12 of said district shall elect two or three commissioners, as the case 13 may be, for the term of four years to fill the vacancies made by 14 the expiration of the term of office of the commissioners previously 15 elected, and the persons so elected throughout the district shall 16 constitute a board of education for the district to be denominated 17 "Board of Education of the independent school district of the 18 city of Martinsburg." The term of office of the present board of 19 education shall cease on the thirty-first day of December, one 20 thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and the powers and duties 21 of the school commissioners of the district of Martinsburg con22 ferred by this act shall be exercised by the board of education as 23 now organized until the election and qualification of their suc24 cessors as hereinbefore provided. The term of office of the com25 missioners to be elected at the general election to be held on the 26 first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, one thousand 27 nine hundred and twenty-two, shall expire-two on the thirtieth of 28 June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, and the term 29 of office of three of said commissioners shall expire on the 30 thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty 31 seven, as determined by lot, and the term of office of the commis32 sioners to be elected at each succeeding biennial general election 33 shall be for the term of four years. CHAPTER 43 (Senate Bill No. 303-Mr. Coalter.) AN ACT creating the independent school district of Hinton, in the county of Summers. [Passed April 13, 1921. In effect from passage. April 19, 1921.] Approved by the Governor Same; duty to make estimates and lay levies; minimum term nine months; authorized to lay additional levy, if necessary. Same; duty to provide, buildings, grounds, furniture, etc. Same to have exclusive control of Same; to establish graded and high Superintendent of schools for in- Promotion to high school; tuition Special election for ratification of Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: Section 1. That in event of a majority of votes cast at an 2 election which shall be held as hereinafter provided on the first 3 Tuesday of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, in 4 the district of Greenbrier, in the county of Summers, be in favor 5 thereof, the territory included within the boundaries which are 6 described in section two of this act, shall constitute and is hereby 7 created and made an independent school district, to be known as 8 the "Independent school district of Hinton." |