LAWS FOR THE REGULATION AND SUPPORT OF THE COMMON SCHOOLS, 1885, WITH NOTES AND FORMS FOR SCHOOL OFFICERS. PUBLISHED BY J. H. LAWHEAD, STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. [Under authority of Laws 1879, ch. 166, sec. 84.] TOPEKA, KANSAS: KANSAS PUBLISHING HOUSE: T. D. THACHER, STATE PRINTER. 1885. CALIFORNIA COMMON SCHOOLS. EDUCATIONAL PROVISIONS OF THE ORGANIC ACT. SEC. 34. And be it further enacted, That when the lands in the said territory shall be surveyed under the direction of the government of the United States, preparatory to bringing the same into market, sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in each township in said territory shall be and the same are hereby reserved for the purpose of being applied to schools in said territory and in the states and territories hereafter to be erected out of the same. Approved May 30, 1854. EDUCATIONAL PROVISIONS OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION. ARTICLE II. SEC. 23. The legislature, in providing for the formation and regulation of schools, shall make no distinction between the rights of males and females. ARTICLE VI. SECTION 1. The state superintendent of public instruction shall have the general supervision of the common-school funds and educational interests of the state, and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law. A superintendent of public instruction shall be elected in each county, whose term of office shall be two years, and whose duty and compensation shall be prescribed by law. SEC. 2. The legislature shall encourage the promotion of intellectual, moral, scientific and agricultural improvement, by establishing a uniform system of common schools and schools of higher grade, embracing normal, preparatory, collegiate, and university departments. SEC. 3. The proceeds of all lands that have been or may be granted 365435 |