Chap. 15.—An ACT to provide for the Appointment and Qualification of a
Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Approved February 28, 1870.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That there shall
be elected by the general assembly, in joint ballot, every four
years, a superintendent of public instruction, who shall have the
general supervision of the public free school interests of the
state, and, in addition to the duties prescribed in the constitu-
tion, shall perform such other duties as may be hereafter
prescribed by law. ,
2. He shall give bond, to be approved by the *governor, in
the penalty of twenty thousand dollars, which bond shall be
transmitted to and filed in the office of the auditor of public
accounts.

3. He shall receive for the first yéar of his service the sum
of two thousand dollars, and thereafter such annual salary as
may be determined by law, payable out of the treasury in
quarterly instalments, and his necessary travelling expenses
inaurred in the performance of his duties, not exceeding two
hundred and fifty dollars in any one year.

4, This act shall be in force from its passage.