Excerpt from Acts Relating to the Public Schools of Rhode Island It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: I. State Appropriation and Supervision. Section I - III. Section 1. For the uniform and efficient administration of this Act, and the supervision and improvement of such schools as may be supported in any manner out of appropriations from the General Treasury, the Governor shall appoint an officer, to be called the Commissioner of Public Schools, who shall hold his office one year, and until his successor shall be appointed, with such compensation for his services, and allowance for his expenses, as the General Assembly shall determine. By act of June 1846, 5, in case of the sickness or absence of the Commissioner, the Governor may appoint a person to act as Commissioner during his absence or sickness.] Sec. II. For the encouragement and maintenance of public schools in the several towns and cities of the State in the manner hereinafter prescribed, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars is hereby annually appropriated, payable out of the annual avails of the School Fund, and of the money deposited with this State by the United States, and other moneys not otherwise specially appropriated; and the General Treasurer is authorized and directed to pay all orders drawn by the Commissioner of Public Schools in pursuance of the provisions of this act, or of resolutions of the General Assembly: Provided, the aggregate amount of such orders in any one year shall not exceed the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."