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Two-thirds of this sum was covered by matriculation fees.

For 1898-99, during which 541 public primary schools were reported, the budget called for:

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During the past six months General Wood has completely reorganized the public school system of Cuba, adapting it as far as practicable to the public school system of the United States. The final results of the changes which have been made from time to time are embodied in the following civil decree, published June 30, 1900:

[No. 279.]

HABANA, June 30, 1900.

The Military Governor of Cuba, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Public Instruction, directs the publication of the following regulations for the public schools of the island of Cuba:

COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

1. Commissioner the chief executive officer.-There shall be a chief executive officer for the public schools of the island, to be appointed by the Military Governor, and to be known as the commissioner of public schools, and in the performance of his duties as such he shall be guided by this order and by such rules and orders as may be promulgated hereafter by the Military Governor or the Secretary of Public Instruction. 2. Duties of commissioner.—It shall be the duty of the commissioner of public schools to see that all orders and instructions from the proper authority pertaining to the public schools of the island are rigidly and impartially enforced. He shall make annually, to the Secretary of Public Instruction, a report of the public schools of the island, which shall contain an abstract of the reports herein required to be made to him and such other information as he may deem valuable, and he shall make such special reports as may be required by the Military Governor or Secretary of Public Instruction. It shall be his further duty to superintend the building of schoolhouses throughout the island, and direct the purchase and disposition of such supplies as the Military Governor may authorize.

BOARD OF SUPERINTENDENTS.

3. Composition of the board.—There shall be a superintendent of the public schools of the island, to be appointed by the Military Governor upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Public Instruction and to be known as the island superintendent of public schools, who shall be assisted in each province in the performance of his duties by an assistant, to be appointed in the same manner as the island superintendent and to be known as the provincial superintendent of public schools. The island superintendent as president, with the provincial superintendents as members, shall constitute a board of superintendents for the public schools of the island.

4. Duties of board and individual superintendents.—Each provincial superintendent is the assistant and agent of the commissioner of public schools in the general government and management of the public schools of the island. The board of superintendents shall fix upon and introduce proper methods of teaching in the public schools of Cuba, and shall select text-books and arrange the courses of studies for the different grades of public schools throughout the island; and in all schools of the island which are of the same grade the same text-books and the same courses of studies shall be used.

4a. Sessions of the board of superintendents.-The board of superintendents shall hold regular sessions on the first Monday of October and March at such places within the island as they may deem desirable, and may adjourn from time to time, or hold special meetings at other time or place within the island as it deems desirable for the transaction of business, which special meetings may be called by the president of the board of superintendents.

CLASSIFICATION OF DISTRICTS.

5. Classes of school districts.-The island is hereby divided into school districts to be styled respectively, city districts of the first class, city districts of the second class, and municipal districts.

6. City districts of first class.—Each city of the island having a population of 30,000 or more by the last preceding census of the island shall constitute a city district of the first class. Under this paragraph the following cities are announced as forming city districts of the first class: Habana, Santiago, Matanzas, Cienfuegos, and Puerto Principe.

7. City districts of the second class.-Each city having a population of more than 10,000 and less than 30,000 by the last preceding census of the island shall constitute a city district of the second class. Under this paragraph the following cities are announced as forming city districts of the second class: Cardenas, Manzanillo, Guanabacoa, Santa Clara, Sancti Spiritus, Regla, Trinidad, and Sagua la Grande.

8. Municipal districts.—Each organized municipality, exclusive of any of its territory included in a city district, shall constitute a school district, to be styled a municipal district.

CITY DISTRICTS OF THE FIRST CLASS.

9. Board of education.-The board of education in city districts of the first class shall consist of a school council and a school director.

10. School council.—The legislative power and authority shall be vested in the schol council, which shall consist of seven members to be elected by the qualified electors residing in such district, and no two members of the council shall be residents of the same ward.

11. School council election and term.-The first election for such council shall be held on the same day as the annual municipal elections in 1901, at which election three members of the council shall be elected for a term of two years, and their successors shall be elected at the annual municipal election for 1903, and biennially thereafter, and four members of the council shall at such election in 1901 be elected for a term

of one year, and their successors shall be elected at the annual municipal election of 1902 for a term of two years, and biennially thereafter, and all members of the council shall serve until their successors are elected and qualify.

President and clerk.—The council shall organize annually by choosing one of their members president; also a clerk, who shall not be a member thereof, and who shall receive a salary to be fixed by the council which shall not exceed $1,500 per year.

11a. Appointment of first board of education.-The school director and the school council provided for in paragraph 9 shall be appointed by the governor from candidates recommended to him by the Secretary of Public Instruction immediately after the publication of this order in the official Gazette, to serve until their successors have been elected and duly qualified, as provided for in paragraphs 11 and 16.

12. Resolutions of the council.-Every legislative act of the council shall be by resolution. Every resolution involving an expenditure of money or approval of a contract for the payment of money shall, before it takes effect, be presented, duly signed by the clerk, to the school director for approval.

Director's approval.-The director, if he approves such resolution, shall sign it, but if he does not approve it he shall return the same to the council at its next meeting with his objections, which objections the council shall cause to be entered upon its journal; and if he does not return the same within the time above limited it shall take effect in the same manner as if he had signed it. Provided, that the director may approve or disapprove the whole or any items or part of any resolution appropriating money; and further provided, that any item disapproved shall have no bearing or connection with any other part of such resolution.

Passage over director's veto.—When the director refuses to sign any such resolution or part thereof and returns it to the council with his objections, the council shall forthwith proceed to reconsider it; and if the same is approved by the vote of twothirds of all the members elected to the council it shall then take effect, as if it had received the signature of the director. And in all such cases votes shall be taken by yeas and nays and entered on the record of the council.

13. Teachers and employees.-The council shall provide for the appointment of all necessary teachers and employees and prescribe their duties and fix their compensation.

14. School director; election and powers.-The executive power and authority shall be vested in the school director, and in the performance of his duties as chief executive officer he shall be guided by this order and by such rules and orders as may be promulgated by proper authority and by the resolutions of the council. He shall be elected by the qualified electors of the districts.

15. He shall devote his entire time to the duties of his office, and shall receive an annual salary of $2,000, payable monthly; and before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office shall give bond, to be approved by the board,. for the faithful performance thereof, in the sum of $5,000, which bond shall be deposited with the clerk within ten days from date of election and preserved by him. The director shall report to the council annually, or oftener if required, as to all matters under his supervision; he shall attend all meetings of the council and may take part in its deliberations, subject to its rules, but shall not have the right to vote except in case of a tie.

16. First election and term.-The first election for such director shall be held on the same day as the annual municipal election of 1901, and his successor shall be elected at the time of the annual municipal election for 1903, and biennially thereafter. Any director shall serve until his successor is elected and qualified.

17. Vacancies.-In case of any vacancy in the office of school director or member of the council the council may, by the votes of the majority of all the members elected, fill such vacancy until the next annual municipal election, when the same shall be filled by election for unexpired term.

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26. Judges of election.--The election for members of the board of education in city districts of the second class shall be held by the same judges and clerks provided for the municipal election, and returns of such election, duly certified as in other cases, shall be made within five days to the clerk of the board of education of any such city.

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