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The Mississippi Institution For The Education Of The Deaf And Dumb
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| 67 | Brief as this history is, it required days of searching among the musty records of state, and should its friends find any material omissions or mistakes it is hoped they will attribute them to incomplete records and the limited time allowed for its preparation. | |
| 68 | Thus ends a brief account of the record made by this Institution, which record would, undoubtedly, make an important and interesting chapter in a complete history of Mississippi. | |
| 69 | Let the deaf of Mississippi uncover their heads and lift up their hearts in gratitude for the rivers of blessings that have been flowing from this Institution for all these years. | |
| 70 | APPENDIX. | |
| 71 | THE LAW GOVERNING THE MISSISSIPPI INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB. | |
| 72 | Annotated Code. | |
| 73 | CHAPTER 64. | |
| 74 | 2320 (678). Name and Franchise. -- The Institution for the instruction of the deaf and dumb, heretofore established at Jackson, shall continue to exist, for the purposes of its establishment, under the name of Institute for the Deaf and Dumb." with power to receive and hold property, real and personal, for its benefit, and to accept and use, as provided by law, all bequests, devises, and donations made to it; and it shall continue to enjoy the rights and privileges conferred on it by law, and such as are necessary to accomplish the purposes of its establishment. | |
| 75 | 2321. Parts of Chapter for Institute for the Blind Applied. -- Every section, except the first, of the chapter on "Institute for the Blind shall apply to the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb as fully as if inserted here, changing the word " blind" to "deaf" wherever it occurs. | |
| 76 | 2311 (670). Government; Trustees. -- The government of the Institute is vested in a board of five trustees, to be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of two years and until successors are appointed. | |
| 77 | 2312 (671). Vacancies; Removals. -- The Governor may remove any trustee for cause, and he may fill all vacancies occurring during a recess of the Senate. | |
| 78 | 2213 (672). President of the Board; Quorum -- The Governor is ex officio president of the board of trustees; but in his absence the board may select a president for the time. A majority of the trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; but when a bare majority is present, the concurrence of all will be necessary. | |
| 79 | 2314 (674). Powers of Trustees. -- The board of trustees may adopt all needful rules and regulations for the government of the Institute, and may regulate the number and fix the salaries of under officers and teachers, and prescribe the duties of all officers and teachers and the course of instruction. | |
| 80 | 2315 (675). None but Residents Admitted. -- The board of trustees shall not admit into the Institute a person who is not a bona fide resident of this State, and who is not of good moral character. | |
| 81 | 2316 (675). Board and Tuition; Free Pupils -- The board of trustees shall fix the amount to be paid by pupils for board and tuition and the terms of admission and times of payment ; and it shall admit free of all charges, upon the certificate of the county superintendent of education, all indigent deaf persons who are eligible. | |
| 82 | 2317. Superintendent -- There shall be a superintendent of the Institute, to be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of two years, and he may be removed by the Governor for cause. All vacancies occurring during the recess of the Senate shall be filled by the Governor. | |
| 83 | 2318. Same; His Duties -- The duties of the superintendent shall be prescribed by the board of trustees, and he shall have general control over and responsibility for the management of the Institute and the care of its property. He shall make an annual report to the board of trustees, up to the first day of October, in such form as the board shall prescribe, and, in particular, giving the statistics for the preceding year. | |
| 84 | 2319 (676). Report of Trustees to Legislature -- The board of trustees shall make a report, through the Governor, every two years to the legislature, setting forth a full statement of its official acts and of the condition and progress of the Institute, with such recommendations as it may deem proper, and containing a detailed report of all receipts and expenditures for the two preceding fiscal years. | |
| 85 | MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF BOARDS OF TRUSTEES. | |
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MEMBERS OF BOARDS.
Messrs. W. B. SMART 1854-1856 | |