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1904

The Wisconsin legislature passed a law (session of 1904–5) requiring the county superintendent to call school board conventions each year.

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Beloit1904During 1904

The Beloit National bank purchased the Carpenter block at the east end of the bridge on the north side of East Grand avenue and moved there.

Beloit1904During 1904

A man served a term as mayor of Beloit beginning in 1904 (term 1904–1906).

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The region1904

The Wisconsin legislature passed a law (session of 1904–5) requiring the county superintendent to call school board conventions each year.

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Another law for the improvement of our schools, passed by the Wisconsin state legislature of 1904-5, makes it the duty of the county superintendent to call one or more school board conventions each year. At the first of these, held August 17, 1905, seventy-five out of eighty-two school districts were represented by 133 school officers, and the various problems connected with the conduct of district schools were profitably considered. Another recent change tending toward more efficient administration is the following : For many years it has been the duty of the town treasurer to keep back ten cents for each pupil of school age in his town, and with this money the town clerk was to purchase library books for the several districts. In the winter of 1904 and 1905 that law was repealed and a new one made which

Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.Vol. 1, PDF p. 262 / book p. 240

1904

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1904

The Wisconsin legislature passed a law (session of 1904–5) requiring the county superintendent to call school board conventions each year.

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The region1904

The Wisconsin legislature passed a law (session of 1904–5) requiring the county superintendent to call school board conventions each year.

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Another law for the improvement of our schools, passed by the Wisconsin state legislature of 1904-5, makes it the duty of the county superintendent to call one or more school board conventions each year. At the first of these, held August 17, 1905, seventy-five out of eighty-two school districts were represented by 133 school officers, and the various problems connected with the conduct of district schools were profitably considered. Another recent change tending toward more efficient administration is the following : For many years it has been the duty of the town treasurer to keep back ten cents for each pupil of school age in his town, and with this money the town clerk was to purchase library books for the several districts. In the winter of 1904 and 1905 that law was repealed and a new one made which