Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-04-12
Extract from

AN ACT entitled AN Act TO provide for the
organization and support Of Primary Schools.
"ART. A. Township board Of school in
spcc;ors, their powers and duties.
SEC. 81. There shall be chosen at each
annual township meeting, three school in
spectors, in the same manner as other
township officers are chosen.
SEC. %. Said inspectors shall have pow.
tr, and 1t shall be their duty,
1. To meet within ten days Of their
election, at the Office of the township clerk,
who shall be ex-efficio clerk of the board,
and organize by choosing one Of ihernum-
Der chairman, who shall preside at their
meetings.
2. To divide the township into such a
number of districts, and 10 regulate and al.
ter the boundaries of such school districts,
as may from time 10 time be necessary.
3. To describe and number the school
districts Of their township.
4. To apply for and receive from the
county treasurer all moneys appropriated
for the primary schools in their township,
and from tie collector OF The township all
moneys raised therein for the same purpose
as soon as the same shall be due.
5. To apportion the school moneys re-
ceived by them on or before the first of
March Of every year, among the several
school districts, and parts Of districts, in
their township, in proportion to the number
Of scholars in each, between the ages of
five and seventeen years, as the same shall
be shown by the last annual report of the
director of each district: Provided, No
money shall be apportioned to any district
from Which report shall not have been re-
ceived, nor to any district in which school
shall not have been kept at leastth three months.
SEC. 90. The chairman of the board of
inspectors shall be the treasurer of said
board and it shall be the duty of the in
spectors to require of said chairman,
bond, to be given TO tho township, in double
tae amount to be received by him, in two
sufficient sureties, to be approved by the
supervisor, conditioned for the faithful ap-
preparation of all monies that may come
into his hands, by virtue of his office said
bond to be lodged with the township clerk,
who is hereby authorized in case Of the
non.fulflment of the condition of said bond,
to sue for the penalty thereof before any
court of competent jurisdiction.
Sec. "a. On or before the fifteenth of
October of each year, they shall make out
and transmit to the county clerk report,
setting forth,
/. The whole number Of districts in their
township.
2. The number of districts from which
reports have been made, within the year.
3. The length Of time a school has been
kept by qualified teacher.
4. The amount Of public money paid to
each.
SEC. Is. Ifthe board ofschool inspectors
shall neglect or refuse to make such report
by the time set forth in the preceding Sec
ton, they shall forfeit to the use Of the
schools Of their township, the sum Of fifty
dollars, and the full amount of the money
lost by their failure, with interest on the
same. to be recovered in an action of debt,
by the township collector, before any court
having competent jurisdiction of the same.
Sec. 20. Whenever il may be necessary
or convenient to form district from two or
more adjoining townships, the inspectors,
or majority of them, from each of such
adjoining townships may form district,
regulate ard alter the same. And the di.
rector of such district so formed shall make
returns to each township from which said
district is formed, specifying in said returns
that only which belongs TO said township"
The above is an extract Of the act appro.
we'd March 10, 1887. 1t is important thai
the townships should elect the inspectors as
provided for in the school law. The whole
net will soon be published with such forms
as the law requires.