Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-04-26
LAWS OF MICHIGAN.
ny AUTHORIZE
AN ACT to provide for the organization and sup
port of Primary Schools.
ART. ]. Primary school districts, their powers

AN AL 10 provide for the organization and sup
port of Primary Schools.
ART. i. Primary school districts their overs
SEC. 1. Be ii enacted By the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the State of
Michigan, That whenever any school dis.
trict shall be formed in any township by the
board of school inspectors, It shall be the
duty of said board to deliver notice in writ
ing, describing the boundaries of said dis
trict and the time and place Of the first
meeting, to taxable inhabitant of such dis.
trict.
SEC. 2. 1t shall be the duty of such in.
habitant to notify every qualified voter
of such district, either personally or by
leaving written notice at his place OF
residence, Of the ftine and place of such
meeting. at least five days before said meet.
ing.
SEC. 3. In case the inhabitants of dis
trict fail TO organize the same, or If any dis.
trict after formation shall be dissolved for
any cause, such notice shall be renewed
in the manner prescribed in the preceding
section.
SEC. a. Whenever such inhabitant shall
neglect or refuse TO serve the notice as re.
quired, he shall forfeit to the district, for tho
use ofits library, the sum oftwenty dol.
lars to be recovered in an action of debt by
the district board, when said district shall be
organized, before any court Of competent
Jurisdiction.
SEC. b. Every white male inhabitant Of
the age Of twenty.one years residing in
such district, liable to pay school tax,
shall be entitled to vote at any district meet.
ing.
SEC. 9. The qualified voters, when as.
sembed pursuant TO such previous notice
and also at the annual meeting, shall choose
a moderator, director and assessor.
SEC. 7. Special meetings of the district
may be called by its officers, or by any one
Of them, on the written request of five legal
voters Of the district, by giving the required
previous notice; but in all such cases the oh.
ect of the meeting shall be clearly stated in
said notice.
SEC. 6. Whenever lawfully assembled, the
qualified voters Of each district shall have
power
1. To adjourn from time to time as may
be necessary.
2. To designate site for q school house
and to change the same by vote of two
thirds at any regular meeting.
3. To purchase or lease an appropriate
site, and to build, hire, or purchase school
house, and TO impose such tax on the inha-
bitants as shall be sufficient for the payment
thereof: Provided, That the amount Of such
tax shall not exceed in any one year the sum
of five hundred dollars.
a. To impose from time to time such
tax as may be required to keep the
school house in repair, and provide for the
necessary appendages and fuel for the
same.
5. To impose tax sufficient for the pur-
chase of suitable library case, also sum
not exceeding ten dollars annually for the
purchase of books to be selected by vote
ofthe district, or by the district board when
so directed.
6 To signate the place where the Ii
brary shall be kept and the person by whom
it shall be kept, and the superintendent
of public instruction shall establish the
necessary rules for the regulation of the Ii
brary.
Z. To determine at each annual meeting
the length of time, which shall not be less
than three months, the school shall be kept;
and TO fix the amount Of money, in addition
TO its apportionmcnt. which may be raised for
the support ofits schools the ensuing year
the sum so voted not to exceed in any one
year ninety dollars.
SEC. 8. All notices for district meetings,
except such as are provided for in the three
first sections of this act, whether annual or
special, shall set forth the day and hour and
place of meetngt and be given at least six
DAYS previous to such meeting by being post.
ed up in three of the most public places in
the district.
SEC. 10. The annual meeting Of each
school district shall be on the first Monday of
| October.
SEC. IL. Each school district organized
under this act shall be body corporate by
the name and style Of "School District No.
of the township of !,
in the county of land state
of Michigan )" and in that name capable
of suing and being sued, and OF holding
real and personal estate as is authorize
ed TO be purchased by the provisions of this
act.
Art. 2. District officers, their power and
duties.
SEC. IL The moderator, director and
assessor, shall hold their respective Offices
until the annual meeting next following
their appointment, and until others are
chosen.
SEC. 10. Every person elected to any
one of the above offices, who without
sufficient cause shall neglect or refuse
1 10 serve, shall forfeit TO the district for
the use of the library, the sum Of ten
dollars, to be recovered by an action
of debt at the suit of the district board
before any court af competent jurisdiction.
SEC. Ia. The moderator shall have pow,
or, and it shall be his duty to preside at all
meetings of the district, to sign all warrants
for the collection Of taxes, and all orders
for the payment Of moneys, 10 be dlsourseq
by the district; and counterslgn al war.
rants of the director upon the township board
of inspectors, for the moneys apportloned to
the district by said board of school inspec-
tors.
SEC. is. The assessor shall have power
and il shall be his duty,
1. To obtain, within thirty days of his
election a transcript of so much of the last
assessment roll of the township or town.
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