Litchfield enquirer., 1839-07-11
PUBLTC STATUTE LAWS, OF THE STATE OF CONNECTlCuI
 PASSED MAY SESSION. 1889.
RAssED MAY SESSION. I0'''


 OF THE STATE OF CoNNEcTlCUT'
 PASSED MAY SESSION. 1889. An Act concerning Schools. |
 Sect. l. De a euecisd bg tas Se.gts and H0sTs ThS, q Rs,1reseafaaires in General Assembly c0nteMea Aua esch school society shall have power to esiablsn and maintain common schools of different grades t9 Oun and repair school hOuses to lay taxes ana nr5e nJ us .sSI s % a he yosS nj thereof
 sscs No schoo district shall hereafter Pe Iormed out of any existing district or dlstLlcts. d s,,a"n os v.S" snv sxistng district by the formation Ot new one. be reduced below the same numOSr.
 Sect Whenever any scnSc a,Y !; Ss the Smty of the committee of the society to TX and deecroe me boundary lines of such district and cause the same to be entered on the records o the society ana m Sny and described, it shall Do the duty ot sald commsce, on application of the district, to designate and defne the same, as above specified. -,
 Sect 4. Every legally constituted school district shall be body corporate, 90 far as to be ape Io PuI chase, receive, hold and convey any estate Iea oL personal for the support of schooling m the same to prosecute and defend in all actions relating to the pro- perty and affairs of the disric and to make all Iaw ful agreements and regulations for the management or schools within said district. .h..,
 Sect. 5. There shall be Q meeting m each ecnool district annually on the las! Tuesday ot August at the school house of such district. o!,h there pc no school house, at such other place aS the district com
 ittee ii, one or more newspapers published therein, or by putting the same on the school house. or on tne sign post or on such other places, and in such other
 mode as the district may designate for this purpose
 Sect. G. A special meeting shall be held in each district whenever called by the district commit.ee, n and it shall De the duty of said committee or any member thereof or in case of failure or refusal of the same, of the clerk of said dstric to call meelng 9n the written application of any ve residents therein who pay taxes and every notice of district meet cali cslleS. J.4n ''a'' -
 Soct. '. At the annual meeting of any district the legal voters thereof shall eect in addition to the ol- cers now required, committee, to consist ot not more than three residents of the district; and said commit district committee appointed by the school society shall employ unless otherwise directed by the districts one, or more qualified teachers provide suitable their number, twice at least during each season O, schooling; that the scholars are property supplied with books and in case they are not ana tne paIsns guardians or masters have been notified thereof ny the teacher provide the same at the expense o dstrct and add the price thereof to the next school tax or rate of such parents guardans oI mas.eIs season from school all pupils found guilty on fr near ing of incogibly bad conduct and glye such lnior, nation and assistance to the school committees ana vsters of the society, they may require, ana per form all other lawful acts as may from f!nie to me be required of them by the district, or which may De necessary carry into full effect the powers and du E Sect g. Each school district shall have power at the annual any lawful meeting, to build or other wise provide suitable school rooms to employ one or at which the school shall be taught to appropriate such portions of the public moneys accruing to such district for the of schools to such parts of the year. as the convenience of the district may require pro. vded that school district shall after the lrst day of January next be entitled to any portion of the public
 money, unless the school or schools ot snch dslr!ct have been kept by teacher or teachers duly quann- ed for at least four months in the year-and until the district committee shall certify that the public money received by such district the year previous has been teacher or teachers, and for no other purpose whatever.
 Sect g. The inhabitants of school districts in law all the real estate situated in their respective dis trcts and upon the polls and other rateabe estate ex- cept real estate situated without the limits of such ds time of laying such tax, and said real estate shall not be taxed by any school district besides the one m which the same is situated and said tax shall be the assessment list of said town or towns, to which said district belongs, last completed or next to be com peed as said district may direct and be collectedb the collector of the district in the sume manner as
 Sect. 10. Whenever real estate situated in one | school district is so assessed and entered in the grand
 list m common with other estate situated out ot sad district that there is distinct separate value put 6y the assessors upon the part lying Tn said district then said district wishing to Jay tax as aforesaid town in which such district is situated, to assess, and they hereby authorized and directed on such ap-
 ication to assess the value of that part said estate winch les m said district, and to return the same to the clerk Of said town; and notice thereof shall be given by the district committee in the same way and manaer as school meetings are warned; and at the end of fifteen days after said assessment has been lodged as aforesaid, said assessors and societys mitsee shall meet in such place in said district said committee shall designate in their notice, and shall nave the sale power in relation to such list as the board of relief have in relation to lists of towns When such list shall be capitalized and adjusted by | said assessors and societys committee the same shall he lodged with the town clerk and said assessments shall be the rule of taxation for said estate by said district tor the year ensuing and said assessors shall es n PSd by said district reasonable compensation
 Sect Il. The visitors or overseers appointed by any school society," may prescribe rules and regulations for she management, studies. books, and discipline of the one or both of whom shall be committee to examine into the qualifications of all candidates who may ap- py iog employment as in the common schools the evidence of whose moral character, and literary ettanments they are satisfied, certificate setting ing provided that certificate shall be given to any person not found qualified to teach reading writing and arithmetics shoroughly--and the rudiments at each of tho district schools sn said society, during the
 rs two weeks after the opening Of such schools and also during the two weeks preceding the close of the same. at which visits the committee may examine the record or register of the teacher and a other matters touching the literature. discipline. mode of teaching, ana improvement of the school; and subject to the rules and regulations of the school visi,ers may else all powers, and discharge a the duties of said visitors and such committee shall receive one dollar each per day for tho time actually employed in dis changing the duties of their office. and such other compensation as said society may allow, to be paid out of the income of the town deposite fund aecruing to said society," or in any other way which said soc ety may provide.
 Sect 12. No teacher shall be employed in any school supported by any portion of the public money, until he or she has received certificate of examina- tion and apDrobation eipRed hy majority nf vetera of the school society, by the committee by them ap pointed. nor shall any teacher he entitled draw any portion of his Cr her wages, far the same s paid oSk out 2. any public money appropriated by law to