Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1842-03-22

50 assembled at eacn meeting, or When lawfully as
sembled at any other district meeting, shall have
power, by majority of those present
LIST. To appoint moderator for the time being;
I'd. To adjourn from time to time, as occasion
may require;
Sd. To choose district clerk, three trustees,
and one district collector at their first meeting and
as often as such offices may become vacant;
4th. To designate site for the district school
house;
9Th. To levy such tax upon the taxable property
of the district the meeting shall deem sufficient
to purchase lease a suitable site for school
house, and to build, repair, hire, purchase such
school house, and to furnish the same with the ne
cessary fuel and appendages; and
9th. To repeal, alter and modify their proceed
ings at any time, as occasion may require.
SEC. Z. Each school district in any town shall
hold its annual meeting the first Monday of Oc-
tober, in each year; and at its first annual meeting
shall vote in what manner future district meetings
shall be notified.
SEC. 8. A special meeting may be held in any
district, whenever notified in such manner the
district shall vote; and the proceedings of no dis
trict meeting, annual special shall be held lle-
gal for want of due notice to all persons qualified to
vote thereat: prorided, that such meeting
tilted agreeably to such vote.
SEC. 9. No tax to be voted by district meeting
for building, hiring or purchasing school house,
shall exceed the sum of two hundred dollars, unless
the commissioners of common schools of such town
shall certify in writing that, in their opinion, lar
ger sum ought to be raised, and shall certify the
same in which case, sum, not exceeding the sum
so certified, shall be raised.
Sec. 10. All sums of money raised by any school
district, for the purposes provided in the preceding
section, shall be assessed upon the last valuation OF
property in such district, as made by the assessors
OF the town.
Sec. IL. Whenever school districts are formed,
composed of persons residing in different towns,
whether both of such towns are in the same county
not, such district, when legally organized, shall
have the powers for all purposes, which school
districts generally possess by law.
SEC. ~. Whenever school house shall have
been built or purchased for district, the site of such
school house shall not be changed, nor the building
thereon be removed, as long as the district shall
main unaltered except by vote of two-thirds of
the voters of such district
SEC. 13. The clerk trustees, and collector of
such school district shall hold their respective off.
ces until the annual meeting of such district next
following the time of their appointment, until
others chosen.
SEC. ID. ANY person duly appointed or chosen to
any such office, who, without sufficient cause shall
refuse to serve therein shall forfeit the sum of five
dollars; and every person so chosen or appointed,
and not having refused to accept, who shall neg
lect to perform the duties of said office, shall forfeit
the sum of ten dollars.
SEC l5 1t shall be the duty of the clerk of each
school district
LIST. To record the proceedings of his district in
book to be kept by the district for that purpose.
Cd. To give notice of the time and place for hold
ing special district meetings, in such manner
shall be prescribed by of such DISTRICTS pre-
serve and keep all records, books and papers, be-
longing to his office, and to deliver the same to his
successor in office demand.
Sec l6 1t shall be the duty of the trustees of
every school distrct-and they shall have the pow
er-
LIST. To call special meetings of the inhabitants
of such districts, whenever they shall deem it
cessary and proper;
Cd. To make out a tax list of their district,
tanning the names of all the taxable inhabitants
siding in the district the time of making out the
list together with list of all taxable property with
in such district and the amount of tax payable by
each inhabitant; and upon such property, set op-
posite the name of such owner, and of such prop
erty;
Sd. To annex to such list a warrant, directed to
the collector of the district, for the collection Of
the sums in such list mentioned with five cents on
on each dollar thereof for his fees;
4th. To purchase or lease a site for the district
school house, as designated by vote of each dis
trict and to build, hire purchase, keep in re-
pair and furnish such school house with fuel and
necessary appendages, out of the funds collected
and paid to them for such purposes;
9th. To have the custody and safe keeping of
the school house and furniture
9th. Contract with and employ all teachers in
the district;
9TH. To pay the wages of such teachers out of
the moneys belonging to such district, the
shall be drawn by the commissioners of common
schools from the town treasury, so far as such mo-
neys shall be sufficient for that purpose and to
collect the residue of such wages, excepting such
sums as may have been collected by the teacher,
from all persons liable therefor;
sth. To divide the public moneys received by
them whenever authorized by vote of their dis
rict, into exceeding four portions for each year;
to assess and apply one of such portions to each
quarter term during which a school shall be kept
in such district for the teachers wages during such
quarter or term, and to collect the residue of such
wa es, not paid by the proportion of public money
allotted for that purpose, from the persons liable
therefor, above provided;
9th. To exempt from the payment of the wages
of teachers such indi gent persons within the dis