Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1843-05-09
CONTINUED.
OF COMMON SCHOOLS.


Sec. l. Every school district which has
been, or shall hereafter he set off and or
ganized according to law, shall be body
corporate and polite capable Of contracting
and being contracted with, Of suing and be-
ing sued, by its name or number; and the
trustees Of any such district are hereby au-
thorlzed to conduct and manage for such
district any suit or proceeding for or against
the same.
SEC 2. All school districts heretofore
organized under any law in existence at the
time Of their organization, shall be held TO
be regularly organized, and need not be re-
organized, any law TO the contrary, notwith-
standing. And every school district may,
at any annual meeting, determine in what
manner future district meetings shall be no.
tilted.
SEC. 3. The school commissioners Of
any town, shall have power to call a dis
trict meeting in any district where no way
has been provided at any annual meeting,
whereby future meetings shall be held; or
when no annual meeting has been eid,and
shall cause notices to be posted in three or
more public places in said district, Of tibet time
when and place where said meeting shall
be held, at least ten days before SAID time
specified in said notices; and such meeting
shall have the same power in all respects
as the annual meeting.
SEC. 4. Any school district may vote
tax to purchase or lease a site for the dis
trct school house, and to build, hire orpur
chase, keep in repair and furnish such
school house with the necessary appendix
ges, not exceeding the sum Of two hundred
dollars in any one year, unless the commits
sioners Of common schools Of the town in
which such district may be, shall certify In
writing that in their opinion a larger sum
ought to be raised, and shall certify the
amount; in which case sum not exceeding
the amount so certified shall be raised: Pro-
pided. that in no case shall q sum exceed
ing three hundred dollars be raised for the
purposes contemplated in this section. All
school houses shall be assessed in the man.
ner now provided by law.
SEC. 5. 1t shall be the duty Of every
person sending child to school to provide
his just proportion Of fuel for such school,
which proportion shall be determined by
the trustees Of the district according TO the
INDECENT persons az in the judgment of the
trustees shall be unable 10 provide the
same, shall be exempt from all such liza
bIity.
Sec. 6. IF any person liable to provide
such fuel, shall omit to provide the same
on notice from any one Of the trustees, it
shall be the duty the trustees to furnish
the fuel and charge to theperson so in default
the value of,or the amount paid for the fuel
furnished.
SEC. 7. Such value or amount may be
added TO the rate bill Of the moneys due
for instruction, and may be collected there
with and in the same manner, or the trus-
tees may sue for and recover the same
in their name Of office, with costs of suit
SEC. 8. The warrant annexed to any
tax list shall be under the hands of the
trustees or a majority of them: and shall
command the collector 10 collect from any
person, and from all property taxed in
such list, the sum therein assessed .to%eth-
er with his fees within sixty days frotn the
date thereof; and such collector shall, with
IN thirty days thereafter, personally de-
nand the same Of the persons charged
therewith,if they be found within his town;
and if such tax be no, paid before the ex-
plrat;on Of said thirty days, such district
collector shall then collect the same bv dis
tress and sale of personal properly in the
same manner as town collectors are au.
thorizcd to collect town and county taxes;
and if the tax assessed on real property
shall remain unpaid for the space rf one
month after the expiration Of the times pre-
scribed for the collection personal proper
~. cannot be found on which to levy the
same, the district collector shall report on
affidavit the list ofsuCh delinquent taxes tc
the town clerk of the town in which such
school district may bs;and such clerk shall
il making out the duplicate assessment
roll, next thereafter, enter such delinquent
tSxas in separate column thereon, to be
Collected in the same manner as others
taxes; and said taxes when so collected
shall be paid over to the district collector
Of the proper district, for the use Of his
district: Prorided, that when there shall
be part Of a school district in any town
the district collector shall make his return
as aforesaid TO the town clerk Of the towr
in which such part of any district shal
be.
SEC. 8. The warrants issued by trus
tees Of school districts for the collection oil
rate bill shall be issued and executed ID
the same manner, and shall have the like
force and effect as warrants issued by them
on tax lists.
SEc 10. If the sum or sums of money
payable by any person named in any tay
list,or rate bill issued by the trustees, shall
not be paid by him or collected by sucl
warrant within the time therein limited, i
shall and may be lawful for the trustees t.
renew such warrant for thirty days in re