Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1849-02-20

ment Of the financial affairs of his office
and such suggestions as he may think pro
per to make relative to the schools Of his
county.
Sec. II. Should he fail to make his re.
port, as required in the foregoing section,
he shall forfeit the sum of twenty dollars,
and suit shall be brought on his official
J bond for the collection Of the same with
damages, by the Prosecuting Attorney.
Sec. IS. He shall keep an accurate &C.
count of the receipts and expenditures of
his office, and shall render an account
current thereof at any time when requir-
ed by the Superintendent Of Public In
struction.
! Sec. 10. He shall take receipts for all
!: moneys paid out, in a book provided Cor
the purpose, file oil warrants and orders
drawn on him by the respective Presi.
dents of the district boards, and all other
papers transmitted to him pertaining to
the business Of his Office, and shall hold
the same subject TO the inspection Of the
Superintendent Of Public instructions or
any Of the school officers of his county.
Sec. 20. He shall keep a correct &C.
count of all monies received from the
!, township and county officers, specifying
the particular source from which the
same accrued.
Sec. FL. He shall distribute to the dis.
} trict officers within his county such blank
forms circulars, and other communica-
tons as may be transmitted to him for
that purpose by the Superintendent oil
Public Instruction.
Sec. %. On the first day Of March an.
nually he shall apportion the interest OF
, the permanent shcool fund to which his
, county is entitled, the county school tax,
. and all money in his hands appropriated
for the support of schools, among the sew.
eral school districts of his county, in pro-
: portion to the number of persons report
ed to him by the respective district secre-
taries, and shall record statement there
Of in his office
I Sec. % He shall Immediately notify
the president Of each school district Of the
amount to which his district may be emit.
tied by said appointment and shall pay
the same over to the district treasurer, up
on the warrant Of the president counter
signed by the secretary.
Soc. a. He shall loan out the princi.
pal Of the permanent school fund, as tie
, same may come into his hands, at the rate
of ten per cent, interest per annum; sale
interest made payable at his office on the
first day Of January of each year.
Sec. rs. The payment Of tho money
thus loaned, and the interest thereon
) shall be secured by promissory note, tc
be executed by the loaner, with two good
securities, and by mortgage on real estate
Of the clear unincumbered value Of dou
bic the amount Of money loaned.
7 Sec. 26. The value of real estate pro
proposed to be given in security for mo
ney loaned as herein provided, shall be
: fixed by three appraisers under oath, te
, be appointed by the Fund Commissioner
who shall be allowed therefor the sum o.
, fifty cents each, to be paid by the loaner
: Sec. 81. No loan to any one person Of
2 compasy shall exceed the sum Of five hun
dred dollars, nor shall any loan be made
: for less term than one year or more
. than five years.
e Sec. 20. In all cases where it shall b.
o necessary to administer any oath or affir
r nation under the privisions Of this act, o
any other act pertaining to the duties o
S School Fund Commissioner, he is hereby
o authorized to administer the same.
O Sec. 90. He shall divide into schoo
Q districts, and number the same, eacI
j. township or election precinct in his coun
~, or any part thereof, where the SAM
S has not heretofore been districted, ant
S may alter and change the boundar ies O
l., districts thus formed, or those formed I'm
2 der other acts, from time to time, as the
/ convenience Of the inhabitants of the a
I foresaid townships and election precincts
may require; and shall proceed to make
e such change at any time when petition
. ed by two-thrds Of the legal voters o
2 any district
] Sec 80. He may form district from
| parts oftwo or more adjoining townships
$ and shall number said district as belong
} ing to one of the several townships from
which it is formed a district may also be
e froned from parts of two or more adjoin
7 ing counties, by the concurrence of the
: respective Fund Commissioners Provid
: cd, That the persons in said district be-
} tween the age of five and twenty one
} years shall be reported by the secretary
Of said district 10 the Fund COMMISSIONS
) of the county within which they reside
and that the school money to which they
may be entitled by virtue Of said reports
shall be paid to the treasurer Of said dis
trict.
Sec. 81. He shall receive such sum
per annum for his services as may be al:
lowed by the county commissioners, 10 be
paid out Of the county treasury.
Organization and po,oers of School Districts
Sec. 80. Each school district formed
and organized under any former law, or
under the provisions Of this act, is hereby
declared to be body corporate by the
name and style Of School District No.,
Of the township Of, in the county
of---, and State Of Iowa, and in that
name it may hold property and be par
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