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Of central or high schools
Sec. 81. Whenever in the opinion Of the board
Of education, il shall become necessary or desi-
rable 10 provide one or more such central or
high schools in their respective townships, the
said board shall estimate the probable cost there
Of, and call q special meeting Of the qualified
voters Of the township and who are not resi-
dents Of any Of the territory or districts named
in the first section Of this act, over which the
jurisdiction Of the township and local directors
is excluded, at the usual place Of holding cleo
tons, first giving twenty days notice Of the
time and object Of holding such meeting. by
posting the same in some public place in each
Of the several sub-districts Of the township. in
which notice the amount or rate OF tax as esti-
mated by the board shall be stated, and the
electors when convened in pursuance Of such
notice shall decide by vote any questions which
may be deemed important in relation TO the cost
and location Of the building or buildings, or
other provisions necessary for the establishment
of any such school, and also the amount Of
township tax which may be levied for the pur
pose, and the chairman and clerk Of the board
shall be the chairman and clerk Of the meeting,
and the clerk shall record in the records Of the
board the action Of the meeting. and the board
shall be governed by the direction and vote Of
said meeting in relation 10 the subjects or mat
ters so submitted.
Sec. 2a 1t shall be the duty Of the board OF
education in any organized township Of the
State, annually, to determine by estimate as
nearly as practicable, the entire amount of mo-
ney necessary to be expended in the township
for school purposes other than for the payment
, r Il Il. oIIsfsnnal ufo
as the board mar think necessary, not exceed
ing two mills on the dollar valuation OF the tax
able property Of the township. for the exelu,
sive purpose Of sustaining teachers in the CEN
trail or high schools. or for the purpose Of pro.
D longing, after the State funds have been ex-
{ hausted, the terms Of the several sub-districts
or primary schools in the township, or for both
purposes, as the board may adjudge best, which
several amounts Of money so estimated, the
board shall make known by certificate in wri-
! ting, on or before the first Monday in June in
each year, including any tax which may have
} been voted by special meeting Of electors as
5 provided in the proceeding section, to the aud
itor Of the proper county, who shall thereupon
: assess the entire amount of such estimates on
all the taxable property Of the township not in
} cluded in any city or Incorporated village or
territory annexed thereto, forming any special
} district, to be entered by said auditor on the
7 tax duplicate of the county and collected BY
: the county treasurer at the same time and in
5 the same manner as State and county taxes are
: collected and when collected shall be paid
e over TO the treasurer Of the proper township on
] the order Of the county auditor and said cOun-
ty treasurer shall be entitled to receive for col
r iloot.on M oil hv him
= collected for school purposes, and no more.
Sec. 90. The township board of education
shall have power, when in their opinion justice
and equity require it, to estimate separately the
: cost of purchasing school house site and
+ erecting or repairing school house thereon in
any particular b-distrct of the township
S wherein the inhabitants have not heretofore
( borne reasonable share of the burthen of tax
t alton for such purpose in comparison with 9TH
$ er sub-districts in the township, and certify
II such portion as they may deem just and equita-
d BILE Of the amount of such estimate to the coun-
d ty auditor of the proper county, together with
map of the lands and names of tax payers in
o any such sub-district, which amount so certif-
e ed shall be assessed by the auditor on the prop.
Is erty therein subject to taxation and placed on
&c the county duplicate, specially. and be collect
e ed and paid over in the same manner as Other
= school taxes, and be applied for the specific pur-
Il pose of providing a school house in such sub
J. district.
d Sec. "a. All school funds which may come
1t into the hands of the township treasurer, from
d whatever source, shall be paid out only on the
h order of the clerk of the board of education,
e under the direction of tie board except in
paying teachers for their services the said clerk
may, on such teachers presenting their certifi-
Il Gates of qualification, and depositing with the
p clerk true copies thereof, draw the requisite or
d ders on the treasurer for such amount as may
n have been certified to be due by any two of the
b local directors of the proper sub-district in
;, which the teacher was employed and so much
e of the school moneys coming into the hands OF
d the treasurer as may be derived from the State
ii tax, or from any township tax levied for the
re continuation of schools after the State fund has
d been exhausted, shall be applicable only to the
d payment of teachers in the proper township,
Il and shall be drawn for no other purpose what
IS ever and all school funds made applicable to
the payment of teachers only, shall be distrib'
l. uted to the several sub-districts and fractional
d parts thereof in the township, in proportion tC
lie the enumeration of scholars, with the exception
'f of so much of the township tax as may have
1t been levied and reserved by the board for sus
l. tanning teachers in the central or high schools
e and such school funds as arise from the sale OF
E, rents of section SIXTEEN or other lands in lier
at thereof shall be distributed to the localities L
e. which such funds belong. All other schoo
lie funds of the township not raised for the cen
r. trail or high schools, nor made applicable to th'
ns payment of teachers, as aforesaid. shall be ap
I'd piled, under the direction of the board, in re
ol pairing, building, or furnishing school houses
lie in procuring school house sites, and in making
such other provisions for schools in the subdis
trcts Of the proper township, as may in tht
opinion Of the board be necessary; and eacl
ID township board shall make the necessary provis
o ions for continuing the schools in operation il
cs their respective townships for at least sever
le months in each year.