, 1854-07-01

Sec. 3, Districts shall have power to re-
peal, alter or modify their proceedings from
time to time as occasion may require.
Sec 4. District meetings legally called,
shall have power to levy tax upon the
property Of the district for, any purpose
whatever, connected with and for the bene-
fit of schools, and the promotion of educa-
tion in the district.
Sec. 5. Amy new district failing to or
ganize and report to the county superin-
tendant the number of children over four
and under twenty-One years of age in said
district, at least twenty days before the
first Friday in November, or any district
having been organized for the term of one
year or more, failing to report to the coun-
ty superintendent, as is required in section
eleven of the chapter entitled School
meetings. in this act, shall not be entitled
to any portion Of the county school fund
for the year; Prorided, that if the clerk
Of any school district shall fail to make
such report, any inhabitant of such district
may make such report, verified on oath,
and the county superintendent shall receive
it, the same as if made by the clerk.
Sec 6. The county superintendent shall
apportion all the county school fund for
that year among those districts only which
have organized and reported according to
law.
Sec. I. No district shall be allowed to
draw the county school fund from the trea-
sury, apportioned to it, until it shall raise
an amount by tax or otherwise in said dis
trict to he expended in paying teachers and
building school houses in said district,
equal to the amount to which such district
is entitled out of the county school fund; ;
nor until it shall satisfy the county super
intendent that school has been kept in
said district by qualified teacher for at
least three months during the year imme-
diately following the apportionment.
Sec. 8. When the clerk of any district
shall satisfy the county superintendent that
an amount has been raised by tax or 9TH
erwise in his district for the support of tea
chers, equal to the amount apportioned to
them from the county fund, and that
school has actually been kept by qualified
teacher Os provided in the preceding Sec
ton, the superintendent shall then issue an
order on the county treasury in favor of
the clerk Of said district for the amount to
which such district is entitled, out of the
county school fund.
See. .. Any district failing to comply
with the provisions Of the two preceding
sections for the term Of one year after any
apportionment, shall forfeit its apportion-
ment, and the amount thereof shall be
again added to the county school fund, and
divided again among all the districts
See. 10. Whenever q school is kept in
any district, the teacher Of which shall be
supported out of the general county school
fund, or by.tax on the district as aforesaid,
such school shall be open and free to all
children between the ages Of four and
twenty-one years in such district
Sec. IL. The directors of any district
may permit scholars living out Of the dis
trict to attend school with or without
charge, as they may deem proper.
Sec. l2. Mcpherson shall be disqualified
to hold the Office of county superintendent,
district director or clerk, on account Of
holding any other Office within the territory
at the same time.
Sec. l3. 1t shall be the duty Of the di-
rectors to appoint suitable person for IL
brarlan, when the district shall have pro-
cured library.
l certify the foregoing is true copy Of
the the original act.
c. II. MASON,
,Seersfarv of The TsrritOrV of Washington.