, 1854-07-01
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Sec. y. w men the ulSIrlclS snail nave
complied with the law, as hereafter direct
ed, il shall be the duty Of the superintend-
ent to issue orders on the county treasury
in favor Of the clerks Of the districts, for
the amount Of the school funds appropria-
ted to each; on the presentation of which
order, the treasurer Of the county shall pay
over to the clerks Of the districts all mon
eys due the respective districts, and the
clerks shall endorse on said order receipt
for so much as shall be paid thereon, and
they shall also sign a duplicate receipt,
which shall be deposited with the superin-
teDdent, who shall credit the treasury of
the county Herewith, and charge the same
to the proper district.
Sec. 10. The superintendent shall, in
the name Of the county, collect, or cause
to be collected, all moneys due the school
fund from fines, or from any other source in
his county; and until the legislature shall
make some provision. for the disposal of the
school lands given by Congress to the Ter
ritory for school purposes, it shall be the
duty Of the superintendent to preserve said
lands from injury and trespass; and when
it shall come to his knowledge that any
trespass has been committed on such lands,
he shall make complaint of the same before
the grand jury of the proper county, at the
first regular term Of court after he has OBJ
tanned knowledge of such trespass and
oil fines and other moneys thus collected
shall be paid over to the treasurer of the
county for the use of common schools, and
divided in said county in the same manner
as other school funds.
Sec. IL, Any person trespassing upon
or injuring the school lands, as mentioned
in the preceding section, shall be liable to
be indicted for the same, and upon convic-
ton, shall be punished by Imprisonment in
the county Jail not exceeding six months,
or by fine not exceeding five hundred dol.
lars.
Sec. l2 The said superintendent shall
be allowed out of the county treasury, in
compensation for his services, the sum of
twenty-five dollars a year. The county
commissioners may, in their discretion, if
they think the services rendered demand it,
increase his salary to any sum not exceed
ing five hundred dollars year
CHAPTER III.-sCHooL MEETINGS.
Sec l. A school meeting may be called
at any time for the purpose Of organizing q
new district, as provided in section four,
under the title Of county superintendent
No number less thar, FIVE legal voters shall
constitute quorum, to do business in any
district meeting
Sec. 2. Such school meeting shall have
power to do all necessary business the same
as the regular annual school meeting would
have.
Sec 8. Such meeting when assembled,
shall organize by the appointment Of a
chairman and secretary. 1t shall then pro-
coed by ballot to elect three directors. OF
those so elected, the person having the
highest number Of votes, shall hold his office
for the term Of three years, and the persons
having the next highest number shall hold
his Office for two years, and the person next
highest one year, and each shall continue
in office until his successor is elected and
qualified. In case two or more persons of
those so elected receive an equal number
Of votes, the duration of their term of office
shall be determined by lot, in presence of
the chairman and secretary.
Sec 4. The term Of Office Of director
not elected atthe regular annual meeting,
shall continue for the term of one, two or
three years, as he may have been elected,
from the next annual school meeting, unless
such director shall be elected to fill vacan-
cy, in which case he shall continue in Office
for the unexpired term. So that at every
annual school meeting after the first, there
shall he elected one school director for the
term of three years.
Sec. 5. The directors shall qualify with
in ten days after their election, by taking
an oath or affirmation faithfully to discharge
the duties Of the Office, to the best of their
abilities and to promote the interest of
education within their district. This oath
shall be in writing and filed with the clerk
of the district.
Sec. 6. 1t shall be the duty of the d.
rectors of every school district
lst. To call special meetings of the dis
trict whenever they shall deem it necessary
I'd. To make out a tax list Of every dis
trict tax containing the names Of the taxa
BILE inhabitants in the district, and the
amount of tax payable by each inhabitant
set opposite bis name.
3d. To annex to such tax list warrant
directed to the clerk of the district for the
collection Of the sums in such list mentioned.
including five per cent. for the fees of said
clerk
4th. To purchase or lease site for the
district school hOuse as DESIGNATED hv a
meeting of the district, and to build, hire OF
purchase, keep in repair and furnish such
school house with necessary fuel and ap-
pendages out of the funds collected and
paid to the clerk for such purpose, and TO
have the custody and safe keeping of the
district school house
5th. To contract with and empty teach