Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1854-11-02
NUMBER Al.

hey con be compelled by law TO refund
the money.
81. The clause in reference TO the dis.
charge Of a teacher, in the blank agree
ment between directors and teachers, print.
cd in the pamphlet copy of the school law,
is intended merely 10 enable the directors
TO terminate the agreement at the end ofa
month, or quarter, and does not, in any
dsl9cr qualify their power and duty to
competence, teacher al any time, for sin.
atty" city, neg gence or immor-
%. If board OF =.
ganiZe, because no one of lnrs fail TO or
majority Of votes for president, n obtain
neglect Of duty as will Justify the Courfb.
Quarter Sessions, upon the complaint of
six taxable citizens of the district, and,
upon due proof thereof, 10 declare their
seats vacant, and appoint others in their
stead.
23. When two directors are TO be elect.
ed, and three persons have an equal num-
Der Of votes, there is no election, and such
vacancies therefore exist as authorize the
board to Gil them by appointment until the
next election.
"a. If any citizens establish school
without authority OF the directors, and If
such school is not directly approved Of by
majority Of the board Of directors acting
in their official capacity, the former cannot
compel the district 10 pay the expenses Of
such school.
%. While the law does not in terms
authorize it, the Superintendent does not
see that there can be a reasonable objec.
ton to directors making such arrangement
as is provided for in section twenty.thind
Of the school law, with adjoining States
but in such case il is necessary that the
consent Of all persons directly interested
be given.
&c. School directors have power 10 es.
tablish schools of different grades in their
respective districts, and to require the pu-
pills who have obtained different degrees
Of advancement TO attend such school as
is best suited to the course of study ofeach.
Every branch of English education may
be taught in Common Schools.
27. The law does not authorize teach.
er employed by The directors to collect
additional compensation from parents,
guardians, &c, Of pupils, nor can the di.
rectors authorize him TO do so, nor do il
| themselves.
2s. Where il is desired by persons send.
ing pupils TO a school TO pay a teacher a
higher salary than the directors are will.
ling to pay him, they may either make a
direct contribution TO the teacher, or pay
the same in to the school treasury Of the
district, and the directors can appropriate
it TO the purpose designed. But no person
can be compelled 10 make such payment
and the school must in every respect be
governed as other common schools arc
and conform in all things to tho requie.
ments Of the school law.
30. If the president ora board orsshool
directors engagesa teacher without eithor-
ity, the contract is not binding on he dis.
trict but if the directors in any manner
recognize the contract, by plying the
teacher, or permitting him togo on with
the school, knowing that he las been thos
employed, &c, the district bound TO pay
him the salary agreed uJon, until he is
legally discharged.
80. School directors are not authorized
by law to admit pupil from an adjoining
district into the schools Of their own, ex.
cept in the mannf provided in division
ninth, section tFenty.third, Of the school
law. If. wiiiout authority Of law, they
permit pupis from other districts to attend
! ihoir scbos, they cannot recover com.
Densati,n from those districts, or from
persoIs whose duty it is 10 educate the
cbidren. In the absence Of such arrange.
cent as the law provides, no implied con.
tract exists upon which an action can be
maintained and compensation recovered.
81. Under no circumstances can school
directors be justified in paying the collect.
| or more than five per cent for collecting
school tax, or lac in receiving it; and this
cannot be done even where the directors
had agreed to Do So, fcr they have no au.
thorily 10 make such agreement, SO far as
the public funds are concerned. Both
parties would be acting contrary to express
provisions of law, and both would there
fore subject themselves to prosecution and
penalty.