The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-03-23
From the Madison Banner.
Synopsis of the School Law.

Section one provides for the assessment and
collection Of ten cents on the hundred dollars
and fifty cents on every poll. for school pur
poses. Negroes and mula.oes are excepted
from the tax and excluded from the schools.
Section two provides what kind of funds
shall be school funds. subject To be divided
equally throughout the State. which includes
all the funds heretofore given to the schools
except the 10Th section OF land in each town
ship, which, in other parts of the law, is Civ
tn to the respective townships.
Section three holds the counties liable for
the funds committed to their charge.
Sections four. five, six, seven and eight
make the civil township school districts, and
daf;r,a H. I.-.:-- e A. .~ot.~.e, ~iUrhe, anu
.rcasurers. as DID he old law.
S ion nine provides that any township
may levy tax. for building and rrrailing
school houses, paving the school debts tor
buildings, and 10 OBJ ain libraries not TO exceed
twenty five cents on the one hundred dollars
worth of properly and poll tax of tii;y cents
III any one year.
Section len provides that on or before the
2oth day of September, in each year, the
trustees shall take au enumeration of the chill
dren between the ages of FIVE and twenty one
years, including married persons. The parents
of children may make choice Of the district
to which their children shall be sent.
Sections eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen,
fifteen. sixteen. and seventeen provides that
report Of the number of children shall be
made to the county auditor. on or before the
first day Of October, and points out the man
ner of assessing and collecting the tax; for a
division of the townships into districts, and
the transfer of children from one district into
another. as IN the old law.
hat -
neglect their duties, in enumerating the chill
dren, &c, then the auditor shall on or before
the Goth day of October appoint some one to
perform that duty.
Sections nineteen and twenty prov de pen
alties on trustees for refusing to serve.
Section twenty one is a copy of the old law
with regard to schools in towns and cities, they
being townships for school purposes.
Sections twenty two, twenty three, twenty
four. twenty FIVE. twenty and twenty sew
en- point out the manner Of making reports
LIST. By the teachers TO the trustees-2d, by
tie trustees to the county audtor-3d, by tie
county auditor to the State superintendent
just as tie old law requires.
Sections twenty eight to fifty seven. inclu-
sive. relate TO the care, division, sale, DC, Of
TIE sixteenth section Of land in the respective
townships, the provisions of which are SINH
lar to the provisions of the old law.
Sections fifty eight to ninety four, inclusive,
relate 10 the investment Of the school fund
leaning il out on mortgage. for five years. in
sums not more than $500 to one person, the
manner Of taking mortgages. and their fore
closure and collections; copy, we believe, OF
the provisions of the old law. in substance 8.
least.
Sections ninety five 10 one hundred and one,
inclusive. relate TO the distribution of the
school fund, Just AZ in the old law. except that
tie township fund provided by The disposal
Of the 10Th section is KEEP, and distributed 10
the respective tow nships.
Sections one hundred and two TO one hun
d-ed ard eleven. inclusive. authorize the trus-
.ees 10 divide he townships into districts, and
20 number the same. and authorizes a meeting
of the inhabitants of such districts on tie E rs,
Saturday OF October 70 cleo, director for
he same. TO decide upon repairing, erecting.
"r removing school houses. and 10 determine
who shall be tie teacher or teachers for such
districts and authorize tie people Of such
districts, BY petition, 10 have any teacher re-
moved TIE director elected bv the people
preside AZ heir meetings. and with the con
en-: of the trustees exclude any of The pupils
from schools for disorderly conduct 10 take
barge OF TIE school houses, repair TIE SANE
urnish fuel and keep tie furniture in order
Sections one hundred and twelve TO one hun
lred and twea-v-eisht relate to a general super
ntendens FIR The Sac. and points on; his
'u,ies. which are. 20 visit each county once il
"a year, 10 furnish the lsw and legislative docu
rents TO common school libraries to iicens.
caches. make reports of the condition Of II.
public schools. and Of all priva'e schools. &c
Sections che hundred and twenty nine t.