Litchfield enquirer., 1856-07-31
LITCHFIELD, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1856.

the town, until the district committee shall cer tify that the public money received by the district
 for the year previous has been faithfully applied and expended in paying for the services of such teacket or teachers, and for no other purpose whatever.
 SEC TO- In all cases of forfeiture of public money under the two next preceding sections of this act application shall be made to the superintendent oi Common Schools, who shall examine the fac.s of each case and decide according to its equity the right of the applicants to receive the money for. feited and the same shall be paid if forfeiture had occurred on his certificate to the Comptroller of Public Accounts in appreciation of such payment.
 SEC II. If any money appropriated to the use of schools shall be applied by a town or school dis to the State, and it shall be the duty of the Comp troer to for such money in behalf of the State to be applied to the use of the schools.
 SEC F. If any school visitor or school visitors shall at any time fraudulently make false certii cate, by which money shall be drawn from the treas ury of this State each person frauiulenty making such certificate shall forfeit the of sixty dollars to the State to be recovered by action of debt on
 this statute and it shall be the duty of the Comptrol Ter to bring suit to recover the same
 SEC l3 Any school district may fix or authorize its district committee to fix rate of tuition to be paid by the persons attending school by their pa- rents guardians, or employers, towards the expense of fuel, books and other expenses, including esti mated deficiencies of payment over and above the money received for the town State appropriations and the district district committee shall exempt therefrom all persons whom they consider unable to pay the roslded that the rate of tuition shall not exceed one dollar per scholar for any term of twelve weeks, except in districts where different grades of common schools established where the rate of the higher grades shall not exceed two dollars per scholar for the same time.
 All such bills may be required to be paid in ad- vance or may be delivered to the town or district collector and may be by them collected in the same manner as town taxes are collected.
 SEC. l4. Whenever district shall impose tax the same shall be levied all the real estate situated therein and upon the polls and other rateabe estate except real estate situated without the limits of such district, of those persons who residents therein at the time of laying such tax and said real estate shall not be taxed by any school district cept the one in which the same is situated and said tax shall be made out and signed by the district mitte from the assessment list to the town or towns to which said district belongs, last completed to be completed said district shall direct and deduction or abatement shall be made account of the indebtedness of the of any estate taxed
 SEC l5. Whenever real estate is situated ill one district is so assigned and entered in the grand list in common with other estate situated out of said district that there is distinct and separate value but by the assessors upon the part lying in said dis trct, then said district wishing to lay tax afore sad may call on one more of the assessors for the time being of the town in which said property is situated to assess and they shall on such applica tion the value of that part of said district and return the same to the clerk Of town, and notice of such assessment, and of the meeting of the assessors and sclectmcn hereafter mentioned shall be given by the district committe in the way as notice for school meetings, and at the end of fifteen days after said assessment has been returned aforesaid said and selectmen shall meet in such place said district committee shall dcsig nate in this notice aforesaid and shall have the power in relation to such list as the board of relief have in relation to the list of towns and when such list shall be perfected by said assessors and sclectmcn the same shall bc lodged with the town clerk. and said assessment shall be the rule of taxation for said cstte by said district for the year ensuing and said assessors shall be paid by said district reasonable compensation for their services.
 SEC. l6. The several school districts in this state may appoint either of the constableS of the town or towns n which such school district may be situated to be collector of the taxes of such school district whether such constable belongs to said district not and shall be the duty of the constable appoint sd such collector, on receiving any rate tax or assess ment bill from the committee of any such school district. forthwith to collect the and pay the amount of such bill bills into the treasury of any such school district, and said constable shall bc a lowed such fees for collecting the are allowed to collectors of state taxes.
 SEC. l7. It shall te the duty of each of the towns in this state annually, before the twentieth day of February, to raise the taxation, such a sum of money as they may deem advisable not less than one cent the dollar or their grand list made and per fected and cause the same to be pai into the reasu " of the several towns respectively for the benefit, support and encouras enent of common schools and the whole amount of money raised, shall be annu ally distributed to the several school districts which in each town, under the direction of the selectnen and school visitors.
 SEC. lS If any town shall neglect to raise such sum of money, not less than cent on the dollar, in the .tnncr and within the time limited ill the preceding section of this act shall fail to distri bute the same according to the provisions of said section such town shall forfeit and pay the treasu- Ter of this State, for the use of the state, sum equal to the amount which it was the duty of such town to raise aforesaid to be recovered by said Ter ill an action upon the case under the statute.
 Chaptr E-Of School Visitors.
 SEC l. The board of visitors shall prescribe rules and regulations for the management studies, books, classification, and discipline of the schools in the town and shall themselves or by committee by them appointed for that purpose, examine all candi dates for teachers in the common schools of such town, and shall give to those persons with whose moral character and literary attanments and ability to teach they satisfied certificate setting forth the branches he she is found capable of teaching provided that certificate shall be given to per son not found qualified to teach reading, writing, arithmetic, and grammar, thoroughly and the rudi- ments of geography and history shall visit all the common schools of said town twice least during each season for schooling, once within four weeks after the opening, and again within four weeks preceding the close of the school, at which visits they shall examine the register of the teacher, and other mat ters touching the school house, library, stues dis ciplinc, mode of teaching and improvement of the school they shall make return of the humber of persons four and under sixteen years of age in said town to the comptroller and draw orders on the for portion of the public money dre to said town as heretofore prescribed and they shall draw all orders the town treasurer school fund tres urer for all moneys due to the common schools of said town.
 SEC ,. The board of visitors shall annul by a major vote of the board the certificates of such