Litchfield enquirer., 1856-07-24
CHAPTER KILL.

concerning EduCdtiOH.
 Ck6w Providing for the transfer to towns of the
 duties and powers of school societies. with regard
 to schools.
 E it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- aentatives in General Assembly convened:
 Hnc II It shall be the duty of the several towns within this State to provide for the support of com mon schools within their respective limits
 Ssc 2 The school districts now established by law shall become and remain shool districts of the towns within which they situated, subject to tain limitations and exceptionshercinaf;er mentioned
 SIC. B. All the powers and duties of school s,eic-
 ties with regard to schools except in certain cases, hereinafter specially excepted shall, when this att takes effect cease and determine. Provided howev CT that no debt legal obligation or pecuniary trust of any such society," pertaining to schools, shall be discharged hereby; but the same shall remain in it'll force against the town or towns, within which such school society is situated
 sEc. 4. All the powers heretofore conferred upon schoo societies with regard to burying grounds and matters appertaining thereto are hereby conferred upon the several towns within which such burial grounds are situated
 SEC. s. The present records of the schools shall be deposited and forever kept with the town records of the towns in which such school societies are situated and where any school society lies with in the limits of two more towns, the records of such society shall be deposited and kept with the records of the town within which the greater part of the territory of such society lies
 SEC. G. The present committees school visitors. and other officers of the several school societies shall continue to discharge all the duties of their several offices in the same manner as if this act had not been passed, until the next annual meeting of the towns in which such school societies situated ; and shall then make to said towns at said town meet ings the reports usually made to said school socie- ties and where school society lies within the limits of two or more towns the officers of said society shall make their said report to that town within which the greater part of the territory of such soce ty lies.
 SEC T. All the funds, buildings and property of every kind, held for school purposes by the school societies. shall vest in the towns within which such school societies situated to be held by such towns for the purposes for which the were held by the school societies. And where there are two or more school societies within the limits of any town, and any of such school societies shall have permanent fund for the support of schools, such fund shall be held in trust by sd town, f.r the sup port of schools for the inhabitants of the territory now embraced within such school society and where any school society shall lie within the limits of two Of more towns, and shall be possessed of any such permanent fund.- such fund shall be divided between or among such towns; and the portions 50 distribu- ted shall be held by such towns in trust for the sup port of schools for the inhabitants of that portion of such school society lying within s.id town ; and where any such school society shall have been in- debted, such indebtedness shall, in the manner, be divided between or among said towns.
 SEc s. When it shall be necessary to distribute any fund, or divide any indebtedness, between CT among different towns in the manner provided by the last preceding section, such distribution d vision shall be made by the selectmen of said towns and If they cannot agree, then upon application of the selcctmen of either town by committee Gf three disnterested persons to be appointed by the Superi or Court within the county in which either of such towns shall be situated, who shall make report to said Court, which report, when accepted by said court shall be final in the premises and the report of such committee, or the agreement of the select men, as the may be, shall be recorded at length upon the records of each of said towns.
 SEC 9. Whenever there shall have been two more school societies within any ono town, and in consequence of the difference in tho value of the corporate property aside from permanent funds) of such school societies. of the indebtedness of either society," or from any other cause it shall be necessary that an equitable adjustment be made between the sections of such towns representing such school soc cites, the secctmen, any ten ctizenso said town may within one year from tke passage of this act, apply to the Superior Court for the county within which such town is situated, which shall appoint a conmittee of three dsintercsted persons to inquire into the facts, and report the same to said Court, with recommendation of such adjustment they shall deem equitable and such Court may thereupon make any proper decree for such adjustment, and shall have power to lay tax, if necessary, upon either of such sections upon the list last before per fected, and to appoint collector of the same who shall collect such tax and pay the same to the Treasurer of the town, in the same manner and subject to the same regulations, in all respects, Us other town taxes.
 Ssc TO- School societies heretofore organized un- der the act of 1855, entitled An Act in addition to and in alteration of Act concerning Education" which not coextenslyc with the towns within which they are situated shall become school districts of said towns, with all the powers and duties of school districts specified in this act with the fol- lowing exceptions, viz: Such school districts shall annually choose in the month of October, instead u district committee, board of education, consist ing of three. six, or nine persons, in the manner prescribed in the first and second sections of Chapter II of this act for the election of school visitors and said board of education shall have all the powers and be subject to all the duties imposed on district con- mttees, and in addition thereto shall have the gen. cral charge and superintcndence of the Common Schools within their district and the care and man. agement of the property and funds of the district they shall lodge all bonds leases, notes and other securities with the treasurer of said district unless the have been entrusted to others by the donor or grantou or by the General Assembly; they shall pay into the treasury of the district all moneys which they may receive for the support of schools : they may annually appoint . committee to visit schools aud examine candidates for teachers and to give to those candidates with whose moral character literary attachments aud ability to teach, they satisfcd certificate setting forth the qualifications of such teachers and shall annul the certificates of those teachers who may be found unqualified, and who shall not conform to the provisions of this act and the regulations by them adopted they shall de- termine the number and qualifications of the schol- to be admitted into each school shall supply the requisite number of qualified teachers shall pre- scribe rules and regulations for the management stu dies, books. classitcations and discipline of the schools in their district shall annually during the first two weeks of the month of September ascertain the expense of supporting and maintaining the schools under their superintenence during the year ending tho 3lst day of August previous, and report the same, together with the amount of moneys re. ceived towards the payment thereof to the district at meeting to Do held on the third Monday in Sep teber m each year; and shall at the time make