Litchfield enquirer., 1856-07-24

pufchasc receive, hoid and convey real or personal property for school purposes to build, purchase, hire and repair school houses and to supply the same with fuel, furniture. and other appendages, and accommodate to establish schools of diHer ent grH:es to purchase maps, globes. black boarts, and other school apparatus to establish and main tam school library; tu employ one or more teach CTS, and shall be holden to pay the wages u any such teacher or teachers employed by the commit tee of such district in conformity to law to lay taxes for all the egCng purposes, and to make all lawful agreements and regulations for establishing and con- ducting schools, not inconsistent with the regula- tlons of the town 10 wasel, such district belongs
 SEC. b. Each school district shall choose, by ballot, at the annual meeting, a committee Of not more than three residents of the district, clerk, who shall be sworn, treasurer and collector, who shall hold tbeir respective offices until the next nual meeting, and until others chosen and ap- pointed and any person chosen, who shall refuse or negleeS to perform the duties cf the oice shall pay five dollars to the treasurer of the district for the use of said district provided that any dis trct may choose their officers at their first or at any subsequent meeting called by the selectnen of the town, who shall hold their offices till the annual meeting of such school district
 SEC. 16. In case any district, ct the time for the annual meeting, shall fail neglect to appoint all any of the officers, required Ey this act any of the vacancies shall by death removal from the district, or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the school visitors of the town to which such district belongs, to make such appointment and fill such vacancy receiving written notice thereof from any three members of the district, and to lodge the or names of such officers appointed with the dis trict clerk.
 SEC. r. The district committee shall give notice of all meetings of the district, ill the pre- scribed; shal unless otherwise directed by the is- trict, employ one or more qualified teachers; shall provide suitable school rooms and furnish the with fuel properly preparcd shall visit the schools by one more of their number twice at least during each season of schooling shall, when the scholars not properly supplied with books and their pa rents or guardians too poor to furnish them, provide the same at tic expense Of the district shall suspend during pleasure, expel from school during the current season. all pupils found guilty on full hearing, of incorrigbly bad conduct, and shall give such information and assistance to the school visitors of the town they may requre and perform all other lawful acts that may be necessary to carry into full effect the powers and duties of school districts
 SEC. IS. The clerk treasurer, and collector of each school district shall exercise the same powers and perform the duties in their respective dis
 ricts as the clerk treasurer and collector of towns do, in their respective towns.
 SEC. 19. The inhabitants of each district in law full meeting, shall have power to require that the treasurer and collector shall respectively give bonds
 to the district for the faithful discharge of the t- ties of their respective offices, which bonds shall be of by the district committe, before the treasurer collector shall enter on the duties of his office.
 SEC 20. The vote of twothirds of any legal meeting shall be necessary to fix the site of a new school house, or to change the site of an old one but if such two-thirds vote cannot be obtained in favor of any site, the school visitors of the town, ur the school visitors of the towns in which such district is located, application of the district shall fix the site, and make return thereof to the clerk of the town in which such site shall be.
 SEC 21. Whenever a school district, from inalil- iy or other cause shall not support school within ar,n I fha balp II attend the school of any other district it shall be lawful for the town where the enumeration of the children is made and returned to receive from the Comptroller ot Public Accounts, and to pay over to the district or districts where such children actually attend school the proportion of school moneys which are drawn on the children so enumerated and q certificate from the committee of the school district where such children have attended school that the money Is so appropriated shall be presented to the selectmcn of tine town to which such children bclone and shall be sufficient evidence that such money h;,s been appropriated according to law.
 SEC 2. Any school district may take land which has been fixed upon by them as the site of school house for a common school, and which is necessary for that purpose, upon paving to the just com pcnsation therefor. ii the school district wishing to take land for the purpose aforesaid, cannot agree with the owner upon the compensation to be paid him therefor, they may prefer their petition to the Superior Court, to Dc held in tine county in which the land lies. praying that such compensation may be ascertained and determined by slid Court The said petition shall be accompanied by a summons signed by competent authority, notifying the owner of the
 land to hc taken to appear before the court to which the petition is returnabc and shall be served in the same manner is provided by law fir the service of bills, or petitions i equity. And upon said peti tion, said Court shall appoint committee of three judcious and dsintercslcd men, who after heinz sworn and after giving reasonable notice to the par ties, shall examine the land proposed to bc taken and II they approve the site, shall sccra its value
 assess such sum in favor of the owner as will justly compensate him therefor, and in of approval of said site by said committee, they shall have power to hX another site, and proceed asatUrcsd and make report of their doings to said Superior Court and said Court may reject the report of said committee and set aside their doings for any irregular or i'm proper conduct in the performance of their duties
 SEC. 9. If the, report of said committee be re-
 ected and their dongs set aside the Court aforesaid siia appoint another committee, who shall proceed in the same manner as the first committee are re- quired to proceed by the foregoing section But if said report shall be accepted by sliI Court such &C., ceptance shall have the effect of Judgment in favor ot the owners of the land against tue pete ners for the amount of the assessment made by the committee and execution may be issued therefor accordingly Pror,ed that said land shall not be used or inclosed by the school district for any purpose whatever until the amount of said judgment shall he paid to the party to whom it is due deposited for his use with the treasurer of the county.
 SEC 24 The school district preferring the petition aforesaid, shall pay the committee for making said assessments reasonable compensation for their ser viccs which shall be taxed by the Court to which their report is made.
 SEc. 9. Any school district wishing to take land which has been fixed upon by them as the site of school house for common school, and being unable to agree with the owner of such land upon the con pensation to bc paid him therefor may at any time when the Superior Court Is not in session in the county in which such land is situated prefer their