The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1857-11-04

all meetings thereof constituting a quo.
rum for business, and special meeting.
may be called by the President or by
any two members. on giving one days
notice Of the time and place Of the same,
and said Boad by resolution shall direc,
the payment Of all monies that shall
come into the hands Of the Treasurer,
and no money shall be paid out of the
Treasury except in pursuance of such
resolution and on the written order o
the President. countersigned by the
Secretary. j. -.ii eaf - t.a
SIC. 8. That whenever said Board
shall deem it necessary to purchase o,
erect . school house or school houses
for said district or to purchase sites fol
tho sasne, they shall call meeting oi
the legal voters in said district, by Civ.
ing at least ten days notice Of the time
and place and object of said meeting, in
some newspaper printed in, and of gen
eral circul"tion in such district, or by
posting mp written or printed notices
there, at five or more of the most public
places in said district; and the Presi-
dent of said Board. and in his absence,
one of the other Of said directors shall
act as Chairman of said meeting, and
said meeting may determine by major.
ity vote upon the erection of a school
house or school houses, and the purchase
of site or sites therefor. and the amount
of money to be raised for the purpose
aforesaid. and the time or times when
the same shall be paid which moneys so
voted shall be assessed and collected by
the Secretary of the Board, in like
manner as taxes for school house pur-
poses are now. or may hereafter be col
lected under the laws of the States, and
on the order of the President, paid
over to the Treasurer Of the Board.
SEC. 9. 1t shall be the duty of said
Board soon as the means for that pur-
pose can be provided, to establish in the
district an adequate number of primary
schools to be so located as best to &C
commodate the inhabitants thereof and
in which the rudiments of education
shall be taught; and it shall be the fur
ther duty OF said Board to establish in
said district suitable number of other
schools of higher grade or grades.
wherein instruction shall be given in
such studies as may not be provided for
in the primary schools; the number of
schools and also of the different grades
thereof, to be determined by said Board !;
and it shall be the further duty of said
Boar11 to decide what branches shall be
taught in each and all of said schools:
Provided, that no other language than
the English shall be taught therein, ex-
cept with the concurrence of two thirds
of said Board. .a.,. %.
SDc. 10. Admission to the said
schools shall be granted to the children,
wards and apprentices of all actual resi-
dents in said district who may be enii-
tied to the privileges of the pulic schools
under the general laws Of this State.
subject to the provisions of Section l3
of this act: Provided, that said Board
shall have power to admit to said schools
other pnpils, upon such terms or upon
the payment of such tuition as they may
prescribe. .s. ...
Sec. II. Said Board shall have pow
er to make all necessary regulations for
said schools to prescribe and enforce
rules for the admission of pupils into
the same, not inconsistent with the pre-
ceding Section, and the examination that
pupils must passproparatory to admis-
sion into the schools of higher grades
than the primary; to subdivide said
district if they shall think proper. to
select sites for school houses to super
intend the building of the same, and to
pay therefor. and for theirappurtenances.
furniture and apparatus; to borrow
money for the erection of school houses
upon a majority vote of said district
therefor. and to incur all other expenses
Of said school system, and pay the
same from the public monies Of said
district.
SIC. l2. It shall be tho duty of said
Board to keep said schools in operation
not less than thirty nor more than forty
four weeks in each year, to determine
the amount of the annual tax to be rails
ed for the purposes aforesaid, including
all the necessary expenses ofsaid schools
except for the erection Of school house.
and the purchase of sites; and on o.
before, the first day of September il
each year the Secretary of the Board
shall obtain transcript Of the last as
sessment roll of the county, and shall
add thereto any taxable property in sale
district therein omitted, having hinsel
assessed the value thereof, and shall
collect said tax in such manner as j.
now or may hereafter be prescribed fol
the collection Of other school distric
tax; Provided, that it shall be the duty
Of the Secretary to return to the Treas
urer Of the county, on or before thu
fifteenth day of November in each year
transcripts from said district assess
ment. containing the description Of eacl
parcel of real estate on which the sale
taxes remain due and unpaid with tn
amount Of tax against the same, ant
therefore it shall be the duty Of sale
Treasurer to collect said taxes: and al
such taxes as shall remain due and un
paid af,er the said 18th day of Novem
Der, shall draw interest from and afte
said date at the same rate as delinquen
County and States taxes.
SEC. l3. The tax provided for in tn
preceding section, shall in no case ex
ceed FIVE mills on the dollar, upon tn
taxable property of said district, in an,
one year and in case the amount s
authorized to be raised. together wit
the other school monies of the district
shall be insufficient to support sue
schools for the portion Of the year men
toned in the 18th section of this ac1