The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1858-04-07
5th. To authorize the board of direc-

and erecting school houses, TO be repa d
in sush instalments as may tend to ap.
portion such re-payments among those
who enjoy the benefits of the loan. and
it shall bs the duty Of the County Judge
in loaning the school fund to give pref.
erence to the application Of school dis
tric,s. and in case any school district
shalf borrow any portion of the school
fund it shall be the duty Of the County
Judge each and every year to determine
the per Sentum Of taxation on the tax.
able property of such school district.
That will produce in money the amount
of ten per cent. on the amount Of such
pan., ,0d certify such per centum to the
Z GOadt5 sTreasurer, who shall enter the
same on the tax list from such township
and collect the same as other taxes, and
the same shall be part of the annual
school fund.
9th. To determine whether shool or
schools Of higher grade shall be es.
tablished in the district.
7th. To delegate any or all of the
powers contained in the foregoing speci-
fcations to the district board of direc-
tors, or to any committee whom the
meeting may choose to appoint.
9th. They may adopt rules of order
not inconsistent with the provisions Of
this act and the instructions of the
Superintendent of Public Instruction
for the government of the distric, meet.
ings, and may alter and change the
same from time to time as occasion may
require, and may prescribe the manner
of taking the sense Of the meeting upon
any question: Provided, however, the
district board of directors shall be elec-
ted by ballot.
The secretaries of the several school
districts are to call an election of one
member of the board of directors for
each district. who shall be elected
annually. The secretary of each dis
tlict shall, between the Ist day of Aug.
and the 18th day of Sept, take and
keep on record a list of the names of all
heads of families in the district, with
the number of children l.: each family
between the ages of FIVE and twenty-one
years. They shall also make the annu.
al reports to the County Superintendent,
which reports shall embrace full state.
ment of tho affairs of the schools in
each district.
The school house fund and the teach
ers' fund are to be KEEP, separate.
The duties Of the district board of
directors shall be as follows:
To act as judges of district eletions;
to make contracts or sales necessary for
carrying out any vote of the electors
to employ all teachers; to admit pupils
not belonging to the township on such
terms AS may be agreed upon; to pro-
vide for the education of colored chill
cren in separate schools, unless by an
unanimous vote OF the electors they are
allowed to attend with the white chill
dren to establish the number of schools
and the length of time they shrll be
kept; to fix the site of each school
house; to determine what branches
shall be tau sht in the schools ; to take
bonds from the secretary and treasurer;
to visit the schools; to aid the teacher
in establishing and enforcing rules for
the government of the schools; to au,
dit and allow claims; to call special
meetings of the electors to suspend or
expel incorrisible pupils; to prepare
maps Of the district with the sub-dis-
tricts thereof; TO estimate the per CEN
tum of tax necessary to pay the expenses
Of the schools for the current year to
Tx the compensation Of the secretary
and treasurer.
The county judge shall, at the time
Of levying the tax for county purposes.
levy !: tax for the support OF schools of
not less than one mill, nor more than
two and half mills on the dollar, which
shall be collected by the county collec-
tor at the same time and in the same
manner as State and county taxes are
collected. except that it shall be receiv-
able only in cash.
The judge shall divide one half of the
said tax among the several school dis
tricts, and apportion the same sum to
each district. At the same time he
shall apportion the other half. together
with all other money in his hands.
among the districts. in proportion to
the number of youths therein.
In each county where there is high
school there is to be established as mary
scholarships as there are school dis
tricts, and to the best scholar in each
shall be granted this scholarship.
The pupils SO selected shall be educated
free Of charge in the High School of
the county. and shall receive from the !
county Treasurer $50 year for three
years. If there be no high school in the
county, he may receive his education at
any other institution in the State. The
scholarships so established are to be
filled alternately by males and females.
On the first Monday of April next.
and biennially thereafter. on the second
Monday of March. in each organized
county in this State there shall be cleo
ted one County Superintendent of Com
mon Schools, who shall hold his Office
for two years.
1t is the duty Of this Superintendent.
with two assistants, selected by himself,
to examine all applicants for situations
as Teachers. and to grand certificates to
the same. He is made body corpo-
rate. and is to keep his books. etc., in
that name. He may remove any teach
er for immortality or incompetency. He
shall meet with the President Of the
Board of Directors of each District in |
his county. on the second Monday of
April of each year. The said meeting |
shall be for the purpose If general con-
sultation concerning School matters
The County Superintendent shall make
an annual report to the Superintendent.