The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1858-04-15

um they shall certify to the County Judge,
who shall, at the time Of Ievying the raxes for
county purposes, levy the percentum Of tax
thus certified to him, upon the property q
said district, which shall be collected and
paid over in the same manner in all respeets
as other school district taxes.
%. They shall make such classification Of
the pupils in the high school or school, n
they may deem necessary, fix the compensa.
ton of the Secretary and Treasurer Of the dis
:rict, and transact generally such business a.
may tend to promote the cause Of education
in accordance with the provisions Of this act,
and shall exercise all powers contemplated
therein.
8 81. The County Judge Of zach county.
shall at the time Of levyirg The tax for coun-
ty purposes, levy a tax for the support OF
schools within the county, Of not less than
one mil, nor more than two and half mills
on he dollar, on the assessed value Of all real
and personal property within the county,
which shall be collected by the county col
lector at the same time and in the same man.
ner as State and county taxes are collected,
except that it shall be::receivable only in cash,
8 81 On the first Monday of April annu.
ally, the County Judge of each county shall
divide one half Of the proceeds of said tax
! among the several school districts OF his coun.
ty, and apportion the same sum to each district
And at the same time he shall apportion the
remainder OF said tax, together with the in
terest OF the permanent school fund to which
his county is entitled, and all other money In
the hands of the county treasurer belonging IN
common to the schools of his county, among
the several school districts therein, in propor-
ton to the number of persons between FIVE and
elty-one years of age, subject to the pro-
visions OF section two of this act. And in or
der to enable him to make such apportionment,
1t is hereby made the duty of the several coun.
ty superintendents to report to their respective
County Judges on the first day Of November
annually, the number Of such persons in each
school district in his county.
5 33. The County Judge shall Immediately
notify the President Of each school district Of
| the sum to which his district is entitled bv
said apportionment, and shall iasue hi, war.
rant for the same to accompany said notice,
which warrant shall be also signed by the
President and countersigned by the Secretary
OF the district in whose favor the same 10
| drawn, and shall authorize the district treas
! urer to draw the amount due said district from
the county treasurer, and the Secretary shall
charge the treasurer of the district With all
warrants drawn on the funds in his hands
keeping seperate accounts for each fund.
3 81. For training and educating young men
to become teachers in the common schools Of
the State, there shall be established in every
county Of the State, having high school es.
tablshed therein, as many scholarships as
there are school districts therein, and. one
scholarship shall be assigned to each district.
80. 1t shall be the duty of the board Of di.
rectors in each school district in such county,
with the principal teachers in each school,
sometime in the month of January next after
the passage of this act, to select the bes,
scholar in the district, not less than fifteen
years of age, for ability, attainments. and ca
pacity for teaching, for the scholarship of
said district; and the board shall grant the
scholar so selected a certificate of scholarship.
SO. Any scholar so selected shall be edu-
Gated free of charge in the High School of the
county, and shall be entitled to receive from
the county treasury, at the end Of each wear, /,
for period not exceeding three years, ifty
dollars. upon his producing from the principal
professor Of such High School, certificate
that he has been during the year faithful in his
study, exemplary in his department, and that
he ranks in scholarship among the first half Of
his class. Provided, that any such scholar
NAV receive his education, with the consent Of
the County Superintendent, at any other lite
rary institution established in this State, and
receive the same sum from the county treasurt
on his producing like certificate from tlb
principal professor Of said institution.
81. Every person, who shall have enioytd
scholarship in the manner provided in se.
tion 36, shall teach in such common schoolin
the county as shall be assigned to him by the
County Superintendent, term Of time esual
to that for which he shall have enjoyed such
scholarship; and there shall be deducted from
his compensation fifty dollars each year #
the same term. and the money thus deduetd
shall be paid into the county treasury; amin
case he shall refuse so to teach, il in coype-
tent health, he shall pay into the county yeas-
ury at the rate of fifty dollars each yea, for
the time he shall refuse to teach, with iterest
from the time he received the money,by vir-
tue Of his scho!arship,-which may y recov.
cred by the Treasurer in any action 4 law.
s 3S. When any scholarship shsl becoms
vacant during the term for whichts scholar
was selected, or by the expiratioyof the term
the vacancy may be filled in the tanner provi-
ded in section 80, for the original selection,
and the board Of directors Of thedistrict where
such vacancy occurs, shall take all necessary
measures for filling such vafancy in the man
ner therein provided.
8 49, The scholarships herein established
shall be filed by males and females alter
nately.
@ A Greek lawyer recently moved ths
Supreme Court at Athens for the reversal OF
| the sentence against Socrates.
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! c. Gen. Walker, the ilibuster, Is 4 Mo-