The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-04-06

. shan be d1ly &gnsd ~ - oosaty superinten
dsnt 81 tie eooaty 10 Which - eecks 70 be en-
! pleyed, which shalt have been given him moi
-mote than ooe year pssvjous 70 the commence
neat 81 HE snho0l; and IN case any teacher il
employed, asa een,mences teaching school with
ont sach certificate he shall fssfeit all claim foa
wages for insssucting, for the time thus em.
J ployed with such certificate.
II. The said board shall audit and allow Oil
just claims against the district, and the Prcsi
i dent may draw orders on the district treasures
for all demands thus audited.
Is. The said board may whenever they deem
II expedient, and shall upon the written request
Of one-ffth Of she legal voters of the district,
call special meetings thereof, but in al such
cases the notice for such meeting shall clearly
state the precise object for which it 10 called,
and the time and place At which it ID to be held,
aud no other business shall be transacted 1t
such meeting, except what shall have been spe.
cited in said notice.
IA. ALI vacancies that may occur in the
board, shall be filled BY an appointment made
by the remaining member or members, which
appointment shall remain good until the next
regular meeting Of the district. or sub-district,
and until Q new election to the Office so vacant
shall be had. Nothing herein contained shall
be construed to prevent the other member or
members Of the board from calling a special
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vacancy or for any other purpose.
4ll5. The members Of the board shall conform
to all the instructions Of the County and State
Superintendent within the limits Of their DOW.
ers respectively.
Is. It shall be the duty Of the director ia
each sub-district to see that the school house il
kept in repair and supplied with fuel and to
have the general supervision of the school and
| school house, under the board of directors. and
L al >k~As- e 4
| piOy o teacher. He shall also settle the busi.
ness Of the sub. district remaining unfinished a
the time Of the organisation under this act, and
shall apply all funds belonging thereto to the
specific purpose for which the same were raised
| or received.
| II. The board of directors may suspend du-
ring pleasure, or expel during the school term
all pupils found guilty of incorrigibly bad con-
duct, or violation Of the school regulations, and
re.admit them on satisfactory evidence Of
| amendment.
Is. They shall cause the secretary to tram
scribe into a book to be kept for that pur-
pose so much Of the records of the school
| fund commissioner of the county as applies to
| the boundaries of the sub districts in their dis
| trict township.
l9. They shall within twenty days after the
first election under this act, bold q meeting
Of the board, to be called by the President and
| Secretary, At which they shall provide tor the
preparation of q map or plat Of the district, on
which shall be designated the sub-districts, and
| their boundaries, aud in case no such sub dis
tricts exist, shall establish the same, AMI shall
have power at any regular meeting to change
the boundaries Of said sub-dis,ricts, as circum-
stances may require, notice of the same having
been given at the previous meeting; they shall
cause all such changes establishment Of
boundaries to be marked upon said map or plat,
and recorded in the proper book, and may from
time to time, as occasion may require, cause
new maps to be made.
20 They shall vary tho per centum Of tax
voted by the district meeting for school house
purposes. when justice and equity require, ma
king such discrimination as they shall deem lust.
They may, if necessary, appoint three disnter-
ested householders of the county to examine
and report to them the amount, value end con-
diion OF the property and reliable funds be-
longing aud coming to each district, organized
under the law now in force, in its corporate ca
pacity and appropriated to school house pur.
poses, which report shall be sworn to and en-
tered by the secretary upon the records Of the
board, and such report together with the total
amount Of taxable property in, and the neces-
sites OF each sub.district in the township in
regard to shool house accommodations for the
pupils therein, shall constitute the basis Of &C.
ton Of the board in determining the Ter centum
OF tax to be levied upon each sub.district.
Il. They shall, at their regular meeting in
April of each year, estimate the per centum Of
tax on the taxable property in the strict, ne
cessary to raise a fund which, with the addition
of the amount Of teachers fund due from the
county treasurer as shown by notice from the
county judge, shall be sufficient to paw the en-
tire tuition OF the several schools Of the district
for at least the time required by this act, for
the current year, which per centum they shall
certify to the county judge, who shall, at the
time OF lcvying the taxes tor county purposes,
levy the per centum OF tax thus certified TO |
him, upon the property of said district, which
shall be collected aud paid over in the same |
manner in all respects as other school district |
taxes. l
%. They shall make such cassiicati of the |
pupils in the high school or schools as they |
may deem necessary, fix the compensation OF |
the Secretary and Treasurer of the district, and |
transact generally such business as may L, nd 10 |
promote the cause of education in accordance |
with the provisions of this act, and shall exer.
else all powers contemplated therein.
81. The county judge of each county, shall |
at the time OF levying the tax for county pur-
poses, levy a tax for the support of schools
within the county, Of not less than one mill,
nor more than two and halt mills on the dol
lar, on the assessed value of all real and Der.
sonal property within the county, which shall
be collected by the county collector at the same
time and in the same manner as State and
county taxes are collected, except that il shall
be receivable only in cash.
80. On the first Monday of April annually.
the county judge of each county shall divide
one half of the proceeds Of said tax among the
several school districts Of his county, and ap-
portion the same sum to eacn district Aud at
the same time he shall appor,ion the remainder
Said fnN Inn fhnR h. i
permanent school fund to which his county il
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 proportion to the
number OF persons between Eve and twenty-one
years OF age, subject to the provisions OF sec
ton two OF this act. And in order to enable
him to make such apportionment, it is hereby
made the duty OF the several county superin-
Iendents to report to their respective county
Judges on the first day of November annually.
Inc number Of such persons in each school dis. {
Irict in his county.
80. The county judge shall immediately !
notify the President Of each school district Of !
The sum to which his district is entitled by said /;
'pportionment, and Jshall issue his warrant for :
he same to accompany said notice, which war !
amt shall be also signed by the President and I
by the Secretary of the district
~ WHOSE FAVOR tue same le drawn. and shall
authorize the district treasurer to draw the
AMOUNT due said district from the county trea-
urer, and the secretary shall charge the trca-
urer OF the district with all warrants drawn in :.
lis favor, and credit him with all warrants
lrawn on the funds in his hand, keeping sepa-
ate accounts for each fund.
81. For training and educating young men
o become teachers in the common schools Of
he State. there shall be established in every
ounty OF the State, having a high school es-
abished therein, as many scholarships as there !
re school districts therein, and one scholarship
hall be assigned to each district.
5 50. 1t shall be the duty of the board Of : 7
irectors in each school district in such county.
18th the principal teachers in each school, some J.
me in the month of January next after the = !
assage of this act, to select the best scholar in 3
he district, not less than fifteen years OF age, =
'r ability, attainments, and capacity, for teach =
,g, for the scholarship of said district; and the
GARD shall grant the scholar SO selected a Ger !.
fcate oil scholarship.
s 80. Any scholar SO selected shall be edu g
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