Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-03-27

9Th. On the frss Nodday II 9fsssi 5101
ally, there shall be slsoss&in satE toWEslsp
. President, Vice prssidsAt, SSyls ~ ysY1d
Treasurer, with ono director ff0x eSsE3o1-
district. =sz s-ssas - - -
.. The regular msetings 81 each &stlict
are to b' held on sAs second MAsadsy =
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10. The electors Of the distE;et, xhea ~
gslly assembled at : district asheol naetinr,
shall have poFer toievy : tx not exceedise
one per cent. on the taxable prpasrtx - -
district, for the purpose ofsdelTsyipr tIs
school expenses power, also, to sell eHrof
the school property, or to borrow ,moaaT to
procure sites and erect school hou,ea,. No
tax shall be levied for building school hosaea,
except at the regular meeting in March ana'
the first Monday in September. The COMFY
Judge is to give school districts the pfcf1r-
ence in loaning the school fund. -
Sec. II and %, inclusive, provide fen ths
election and qualification of officers Of sshser
districts, with their respective duties. The
secretaries Of the school di.tricts rs now
organised shall call meeting of the electors
of their respective districts, on the first Sst-
arday after the FIRST Monday Of May next,
for the purpose Of electing one member Of
the district board of directors. The sab
districts shall annually thereafter, on the
first Saturday after the second Monday, in
March, hold meeting for the election Of
their member Of the district board of direc-
tors: 1t is made the duty of each secretary
to file in the Office of the County Superinf
tendent, on the 18th day of September, an
nually, the number Of males and females in
his district between the ages Of 8 and 81;
number of schools and scholars in attend
ance; number of teachers average cost Of
tuition; text books; nuphl Of school
houses and value of each an lnt Of school
tax raised, &c. Should he fail. to make
such report, he shall forfeit $25, and be held
liable to the district for losses on account of
such failure. The treasurer shall keep, the
"sshool house fund" and ,ssteacher's fund.-,
separate-the former being raised by district
tax, and the latter coming from the county
treasury on the school fund apportionment.
70. The regular meetings of the district
board of directors shall be on the Sd Satur-
day in April and October in each year. =.
=, 80. Defines the duties of the board. They
shall provide for the education of the colored
youth, in separate schools. except in cases
where, by the unanimous consent of the per-
sons sending to the school in any sub-district,
they may be permitted to attend with the
white youth. One member of the board,
together with a committee whom the board
shall appoint for that purpose, shall visit
each school monthly, and shall aid the
teachers in establishing and enforcing rules
for the government of the schools, and shall
see that the teachers keep a correct list of
the pupils, embracing the periods of time
during which they attend school, the branches
of learning which each pupil pursues, aad
all such other matters as may be required BY
the county superintendent, and which, in the
opinion of the board, tend to promote the
welfare of the school. ...e.
81. A tax for the support Of schools in the
county, amounting to not less than one mill
nor more than two and half Eills eB the
dollar on all taxable property, shall be lew
led by the county judge at the time Of levy
ing the tax for county purposes, which shall
be receivable only in cash. sa ras
81. On the first Monday of April, annu.
ally, the county judge shall divide oAe-half
the proceeds of said tax equally to the sew
eral districts in his county and at the same
time he shall apportion the remainder, to-
gether with any other money in the county
treasury belonging to the school fund, in
to the number of persons between
the ages of and 81 years in each district
which number of persons must be reported
to him annually on the first day of Novem.
Der, by the county superintendent. ssza
80. The county judge is to issue his war
rant in accordance with the above apportion-,
ment, which must be signed by the secretary
and eountersigned by the president Of the
district in whose favor it is drawn before
being presented to the county treasurer.
Secs "a and 80. inclusive, provide for the
establishment Of as many scholarships in a
county in which high school is taught as
there are districts in the county, for the
purpose of training and educating young
men and women to become teachers in the
common schools. On certificate Of scholar
ship from the district board Of directors, the
best scholar in each district not under Is
years Of age shall be educated in the county
high school for period not exceeding three
years, drawing from the county treasury for
his support $50 at the end of each year,
upon producing from the principal or pro-
fessor of such high school certificate that
he has been faithful in his study and exem-
plary in his department. Every person SO
educated shall afterward teach in such COM
mon school in the county as shall be assigned
to him the same length of time be may have
used such scholarship, deducting from his
$50 each year; or if he refuse
to teach, be shall refund the money with in
terest. The scholarships are to be filled by
males and females alternately. av
Secs. 40 and 50, inclusive, provide for the
election, qualification and duties of county
of common schools. He is
to be elected on the first Monday Of March
next, and biennially thereafter on the second
Monday in March. He shall, with TIVE COM
peteHt assistants. examine all persons pre-