Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1858-04-22

Z u AN ACT 3.
FOR THE PUBLIC INSTRUCTION OF
uJ THE STATE OF iowa.
Section l. Be Il enacted by the General Asstn-
bly, Of the State Of Iosca, That each civil township
In the several counties of this State hereby de-
elared School District for all the purposes of
this act, the boundaries of said township being
&he boundaries Of said School District, and every
township hereafter laid out aud organized, shall
become also School District and each district
as at present organized, shall become a SUBJ
district for the purposes hereinafter provided
Procided, that each Incorporated city or town in
sdiLainE the territory annexed thereto for school
pnrpoees, and which contain not less than one
thousand inhnbitants. shall be and is hereby
'created a separate school district. which shall
sAlactTt officers In the same manner that officers
elected in other school districts, and the elec-
tors and officers Of said district, shall possess
Aad exercise the same powers and perform the
sasae diifies as are by this act required of like
officers in other school districts, and said district
shall be in all respects subject to the provisions
OF this act 30 fr as the same are applicable, and
the remaining part of such township or town
ships shal each be considered as separate town.
ship as provided in this act. s.s, ar.sfs s..F
2. In each sub-distrct there shall be taught
one or more schools for the instruction of the
youth between five and twenty onc years of age,
residing therein for at least sixteen weeks Of
five school days each, in each year, and in case
of failure 30 to keep up such school unless the
County Superintendent shall be satisfied there
~as good and sufficient cause for such failure. or
in case Of failure or neglect to make the proper
returns tn the county superintendent, as provided
in this act such district shall receive part of
the school money which shall be apportioned
among the other districts of the same county for
that year. .s4t i.s
IS. Whenever persons can be better accom-
modated at the school Of an adjoining district
township, the board of directors Of the one in
which such persons reside, with the concurrence
of the board of the district to which is propos-
ed to attach them, shall transfer them for educa-
tional purposes to adjoining district tow nship
and when persons have been so transferred, the
board of directors in the district in which they
reside, shall pay to the treasurer of the district
township to which they have been transferred,
the proportional Of the public school money to
which they may be entitled for their use.
"a. in case any township shall become or
ganized in county not::orgnnized, it shall beat
tached to the county which lies contiguous to il,
and whose county seat is nearest to said town
ship, and it shall be included as part Of said
county, and be subject to taxation for school
purposes, and shall receive its proportion Of
school money in the same manner as if it formed
D part Oh Saiu county, until the county III Wnlcn
said township is situated shall be organized un-
der the laws Of this State. at which time it shall,
for oil school purposes, form district in the
county in which it lis situated.
85. Every school district now or which may
be hereafter organized in this State, is hereby
made body corporate by the name of District
Township Of of---,i in the county
OF f--,a and State OF Iowa, and
in that name may hold property, become par
4 a 9TH -,
acts. F
S6. 1t shall be the duty of the trustees of the
several townships in the State TO give ten days
previous notice Of the first meeting Of their res
pective district townships herein authorized, to
be held on the first Monday of May next, by
posting written notice specifying the time and
place Of meeting. in five different conspicuous
places therein, and when new township is or
ganized, or in case district should at any time
be left without officers it shall be the duty of the
trustees thereof, immediately to give the like no.
tice of the first meetings Of the school district.
81. The electors Of the district township,
when assembled in accordance with the notice
required in the foregoing section for the purpose
of electing district officers, shall organize by
appointing President and Secretary, who shall
act as judges Of the election.
90. The qualified voters at such meeting,
and annually thereafter at the regular meeting
on the second Monday of March, shall elect by
ballot one President, one Vice President and
one Secretary of the district, who, together with
one director from each sub district, to be elected
ashereinafter provided, shall constitute board
OF directors for the district and shall hold their
Offices for one year and until their successors are
elected and qualified ;they shall also at the same
time and place elect Treasurer of the District,
who shall'hold his Office for the term above pro-
vided, and shall perform the duties hereinafter
specified 'ssd E
81 8. The regular meetings of each district
shall be held on the second Monday in March
in each year.
$40. The electors Of the district, when legal
y assembled at district school meeting, shall
have the following powers, viz:
let. To appoint a Chairman and Secretary in
the absence Of the regular officers.
Cd. To adjourn from time to time as occasion
may require. ae
Sd. To levy such tax, not exceeding one per
cent. in any one year, on the taxable property of
the district as the meeting shall deem sufficient
to purchase or lease q suitable site for school
house or school houses, and to keep in repair
and furnish with necessary fuel appendages
and for compensation Of the teachers, and for
procuring district libraries and apparatus for
the schools, books and stationery for the board
and district meetings, and defray oil other con-
tingent expenses of the district No tax shall
be levied for building school houses, excepting
nt the regular meeting in March and the first
Monday in September.
4th. To direct the sale or other disposition to
he made ofany school house or the site thereof,
and Of such other property, personal and real
A. may belong to the district, and to direct the
manner in which the proceeds arising therefrom
shall be applied.
5th. To authorize the board of directors to
borrow money for procuring sites and erecting
school house,, to be repaid in such installments
As may tend to apportion such rc-payments
among those who enjoy the benefits OF the loan.
and it shall be the duty Of the County Judge in
loaning the school fund to give preference to
the application of school districts, and in case
any school district shall borrow any portion of
the school fund it shall be the duty Of the Coun-
~ Judge each and every year to determine the
per centum Of taxation on the taxable proper
ty Of such school district, that will produce in
money the amount of ten per cent on the amount
Of such loan. and certify such per centum to the
County Treasurer, who shall enter the same on
the tax list from such township and collect the
same ~ other taxes, aud the Same shall be part
of the annual school fund.
SiEA, = determine whether a school or
echools Of higher grade shall be established in
the district.
StDenA, To delegate any or all Of the powers
contained IN the foregoing specifications to the
tlistrict bn0rd 0f directors o,. tn any comm ttAe