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

time, as the interest Of the district may req lire.
The bond shall be filed with the President OF
the board, and in case Of breach of the con-
dition thereof. he shall bring suit thereon in
the name Of the district.
g. They shall from time 10 time examine the
books and accounts of the treasure er, and make
settlement with him, and shall at each regular
meeting OF the district, prese Mt to the same a
| full state OF the receipts and expendi lures Of
| the district and all such other matters as may
be deemed important or which the district may
require them to present, and Of all matter which
may have been de! gated to them by the dis
trict TO perform, they shall render at such
| meeting full and perfect account.
10. The said board shall be charged with
| the duty of visiting the schools in their dis
trict. One member OF the board, toe ether
with committee whom the board shall ap-
point for that purpose, shall visit each school
monthly, and shall aid the teacher in estab.
fishing aid enforcing rules for the government
of the schools, and shall see that the teachers
keep correct list Of the pupils, embracing
the period Of time during which they attend
school, the branches Of learning which each
/ pupil pursues. and all 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.
2i. The board shall employ no teacher to
teach in any school OF the district, unless he
shall first present to them certificate Of his
qualification to teach all the branches requir-
ed to be taught in such school, which certi-
hcate shall be duly signed by the County Su-
perintendent Of the county in which he seek
to be employed, which shall have been given
him not more than one year previous to the
commencement of his school; and in case any
teacher is employed and commences teaching
school without such certificate, he shall for
felt all claim for wages for instructtng, for the
time thus EMPLOYED without such certificate.
IL. The said board shall audit and allow all
just claims against the district, and the Presi.
dent may draw orders on the district treasurer
for all demands thus audited.
49,, The said board may whenever they
deem ii exnedent, and shall upon the writ
ten request of one-fifth of the legal voters of
the district, call special meetings thereof, but
in all such cases the notice for such meeting
shall clearly state the precise object for which
it is called, and the time and place at which
it is to be held, and no other business shall be
Transacted at such meeting, except what shall
have been specrfed in said notice.
| Ia. All vacancies that may occnr 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 a new election to the office so va
cant shall be had. Nothing herein contained
shall be construed to prevent the other men,
ber or members of The board from calling a
special meeting Of the district or sub-district
to fill such vacancy, Or for any other purpose.
15 The members Of the board shall conform
to all the instructions Of the County and State
Superntendents within the limits Of their
power respectively.
I6. 1t shall be the duty of the directors ir
eacn sub-district to see that the school house
is 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 with the appreciation of the board, he
may employ teacher. He shall also settle
the busidess OF the SUBJ district remaining un.
finished at the time of the organization under
thi. act, and shall apply all funjs belonging
thereto, to the seecifc purpose for which the
same was received.
H. The board Of directors may suspend dl.
ring pleasure, or expel during the school tern
all pupils found guilty Of ircorrigibly bad con-
duct. or violation or violations Of the schoo
regulations, and re-admt them on satisfactory
evidence of amendment.
1s. They shall cause the Secretary to trans,
crbe into book for that purpose so much OF
the records of the school fund commissioner
Of the county as applies to the boundaries OF
the sub-distrcts in their respective townships.
10. They shall within twenty days after the
first election under this act, hold meeting Of
the board, to be called by the President and
Secretary, at which they shall provide for the
preparation of a map or plat of the districts,
and their boundaries, and in case no such SUBJ
districts exist, shall establish the same, and
shall have power at any regular meeting to
arrange the boundaries Of said sub-districts, as
circumstances may require, notice Of the same
having been given at the previous meeting
they shall cause all s,ch changes or establish
ment of boundaries to be marked on said map
or plat, and recorded in the proper book, and
from time to time, as occasion may require,
cause new maps to be made.
20. They shall vary the per centnm Of tax
voted by the district meeting for sch ool house
purposes, when ,ustice and equity require,
making such determinations as they shall
deem just. They may, if necessary. appoint
three dislnterested householders of the coun.
ty to examine and report to them the amt,
value and condition OF the property and re,
liable funds belonging and coming 70 each
district, organized under the law now in fore,
in its corporate capacity, and appropriated
o school house purposes, which report shall
be sworn 20 and enacted by the Secretary upor
the records Of the board, and shch report to-
gether with the total amount of taxable
property in, and the necessities Of each such
sub-dstrict in the township in regard tc