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

AN ACr
FOR THE PUBLIC INSTRUCTION OF TN
f. STATE or IOWA.
SEcrios |. Be y sssesed bySks Covered ~.
ss'sbly Of ne Ststs ef ks~a, That each elsil
township 10 the several coansits Of this State b
hereby declared school District for all the
purposes Of this act. the boundaries Of said
township being the boua6asies of said School
District, and every township hereafter laid out
and organized, shall become also School Dis.
lrict, and. each istFics q u present orRan,sed.
shall become q sub district for the purposes
hereinafter provided. P,ocided, that each n
corporatsd city or town including the territory
annexed thereto for school purposes and which
contains not less than one ,housa nd inhabitants.
shall be and is hereby created separate school
district, which shall elect It's officers in the same
manner that officers are elected ia other school
districts. and the electors and officers Of said
district, shall possess and exercise the same
powers, and perform the same duties Is are bv
this act required Of like officers in other school
districts, and said district shal be in all respects
subject to the provisions of this act so far az
the same are applicable, and the remaining part
oil such township or townships shall each be
in this act.
s 2. In each sub-distri { there shall be taught
one or more Schools for the instruction of the
youth between five and twenty .one years of age,
residing therein for ut least sixteen weeks OF
tvc school days each, in each year. and in case
OF failure so to keep up such school unless the
County Superintendent shall be satisfied that
there was good and sufficient cause Tor such
failure, or in case Of failure or neglect to make
the proper returns to the county superintend-
ent, as provided in this act; such district shall
receive no part Of the school money which shall
be apportioned among the other districts of
the same county for that year.
8. 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 il is pro-
posed to attach them. shall transfer them for
educational purposes to such adjoining district
township, and when persons have been 40 trans
ferred. the board Of directors Of 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 he entitled for
their use.
5 4. In case any township shall become or.
ganized in a county not organized, it shall be
attached to the county which lies contiguous to
1t, and whose county seat is nearest to said
township, 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 il it
formed part OF said county, until the county
in which said nship is situated shall become
organized under the laws Of this State, at which
time it shall, for all school purposes, form a
district in the county in which it is situated.
5. Every school district now or which NAV
be hereafter organized in this State, is hereby
made body corporate by the name of District
township OF in the c0un-
~ Of and State OF Iowa.
and in that name may hold property, become
party 10 suits and contracts, and do other cor
pOrate acts.
) 8 II shall be the duty Of the trustees of the
everal townships in the State to give ten days
'revi0us notice of the first meeting of their
respective district townships herein authorized,
70 be held on the first Monday Of May next, by
costing written notice specifying the time and
,ace Of meeting, in five different conspicuous
places therein, and when new township is
organized, or IN case district should at any
time be lett without officers, it shalt be the duty
OF the trustees thereof, Immediately to give
the like notice Of the FIRST meeting of the school
district.
5 I. The electors Of the district township,
when assembled in accordance with the notice
required in the foregoing section, for the pur-
pose Of electing district officers shall organize
by appointing President and Secretary, who
shall act as judges of the election.
8. The qualified voters at such meeting, and
thereafter at the regular meeting on
the second Monday Of March, shall elect by bal
lot one President, one Vice President, aud one
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one director from each sub-dstrict, to be elect.
ed as hereinafter provided, shall constitute
board of directors for the district, aud shall
hold their Offices for ore year and until their
successors are elected and qualified, they shall
also at the same time and place elect one Trea-
surer OF the district, who shall hold his office |
for the term above provided, and shall perform |
the duties hereinafter specified.
5 y. The regular meetings OF each district |
shall be held on he second Monday in March in
Zach year.
5 10. The electors Of the district, when lie.
,aliy assembled at q district school meeting,
'hnl have the following powers, viz:
First: To appoint u Chairman and Secretary |
n the absence OF the regular officers.
Second: To adjourn from time to time as oc-
,asiOn may require.
Third: To levy such tax not exceeding one
'er cent IN any one year, on the taxable pro-
'erty OF the district ~ the meeting shall deem
utficient to purchase or lease suitable site for
school house or school houses, and to build,
ent or purchase 4 school mousse or school hou-
es, and 10 keep in repair and furnish tho same
nth the necessary fuel and appendascs and
or compensation OF teachers, and tor procuring
district libraries and apparatus for the schools,
looks and stationery for the board and district
meetings., and detray all other contingent ex-
lenses OF the District. Provided no tax shall
re levied for building school houses, excepting
I the regular meeting in March, and the first
londay in September.
Fourth: To direct the sale or other DISPOSE
ion to be made of any school house or the
tie thereof, and Of such other property, per-
onal and real, as may belong to the district,
nd to direct the manner in which the proceeds
rising theref,Om shall be applied.
Ffth To authorize the bOaId OF directors to
orrow money for procuring sites and CT Getting
;hool houses, TO be repaid in such insta lments
> may tend TO appOrtion such re-payments
nong those who enjoy the benefits OF the loan.
nd It shall be the duty Of the County Judge in
'aning the school fund to give preference to
lie application OF school districts, and in case
ny school districts shall borrow any portion of
he school fund it shall be the duty ofthe Coun.
: Judge each and every year to determine the
such school district, that will produce in mo-
~ the amount of ten per cent. on the amount
such loan, and certify such per centum TO the
Dun'y Treasurer, who shlll enter the same on
e tax list from such township aud collect the
me as other taxes, and the same shall be part
the annual school fund.
Sirth To determine whether school or !
hools of higher grade shall be established in
g district.
Ss~aM: To delegate any or all Of the pow.
5 contained in the foregoing specifications to
e district board OF directors, or 10 any com
ttee whom the meeting may choose to ap-
int. t
Eighth They may adopt rules Of order no, c
consistent with the provisions of this act and c
e instructions OF the Superintendent of Public ?
struction Tor the government Of the district &
lettings, and may alter and change the same J
I'm time to time occasion NAV require and
~ prescribe the manner of taking the sense s
the meeting upon any question: Proeided, Il
viewer, he district board Of directors shall be j
cited by ballot.
i. 1t shall be the duty Of the Seer, taries
the several school districts as now organized Il