The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-04-24

in county of ------, and STATE
Of Iowa, and in that name may hold prop
erty, become party to suits and contracts
and do other corporate acts.
So. 1t shall be the duty of the trusteel
of the several townships in the State to Civ.
ten days previous notice of the 6rst meeting
Of their respective district townships hereir
authorized, to be held on the first Monday
of May next, by posting q written notice
specifying the time and place Of Asst;.s, !.
i've different conspicuous places therein
and when new township il organized, or in
case district should at any time be left
without officers, it shall be the duty of ths
trustees thereof, Immediately to give the
like notice of the drst meeting of the school
district.
81. The electors of the district town.
ship, when assembled in accordance with
the notice required in the foregoing section.
for tho purpose of slecting district officers
shall organise BY appointing q President
and Secretary, who shall act a. judges Of
the election.
3S. The qualified voters at such meet
ing, and annually thereafter at the regular
meeting on the second Monday of March,
shall elect by ballot one Presidnt, one Vice
President, and one Secretary of the Dis
trict, who, together with one director from
each sub district, to be elected as herein
after provided, ehall 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
one Treasurer of the district, who shall hold
his Office for the term above provided, and
shall perform the duties hereinafter speci-
fed.
50. Tho regular meetings Of each dis
trict shall he held on the second Monday in
March in each year.
8 10. The electors of the district, when
legally assembled at district school meet.
ing, shall have the following powers, viz.
First: To appoint Chairman and Sec
rotary in the absence Of the regular officers.
Second: To adjourn from time to time -
occasion may require.
Third: To levy such tax, not exceeding
one per cent in any one year, on the taxa
bic property Of the district ~ the meeting
shall deem sufficient to purchase or lease 9
suitable site for . school house or school
houses, and to build, rent or purchase .
school house or school houses, and to keep
in repair and furnish the same with the
necessary fuel and appendages, and for
compensation Of teachers, and for procur.
ing district libraries and apparatus For the
schools, books and stationery for the board
and district meetings, and defray oil other
contingent expenses of the district. Provi-
ded no tax shall be levied for building
school houses, excepting ct the regular meet
ing in March, and the 6rst Monday in Sep
tember.
Fourth: To direct the sale or other dis
position to be made Of any school house or
the site thereof, and Of such other property,
personal or real, ~ may belong to the DIS
trict, and to direct the manner in which the
proceeds arising therefrom shall be applied.
FIFTH: To authorize the board Of direct
ors to borrow money for procuring sites
and erecting school houses, to be repaid in
such instalments - may tend to apportion
such re-payments among those who enjoy
the benefits OF the loan, and it shall be the
duty Of the County Judge in leaning the
school fund TO give prefsEeuce - the appli-
cation of school districts, and in case any
school districts Shsll borrow any portion Of
the school fund il shall be the duty of the
County Judge each and every year to deter
mine the per centum Of taxation on the tax.
able property 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 Treas
urer, who shall enter the Same on the tax
list from such township and collect the
same - other taxes, and the same shall be
psrt Of the annual school fund.
Sirfh: To determine whether school or
schools of higher grade shall be established
in the district. 3s
Seventh: To delegate any or ell Of the
power contained in the foregoing speci6ca-
tions to the district board Of directors, or to
any committee whom the meeting may choose
to appoint.
Eighth: They may adopt rules Of order not
Inconsistent with The provisions Of this act
and the instruction Of the Superintendent Of
Public Instruction for the government of
the district meetings, and may alter and
change the Same from time to time - occa-
siea may require and may prescribe the
manner Of taking the senss of the. meeting
upon any question: Psovided, however, the
district board Of directors shall Be- elected
By ballot
; IL. Il shall be the duty Of the Secrsta-
fiss Of the several schools districts - now
esganissd, to call meeting Of the electors
& their respective districts o. the frst Sat-
sfday after the first Monday Of May next, q