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


j /. II Zach organissd district 70 act -
judges o{ ail district elections.
/ 2. To make al oentsacts, purchases, pay
nsnts anasalss necessary to carry oatany J ese
i Of the dibtriet for procuring any site for
sehool house, for Building soy school house,
for renting, repairing or furnishing the same,
OF dispoeing thereof, or for keeping aschool
therein, and to perform all such other duties
- may DO delegated 70 them BY the district
j meetings Proviled: That it shall be the
duty Of said board before erecting any school
house, 70 consul$ with the eounty sapsrin-
tendeat, as to the most approved plan for
such building.
8. To employ all teachers necessary for
the schools Of the district, specifying the
tsrm of time for which they are employed,
and ths amount Of compensation; the con-
tract TO be reduced to writing and signed
/ by the parties thereto.
A. They may ADMIT pupils mot belonging
to the district and not provided for in SEQ
tion three, 10 the privileges Of their schools
on such terms Of tuition - may be agreed
upon. And they shall provide for the edu-
cation Of the colored youth, in separate
schools, except in cases where by the unan-
imous consent of the persons sending to the
school in any sub-distriot, they may be per-
mitted to attend with the white youth.
1 5. To determine tho number Of schools
which shall be established in the district and
the length Of time that each shall be taught,
subject to the provisions Of section two Of
this act. ...s..
s. To 6x the site for each school house,
taking into consideration in doing 20, the
wants and necessities Of the people Of each
portion Of the district.
7. Todetermine what branches Of learn
ing shall-be taught in the schools of their
district. b
8. They shall require the secretary and
treasurer each to give bond to the district
in such penalty and with such sureties % in
their opinion win secure the district against
any loss, conditioned for the faithful per-
formsuce of his duties under this act, and
the correct application Of al moneys that
may como into his hands by virtue of his
Office. Said penalty may be increased from
time to time, - the interest Of the district
may require. The bond shall be fled with
the President of the board, and in case of .
breach of the condition. thereof, he shall
bring suit thereon in the name Of the dis
trict.
9. They shall from time to time examine
the books and accounts of the treasurer,
and make settlements with him, and shall
at each regular meeting of the district, pre-
sent to the same q full statement Of the re-
ceipts and expenditures of the district, and
al such other matters a. may be deemed
| important or which the district may require
them to present, and Of all matters which
may have been delegated to them by tho
district 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, together
with committee whom tho board shall ap-
point 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 correct list Of the
pupils, embracing the periods of time during
which they attend school, the branches Of
learning which each pupil pursues, and all
such other matters as may be required by
4 tina nnnntv ss.sAAs;rk kAndsnk, and uhioh, IN tha
opinion Of the board, tend to promote the
welfare of the school.
IL. 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
required to be taught in such school, which
certificate shall be duly signed by the county
sup erintendent Of the county IN which he
seeks to be employed, which shall have
been given him not more than one year pre-
vious to the commencement of his school !;
and in case any teacher is employed and
commences teaching school without such
certificate, he shall forfeit all claim for
wages for instructing, for the time thus EN-.
ployed without such certificate.
II. The said board shall audit and allow
all just claims against the district, and the
President may draw orders on the district
treasurer for all demands thus audited.
l3. The said board may, whenever they
deem it expedient, and shall upon the writ
ten request of one-ffth of the legal voters
Of the district, call special meetings, there
Of, 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 busi-
ness shall be transacted at suclN meeting,
except what shall have been specified in said
notice. 11 .-
IA. AL vacancies that may occur in the
board shall be filed BY an appointment made
by the remaining member or members,
which appointment shall remain good until
tho next regular meeting of the district, or
SUBJ district, and until new election to the
Office 40 vacant shall be had. Nothing here
in contained shall be construed to prevent
the other member or members Of the board
from calling special meeting Of the district
or sub-district to I'LL such vacancy, or for
any other purpose.
Is. The members of the board shall CON-
form to all the instructions Of the County
and State Superintendents within the limits
of their powers respectively.
! 16. It shall be the duty of the director in
each SUBJ district to see that the school house
10 kept in repair and supplied with fuel and
to have the general supervision of the school
and school house, under the board Of direc-
tors, and with the appreciation Of the board
he may employ teacher. He shall also
settle the business of tho sub district re-
naming unfinished at the time Of the or
ganisafion under this act and shall apply
al funds belonging thereto, to the specific
purpose for which the Same we're raised or
received. i.gl
IL. The board Of directors may suspend
during pleasure, or expsl during the school
term, all pupils found guilty Of incorrigibly
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ulations, and re-sdmit thee on satisfactory
evidence Of amendment.
l8. They shall cause the secretary TO
transcribe into book to be kept for that
purpose 80 much Of the records Of the school
fund commissioner Of the county - applies
to the boundaries Of the sab districts in their
district township.
10. They shall, within twenty days after
the first election under this sct, hold meet
ing Of the board, to be called By the Presi.
dent and Secretary, At which they shall pro.
vide for the preparations Of map or plat
Of the district, on which shall be designated
the sub-districts, and their boundaries, and
in case NO sub districts exist, shall %.
tablish the Same, and shall have power at
any regular meeting to change The bounda-
ries of said sub-districts, - circumstances
may require, notice Of the same having been
given at the previous meeting they shsil
cause all such changes or establishment OF
boundaries to be marked upon said map or
plat, and recorded in the proper book, and
may from time to time, ~ occasion may re-
quire, cause new maps 70 be made.
20. They shall vary the per centun OF tax
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