The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-03-19

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The money tuuS raised shall be appropti-
atei by the directors 10 the various objects
for which !; was intended.
Il. When 4 district lies in two or
more counties. the directors shall r;turn 10
the clerk Of tn county court OF each coun-
= the names OF the resident tax payers in
each. IAe c'erN OF each county saa. then
furnish the directors the amount OF the tax
able property of the district, lying in his
county. a returned bv the assessor OF the
previous year. Ine directors Sha,. then de
termnc and certify the rates 10 be levied.
and return the certificates u the c,erl, ol
each county. For the purpose OF building
school hoUses or purchasing school sites or
for repairing and improving the same, the
directors, 10y vote of the people, may oor-
rew money, issuing bombs executed hy the
; officers or at least two members OF the beard
in snms of not less than one hundred dol
lars But the rate OF interest shall not ex-
ceed ten per cent, nor shall the sum Dor
rowed in any one year exceed three per
cent. OF the taxable proPerey OF the d strict.
Nor shall the tax levied in any one year FOR
building a school house exceed two per
cent Of said taxable =. opcrty.
$ Is. The directors Of each district are
hereby declared body pol tic and corporate
by the name OF school directors of district
No -, township No, county Of,
and State OF Illinois" and by that name may
sue and be sued in al courts and places
whatever. Two directors shall be quo
rum for business. The directors shall be IL
ale, as directors, for the balance due teach
erS, and for all debts legally Contracted
They shall establish and keep in operation,
for at least SIX months in eaca year, sulil-
cient number free schools for all the child
ren in the district, over the age OF hve ana
under twenty-one years. They may adopt
all necessary rules and regulations for the
management Of the Scho Is, and shall visit
and Inspect the same aS often practicable.
They shall appoint all teachers. fix the
amount of Their salaries, and may dismiss
them for incompetency, cruelty, negligence,
or immortality. They may direct what
branches shall be taught, and may suspend
or expel pupils found guilty, on full exami-
nation, OF refractory or incorrigibly bad con-
duct. No school site shall be pun chased,
nor shall a school house be erected, located,
purchased or changed, nor shall tax be le
We'd to extend schools bayond SIX months,
without the consent of a majority of the
votes cast at an election, the notice of which
shall state the question 10 be decided, aad
Sha!I oe gwen us sIequiISu III thc ~" > 81
ond section f this act.
%. The public printer is hereby re-
auired to print thirty thousand copies si a
circular from the State Superintendent, IN
cluding these amendments. for immediate
distribution, and also fifty thousand copies
oflhe whole act, as amended, under the d.
rection of the Superintendent Of Public In
struction, and to be distributed by him to
the several couAties of the State, according
to populatian. APPROVED Feb. 81, 1899.
Section 81 changes the principle upon
which the public money is to be distributed
bv the trustees to the districts. Heretofore,
it has all been apportioned upon the attend
! ance certified in the schedules Hereafter,
one-half only nustbe so apportioned: the
other half in proportion to the number Of
children in the district under tweuty-on
years. --tt