The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-01-13

ords Of the board, and such report. to
gether with the total amount of taxabl,
property in, and the necessities of each
sub-district in the township in regard t(
school house accommodations for the pu
pills therein, shall constitute the basis O
action of the board in determining the
per centum of tax to be levied upon each
sub district.
l7th--They shall, at their regular
meeting in April of each year, estimate
the per centum of tax on the taxable pro.
perty of the district, necessary to raise a
fund which, with the Teachers Fund
from the County Treasury, as shown by
notice Of the County Judge. shall be suf.
ticient to support the several schools oI
the district, for at least the time required
by this act, for the current year, which
per centum they shall certify to the
County Judge, who will at the time Of
levying the taxes for county purposes,
levy the per centum of tax thus certified,
upon the property of the district, which
will be collected and paid over, as other
oSHooi uiStriCl taxes are.
18th.-The director of the sub-district
shall see that the school house is kept in
repair, and supplied with fuel, and shall
have the general supervision of the school
and school property, under the Board OF
Directors, and with their appreciation, he
may employ teacher
10th. He shall collect all taxes and
debts due his sub-district, and settle any
other business remaining unfinished at
the time of organizing under the act en-
titled An Act for the Public Instruc-
ton of the State of Iowa." approved
March 18th, 1853, and shall apply all
funds that may thus come into his hands,
to the specific purpose for which they
were designed but before entering upon
the said duties, he shall file with the
President of the board of directors, a
bond, such as is required of the Secre-
tary and Treasurer, under this act but
the District Treasurer shall settle with
the County Treasurer, and receive from
him all moneys due and unpaid to any
sub district of his district, applying said
funds as in this section provided.
2oth-Where any tax heretofore lev
led is still unpaid, the Director may, at
his option. report the amount due from
any individual, or upon any tract of land,
to the Co. Judge, who shall cause the
so due, to be added to the a.
mount standing on the tax-list against
such individual, or tract Of land, for the
current year. These taxes shall then be
collected in the same manner as is pur-
sued in the collection of other county
taxes.
5 90. The County Judge of each
shall at the time of levying the
tax for county purposes, levy tax for
the support OF schools within the county,
of not less than one mill. nor more than
two and half mills on the dollar, on the
assessed value of all real and personal
property within the county, which shall
be collected by the county collector at
the time. and in the same manner as
State and County taxes are collected, ex-
cept that it shall be receivable only in
cash.
5 go. On the first Monday Of April
the County Judge of each
county shall apportion said tax together
with the interest Of the permanent school
fund to which his county is entitled. and
all other money in the hands of the coun-
ty Treasurer belonging in common to the
schools of his county, among the several
school districts therein, in proportion to
the number of persons between FIVE and
twenty -one years of age, subject to the
provisions OF section two of this act
And in order to enable him to make such
it is hereby made the du.
ty of the several County Superintendents
TO report to their respective County
Judges. on the first day of November,
annually, the number of such persons in
each school district in his county.
S 80. The County Judge shall imme-
diately notify the President of each
school district of the sum to which his
district is entitled by said apportionment,
and shall issue his warrant for the same
to accompany said notice, which war;
rants shall be also signed by the Presi-
dent and countersigned by the Secretary
of the district in whose favor the same
is drawn, and shall authorize the district
Treasurer to draw the amount due said
District from the County Treasurer, and
the Secretary shall charge the Treasurer
of the district with all warrants drawn in
his favor, and credit him with all war
rants drawn on the funds in his hands,
keeping separate accounts for each fund.
AND DUTIES OF TEACHERS.
5 81. lst-No person shall be en-
ployed to teach a common school which
is to receive its d.stributive share of the
school fund, unless he shall have GER
tiicate of qualification signed by the
County Superintendent Of the county in
which the school is situated, and any
teacher who commences teaching such
school without such certificate, shall for
felt all claim to compensation for the time
during which he teaches without such
certificate.
2d-The teacher shall keep a correct
Register of the school, which shall ex.
hibit the sub district, township, county,
and State in which the school is kept
the day of the week, the month and year !;
the name and age, and attendance of each