St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-20

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ORAN FAVILLE,
Pres. of the Board of Education.
| hereby certify that the above is a
true and complete copy of the original
act as passed by the Board of Educa-
ton of the State of Iowa.
j. Il. TUBBY,
Secretary pro TEN. Of the Board.
December %, 1858.
ACT No. IL.
An Act to confer certain powers on
towns and cities for school purposes.
SEC. l. BE it enacted by the Board
of Education of the State of Iowa,
That any city or incorporated town in
this State, including the territory an
nexed thereto for school purposes, may
constitute a separate school district.
s 2. At the written request of any
ten voters of such city or town, the
municipal authorities thereof shall
provide for taking the sense of the
people residing within the limits of
the contemplated district, by means
of a public vote by ballot.
s 3. Should the majority of the
votes cast at any such election be in
favor of separate organization, an
early day shall be fixed for the election
by ballot Of q President, Vice President,
Secretary, Treasurer and Directors,
all of whom shall constitute a District
Board having the same general power,
duties and obligations as attach to
the like Board in the township dis
tricts, except as herein provided. The
Presidant, Vice President, Secretary,
and Treasurer, shall hold their offices
for the same time, and after the first
election their successors shall be elected
upon the same day and shall conform
in other respects to the same rules
and requirements as is provided by
law for the same officers in the town
ship districts.
s 4. After the first election the di-
rectors shall by lot determine the
length of their respective terms of Of
flee ; one shall serve till the second
Monday in March next after his cleo
ton ; another until after the said sec
ond Monday in March and a third
till two years thereafter. At the end
of each such term, a successor shall
be elected who shall hold his Office for
three years, and until his successor is
elected and qualified. Should q va
cancy occur in respect to either of said
directors, it may be filled by the re-
mainder of the Board until the day of
the next election, when a successor
shall be elected to fill out the remain
der of his term.
s 5. The said district may have as
many school houses, and their schools
may be regulated in such a M as
the said Board may direct, subject to
the general law of the State. They
may distribute the executive duties Of
their Board among the three directors
in such manne as they shall think cx-
pedient.
s 6. Should any portion of said
city or town lie in a different township
from that in which the principal por-
ton thereof is situated, the inhabitants
of such fraction may organize with
the remaining portion of their own
township at any time that they may
think proper SO to do, O. should the
population exceed five hundred in
number, they may organize in the
same manner as is provided for the
main portion Of the city or town as
herein before provided.
S I. AT the written request of any
ten voters residing within such frac-
tional portion of any town or city, the
municipal authorities thereof shall
provide for taking a vote by ballot to
determine whether they will remain
attached to the main body of the city
or town. And should their number
exceed five hundred inhabitants there
shall be provision made at the same
time Or afterwards for a~scertaining
whether the fraction so cut off will Or
ganize by itself, or will unite with the
remaining portion of its own township.
s 8. Where a town or city is
carved out of a civil township as con-
t~emplated in this act, the remainder Of
such township shall constitute a sepa-
rate school district, the boundaries be-
tween which and the said city or town
district may at any time be changed
with the consent of both their respec-
tive Board of Directors.
S 9. This act shall take effect and
be in force on and after it's publica-
ton in the Iowa Statesman and Iowa
Citizen. ORAN FAVILLE,
Pres. of the Board of Education.
l hereby certify that the above is a
true and complete copy of the original
act as passed this day by the Board
OF Education of the State of Iowa.
j. 7. TUBBY,
Secretary pro TEN. of the Board.
December oath, 1858.
ACT No. II.