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

/ 5 4. Any township in an unorganized
county shall be, for the purposes of this
act, regarded as a portion of the county
to which its county is attached for reven-
ue purposes.
5. Every school district which is
now. or may hereafter be organized il
this State, is hereby made body corpo
rate, by the name of :" District Township
of -- in the County of and
State of Iowa." and in that name, hole
property, become party to suits ant
contracts, and do other corporate acts.
6.-DIsrR1cr MEETINGS AND ELEc
TIoN OF OFFICERS.
| First-Each school district shall hold
regular meetings annually on the second
Monday in March.
,Second-When a new township has
been organized, or district left without
officers, the trustees of the Township
shall post written notices specifying the
time and place of the aforesaid meeting.
in five conspicuous places in the Town
ship; Provided, that when any district
shall be divided into two or more entire
townships for civil purposes, the existing
Board of Directors shall continue to act
for both or all the new districts till the
time of the next election of officers.
Third-The electors of the Township
assembled in accordance with the notice
required in the foregoing article, shall
organise by appointing a President and
Secretary, who shall act as Judges of the
election.
Foa,th-The qualified voters at such
meeting, and annually thereafter, shall
elect by ballot, one President, one Vice
President, one Secretary and one Trea-
surer, who, together with the Directors
from each division to be elected as here
matter provided, shall constitute Board
OF Directors for the District, and shall
hold their Office for one year, and until
their successors are elected and qualified
81. NACANCIEs.-All vacancies oc-
curing in the Board shall be filled by
the remaining member or members un-
til the next regular election of the dis
trict; /; but nothing herein contained shall
be so construed as to prevent the remain
ing member or members from calling a
meeting to fill such vacancy.
s Q. Powers OF DIsTRlcrs.
electors Of district, when legally assem-
bled at district school meeting, shall
have the following powers. viz:
First-To appoint Chairman and
Secretary, in the absence of the regular
officers.
.Second-To adjourn from time to time
as occasion may require.
1hird-To exercise the powers provid-
ed in divisions Third, Fourth and FgtiA,
of Section 10, of an Act entitled g An
Act for the Public instruction of the
State of Iowa." approved March l2th.
1858, as follows
Third-To levy such tax, not exceed
ing one per cent. in any one year, on the
taxable property of the district, as the
meetings shall deem sufficient to purchase
or lease 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
procuring district libraries and apparatus
for the schools, books and stationery for
the board and district meetings, and de-
fray all other contingent expenses Of the
district Providea, no tax shall be lev
led for building school houses. excepting
at the regular meetings in March, and
the first Monday in September.
Fourth-To diiect the sale or other
disposition to be made of any school
house or the site thereof, and of such 9TH
er property, personal and real, as may
belong to the district, and to direct the
manner in which the proceeds arising
therefrom shall be applied.
FyM-To authorize the Board of Di-
rectors to borrow money for procuring
sites and erecting school houses, to be re-
paid in such installments as 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 loaning the school-fund, to give pref
erence to the application of school dis.
tricts, and in case any school district
shall borrow any portion of the school
fund, it shall be the duty Of the County
Judge. each and every year, to determine
the per centum of taxation on the taxa
BILE 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 Coun-
ty Treasurer, who shall enter the same.
on the tax list for such township, and
collect the same as other taxes, and the
same shall be part of the annual school
fund.
Fourth-To provide for the payment
of any debts contracted for school houses
or school purposes.
FyM-To delegate all the powers con-
tanned in the foregoing specifications to
the District Board Of Directors.
g. The several sub districts shall an
nually, on the first Saturday after the
second Monday in March, hold meeting
for the election Of member of the Dis
trict Board Of Directors, FIVE days notice
OF which meeting shall be given by the
then resident director, or if there is none,
by the District Secretary posting writ
ten notice in three public places therein.
s 10, At the meatino of tho ouh die