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

SiSned OUT pelOre entering upon the
said duties, lac shall file with the Pres
ident of the Board of Directors, a
bond, such as is required of the Sec
: retary and Treasurer, under this act
but the District Treasurer shall settle
with the County Treasurer, and re
ceive from him all moneys due and
unpaid to any sub-district of his dis
trict, applying said funds as in this
section provided.
i Twentieth-Where any tax hereto.
fore levied is still unpaid, the Director
may at his option, report the amount
due from any individual, or upon any
tract of land to the County Judge,
who shall cause the amounts so due,
to be added to the amount 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 pursued in the
collection of other county taxes.
S2s. The County Judge ofeach coun-
ty, shall at the time of levying the tax
for county purposes, levy tax for
the support Of schools within the coun-
ty, of not less than one mill, nor more
than two and half mills on the dol
lar, on the assessed value of all real
and personal property within the coun-
ty, which shall be collected by the
county collector at the time, and in
the same manner as State and County
taxes are collected, except that it
shall be receivable only in cash.
s 80. On the first Monday of April
annually, the County Judge of each
county shall apportion said tax, to-
gether with the interest of the per-
manent school fund to which his coun-
ty is entitled, and all other money in
the hands Of the county Treasurer be-
longing in common to the schools of
his county, among the several schools
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 apportionment, it is hereby
made the duty Of the several County
Superintendent to report to their re-
spectlve County Judges, on the first
day of November. annually, the num-
Der of such persons in each school dis
trict in his county.
5 30. The County Judge shall i'm
mediatcly notify the President of each
school district of the sum to which
his district is entitled by said appor-
tionment, and shall issue his warrant
for the same to accompany said notice,
which warrants shall be also signed
by the President 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
warrants drawn on the funds in his
hands, keeping separate accounts for
each fund.
QUALIFICATIONS AND DUTIES OF TEACHERS.
5 81. First-No person shall be
employed to teach q common school
which is to receive its dlstributive
share of the school fund, unless he
shall have certificate OF qualification
/ signed by the County Superintendent
OF the county in which the school is
situated, and any teacher who COM
mences teaching such school without
such certificate, shall forfeit all claim
/ n N hA !,
which he teaches without such certiti-
cate.
Second-The teacher shall keep a
correct Register of the school, which
shall exhibit the sub-distrct, town
ship, 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 scholar
and the branches taught, the register
to be as near as practicable after the
form appended to this act.
Third-When scholars reside in diff
!erent districts, Register shall be
kept for each district.
Fourth-The Teacher shall, imme-
diately after the close of his school,
file in the office of the Secretary of
the Board certified copy of the Reg
lister aforesaid.
OF THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
s 80. A County Superintendent of
common schools shall be elected in
each organized county of this State,
whose term Of service shall be two
years.
7 s 33. The first election of that Of
iicer shall take place on the second
Tuesday of October next, at the time
and several places of electing the
township boards, and at the general
election on every two years thereafter;
and the election returns to be made in
the same manner as for other county
officers. The present incumbents who
have been elected under the act of
March 18th, 1858, shall serve in that
capacity until their SUCCESSORS are
elected and qualified but the rate Of
their compensation after the taking
effect Of this act, shall be as herein
provided.
s 81. Within twenty days after
his election, he shall take and sub
scribe his oath of Office. On his fail
ure to do so, or if for any other cause
there be vacancy in said Office, the
County Judge shall appoint a person
to fill such vacancy, who shall qualify
i'll like manner, and who shall hold his
office, till the first general election
thereafter.
! S 35. The County Superintendent
shall examine all persons who shall
present themselves at the proper time
and place, as to their competency and
ability to teach photography, reading
writing, arithmetic, geography and
English grammar, and such other
branches as may be required hereafter
In making this examination he may