The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-01-15

of Directors for the district, and shall
hold their Office for one year and until
their successors are elected and quail
fed
s.. VACANCIEs.--All vacancies oc-
curing in the Board shall be filled by the
remaining member or members until the
next regular election of the district; but
nothing herein contained shall be so con-
strued as to prevent the remaining mem
Der or members from calling meeting to
fill such vacancy,
s.. Powers OF DisrRICTs. The
electors Of a district, when legally assem-
bled at district school meeting, shall
have the following powers, viz:
FIrSt-To appoint a Chairman and
Secretary, in the absence of the regular
officers
Secona--To adjourn from tune to time
is occasion may require.
7hirai-To exercise the powers provi-
ded in divisions Third, F"urth and
Fifth, or Section 10 of an Act entitled
"An Act for the Public Instruction Of
the State Iowa." approved March 18th,
1858, as follows:
Mird-To levy such tax. not excee-
ding one per cent in any one year, on the
taxable property of the district as the
meetings shall deem sufficient TO pur-
chase or lease suitable site, for school
house or school houses, and to build,
rem, or purchase a school house or school
houses, and to keep in repair and fur
nish the same with the necessary fuel and
appcndagcs, and for compensation of
teachers and for procuring district libra
ries and apparatus for the schools, books
and stationery for the board and district
meetings, and dcfray all other contingent
expenses of the district. Provideh, no
tax shall be levied for building school
houses, excepting at the regular meetings
in March, and the first Monday in Sep
tember.
Fsnrth--To direct the sale or other dis
position to be made Of any school house
or the site thereof aud of such other
propcrey, personal and real, as may be
long to the district, aud to direct the
manner in which the proceeds arising
thcrcfrom shall be applied.
Fyfh-To auth prize the Board Of ri
rcctors to borrow money for procuring
sites and erecting school houses, to be
re paid in such instalments as may tend
to apportion such rc-paymcnts 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
preference to the application of school
districts, and in case any school districts
shall borrow any portion Of the Schoo
fund it shall be the duty of the County
Judge each and every year to determine
the per centnm OF taxation on the taxa
bic property Of such school district, that
will produce in money she amount Of ten
per cent, on the amount of such loan
aud certify such per contum TO the coun.
ty Treasurer, who shall enter the same on
the tax list for such township, and col
loct the same as other taxes, and tho
same shall be part Of the annual school
fund
FourtF-To provile for the payment
of any debts contracted f)r school houses
or school purposes.
FJih--To delegate all the powers
contained in the foregoing specifications
to the District Board Of Directors
50. The several sub districts shall
annually, on the first Saturday after the
second Monday in March, hold meeting
for the election Of member If 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
hy the district Secretary posting a writ
ten notice in three public places there.
in.
S 10 1t the meeting Of the sub,
districts, n President and Secretary shall
be appointed, who shall act as judges OF
the election, and give a certificate o'
election to the director elect.
s II Each member elect of the Board
of directors, shall, within ten days after
his election, appear before some officer
qualified to administer oaths, aud take an
oath to support the Constitution os the
United States, and that Of the State OF
Iowa. and that he will faithfully discharge
the duties Of his Office. and in case 0,
failure so to qualify, shall forfeit ten dol
lars, to be recovered against him for the
use of the district
SIC. DUTIES or DISTRICT OFFICERS
The President, or in his absence the
Vice President shall preside at AL meet
ings Of the Board and Of the district
shall draw al drafts on the County
Treasurer, for money apportioned to his
district, sign all orders on the District
Treasury, specifying in the orders the
fund on which the money is assigned; and
he shall sign all contracts.
{ Is. The President shall appear in
behalf Of his district in all suits brought
by or against the same, but when he i:
individually party, this duty shall be
performed by the Vice President or Sec
retary and in all cases where suits may
be instituted bv or against any of til,
school officers, to enforce any of the pro,
visions herein contained, counsel may b
employed by the Board of Directors.
sli. The Secretary shall record al
the proceedings of the Board and Distric
meetings, in separate books, kept for tha
purpose, shall preserve copies Of all re
ports made to tho county superintendent
shall file all papers transmitted to hin
pertaining to the business of the district
and shall counterslgn all drafts, warrant
and orders drawn by the President.
SIS. He shall, between the first da,
of August, and the fifteenth day of Sep
tember Of each year, take and keep oD
record LIST of tho names of all heads O
! families in the district, and the numbe