The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-01-19

qualified.
s5s. Every person elected or sp-
pointed to any Office, pursuant to the pro-
vi1aDssofs tbis acs, shail, before entering
o. the discharges Of the duties thereof,
take an oath to support the constitution
Of the United States, and Of this State,
and faithfully to discharge the duties Of
his ofiSe sceofding to the best Of bis
abilities In case such officer has writ.
ten appointment or commission, this oath
shall be endorsed thereon. In other cases
it may be taken orally. IN either case
is h3c BE- sworn 70 before soy o1Ictr
a,sbJrised 10 ada,i lister oaths. !. ~. =
$50. When any officer is superseded
by election, or otherwise, lie shall imme'
diately deliver to his successor in ofiice,
all books, papers, and moneys pertaining
to his Office, taking . receipt therefor /;
and every sash officer who shall refuse to
do so, or who shall wilfully lnutilate or
destroy any such books or papers, or any
part thereof, shall be liable to fine Of
not less than fifty. nor moro than two
hundred aud fifty dollars, Ut the discre.
tsoS ofthe court. " 2a@ .s... '.' .rs ...
SIC. 80. All fues and penalties
collected from district officer, by vir.
tue Of any of the provisions Of this act,
shall cnurc to the benefit Of that particu-
lar dis.siet. Those collected from. any
member ef tie township board, shall be-
Tong to the township, and those collec.
scdfrom county Offices, to the county
In the two former cases, suit shall be
brought in the name Of the Township
Board, in the latter, in the name Of the
county, and by the district prosecutor.
The amount Of each case, shall be added
to the fund next to DO applied BY the re
cipient fur the use VI common schools.
SEC 81. Cnorganized counties
shall BE- regarded for the purposes Of
this act, the same as thoagh they formed
part of the organized counties to which
they are respectfully attach
SEC 81 The Secretary Of the
Board Of Education may make all need
inl rules and regulations TO give eficien.
cy-to this law And should any defect
DC discovered therein while this 30; I'd
is not in session, which il evidently the
result Of oversight, and which in his
opinion is detrimental to the efficiency Of
the law, he may supply such defect by
regulation having the force Of law until
the matter can be acted on by this
Board. In such cases he must report
the fact and the rcusons thereof to the
Board at its next meeting. lie may also
make regulations fixing the powers and
duty OF any subordinate officer or board,
when these duties are not sufficiently
defined therein, making . like report
thereof as is above required
.SEs. G3, In all cases where school
district is constituted at the time of the
taking effect of an act entitlrd IAN act
forthe Public Instruction Of the State
of Iowa, approved March II, 1855" and
formed Of q part OF two or more civil
townships in the same or adjoining coun
ties, had school house erected. which
said house had not been destroyed, re-
moved or abandoned, said district as at
that time constituted, shall be and re-
main sub-district in, and form a part Of
the township district IN which such
school house is situated, for voting, taxa.
ton, enumeration of children, distribu-
ton of money, aud all other school pur-
poses, as fully as though said sub district
were all included within the township in
which the school house is situated, and
the boundaries of such sub district rhall
not be changed except with the cencur-
renee of the boards of directors of the
townships interested; provided, that the
provisions Of this section shall not ap,
ply to incorporated cities or villages con-
tanning one thousand inhabitants, or
more; and the board of directors shall,
ut their regular meeting in April next
after the passage Of this act, divide their
districts in accordance with the provis-
ions of this section, and should a vacan-
cy be caused thereby in the office Of di
rector in any such sub district, the Sec.
rotary shall, as soon as practicable, call
special meeting Of the electors therein
to ill such vacancy.
SIC. 81. N,thi ng in this act shall
be 81 construed as to give the Township
Board Of directors jurisdiction over any
territory included within the limits OF
any city or incorporated village, With
the territory annexed thereto for school
purposes, which has organized separately
us school district under any other act ,
If this Board.
SEE. 10. Ii adequate provision has ,
not been made by the township district
tor school house purposes or the payment q
OF debts in the sub district, the sub. di. !
rector may, and shall, at the written re. 4
quest of one fourth Of the electors in his i
sub district said meeting to be held on 7
the second Monday iu July, aud to be {
organized as at the regular meeting in
March.
SEC. IS lie shall give at least ten
days notice Of amy meeting 81 called by
causing said notice to be read ia the
presence Of each school taught in his
sub districts if during term time, or if
no school BE- in operation, then By post.
ms written notice of said meeting in at
least three Conspicuous places IN his sub
district
SEC. g. The electors Of such
sub.district when assembled at such call.
cd meeting, may determine when thew
desire tax levied upon the properly Of
said sub district.
ftrt-for the payment Of debts against
said sub district contracted before the
organization under an act "for the pub.
lie instruction Of the State Of Iowa, an.
proved March 18th, 1873" or