St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-02-02

house or the site thereof, and of sucl
other property, personal and real, as
may belong to the district, and to di
rect the manner in which the proceeds
arising thcrctrom shall be applied.
Tth--To provide for the payment
of any debts contracted for schoo
houses or school purposes.
SiEth-To delegate all the powers
contained in the foregoing specfica
tons TO the district board of directors
SEC. s. At the meeting of tho
township districts, the chairman shal
submit the questions coming before
electors, in the following order; lst
The levy of tax for the payment o
debts for school house purposes. I'd
for payment of officers and miscclla
neons contingent expenses. Sd. Fol
paying amounts asked for by the sew.
eral sub-districts, for each purpose
separately. 4th. For payment Of
teachers. 5th. For purchase of libra
ries, fuel, apparatus, &c. 9th. Fol
the delegation Of power to Board OF
Directors. 7th. Other matters neccs
sary or proper to be acted upon.
SEC. 9. The several sub-districts
shall annually, on the first Monday in
March, hold meeting for the election
of Director, five days notice OF
which meeting shall be given by the
then resident Director, or if there is
none, by the District secretary post
ing written notice in three public
places therein.
SEC. 10. At the meeting of the
sub-districts, Chairman and Secrcta.
ry shall be appointed, who shall act
as Judges of the election, and give a
certificate Of election to the Director
elect.
SEC. II. Each Director, shall, with.
in ten days after his election, appear
before some officer qualified to admin,
lstcr oaths, and take an oath to sup.
port the Constitution of the United
states, and that of the State of Iowa,
and that he will faithfully discharge
the duties of his office and in case of
failure so to qualify, lie shall forfeit
ten dollars, to be recovered against
him for the use Of the district.
SEC. -. The electors of said sub
district shall also, at the regular meet
ing in March determine whether they
desire any funds raised by tax to
erect, repair, lease or furnish school
house in said sub-district, or for the
lease or purchase of grounds for the
same, and the amount for each pur.
pose.
SEC. l3. Whenever any sub-dis-
trict, at regular meeting, shall de-
tcrmlnc that they desire tax levied
for any of the purposes mentioned in
the foregoing section, the director for
said sub-district shall, within five
days thereafter, certify the same to
the township clerk, stating the amount
of money desired for each purpose
separately.
SEC IA The directors of the sew
eral sub-districts shall constitute Il
Board of Directors for the township
district, of which Board the township
clerk shall be Secretary, but shall
have no vote therein.
SEC. l5. The District Board shall
hold their regular meetings on the
first Saturday after the first Monday
III April and October in each year, and
may hold such special and adjourned
meetings as occasion may require.
They shall organize by clecting from
their own number, President and a
Treasurer In the absence of the Pres.
idcnt the Clerk shall preside.
SEC. l6. The duties of the District
Board Of Directors shall be as follows ::
EirSt-To make all contracts, pur-
chascs, payments and sales, necessary
to carry out any vote of the district /;
Prorded, That before erecting any
school house, they shall consult with
the County Superintendent as to the
most approved plan for such building.
Scc0nd-To admit pupils not belong
ing to the District, and not provided
for III section three of this act, to their
schools, on such terms as they may
agree upon.
1Hfd-To determine the number of
schools which shall be established,
and the length Of time each shall be
taught, subject to the provisions of
section two Of this act
E"urh To fix the site for each
school house, taking into considera.
ton the wants and necessities of the
people OF each portion Of the district.
HJM-T establish graded or union
schools wherever they may be neces.
sary, and they may as occasion re-
quires, select person who shall have
the general supervision of the schools
i'll their district, subject TO rules and
regulations of the board
.Sirth-To determine what branches
shall be taught in the schools of their
district.
.Sesnth To require the Secretary
and Treasurer each to give bond to
the district in such penalty and with
such surctics as they may determine
upon, conditioned for the faithful per-
formance of their duties under this
act. The bond shall be filed with the
President of the Board, and in case of
breach of condition thereof, he shall
bring suit thereon in the name of the
district
Eighth-To I'll any vacancy that
may occur in the Board, until the next
regular sub-district meeting.
Niath-They shall, from time to
time, examine the accounts Of the
Treasurer and make settlement with
him, and present at each regular meet
ing of the electors full statement of
the receipts and expenditures of the
district and Of all matters delega.
ted to them to perform, and all such
other matters as may be deemed i'm
portant.
ItaM-To admit anl allow all inst
claims against the District, and to fix
the compensation Of the Secretary and
Treasurer
EerRth--To visit the schools in
their district, and aid the Teachers in