The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-26

the district prosecutor. The amount of
each case. shall be added to the fund
next to be applied by the recipient, for
the use of common schools.
SEC. 81. Unorganized counties shall
be regarded for the purposes of this act,
the same as though they formed part of
the organized counties TO which they are
respectively attached.
Sec. 81. The Secretary of the Board
of Education may make all needful rules
and regulations TO give efficiency to this
law. And should any defect be discov-
cred therein while this Board is not in
session, which is evidently the result of
oversight, and which, in his opinion is
detrimental to the efficiency of the law,
he may supply such defect by regula-
ton 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 reasons thereof TO the Board at its
next meeting. He may also make regu-
lalions fixing the powers and duties of
any subordinate officer or board, when
those duties are not sufficiently defined
herein, making like report thereof as is
above required.
SEC. So. In all cases where a school
district as constituted at the time of the
taking effect of an act entitled "An act
for the Public Instruction of the State of
Iowa." approved March 12, 1853, and
formed of a part of two or more civil
townships in the same or adjoining coun-
ties, had a 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 ub-district in, and form a part of
the township district in which such school
house is situated, for voting, taxation,
enumeration of children, distribution Of
money, and all other school purposes, 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 ub-districts shall
not be changed except with the concur
renee of the boards of directors of the
townships interested provided, that the
provisions of this section shall not apply
to incorporated cities and villages con.
tanning one thousand inhabitants, or
more and the board of directors shall,
at their regular meeting in April next af-
ter the passage of this act, divide their
districts in accordance with the proyis-
ion of this section, and should vacancy
be caused thereby in the Office of direc-
tor in any such sub-dislrict, the Secreta-
~ shall, as soon as practicable, call a
special meeting of the electors therein, to
fill such vacancy.
SEC. Ga Nothing in this act shall be
SO 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 pur-
poses, which has organized separately as
a school district under any other act of
this Board.
Sec 65. If adequate provision has
not been made by the township district
for school house purposes or the payment
of debts in the sub district, the sub -di-
rector may, and shall, at the written re-
quest OF one-f fourth of the electors in his
sub-district, call meeting of electors
of his sub district said meeting to be
held on the second Monday in July.
and TO be organized as at the regular
meeting in March.
SEC. 66 He shall give at least ten
days notice of any meeting so called by
causing said notice to be read in the
presence of each school taught in his sub
district if during term time. or if no
school be in operation, then by posting
written notice of said meeting in at least
three conspicuous public places in his
sub district.
Sec. g. The electors of such SUBJ
district when assembled at such called
meeting may determine when they de-
sire tax levied upon the property of
said ub-district.
Frst-For the payment of debts
against said sub district contracted be-
FIRE the organization under an act +" for
the public instruction of the State of
Iowa, approved March 18th, 1885,"
.Secona-For the erection. completion,
repairing or furnishing a school house or
houses in said sub district, or for pur-
chasing leasing. enclosing or improving
grounds for the same, provided that no
tax shall be voted of more than one per
cent on the taxable property of the dis
trict in any one year, nor shall any tax
for school house purposes be voted un-
less the electors and board of directors
of the township district have refused or
neglected to vote tax for said purpose
after requested by the sub-district at its
regular meeting in March, SO to do as
provided in section thirteen of this act.
Nor shall any tax be voted except by
vote Of two-thirds of the electors present
or majority of all the electors of the
sub-distrlct.
SEC. GO. Whenever any tax has been
voted by sub-dstrict, as provided for
in the preceding section of this act, the
sub director shall, within ten days there
after, certify the same to the Secretary of
the township district, together with a list
of all property owners. residents of his
sub district, and the Secretary shall,
within twenty days thereafter, estimate
the tax upon the taxable property of said
sub district, as shown by the last assess
ment previous to that time, and shall |