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


of the court.
SEC. 60 All fines and penalties col
lccted from q district officer, by virtue
Of any of the provisions of this act,
shall enurc to the benefit of that par
tcular district Those collected from
any member Of the township board,
shall belong to the township, and
those collected from 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 he applied by the recipient, for
the use of common schools.
SEQ. 81. Unorganized counties shall
be regarded for the purposes of this
act, the same as though they formed
a part of the organized counties to
which they are respectively attached.
SEC. 60. The Secretary of the Board
of Education may make all needful
rules and regulations to give cflicicn-
CIV to this law. And should any de-
feet be discovered therein while this
Board is not in session, which is evil
IDENTIFY the result of oversight, and
which in his opinion is detrimental to
the efficiency of the law, he may sup
Nv such defect by regulation hav-
inw 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 the
next meeting. He may also make
regulations fixing the powers and du-
ties of any subordinate officer or
board, when those duties are not
sufficiently defined herein, making a
ike report thereof as above required.
SEC. G3. In all cases where schoo
district as constituted at the time o
the taking effect of an act entities
"An act for the Public Instruction o
the State of Iowa, approved March IL
1855" and formed of part of two o.
more civil townships in the same OF
adjoining counties, had school house
erected, which said house had not
been destroyed, removed or abandon
ed. said district as at that time constr
tuted, shall be and remain a sub-dis
trict in, and form part OF the town
ship district in which such school
house is situated, for voting, taxation
enumeration of children, distribution
oil money, and all other school pur
poses, as fully as though said sub
district were all included within til,
township in which the school house il
situated, and the boundaries Of sucl
sub-district shall not be changed eS
cept with the concurrence Of tn
boards of directors Of the township
interested provided, that the provis
ions Of this section shall not apply t.
incorporated cities and villages con
tanning one thousand inhabitants, OF
more and the board of directors
shall, at their regular meeting il
April 1ext after the passage Of this
act, divide their districts in accord
ancc with the provisions of this sec
ton, and should vacancy be caused
thereby in the Office of director in any
such sub-district, the Secretary shall
as soon as practicable, call specia
meeting of the electors therein, to fl
such vacancy. .... ...
Sec. Ca Nothing in this act shall
be so construed as to give the town
ship Board of Directors jurisdictio
over any territory included within tn
limits of any city or icorporatcd vi
Iage, with the territory annexed there
to for school purposes, which has oil
gained separately as school distric
under any other act of this Board.
SEC. 65. If adequate provision has
not been made by the township dis
trict for school house purposes or the
payment of debts in the sub.district
the sub-dircctor may, and shall, at tho
written request of one-fourth of the
electors in his sub-district, call +:
meeting of electors of his sub-district
said meeting to be held on the sccon'
Monday in July, and to be organizes
as at the regular meeting in March.
SEC. &C. lie shall give at least tie
days notice of any meeting so Gale
by causing said notice to be read il
the presence Of each school taught il
his snb-district if during term time, o
if no school be in operation, then by
posting written notice of said meeting
in at least three conspicuous public
places in his subdistrict
SIC. CT. The electors of such sub
district when assembled at such called
meeting, may determine when they dc
sire tax levied upon the property o
said sub-district.
Fua-For the payment of deb!
against said sub-district contracted
before the organization under an act
"for the Public Instruction Of the
State of Iowa, approved March 18th
1855" or
Secomd-For the erection, compile.
ton, repairing or furnishing q school
house or houses in said sub-district
or for purchasing, leasing, enclosing
or improving grounds for the same
provided that no tax shall be voted O
more than one per cent. OH the taxa
Die property of the district in any
one year, nor shall any tax for schoo
house purposes be voted unless the
electors and board of directors Of the
township district have refused or neg
lectcd to vote tax for said purpose
after request by the sub-district al
its regular meeting in March, so TO dc
ms provided in section thirteen Of this
act. Nor shall any tax be voted OK
cept Iry vote of two-thirds of the
electors present. or n ma joritv of all
the electors of the sub-district.
ISIS. 6S. Whenever any tax has
been voted by sub.district, as pro-
.vided for in the preceding section of
this act, the subdircctor shall, within
ten days thereafter, certify the same
10 the Secretary of the township dis
trict, together with a list of all prop
erty owners, rcsid, mt, Of his sub-dis-
trict, and the Secretary shall within
twenty days thereafter estimate the
tax upon the taxable property of said
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