St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-02-02
GoutationaI.
THE NEW SCHOOL LAW.
An Act to amend an Act entitled - An Act t,
provide a system of common schools -

An Act TO amend an Act entitled :" An Act t.
provide system of common schools"
SECTION /. BE IL enacted bv The Board
IF Edncattom Of lie State Of h,ra, That
the act of the Board Of Education
passed December, 1858, entitled, " An
Act to provide system of common
Schools" be amended so as to read as
follows
Each civil township that is now ol
may be hereafter organized in the
several counties of this State, is here
by declared School District for all
the purposes of this act, and each sub.
district, as now organized under an
act entitled "An Act for the Public
Instruction of the State of Iowa" ap-
proved March 18th, 1858, shall con.
tinuc such, subject to provisions here
matter made.
SEC. 2. In each sub-district there
shall be taught one or more schools
for the instruction of youth between
the ages of five and twenty-one years
for at least twenty-four weeks, of five
school days each, in each year, unless
the County Superintendent shall be
satisfied that there is good and sufli,
cient cause for failure so to do.
SEC. 3. Scholars residing in one
district may attend school in another,
in the same or an adjoining county,
with the concurrence of the directors
of both districts, and in such case,
their proportion Of the school money
of the district to which they belong
shall be paid to the Treasurer of the
district in which they attend school ;
and scholars may attend school in any
sub-district of the township in which
they reside, with the consent of the
District Board.
Sec. 4. Any township in an Or
ganizcd county shall be for the pur-
poses of this act regarded as a por-
tion of the county to which his county
is attached for revenue purposes.
SEC. 3. Every school district which
is now, or may hereafter be organized
in this State, is hereby made a body
corporate, by the name of District
Township Of -, in the county OF
-, and State Of Iowa." and in
that name, may hold property, become
party to suits and contracts, and
do other corporate acts.
| DISTRICT MEETINGS AND ELECTION OF Of
SEC. 6. Eust-Each Township dis
trict shall hold regular meetings an
nually ,on the second Monday in March.
Second-When new township has
been organized, or district left with
ont officers, the Trustees of the town
ship shall post written notices spcci-
flying the time and place of the afore-
said meeting, in five conspicuous
places in the township f; provided,
that when any district township shall
be divided into two or more entire
townships for civil purposes, the ex.
listing Board OF Directors shall con
tinue to act for both or all the new
districts, till the time of the next clec-
tion Of officers.
SEC. T. The electors of district,
when legally assembled at Il distric,
school meeting, shall have the follow
ing powers, viz: s-# ....e
Fust-To appoint Chairman and
Secretary, i'll the absence of the rcgu-
lar officers
Senom-To adjourn from time to
time as occasion may require
IHrd-To levy such tax, not ex-
ceeding one per cent in any one year,
on the taxable property Of the district
as the meeting shall deem sufficient to
purchase or lease a suitable site for a
school house or school houses, and to
build, rent, or purchase school house
or school houses, and to keep in repair
and furnish the same with the ncces.
sary fuel and appendages, and for
compensation of teachers, and for pro.
curing district libraries and appara-
tus for the schools, books and station
cry for the board and district meetings
and defray all other contingent ex.
penses Of the district. Pr0rded, That
no tax shall be levied for building
school houses excepting at the regular
meetings in March and provided fur