The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-01-26
districts shall conform to the lines of
Congressional divisions of land.

IharteenM-They shall apportion any
tax for school house purposes in such
manner that the rate per cent. levied up.
on any sub-district which has built a
school house unaided by other portions
of the district, shall be so much less thar
the per cent. levied on other sub districts
as justice may require but the per cent
of tax shall be equal on all districts
owning no school-house property, Pro
vided, That the rate shall not exceed five
mills on the dollar in any sub district
and the Board may lessen the amour,
voted, if necessary, sufficiently to reduce
it to that rate.
Fourteenth They shall, at their regu.
lar meeting in April Of each year, esti.
mate the per centum of tax on the taxa.
BILE property of the district, necessary tc
raise fund which, with the Teachers
Fund from the County Treasury, as
shown by notice from the County Judge.
shall be sufficient to support the severaI
schools of the district, for at least the
time required by this act, for the curren,
year, which per centum they shall certi-
fy to the County Judge, who shall at the
time Of levying the taxes for county pur.
poses. levy the per centum of tax thus
certified upon the property of the dis.
trict, which will be collected and paid
over as other school district taxes are.
SEC. II. A majority of the Board
shall be a quorum to transact business,
but less number may adjourn from time
to time, and no tax for school house pur-
poses shall be levied by the Board unless
by vote of majority of all the mem
bers, nor after the 1st Monday in June.
nor shall the boundaries of sub districts
be changed except by vote of major
ity Of the board.
Sec. le. DUTIES OF D1srR1cr OFF,
cERs.-The President, or in his absence
the Secretary, shall preside in all meet
ings Of the Board and of the district,
shall draw all drafts on the County Trea-
surer, for money apportioned to his dis
trict, sign all orders on the District Trea-
sury, specifying in the orders the fund
on which they are drawn, and the use
for which the money is assigned and he
snail sign all contracts.
SEC. 10. The President shall appear in
behalf of his district in all suits brought
by or against the same but when he is
individually party, this duty shall be
performed by the Secretary and in all
cases where suits may be instituted by or
against any of the school officers, to en-
force any Of the provisions herein con-
tained, counsel may be employed by the
Board of Directors.
Sec. go. The Secretary shall record
all the proceedings of the Board and dis
trict meetings, in separate books, kept for
that purpose shall preserve copies of
all reports made to the County Superin-
tendent, shall file all papers transmitted
to him pertaining to the business of the
district. and shall countersign all drafts,
warrants and orders drawn by the Pres
ident.
Sec. 81. He shall keep an accurate ac-
count of all the expenses incurred by the
district, and shall present the same to the
Board of Directors, to be audited and
paid as herein provided.
Sec. 22. He shall give ten days pre-
vious notice Of all regular and special
meetings of the district, by posting a
written notice in FIVE different conspicu-
Gus places therein, one of which shall be
at or near the last place of meeting, and
shall furnish copy of the same to the
teacher of the school, (if in session, of
each district, to be read in the pres
ence of the pupils thereof, and such no.
tice shall in all cases state the hour of
meeting.
SEC. %. Whenever tax has been vo-
ted by any district for any purposes in
this act specified, the Secretary shall i'm
mediately certify the per centum to the
County Judge, who shall, at the time of
levying the tax for county purposes. levy
a tax Of the amount thus certified to him
upon the assessed value of all the real
and personal property in the district,
which shall be collected by the county
collector at the same time and in the
same manner as State and County taxes
are collected provided. it shall be re-
ceivable only in cash.
SEC. q. Lne collector snail, on the
first Monday of April and September in
each year, pay over to tho treasurer of
the district the amount of said tax which
shall have been collected, and shall rem
der him a statement of the amount un-
collected and the amount unpaid shall
be collected at any subsequent time as
delinquent county taxes are collected,
and shall be paid over, when collected,
to the treasurer aforesaid.
SEC. 25. On or before the twentieth
day of September in each year, the Sec
retary of each school district shall file
with the County Superintendent report
of the affairs of the district, which shall
contain the following items, viz:
lst-The number of persons. male and
female. each, in his district, between the
ages of FIVE and twenty-one years.
2d-The number of schools and the
branches taught.
3d-The number Of pupils and the av-
erage attendance of the same in each
school.
4th-The number of teachers employ
ed, and the average compensation paid
per week, distinguishing males from fe-
males.
5th-The length of schools IN days,
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