The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-01-21

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| passed 1t the session Of this Board in December
1855, entitled An act providing for the publca-
| ton Of the laws Of the Beard Of Education in
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SIC. 2 This act shall take effect on and atfer
its publication in the Daily Iowa School journal
GRAN FAVILLE.
| President Of the Board Of Education
| December cath, 1859.
| hereby certify that the foregoing act has been
published in the Daily Iowa School Journal
| s.,.s.ss,.s rs. THoNAsH BENrox, jr, !.
| a. Sec'y Of the Board
AN ACT to provide for Appeals
SECTION l., Bed enacted By Ae Board of Ed,s-
catioa Of Me Ssate Of Iosna. That any person ag-
grieved by any decision or order Of the district
board Of directors, in matter of Law or Of fact,
may within thirty days after the rendition OF such
decision, or making Of such order, appeal there
from to the County Superintendent Of the proper
county. Ill
SEC. 2. The basis Of the proceeding shall be
an affidavit fled by the party aggrieved with the
County Superintendent, within The time allowed
for taking the appeal
Sec. 5 The affidavit shall set forth the err
rors complained of in plain and concise man
ner.
SIC. 4 The County Superintendent shall
within i've days after the filing of such affidavit
in his Office, notify the Secretary Of the proper
district in writing of the taking Of such appeal
And the latter shall within ten days after being
thus notified, file in the Office Of County Superin-
| tendent complete transcript Of the record and
proceedings relative to the decision complained
OF, which transcript shall be certified to be cor
rect by the Secretary.
| SEC. 8. After the fling Of the transcript
aforesaid in his Office he shall notify in writing
all persons adversely Interested, Of the time and
place where the matter of the appeal will be
heard by him.
SIC. s. At the time thus fixed for hearing, he
shall hear testimony for either party, and for
that purpose may administer oaths if necessary,
and he shall make such decision as may be Just
and equitable, which shall be final, unless ap-
| pealed from as hereinafter provided.
SEC. 4 An appeal may be taken from the
decision of the County Superintendent, to the
Secretary Of the Board of Education in the same.
manner as provided in this act for taking appeals
| from the decision of the district board to the
County Superintendent, as nearly a. applicable,
except that he shall give thirty days notice Of
the appeal to the County Superintendent, and
the like notice shall be given the adverse party
And the decision when made shall be final
SEC. 8. Nothing in this act shall be so con-
strued as to authorize either the County Super-
intendent or Secretary Of the Board Of Educa.
ton to render judgment for money, neither
shall they be allowed any other compensation
than is now allowed by law-propided that all
necessary postage must first be paid BY the party
aggrieved ORAN FAviLLE.
President Of the Boald Of Education.
Dec. oath 1852
An act to amend an act entitled an act rea-
tive to the introduction Of Webster's Diction-
airy into the conamon schools Of this State.
SECTION l. Be It enacted 5y TIE Board Of Eua-
cation Of tie State Of Ioma, That an act relative
to the introduction of Webster's Dictionary into
the common schools Of this State passed at its
session in December 1858 be amended as follows:
Strike out the word zone in the fourth line
OF section three, and the words .shalf of in the
nth line OF the same section. Strike out in The
sixth line of same section the words .or the pre-
cedlng. In seventh line Of section four, insert
and before shall" Strike out all after State
in the eleventh line of same section, all Of the
twelfth line, and far as the word (which" in
the thirteenth line.
SEC. 2. All contracts made under the pro-
visions of the act to which this is amendatOry,
shall be performed as provided in said act.
ORAN FAvILLE,
President of the Board Of Education
Dec. oath, 1859.
An Act to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to
provide system of common schools
SECTION l. Be It enacted By tie Board Of Eau-
cation Of Me STATE Of Iosoa, That the act Of the
Board OF Education passed December 1858, en-
Titled An Act to provide system Of common
schools, be amended so as to read as follows:
Each civil township that is now or may be |
hereafter organized in the several counties Of |
this State, is hereby declared School District |
t0r all the purposes of this act and each sub-dis-
tlict, as now organized under an act entitled An |
Act tor the Public Instruction Of the State Of |
Iowa, approved March 18th 1858, shall continue |
such, subject to provisions hereinafter made
SEC. 2 In each sub-district there shall be
taught one or more schools for the instruction
OF youth between the ages of Ave 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 sufficient cause for failure 50 to do.
SEC. 8. Scholars living in one district NAV
attend school in another, in the same or an adj
joining county, with the concurrence Of the d.
reetors OF both districts, and in such case their
OF the School money of the district
to which they belong, shall be paid to the Teas
urer of the district in which they attend school;
and scholars may attend school in any sub-dis-
trict OF the township in which they reside. with
the consent OF the District Board
SEC. H. Any township in an organized county
shall be for the purposes of this act regarded a.
portion of the county to which its county is at
tached for revenue purposes
SEC. 5. Every school district which Is now.
Or may hereafter De organized in this State is |
hereby le made body corporate, BY the name Of /,
District Township Of, in the County Of.
md State of Iowa" and in that name, may hold
property, become party to suits and contracts.
mo do other corporate acts.
DISTRICT MEETINGS AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS
SEC. 8. FU,st-Each Township district shall :
hold regular meetings annually On the second | !.
Monday in March,
Second-When new township has been orga. :
lized, or district left without officers, the Trus-
ees of the township shall post written notices
pecifying the time and place Of the aforesaid 1
meeting, IN hive conspicuous places in the town !
hip; provided, that when any district township !
hall be divided into TWO or more entire town. !.
nips for civil purposes, the existing Board Of Di-
ectors shall continue to act for both or all the
Jew DISTRICTS till the time of the next election OF
ulcers. ssss asof
Sec. Z. The electors OF district, when le.
ally assembled at district school meeting, shall !,
ave the following power, viz: ssA vi,
fsrst-To appoint Chairman and Secretary. !;
n the absence of the regular officers. aa !
Second-To adjourn from time to time a. oe. =
aston may require. ~ Fl FL l9F7'a-
1Assd-To levy such tax, not exceeding one i i
er cent in any one year, on the taxable proper i
of the district as the meeting shall deem suf. !,
Client to purchase Or lease suitable site for ! !.
ehool house or school houses, and To build rent :
r purchase school house or school houses ana =
Q keep in repair and furnish the same with thc !,
eeessary fuel and appendages, and for compen. i
alton OF teachers and for procuring district II !,
raries and apparatus for the schools books and J:
lationery for the board and district meetings. =
nd defray all other contingent expenses of IL 4
istrict. Provided, That no tax shall be levied y
u building school houses excepting At the rsru- +
n meetings in March, and provided further t6at
OF more than i've mills on the dollar shall b. +
WED IN any one year for school house purposes n
Fon,M-To direct the sale Or other d;snns;. =
ON to be made of any school hn,,a N, ii ~. =