St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-04-26
AMENDMENT TO THE SCHOOL LAW

An Act to amend an act passed ny
the Board of Education, December
"a, 1859, entitled ian act to amend
an act entitled an act to provide sys-
TEN Of common schools"
SECTION |. BE ii enacted by tie General
assembly Of The State Of Ioaca, That
whenever any tax has been voted by
IA sub-district and certified to the See
rotary of the township district, as
contemplated in sections sixty seven
and sixty-eight of the act of which
this is amendatory, the said Secretary
shall within ten days thereafter ccrti-
fly the same to the County Judge, who
shall, at the time of levying tax for
county purposes, levy a tax Of the
amount thus certified upon the AS
sessed value of all real and personal
property in the sub-district by which
it was voted, and the same shall be
collected and paid over in the manner
provided in sections twenty-tour and
seventy of the act Of which this is
amendatory.
SEC. 3. In any case where it may be
incompatible with the provisions o.
the act of which this is amcndatory
for the township Clerk TO perform thu
duties of Secretary, the Board Of Di
rectors may appoint Secrctcry from
the district at large, but the person 81
appointed shall have no vote i'll the pro
cecdings of said Board except as hcreir
provided. He shall qualify within tel
days after his appointment, and IA fail
ure to do SO shall create Il vacancy In
all township districts where there are
but two sub districts, the Secretary
shall give the casting vote in all qucs'
tons upon which the two sub directors
cannot agree.
SEC. 3. From and after the first day
of January one thousand eight hun
dred and sixty-one the words " Board
of Supervisors shall be substituted
for the words County Judge" in the
latter part of the fourteenth specifics
ton of section sixteen, and also in
sections twenty-thrce, thirty-six, thir'
ty eight and forty.four of the act OF
which this is amendatory, and in sec
ton one of this act, and the words
CLERK of the Board of Supervisors
shall be substituted for the words
County Judge" in the twelfth an(
first part of the fourteenth specifica
ton of section sixteen, and also il
sections twcnty-nine, thirty-nine, forty
forty seven, fifty, and fifty-three of tn
act of which this is amendatory, am
the words "frst Monday in May
shall be substituted for the word
first Monday in June in scctioI
seventeen, and for the words "secon'
Monday in July" in section sixty-fiv
of the act of which this is amendatc
ry.
SEC. 4. The provisions Of scctio
twenty-one of the Code shall not az
ply to this act.
SEB. 5. This act shall take eflcc
and be in force from and after its pull
LEGATION in the Daily Iowa State Rec
lister and the Daily Iowa State jour-
. al, newspapers published at De
Moncs. JOHN EDWARDS,
Speaker of the House Of Represent:
tives. NICHOLAS j. RusCH,
President Of the Senate.
: Approved April 2, 1860.
SAMUEL j. KlRKWOOD
I hereby certify that the foregoing
is a true copy from the original ro
on file in my Office. ELIJAH SELLS,
Secretary Of State.
OFFICE OF SEc'y OF BOARD OF EDUCATION,
Des Moines, Iowa, April 7th, 1860.
The foregoing amendment to tn
school law gives vitality to section
sixty-fve, siXty-six, sixty-scvcn an
sixty-eight, Of the act of the Board {
Education, passed December 24tl
1859, 50 that the entire act passed b
the Board will be in force after tn
r amendment has been published as L,
quired by the fifth section. This wi
enable sub districts to meet on til
second Monday in July next for tn
purpose Of levying a tax for scho,
house purposes, or for payment {
debts contracted prior to the organ
cation under the act of March l2tl
1858. In voting tax for school lou
purposes, the conditions Of the secon
specification of section sixty-seve
must be strictly adhered to. Two {
three additional amendments wei
made by the Legislature to the Law
but they are not of immediate in
portance, and do not change it's gel
eral features. am now engaged
r arranging and publishing all tn
! school laws in regular pamphlet form
: and will distribute them to the sever;
: counties with as little delay as poss
, ble
requested the County Judges i
3 January last to forward me certii
! cate of the election and qualification
, of County Superintendent. but as ye
2 | have only received them from som
eighteen counties. hope, in thos