Nebraska advertiser., 1860-02-09
AN Act
To amend an .Act entitled an .Acf for the
better regulation of Schools an Nebras-
ka. .4pproUed .NoU. 1, 1858.

o 0nteII0 an s1cL e3iLIHeH at J4Ct J0F tHe
better regulation of Schools an .Nebras-
ka. .APproUed Nor, 1, 1858.
SEC. l. Be it enacted by the Council
and House of Representatives Of the Ter
ritory of Nebraska. That for present
School purposes, and until by future en-
actments, civil townships be formed in
this Territory, what are now known in the
organized counties as precincts, or that
may hereafter be formed as such, shall be
known as townships. sn
SEC. 2. That where no sub-districts
exist, the qualified voters of the elective
precinct shall elect board of education,
consisting of three citizens, on the same
day and In the same manner as provided
in Section of the act to which this is
amendatory, for the election of School Di-
rectors of sub-districts. And said Board
shall have all the powers and perform all
the duties, both of the Board of Educa-
ton and the Board of Directors, until
sub-districts are organized. And the said
Board of Education shall, whenever they
may deem necessary, establish sub-dist-
riots which shall be organized according
to the provisions of the aforesaid act.
Sec. 3. Any and all sub-districts in
this Territory which have failed, for any
reason whatever, to make reports as re-
quired by law, and hereby authorized and
required TO makereports on or before the
first day of March A d. 1860, direct to
the County Clerk of that county in which
sub-districts are organized.
SEC. 4. That Section 13 of the act to
which thisis amendatory shall be so am
ended that no sub-dstrict shall contain
within its limits less than ten scholars by
enumeration.
Sec. 5. That section 81 Of the afore-
said act shall be so amended as to limit
the estimates for Central or High Schools
to one mill on the dollar, and to require
the estimates of the Board to be made
known by certificate in writing, on or be-
fore the first Monday in April in each
year.
Sec. 6. That section 60 of the afore-
said act be so amended as to read as fol-
lows: "Sec. so. For the purpose of af-
fording the advantage of a free education
to all the white youth of this Territory,
the Territorial Common School fund
shall hereafter consist Of such sum as will
be produced by the annual levy and as
.sessment Of one mill upon the dollar valu-
alton on the grand list of the taxable pro-
perty of the Territory, and there is here
by levied and assessed annually in addi-
tion to the revenues required for general
purposes, the said one mill upon the dol
lar valuation as aforesaid, and the amount
so levied and assessed shall be collected
in the same manner as other Territorial
taxes, and when collected shall be annu-
ally distributed to the several organized
counties Of the Territory in proportion to
the enumeration of scholars, and be ap-
piled exclusively to the support Of common
schools, PROVIDED. That ali colored per-
sons shall be exempted from taxation for
school purposes. .fa
SEC. z. That nothing in this act shall
be so construed as to conflict with the
provisions of the act to which this act is
amendatory, relative to cities and incor-
porated villages.
Sec. 8. That sections 55, Sc, 81, So,
and SO of the act to which this is amen
datory, be and the same are hereby re-
pealed
SEC. 9. This act to take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
Approved, January l3, 1860.