The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-05-03

tri:t officers, and failure to comply will
this requirement shall create vap"cy
in tho Office. His election o. appoint
went shall date from tho day fixed f1r
tho election of sub director. The time
Of holding the regular meetings of thi
Board Of Directors Of the township dis
trict is not changed by the ne~ law nol
is there any material change in thapor.
ton Of the law which defines their sner.
al powers and duties. The follnwig Is
on Of the most important clterations
"Thirtcenth-They shall appor'iorany
tax for school house purposes in -uch
manner that the rate per cent, levie- up,
On any sub district which has built a
school house unaiued by other potions
Of the district, shall be SO nue. less
than the per cent levied OH o,he sub.
districts, as justice may require, out the
per cent Of tax shall be equal onall sub
districts owning no school houseproper-
ty. Provided, That the rate slall not
exceed FIVE mills on the dollar in any
sub district; and the Board ng lessen
the amount, if necessary, sufficiently to
reduce it to that rate
A majority Of the Board Constitutes a
quorum to transact business, but vste
Of majority of aUthe members is nee
essary to change the boudaries Of sub
district. They are to organize by elect
ing from their Qwn nrmber President
ana Treasurer. The President, or in his
absence the Seer pry,shall preside at all
n meetings. Of the Board and ofthe town
ship district. The annual report Of the
Secretary.of the County Superintendent
is to be made Oh or before tho Goth day
of September. When the Treasurer has
no. sufficient funds in his hands to pay
in full the warrants drawn on the dis
trict treasury, he is TO make partial pay
mcn,s paying - near as may be an equal
proportion Of each warrant The sub.
directors, in ldi.icn 70 his former pow.
ers and duties is required to visit the
schools It his sub iis,r to- repnrt tu
the secretary OF the township dis;ric, on
or before the 18th day Of September, in
each year the nnmber Of persons in his
sub district between the ages Of ave and
twenty. one years-may dismiss pupils
from school for gross immortality or per.
sistent violation Of the regulations of the
school, and re,admit them if he think.
proper, and under the directions OF tht
Board OF Directors he is to make all con
tracts in his sub district for providing
fuel, employing teachers, buiding,rcrai
ing and furnish,ng::schooll house, &c.
Tho regular meeting Of the township
district is to be held on the second Mon.
day in March, Of each year, and ut such
Meeting the electors have the same pow
crs that they have under the laws now IN
force, except the authority to borrS
money for the erection Of school houses
and they cannot levy more than fre mill.
on the dollar for school house parposcs.--
All taxes voted by the district meeting
or by the Board Of Directors, are to be
certified Immediately by the Secretary
to The County Judge, and when levied
and collected, are to be paid over By
the county collector to the Distric
Treasurer on the irst Monday Of Apri
and September Of each year. No change
is made as to the time and manner o
apportioning school moneys by the Coun
ty Judge, and the funds when received
by the district Treasurer are to be ap
piled in payment Of teachers wagesssil
such manner as the Board Of Director.
may think proper. The duties Of Coun
ty Superintendent remain the same, ex
cept that he is not required to visit th'
schools, and his compensation from anc
after the first Of March will be "tw,
dollars for every day necessarily engages
il official services School district
organized under "An act to confc
certain powers On town and cities TO
school purposes passed By the Boar'
Of Education December 24th. 1858, an,
the recent amendments made thereto b,
the General Assembly, will hold thci