The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-04-25
CHAPTER ll2.

III Al 1ER liz.
An act to amend an act passed by the
Board of Education, December "a, 1859,
entitled "an act TO amend an act entitled
an act to provide system of common
schools"
SECTION l, BE IL enacted by the Gen.
eral assembly Of the State of Ioua, That
whenever any tax has been voted by a
sub bdistrict and certified to the Secretary
of the township district, as contemplated
in section sixty seven and sixty eight oi
the act Of which this is amendatory, the
said Secretary shall within ten davs there
after certify the same to the County
Judge, who shall at the time of levying a
tax for county purposes, levy tax of the
amount thus certified upon the assessed
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 -four and seventy Of Tho act OF
which this is amendatory
Sec, 2. In any case where il may be
incompatible with the provisions of the
act of which this is amendatory, for the
Township Clerk to perform the duties OF
Secretary, the Board Of Directors may
appoint a Secretary from the district at
large, but the person SO appointed shall
have no vote in the proceedings of said
Board except as herein provided. He
shall qualify within ten days after his
appoin tment, and failure to do so shall
create a vacancy In all township dis
tricts where there are but two sub-dis
tricts, the Secretary shall give the cast.
ing vote in all questions upon which the
two sub-directors cannot agree.
SEC. 3. From and after the first day
Of January one thousand eight hundred
and sixty. one. the words q Board of Su-
pervisors" shall be substituted for the
words County Judge in the latter
part OF the fourteenth specification Of
section sixteen, and also in sections TWEEN.
ty-three, thirty six, thirty eight and for.
ty-four of the act of which this is amen.
datory, and In section one Of this act,
and the words =" Clerk Of the Board OIL
Supervisors" shall be substituted for the
words, :. County Judge" in the twelfth
and first part of the fourteenth specifca
tion of section sixteen, and also in Sec
tions twenty nine. thirty nine, forty, for
ty-seven, fifty and fifty three of the act
of which this is amendatory, and the
words " first Monday in May" shall be
substituted for the words +" first Monday
in June in section seventeen. and ior
the words :" second Monday in July" in
in section si1ty-iye of the act Of which
this is amendatory.
SIC 4. The provisions Of section TWEEN.
ty one OF the Code shall not apply to this
act.
SEC. 3. This act 10 take effect and be
in force from and after its publication
in the Daily Iowa State Register and
the Daily Iowa State Journal, ne newspapers
published al Des Moines.
JonS EDWARDS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
NICHOLAS }. RuscH.
Presiden, of the Senate
Approved April 2, 1860
SAMUEL j. kIRkWOOD.
hereby certify that the foregoing is
n true copy from the original roll on file
IN my office. ELIJAu SELLS,
Secretary ot State
OFFICE OF Sko'r or Bo,Rp OF Epuc.uoS.,
DKs MoIsEs, Iowa, April 'th, 500.
Tie foregoing amendment 10 the schoo
law gives vitality 10 sections sixty FIVE
sixty'six, sixty seven. and sixty eight. o
the act OF the Board Of Education. pass
ed December -, 1859, so that the entir.
act passed by the Board will be in fore,
after The amendment has been publishe,
as required BY the fifth section. Thi
will enable sub districts To meet on III,
second Monday in July next, for tho pur
| pose OF le,yng a tax for school hous'
| purposes. OF Tor the payment of debt
contacted prior 10 the organization un
| dor the act OF March l2lh. 1883. Ii
voting tax for school house purposes
the conditions Of the second specification
Of section sixty seven must be striell,
adhered to. Two or three addilioua
amendments were made by the Legisla
ture TO the law. but they arc no, of i'm
mediate importance. and do not chang