Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-04-04
THE REPUBLICAN.


AN ACT to provide for general system
-of'Common Schools. the officers thereof
and their respective powers and duties,
and matters properly connected there
with. and for the establishment and reg
ulation Of township libraries. and to re-
i peal all laws inconsistent Herewith.
SECTION 1. Be II enacted 5y HE General
assembly Of tie State of Lsd;ana. That
there shall be annually assessed and col
lectel. as State and county revenues are
assessed and collected on the list of. taxa
ble property for State purposes, and on
the taxable poll. such sums as may be re-
quired by law: Procided. howerer. That
the taxes aforesaid shall not be levied and
collected from negroes and mulattocs, nor
shall their children be included in any
enumeration required by this act, nor enti-
tledto the benefits Of said tax.
SEC. , The funds heretofore known
and designated as the surplus revenue
funds. all funds heretofore appropriated to
Common Schools, the Saline Fupd. the
Bauk Tax Fund, the fund which has been
or may be derived from the sale of county
seminaries and the property belonging
thereto. the moneys and property hereto
fore held for such seminaries, all fines as
sessed for breaches Of the penal laws Of
this State. all forfeitures which may accrue,
all lanls and other estate which Shall es-
cheat to the State for want of heirs or kin
,lred entitled to the inheritance. all lands
which may have been or may be hereafter
granted to the State, when no special OBJ
ject is expressed in the grant. and the pro-
ceeds Of the sales thereof, and the proceeds
Of the sales Of the swamp lands granted to
the State Of Indiana by the act of ongrcss
Of the 2Sth Of September. 1850, after de-
ducting the expenses Of selecting and
draining the same. the taxes which may
from time to time be assessed upon the
property OF corporations for Common
School purposes, the fund arising from the
ll4th section of the charter of the State
Bank Of Indiana, shall be denominated the
Common School Fund. the income of
which. together with the taxes mentioned
and specified in the first section of this
act. and the money and income derived
from licenses for the sale of Intoxicating
liquors, and unclaimed fees, as provided
by law. shall be denominated the Common
School revenue for tuition; the whole of
which is hereby appropriated and shall be
applied exclusively to furnishing tuition
in tue Common Schools of the State,
without any deduction for the expense Of
collection or disbursement. fua H4
SEC. 3. The several counties Of this
State shall lie held liable for the preserva-
tion Of SO much OF said fund as is or
may have been entrusted to them, and
ior the payment OF the annual interest shall
be full and complete every year. and shall
80 appear In the Auditors report to the
Superintendent Of Public instructions; and
he Superintendent of Public Instruction
saall. at any time. when he discovers from
the report that there is deficit in the a.
mount collected for want of prompt collec-
tion. direct the attention OF the Board of
County Commissioners and the County
Auditor to that fact, and said Board of
County Commissioners are hereby author
lied and required to provide for such de-
ricit in their respective counties. - e.a
SEC. 4. Each civil township, and each
Incorporated town and city in the several
counties Of the State, is hereby declared
distinct corporation for school purposes,
and the trustees for such township, and
the trustees provided for in the next Sec
tion OF this act, shall for their respective
township, town or city. be trustee, and
perform the duties OF clerk and treasurer
Tor school purposes.
SEC D. The lawful voters of the several
,urorporatcd fo,~ns ond .:,;o. ~ ~ G..
shall. at their next regular corporation
election. and Lieanially thereafter, elect
= school trustee who shall. before entering
upon the duties of his office. take and sub
scribe an oath and give bond, similar
sc the oath and bond required of the town.
ship TRUSTEES both of which shall be dis
posed of In the same manner which is
provided for the disposition of the oaths
and bonds Of township trustee: Provided:
That nothing herein contained shall be SO
constructed as to prohibit incorporated
cities and towns from electing more than
one trustee for school purposes. and the
said cities and towns shall have power in
accordance with their ordinances or special
lehsrters, to direct in case moro than one
trustee is elected. which one shall ,bo treas
urer for school purposes, and said treasur-
er shall be governed by all the provisions
of this act. -
SEC. 6. The County Auditor. in fixing
the penalty and approving and accepting
the bonds of any such trustees, shall see
to their sufficiency to secure the School
revenues which may come Into their hands.
as we'll as the ordinary township or other
revenues; and in case of vacancy in the
office OF trustee, the County Auditor
shall appoint person to fill the same.
who shall take an oath and give bond as
provided in the last preceding section;
and said Auditor shall report to the Su-
perintendent of Public instruction the
names sad post Office address of each trus-
tee. - ~, IS = -.
SEC. {. The trustee, ss treasurer. shall
receive ali school revenues belonging to
his township. town or city, or which may
be Apportioned to it by the State for The
support of schools. and pay out the same
for The purposes for which they are collect
ed or apportiohed; he shall keep accurate ac-
counts Of his receipts and expenditures.
and settle with the Board Of County Com.
missioners at Least once in each year. and
as much oftener IS they may require. and
on such settlement, such trustee shall ran
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