The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-03-15

the town in which the school il situated.
SECTION II. The board of Trustees shall pay the
wages of teachers hired by the and other school ex
penses out of the school moneys belonging to the dis
rict by their order upon the Treasurer signed by the
Chairman and attested by the Clerk and every such
order shall state the service consideration for which
it drawn and the person or persons rendering such
service or consideration.
SECTION Is. No public money shall be paid for the
support of any school, the teacher of which is not
during the time of teaching, licensed by the Superin
and Board of Trustees shall contract for the
of schools to extend than four months after the
expiration of their term of Office
SECTION 10. The Board of Trustees in each District
shall within eighteen days after their election and at
any other time in case 0fvacancy appoint Superin-
tendent OF Schools the District for the current wear
and until . successor is appointed and qualified and
shall give him notice thereof within three days
SECTION 90 The District Superintendent of com
mon schools shall within eight days after tice of his
appointment, file in the Office of the Clerk of the Dis
trict his oath that he will faithfully discharge the du
ties Of his Office accordeg to law and the best of his
ability, and neglect to file such oath shall be deemed
q refusal to serve.
SECTION 81 It shall be the duty of the District Su-
perintendent to attend on the last Saturday of April
and October in each year. at the place of holding the
last annual town meeting from the hour of ten oclo
A. NJ until four O'Clock P. NJ of such days, for the
public examination of all persons Offering themselves
for examination as teachers, and may on application
and at the cost of the applicant, examine teachers Of
any other time and place.
SECTION %. 1t shi. be the duty of the District Su
perntendent to examine teachers touching their mora
character, learning and ability to teach reading writ
ing, English grammar, including photography arth
metc, geography history and such other branches o
may from time to time be prescribed by the State
Normal Board of Instruction, and to such as upon
examination shall appear to be well qualified in al
those respects he shall grant his certificate of such
examination and license to teach any common schoo
in the District for year, and during any schoo
term commenced within such year unless revoked q
SECTION %. The District Superintendent may cits
to re-examinatOn any person holding license snd
under contract to teach any common school in the
District, and being satisfied upon such denomination
or otherwise that such persen is not of good mora
character or has not sufficient learning and ability Il
teach common school, if such person shall refuse
neglect to attend upon such denomination the Su
perintendent shall revoke the license held by such
person. filing in the Office of the District Clerk state
ment, that he has made such revocation, and shall
deliver copy thereof to the person whose license is
revoked and another to one of the Trustees of the
District, and such revocation snail take effect and be
in force from and after the filing of such statement as
aforesaid and the teachers contract with the District
shall become void therefrom Provided however, that
the wages of the teacher for the time taught and at
the contract price rate shall be paid before
the time at which would have been due had the
tract been continued in force.
SECTION "a. The District Superintendent shall visit
each school In the District spending therein at least
day within each school term At such visitations
he shall examine into the condition of such schools
respect to government, management, methods Of
teaching the progress made by the scholars and the
text books used and when necessary direct the school
exercises, introduce methods of management and in
struction and direct the classification of scholars
SECTION rs. The District Superintendent shall be
entitled to receive for each examination of teacher
examined by him at any time other than the regular
times prescribed FOR public examination except for
examinations, the sum of fifty cents to be paid by the
teacher in advance and for all other services rendered
by him he shall receive the same per diem compensa
ton as township officers are entitled to.
SECTION 26. The District Superintendent shall keep
in book to be furnished by the State Superintendent
and to be delivered to his in Office, record
of business done by him, showing the name of each
vokng any license and the of the teacher whose
license is granted or revoked and shall make such
reports as the State Superintendent may require of
him from time to time.
in annual town meeting assembled shall consider the
statement and estimate herein provided to be SUBJ
mitted to them by the Trustees of the District and
may by their vote direct the Trustees to levy tax
upon the taxable property in the District, for the
amount recommended to be raised for the support of
Schools they may by their vote at such time in
crease or diminish the time proposed for the School
terms in the year and estimate and direct the levy
tax as aforesaid sufficient with the available Pub
lie School money of the District to support such
Schools. Provided, That there shall be provided by
the Trustees in each year, at least three months
school in each Sub District and the amount necessary
to deay the expenses of Schools for that time and
above the public money shall be levied upon the tax
able property of the District by the Trustees.
that property in this State shall be assessed
for more than five mills on the dollar for any one
year, for school purposes for more than ten mills
on the dollar, for the purpose of building school
houses.
School District but notices of each special meeting
shall specify the business proposed to be transacted at
any such meeting, and shall be given in the manner
prescribed for special meetings Of the town, and
hall hn frov1 tod
which is not clearly specified in the notice for such
meeting.
SECTION 49, The District Clerk shall keep record
ofa the business transactions of the District and
the Board of Trustees He shall make the enumera-
ton of all persons between the ages of five and twenty
years, residing IN the district the first day Of
October in each year. BE shall make, under oath,
and return to the County Auditor, or before the
first day of November in each year, report in such
form as shall be directed by the State Superintend-
emit, showing, Fret, The number of months schools
have been taught by licensed teachers in the several
Subj Districts in the town, the wages paid to each
teacher the amount of public money expended for the
support of schools, the amount expended raised by
tax and the whole amount of taxes levied in the dis
trict for the support of schools Second The number
OF persons between the ages of five and twenty-one
years. residing in the district the first day of Octo
Der, of each year, including in such enumeration all
of each joint Sub District the school house of which
is situated in his district and emitting all of any joint
SubDistrictlhe school house of which is situated in
another district Provided however, that all returns
of enumeratons other reports touching joint Sub.
Districts constituted of two more counties
upon which any apportionment Of money is to be
based shall be made by the Clerk of the District in
which the school house is situated separate reports
to the Auditor of each of such countless embracing in
the report to the Auditor of each county, the
aJion and report touching that portion of each Joint
Subj District situated in such county, and that the
money apportioned to such enumeration and report
shall be paid to the Treasurer of the District in which
the school house of such joint Sub District is situated
SECTION 3d. The Treasurer of the town shall be e.
oc0 Treasurer Of the School District. He shall with
in ten days after his election and before he enters
upon the duties of his Office Treasurer of the Dis
trct, execute to the Trustees thereof and their sue
cessors in Office, bond with or more sureties in
not less than double the amount of school money to
be received by him District Treasurer to be
approved by the chairman, and file the same with his
oath that he will faithfully discharge the duties of his
Office, in the Office of the District Clerk within said ten
days.
SECTION 81 If the Trustees shall at any time think
the Treasurer's bond insufficient they shall require
such Treasurer to furnish such other or further bonds
will be sufficient to be approved and filed as above
directed, and any neglect to file bonds as herein pro-
vided, shall vacate the Office.
SECTION 49, The District Treasurer shall receive
and from his predecessor in office, and all
other persons, the public schhol money belonging to
the Dstrctn their hands, and collect all tax es levied
for school purposes by tine vote of any District or Sub
District therein, and make return of any delinuu ent
list in his hands tn the If