The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-03-15
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SECTION so. 1t shall be the duty of the clerk of
each sub district to record in book to be provided by
the directors all the proceedings of the sub district at
annual and special meetings. and business transacted
by the directors 10 post notices of all annual meet
ings and special meetings request of the directors
or any Eve freeholders of the subdistrict
SECTION 81. The Board of Directors two of whom
shall be quorum, shall have the local care and Gus
tody of the school house, furniture, apparatus, and
other property of the subdistrict and Shall contract
for and superntend the erection alteration or repairs
OF school houses and other structures for the use of
the district and sh Il, purchase lease any school
house site other property for the schools in the
sub district In pursuance of the vote OF legal meet
ing OF such subdistrct. They shall provide for the
Clerk suitable book in which they shall cause to be
kept an accurate account ofa their doings and of all
contracts and moneys belonging to the sub-distrct
paid thereon or otherwise expended by them, and for
the payment of all moneys directed to be paid by them
they shall draw their order upon the Treasurer of the
District which being countersigned by the Chairman
of the Trustees and atesed by the Clerk of the Dis
tric shall be paid by the Treasurer out of any moneys
in his hands belonging to such sub-district
SECTION 81. 1t shall be the duty of the officers of
the sub-dstricts to visit the schools from time to
time and report to the Trustees Superintendent any
matter in relation thereto which they may think ad-
visabe or necessary for the benefit of the same
They shall each file in the Office of the Clerk of the
District within six days after their election oath
that they will faithfully discharge the duties of their
Office according to the best of their ability refusal
to do which shall be deemed refusal to serve.
SECTION 3d. The legal voters of any subdistrict may
by resolution of two thirds of the number present
any annual or special meeting, decide that school
may be taught only in the summer term or only in
| the winter term, and when any sub-distrct shall
have so decided the Clerk of such sub.distrct shall
within ten days file in the Office of the District Clerk
copy of such resolution and another in the Office of the
| District Superintendent
SECTION 81. The District Superintendent shall within
ten days after filing such resolution assign the schol
of such sub district for school attendance and tu.
ton during the termsO vacated to other
the District he may think best calculated to accom-
modae the attendance upon schools and the classical
ton of scholars, and may by of the Su-
perintendent of adjoining district assign scholars
to attendance at schools in such adjoining district,
and he shall deliver statement thereof to the Clerk
of each subdistrict Interested showing lists of the
scholars assigned to each subdistrict and the term
during which they assigned.
SECTION 55 The scholars SO assigned shall be
titled to and enjoy during the Term of assignment the
same rights and privileges of school resident schOl
ars, and in all cases OF such attendance by assign
ment or otherwise shall be subject to the rules
and regulations.
SECTION &C. Any person persons aggrieved by
the attendance of scholar or scholars at the school
in the sub-district may complain to the District Su-
perntendent who shall make Inquiry and consider the
complaint and shall direct the attendance of such
scholars at the some other common school in
the District he msy think best calculated to pro-
mote the welfare of schools and the several parties in
tcrested PrOUided, however, that the Superintendent
may such application otherwise, expel from the
school during the current term any scholar for
immortality, profanity, infectious disease habitua
| uncleanness.
SECTION 81. Any person feeling aggrieved by the
action of any District subdstrct meeting of the
Trustees in altering forming, refusing to alter
JOrm any subdstrct or concerning any other matters
any act determination neglect of any District
Superintendent may appeal in writing to the State
Superintendent WHO'S hereby authorized and required
to examine and decide the same and such decision
shall be final and conclusive Provided, however, that
the decision appealed from shall be operative until the
State Superintendent shall reverse the same.
| SECTION So. For the purpose of maintaining Com
Schools it sh Ill be the duty of the Commission
of each county to levy annual tax of
of one per cent. on the amount of the assessments
made by the for the same year. and to in
cude the in their warrant to the County Treas
and the County Treasurer shall proceed to collect
the said tax in the same manner the county tax is
collected and the said moneys collected shall be
retained by the County Treasurer for the support OF
Common Schools in the county to be airport oned as
provided in this act. As further provision for the
support of such Schools there shall be set apart by
all fines for the breach of any penal laws of this State
not otherwise appropriated by law
SECTION 49, All lands and other property now held
or which may be acquired by School Districts sub.
districts for Common School purposes shall be exempt
from all taxes and assessments of every and
nature while held according to the provisions of this
act for such purposes.
SECTION 60. Nothing in this act changing the title
condition relation of existing School Districts or
School District property, shall be construed to affect
prejudice any right of such Dist to enforce by
law against the proper parties thereto any contract
obligation right existing or which may exist
at the time this act shall take effect, to affect OF
prejudice any right of any party who may hold any
contract obligation right or lien upon any such
District or the property thereof
SECTION 81. The State Normal Board of Instruction
is hereby directed to select and prepare list of Spell
lers, Readers, Grammars Biographies, Arithmetcs
Histories and other books to be used in the Common
Schools of this State, limiting the number Of text
books in each of said branches. Such selection shall
be made at their next meeting and inserted by the
in the blank school registers pro-
vded for by this act and shall be authoritative and
binding upon said board, superintendent and teach
ers for the period of five years.
SECTION 81. Each of the incorporated towns and
cities in this State having by their several charters
common school system not incompatible with this
act, which shall by some proper officer in behalf Of
their several cities an towns make to the auditor
the proper county the report of enumeration and 9th
matter by this act made necessary to be reported
and shall have had within the past year at least three
months schools by licensed teachers in the several
subdivisions such cities and towns shall be deemed
to have complied with tie requirements of this act
and shall be entitled to their apportiOnment of public
moneys to be reported and drawn substantially as
provided in this act.
SECTION g. That incorporated Boards of Education
of towns and Cities and the Trustees of all ncorpora-
ted academies, colleges and other Literary institutions
SHALL on or before the first day of December annual
y, report to the Superintendent of Public instruction
the of each Trustee, Treasurer, and other Off
and student, with statement, its Indebtedness,
and such other information may tend to exhibit its
condition and operations.
SECTION g. The Legislature of the State of Mime
sota joint convention of the Senate and House of
Representatives shall time during the present
session, and every two years thereafter elect State
Superintendent of Public Instruction. whose term of
Office shall commence the first day of March next
succeeding his election, and continue two years. and
until his successor is elected and qualified Provided
that the term of Office of the person elected at the
present session shall commence the fifteenth day of
March, A. D one thousand eight hundred and sixty
one, and expire the first day of March, A. ID. one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-thre And in
vacancy shall ever happen in the office of state
Superintendent of Public Instruction, by death, resg
nation otherwise, the Governor shall fill the same
by appointment, for the unexprei term.
SECTION g. The Superintendent of Public Instruc
ton shall file in the Office of the Secretary of State
his oath that he will support the Constitution of the
United States and of the State of Minnesota and dis
charge the duties of his Office faithfully and to the
best of his ability and it shall be his duty to submit
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