The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1862-03-20
Sec. !. Be Il enacted 5y the Board
# Education Of the State Of Io,oa. That
a District Township shall be liable for

a District Township shall be liable fo1
all the debts and liabilities existing
against any District on the 1o,h o.
March, a. y. 1853, which now forms
a subdistrict Of tho district Township
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the
Board Of Directors to audit and allow
all claims for such debts and liabilities
and when any such claim is allowed
either by the Board, or by judgmen,
rendered against the District Township
it shall he the duty Of the Board ia
levy tax for the payment of such
claim or Judgment, in the same manne,
as though school house or other tax
had been voted.
Sec 3. The Board NAV discriminate
in the levy of said tax according to the
very right Of each particular ease: and
in doing SO. any sub-district or part OF
q snb-district III the District may be re.
qnircd to pay the greater portion, or all
or no part Of said tax, rs the Board NAV
determine. according to the equity and
justice of the case.
Sec. 4. Should any part Of the ter
ri'ory comprising the debtor District
on the 18th OF March, ls5s, not now
form part Of said District as sub
district, bu. form part Of new sub.
district in another District Township
il is hereby made the duty ofthe Board
] Of such last name,l District Townships
to audit and allow to said debtor DIS
,rict, so made liable by this act. such
part Of the Indebtedness of tho original
District aforesaid as right and Justice
would determine.
Sec. ). 1.-THE Boards cannot agree
the Cnunty Superintendent shall decide.
and the amount so fnunl Nv him shall
j stand rs liability Of such debtor
District Township to the D;stric, Town
ship first named III this Act.
Sec. 6. District Township is hereby
authorized TO use for and collect al
debts and demands due any Schoo'
District, as organized on tho 18th oi
March, 1853, which now forms sub
district in said District Township.
Sec. Z. When any ola School Dis.
trict As organized on the 18th OF Marcel,
aforesaid, shall not now form a sub.
district in any District Township con
tanning greater portion than an,
other District Tow nship Of such old
School District, shall be deemed tho
proper district Township to sue for and
collect the demands AMI debts due sucl
old School District, and is also liable to
be sued for the debts and liabilities q
such district.
Sec. 8. In the cases contemplated
in the preceding Section, the County
Superintendent shall decide rs between
the district Townships containing any
part Of the territory Of such cid School
district, what part each district town
ship shall receive, and what amoun,
each shall pay, Of the amount due to o,
dne from the district Township men
toned in said section, rs equity and
justice shall seem to determine: Pro
niaed, the district Boards may deter.
mine by their joint agreement the entire
subject of this section.
NICHOLAS J. RUSCH.
President Of the Board Of Education.
December 18th. 1861.
AN ACT
To authorize the teaching of the Ger.
man Or other language, in the Com
mon Schools.
Sec. l. BE It enacted By the Board
Of Edxcatio. Of the State Of Ioua, That
the electors Of any School District, at
any legally called School Meeting, may
by vote Of majority cf the electors
present, direct the German, or other
language, to be taught as branch in
one or more Of the Sshools ofeaid Dis.
tric, to the Scholars tenAing the same
whose parents or guardians may SO de-
sire; and thereupon shall be the duty
Of such Board Of Directors to provide
that the same be dorf: Proriaea, that
all other branches :a.ght in said School
or Schools, shall be Nught in the Eng
llsh language: Pro,R Rel further, that
the person employee il teaching the
said branches shall ietisfy the County
Superintendent Of hi1 ahility and quail
fications, and receivcfrom him ccrtifi-
cate to that effect.
! NICHOLAS J. RUSCH.
President Of tho BiArd Of Education.
December 14th e6l.