Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-01-23

cd and paid over as other school dis
trict taxes are.
SECTION 8. The President shall pre-
side in all meetings Of the Board and
of the district shall draw all drafts
on the county treasurer for money APP
portioncd to the district sign all or
dcrs on the district treasury, specify
ing in the orders the fund on which
they arc drawn and the use for which
the money is assigned lie shah sign
all contracts, and vote i'll case of o
tie only.
SECTION 9. The Secretary shall re-
cord all the proceedings of the Board
and District Meetings, in separate
books kept for that purpose ). Shalt
preserve copies of all reports made
to the County Superintendent shalf
file all papers transmitted to him, per-
tanning to the business Of the District );
shall countcrsign all drafts and orders,
drawn by the President; and shalt
keep a register showing the number
of the order, date, name of the person
in whose favor drawn, the fund on
which it is drawn, for what purpose,
and the amount and shall. from time
to time, furnish the District Treasurer
| with transcript of the same.
SECTION 10. lie shall give ten days
previous notice of all regular meet
ings of the district township, by post
ing a written notice in FIVE conspicu-
Gus places therein, one of which shall
be at OF near the last place of meet
ing and shall furnish a copy of the
same to the teacher Of the School, if
in session, of each sub-district, to be
read in the presence of the pupils
! thereof and such notice shall, in all
cases, state the hour Of meeting .
SECTION IL. He shall, between tho
first and fifteenth day of September Of
each year, prepare list of the names
of the heads of families in the district
township. together with the number
Of children in each family between
the ages of five and twcnty.onc years,
distinguishing males from females
and shall record the same in book
kept for that purpose.
SECTION l2. The County Treasurer
shall, on the first Monday in April of
each year, pay over TO the treasurer
of the district the amount of said tax
which shall have been collected and
shall render him statement of the
amount uncollectcd, and shall pay
over the amount in his hands quarter
~ thereafter.
SECTION l3. The money collected by
district tax, for the erection and COM
pletion of school houses and for the
payment Of debts contracted for the
same, shall be called the school
house fund ;" that designed for rent,
fuel repairs, and all other contingent
expenses necessary for keeping the
schools in operation, the contingent
fund :" and that received for the pay
mcnt of teachers, the teachers fund.-"
and the treasurer shall keep with
each fund a separate account and
shall pay no order which does not
specify the fund on which it is drawn
and the specific use to which it is APP
Piled. If he have not sufficient funds
in his hands to pay in full the warrant
drawn on the fund specified, he shall
make partial payment thereon, pay
ing as near as may be an equal pro-
portion on each warrant.
SECTION IL. 1t shall be the duty Of
the sub-director, under such rules and
restrictions as the township board
may prescribe, to negotiate and make
in his sub-district all necessary con-
tracts for providing fuel for schools,
employing teachers, repairing and
| furnishing school houses, and making
all other provisions necessary for the
convenience and prosperity of the
schools within his sub,district. All
contracts made in conformity with the
provisions of this section, shall bc re-
ported to the township board of direc-
tors and said board, in their corpor-
ate capacity, shall be responsible for
the performance thereof on the part of
the district #
SECTION I5 He shall have power,
with the concurrence of the President
of the Board, To dismiss any pupils
from the Schools in his district, for
gross immortality, or for persistent
violation of the regulations of the
school and rc-admit them, il he deems
proper so to do and shall visit the
School in his sub-district at least twice
during each term of said school.
SECTION. To- In townships compris-
ing but one sub-district, three mem
bcrs Of the board of directors shall be
elected in the manner provided by
law for the election of one member in
each sub-district.
SECTION II. Whenever it becomes
necessary to print q new edition of
the school laws, the Secretary of the
Board of Education shall prepare,
publish, and distribute the same, as
now required by law. with such in
structlons, digests, and expositons,
as lie may deem expedient under tho
general head of the "School Laws of
Iowa."
SECTION IS. Sections 3, G, 7,II,I4,
Is, l6, Is, 20, %, "a, 90, 81, 80. 33,
"a, and SIS, of the act to- which this is
amendatory; section 2, of an act to
amend an act passed 10y the Board Of
Education, December Gath, 1859, CHI
titled "An act to amend an act cnti-
tied an act to provide system of
Common Schools" approved April I'd,
1860, and all of an act to amend an
act passed by the Board of Education.
December oath, 1859, entitled IAN
act to provide IA system of Common
Schools" approved April I'd, 1860, are
hereby repealed
December 10Th, 1861.
NICHOLAS j. RUSCH,