Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-06-12

delinquencies or violations Of their
fdnty; and the said commissioners shall
exerc Sc the same power over the pros
ceedngs, books, and papers Of tho
/ trusteess iii the several school dis
tricts, and shall prosecute for all vios
lations Of this act by them committed
| SEC. 80, And be IL further enacted, Thas
the trustees of the several school dis
tricts shall have the power of exers
cising discipline in their several
schools by the expulsion Of the refrac-
tory pupil, or such other punshment
as may be necessary to correct the
evil, and carry ont the great ends of
| education, moral and intellectual and
they may permit any of the said
| school-houses to be used for public
worship. .-.
Sec. 33. And be IL further enacted, That
any white resident of said county
shall be privileged to place his or her
child or ward at any one of the schools
in said county she or he may thinks
proper to select. t...
SEC. 81 And be .fwtter enacted, That it
shall not be lawful for a member Of
the levy court of said county to he a
commissioner of primary schools or
trustee of any Of the school districts,
nor for and person to be at the same
time commissioner and trustee as
aforesaid.
SEC. 50. And be IL further enacted, That the
said Levy Court may, in it's discretion,
and if it shall be deemed by said court
best for the interest and welfare of
the Cofored people residing in said
county, levy an annual tax of one-
eighth of one per cent on all the tax
able property in said county outside
the limits of the cities of Washington
and Georgetown, owned by persons
OF color, for the purpose Of initiating
a system of education Of colored chill.
dren in said county, which tax shalt
be collected in the same manner as
the tax named in section thirteen of
this act. And it shall he the duty of
the trustees elected under section nine
to provide suitable and convenient
rooms for holding schools for colored
children, to employ tea chcrs therefor,
and to appropriate the proceeds Of
said tax to the payment of teachers
wages, rent of school rooms, fuel, and
other ncccsars expenses pertaining to-
said schools, to exercise general su.
pervlson over them, to establish proper
discipline, and so endeavCr to promote
n full, equal, and useful instruction Of
the colored children in said county,
1t shall be lawful for such trustee tv
impose tax of not more than fifty
cents per month on the parent or guar
dian of each child attending sucI,
schools, to applied to the payment Of
the expenses of the school of which
said child shall be IN attendant, and
in the exercise of this power the trus-
tees may, from time to time, discon-
time the payment altogether, or may
graduate the tax recording to the
ability of the child and the wants Of
the school. And said trustees are au~
thorized to receive any donations or
contributions that may be made for
the benefit of said schools 10y persons
disposed to aid in the elevation of the
colored population in the District of
Columbia, and to apply the same in
such manner as in their opinion shall
be best calculated to effect the object
of the donors, said trustees being re-
quired to account for all funds recei-
we'd by them, and to report to the COM
missioners, in accordance with the
provisions of section twenty-five Of
this act.
Sec. So. And be IL further enacted, That
this act be and the same is hereby de-
clared public and remedial, and shall
be construed by all courts of justice
according to the equity thereof and
no pr ceedings of the inhabitants or
of the trustees of any school district,
or of the commissioners of primary
schools, or of any other officer created
under the provisions Of this act; shall
be set aside or adjudged to be void
for defect of form or for any irregu-
larity therein so as the requisitions Of
the said act are substantially compii-
ed with.
Approved May 20, 1862.