Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-02-08

that the boundaries Of sub. districts shall
conform to the lines Of Congressional di.
visions Of land and that the formation
and alteration Of sub Districts, a. contem'
plated in th, section. shall not take effect
until the next sub district election there.
after at which election director shall
be elected for the new sub district formed.
Thirteenth: They shall appor.ion any
tax voted for school house purposes among
tho several sub. districts, in such manner
as justice and equity may require: Pro.
rided, that the rate shall not exceed FIVE
mills on the dollar in any sub district !;
aud the board may lessen the amount
voted | y the district township meeting, if
necessary sufficient to reduce it to that
rate.
Fourteenth: They shall, at their regular
meeting in April of each year. estimate
the percen,um Of tax on the taxable pro-
perty OF the district necessary to raise a
fund, which, with the teachers fund from
the county treasury, as shown by notice
from the Clerk of the Board o! Supervisors,
shall! be sufficient to support the several
schools OF the district for at leat the time
required by law for the curren. year;
which rercensum they shall certify to the
Board Of Supervisors, who shall, at the
time Of levyns the taxes for county pur.
poses, levy the percentum Of tax thus Ger.
tilted upon the property Of the dis.ric: +;
which shall be collected and paid over as
other school district take, arc
SEC. 8. The Presiden, shall preside in
oil meetings of the Board and Of tho dis.
trict shall draw oil drafts on the county
treasurer for morey apporticned to his
district; sign all orders on the district
treasury, specifying in the orders the fund
on which they are drawn and the use for
which the money is assigned; Be shall
sign oil contracts, aud vote in case of
tie only.
See. 9. The Secretary shall record all
the proceedings Of the Board and District
meetings, in separate books kept for that
purpose; shall preserve copies of all re.
ports made to the County Superintendent. !;
shall file oil papers transmitted him, per.
taining to the business Of the district
shall counters,gn all drafts and orders
drawn by the President; and shall keep a
register Of all orders drawn on the Dis,ric.
treasury, 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 a transcript Of the same.
SEC. To- He shall give ten days previous
notice of all regular meetings Of the dis
trict township, by posting written notice
in FIVE conspicuous places therein, one of
which shall be at or near the last place Of
meeting; and shall furnish 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 oil cases, state the
hour Of meeting.
SEC. ii. He shall, between the first and
fifteenth day Of September of each year,
prepare list of the names of the heads
Of families in the district township, to
ge,her with the number of children in each
family between the ages Of five and twenty.
one years, Distinguishing males from "a.
males and shall record the same in n
book kept for .ha, purpose.
SIC. IL. 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 uncollected, and
shall pay over the am ount ia his hands
quarterly thereafter.
oS>' 'o' ! hc "ouCy CSheCtou uy ulS'
trict tax, for the erection and CON pIetion
"f school houses, aud for the payment of
debts contracted for the same, shall be
called the school house fund = that de-
signed for rent, fuel, repairs, and all other
contingent expenses necessary for kee ping
the schools in operation. the contingent
fund : and that received for tho pay ment
Of teachers, the teachers fund = and the
treasurer shall keep with each fund SO
parate account; and shall pay no order
which does no, specify the fund on which
it is drawn aud the specific use to which
il is applied. II he have not sutlicien,
funds in his hands to pay in full the war;
ran: drawn on the fund specified. be shalt
make partial payment thereon, paying as
near as may be an equal proportion on
SEC. IA. 1t shall be the duty Of the sub
director, under such rules ard restrictions
~ the township board may prescribe, to
negotiate and make in h;s sub.district oil