Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-04-25
IOWA SCHOOL LAWS
Passed at the Session OF the Board or
Education held I'm December, 1851.
CONCLUDED

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Section 8. The President shall preside in
all meetings Of the Board and of the district
shall draw all drafts on the county treasurer
for money apportioned 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; he shall sign all contracts, and vote
in case of tic only.
Section o. The Secretary shall record all
proceedings Of the Board and District Meet
inss in separate books kept for that purpose
shall preserve copies of all reports made to
the County Superintendent; shall file all pa
pers transmitted to him, pertaining to tho
business of the District; shall countcrsign
all drafts and orders drawn by the President;
and shall keep register of all orders drawn
on the District Treasury, showing the num-
Der 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 Dis
trict Treasurer with transcript of the same.
Section 10. He shall give ten days prcvi-
Gus notice of all regular meetings Of the dis
trct 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 all
cases, state the hour Of meeting.
Section | !. lie shall between the first and
fifteenth day of September Of each year, pre-
pare list OF the names of the heads Of fami-
lies in the districttownship, together with
the number of children in each family be-
tween the ages of five and twenty one years,
distinguishing males from females; and shall
record the same III book kept for that pur-
pose.
Section 12. 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 uncollccted, and shall pay
over the amount in his hands quarterly there
after.
Section l3 The money collected by dis
trict tax, for the erection and completion Of
school houses, and for the payment OF debts
contracted for the same, shall be called tho
'school house fund" that designed to rent,
fuel, repairs, and all other contingent cxpen-
ses, necessary for keeping the schools in op-
Grafton, the contingent fund ~ and that re.
ceived for the payment of teachers, the teach
cr's fund" and the treas ..rer shall keep with
each fund separate amount; and shall pay
no order which does not specify the fund on
which it is drawn and the specific use to
which it is applied. IL 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, paying as near as
may be an equal proportion on each warrant.
Section Ia. 1t shall be the duty of the
subdirector. under such rules and restrictions
as the township board may prescribe, to ne
gotiatc and make in his sub-district all neces-
sary contracts for providing fuel for schools,
employing teachers, repairing and furnishing
school houses, and making all other provis-
ions necessary for the convenience and pros
pcrity Of the schools within his sub district.
All contracts made in conformity with the
provisions Of this section, shall be reported
to the township board Of directors and said
board, in their corporate capacity, shall be
responsible for the performance thereof, on
the part Of the district.
Scctioa 10. 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 to re admit them, if he deems proper SO
to do: and shall visit the school i'm his sub
district at least twice during each term of said
school.
Section 1G. Tn townships comprising but
one sub-district, three members of tho board
of directors shall be elected in the manner
provided by law for the election of one men,
Der in each sub district
Section II. Whenever il becomes neccs-
sary to print a 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 instructions,
digests, and expostions, as he may deem ex-
pedient under the general head the school
Laws of Iowa"
Section 18. Sections 3, 6, 7, II, IA, Is,
l6, 1S, 90, %, "a, %, 81, 32, 33, "a, and 55
Of the act to which this Is amcndatory Sec
ton 2, of an act to amend an act passed by
the Board of Education, December Gath, by
1859. entitled, IAN Act to amend an Act en-
titled, an act to provide system Of Common
Schools approved April "a, 1860, and all
OF an act to amend an act passed by tho
Board Of Education, Dec. oath, entitled "An
Act to provide a system ofConinon Schools
approved April 3D. 1860, are hereby repeal
ed
....s. NICHOLASJ. RUSCH,
| President Of the Board Of Education
December 18th, 1861.