Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-06-12
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missioners aforesaid, be Dissolved b,
adjournment without day, or from an,
cause whatever, it shall and may b.
lawful for the commissioners aforc
said, or any one of them, at any tim,
thereafter, to renew such notice, ant
tue white inhabitants Of such distric
liable to pay taxes as aforesaid shall
assemble together, in pursuance O
such notice, and when so assemble,
IN district meeting it shall and ma,
be lawful for them, or . majority o
such Of them as shall be present a,
such district meeting, to adjourn to an,
other time or place and at such frs
or any future legal district meeting il
shall and may be lawful for them, or 9
ajority of them as shall be present
as aforesaid, to adjourn from time tc
time as occasion may require, to fl
on q time and place for holding theil
future annual meetings, which annual
meetings they are hereby authorized
and required to hold to choose by
ballot three trustees to manage the
concerns Of such school district, and
one district collector; also to desig.
nate suitable and central site for a
school-house, to vote a tax on the prop.
erty in such school district owned by
white persons sufficient, in addition to
the proportion Of the school fund
hereinafter to be provided for) allot-
ted to srch school district to pur.
chase. lease, or rent site for a school.
house /; to build, lease, or rent and
keep in repair said house to supply
fuel, books, stationery, and furniture +;
to pay the salary of teacher, and
all other necessary expenses: Prori-
dsd, horerer, That no location of a
school-house shall be fixed upon unless
the same be approved by a majority
of the commissioners, and no change
shall be made after such school-house
shall have been built but by consent
of . majority Of said commissioners /;
all the expenses incurred by making
such change shall be betrayed by do
nation or by levies authorized to be
made by a majority OF the white citi,
zens of such school district upon the
the assessable property therein own
ed by white persons. r
Sec. 10. Aad belt further eaacted, That
the clerk of the Levy Court shall an.
nually, without fee or reward, make
out for the trustees of primary school
districts, or such of them as shall ap.
ply for the same, copies from the as.
sessmcnt books Of said county
Of all the assessablc property in said
district, or districts. '-
Sec. III. And be IL further enacted, That
all meetings of the school districts,
held for the purpose aforesaid, shall
be organized by appointing presi-
dent and clerk pro tempOre, who shall
take minutes of the proceedings, spe-
cifying particularly the amount of tax
voted by said meetings, and deliver
the same, certified under their hands
aud seals, within ten days after such
meeting, to the commits sioners of pri-
mary schools, or any one of them, to
be delivered by them or him to the
clerk of the commissioners, and by
him to be recorded in book kept for
that purpose.
Sec. ID. Aad be Il further enacted, That
all tax to be voted by the citizens of
any and every school district in said
county, under aud by virtue of
this act, shall be levied on all the as
scssable property in said district own
ed by white persons. agreeably to the
assessments Of the last preceding
county tax.
Sec. Is. And be IL further enacted, That
it shall be the duty Of the Levy Court
of the county aforesaid, at their first
meeting after the passage OF this act,
and in each succeeding year thereaf-
ter, when the annual county levy is
made, to impose and levy school
tax of one-eighth of one per cent on
all tho assessable property Of said
county, without the limits of the cit
les of Washington and Georgetown,
owned by white persons, for the sup
port Of primary schools hereby author,
lied in said county, which tax shall
be due at the same time, and shall be
collected by the county collector in
the same manner and under the same
regulations and restrictions as are
prescribed by law in relation to the
collection Of other, county taxes, and
which are hereby made applicable t.
the collection Of the school tax impo
sed by this act, and when collected
shall be paid to the treasurer Of the
Levy court, who is hereby constitu
ted and appointed treasurer Of thu
primary school fund for said county
and who shall qualify by making
oath or affirmation that he will wei
aud faithfully discharge the duties re
quired of him by law as treasurer q
the school fund for said county, am
not use the same to his own use or ad
vantage, aud he shall also give bon,
to the United States, with two goo,
and sufficient sureties, conditioned 70
the faithful discharge Of the duties re
quired of him by this act, which bono
being approved by the commission
ers Of primary schools aforesaid, sha
be filed by the Clerk Of the Circui
Court Of the District Of Columbia, VIII
is hereby required to file the sam
without fee or reward, and copy {
the said bond, under seal of said cour
shall be sufficient evidence of the IN:
king thereof. sl.l
Sec. Ia. And be ii further esaelca, Ths
!, it shall be the duty Of the trustees {
, each school district, whenever di
, trict meeting shall have voted su
/, ficient tax for that purpose, to pu
, chase a suitable site for their schoc
} house, and to build, keep in repai
, and furnish. such school-housc wit
, necessary fuel, books, stationery, an
t appc ndages and it shall be the fl,
t ther duty duty of trustees aforesa
j to agree with and employ all teache
3 to be employed in such district: p,
2 rided, That no teachers shall be er
. ployed by them who shall not ha'
!. received the certificate of approbatit
n from the commissioners Of primal
Q schools aforesaid. as hereinbefore pr
4 vided and it shall be the further d