The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-02-19

divide their townships into subd;stricts,
sue h as justice equity, and the interests of.
the public may require and may make
such alterations of the boundaries of sub
districts, heretofore formed. as may be.
deemed necessary, and shall designate,
such sub districts, and all subsequent al
terations, in distinct and Iegible manner
upon plat of the district provided for
that purpose and shall canse written
description of the same to to, be recorded
in the district records copy of which
shall be delivered by the Secretary to the;
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors who
shall record the same in his office: Pro-
ruled, that the boundaries of sub districts
shall conform to the lines Of Congressional
divisions Of land !; and that the formation
and alteration of sub-distarcts, as coutem--
templated in this section, shall not take eff.
feet until the next sub district election
thereafter at which election a director
shall be elected for the new sub-d:strict
formed.
Thirteenth They shall appor,ion any
tax voted for school house purposes among
the several sub districts, in such manner as
justice and equity may require: Provi-
de,1, that the rate shall not exceed FIVE
mills on the dollars in any sui. district; and
the board may lessen the amount voted by
the district township meeting,if necessary,
sufficiently to reduce it to that rate.
FourteenM: They shall, at their regular meet
ing in April of each year, estimate the percent.
um of tax on the taxable property Of the dis
trict necessary to raise fund, which, with the
teachers fund from the county treasury, as
shown by notice from the clerk of the board Of
Supervisors, shall be sufficient to support the
several shools of the district for ut least tho
time required by law for the current year; which
percentum they shall certify to the Board Of
Supervisors, who shall, at the time of levying
the tax for county purposes, levy the percentum
of tax thus certified upon the property of the
district; which shall be collected and paid over
as other school district taxes are.
| 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 mon.
ey apportioned to his district, sign all orders on
the district treasury, spccif, ing in the orders
the fund on which they are drawn and use for
which the money is assigned; he shall sign all
contracts, and yote In case of tie only.
SECTION @. The Secretary shall record all
the proceedings of the Board and District meet
ings. in the separs te books kept for the purpose
shall preserve copies of all reports made to the
County Superintendent, shall file all papers
transmitted to him, pertaining to the business
of the District; shall conntcrs!gn all drafts and
orders drawn by the President, and shall keep
register of all orders drawn on the District
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 transcript
of the same
SEc TO- He shall give ten DAYS previous no.
tice of all regular meetings Of the district town.
ship, by posting written notice in five con,
spieuous 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 bo
read in the presence of the pupils thereof, and
such notice shall in all cases, state the hour Of
meeting.
/ SEC. II. He shall, between the Arst and 18th
days 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 Eve
and twenty one years, distinguishing males from
| femules, and shall record the same in book
kept for that purpose.
See r. The County Treasur shall, on the lst
Monday in April of each year, pay over to the
treasurer of the district the amount Of said tar
which shall have been collected, and shall rem
der him statement of the amount collected,
and shall pay over the amount in his hands
quarterly thereafter.
| SEC Is. Tie money collected by district tax,
| for the erection and completion of school
houses, and for the payment Of debts contract
ed for the same, shall be called 'sthe school
house fnnd," that designed for rent, fuel repairs
and all contingent expenses necessary for keep
ing the schools in operation, the Contingent
fund, y and that received for the, payment Of
teachers, the "teachers' fund, - and the treasur-
er shall keep with each fund 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 applied. If he have not suf-
ficient funds in his hands to pay in fall the
| warrant drawn on the fund specified, be shall
make partial payment thereon, paying as near
as may be an equal proportion on each warrant,
| SEC. IA, 1t shall be the duty Of the subdi.
rector, under such rules and restrictions as the
township board may prescribe, to negotiate and
make in his sub-district all necessary contracts
for providing fuel for schools, employing teach.
| ers, repairing and furnishing school houses and
making all other provisions necessary for the
convenience and prosperity off the schools with
in his sub-distrct. All contracts made in con,
formity with the provisions of this section, shall
! oc reported 70 the townShlp Ooar0 OF directors,
and said board in their corporate capacity shall
be responsible for the performance thereof on
the part of tue district.
SIC. Is. He shall have the power, with the
concurrence Of the President Of the Board, to
dismiss any pupils from the schools In his dis.
trict, for gross immortality, or for persistent Vi
olation OF the regulations of the schools, and to
re-admit them, if he deems proper so to do;
and shall visit the school in his district at least
twice during each term Of said school.
SEC. l6. In townships comprising bnt ona
sub-district, three members of the board of di-
rectors shall be elected in the manner provided
by law for the election of one member in each
i sub-distrct. ss aa8 IsI3 -
4 SEC. II. Whenever II becomes peccssary to
print new edition of the school lawe, the Sec.
retary of the Board of Education shall prepare.
publish, and distribute the same, as now re.
quired law, with such instructions, digests.
and expostions as he may deem expedient. un.
der the general head of the "School laws Of
/ Iowa"
4 SIC 49, Sections 8, 6 Z, IL, IA, Is, l6. 1s.
90 %, ~, 2s, 81, 80, s3, "a and 55, of the act
to which this is amendatory, section 2. of an
act to amend an act passed by the Board Of Ed.
acation, December gath 1859, entitled "An act
to amend an act entitled an act to provide sys.
TEN of Common Schools" approved April End.
1860 and all Of an act to amend an act pnssed
by the Board Of Education. December s4th.
4 1859, entitled "An act to provide system of
Common Schools" approved April end, 1860,
are hereby repealcd