Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-02-01

of said tax, as the Boasd may determine,
according to the equity and justice Of the
case.
SEC. 4. Should any part Of the territory
comprising the debtor District on the 18th
of March, 1858, not now form part Of
said District as a sub.district, but form
part of new sub district in another dis.
.rct Township, it is hereby made the duty
Of the Board of such last named District
Townships to audit and allow to said deb
tor District, so made liable by this act,
such part of the Indebtedness of the oris,.
nal District aforesaid as right and justice
would determine.
Sec. 5. II the Boards cannot agree the
County Superintendent shall decide, and
the amount SO found by him shall stand as
liability of such debtor District Town.
ship to the District Township first named
in this Act.
SEC. 6. A district township is hereby
authorized to sue for and collect all debts
and demands due any school district, as
organized on the l2,h of March, 1858,
which now forms q sub.district in said
district township.
Sec. I. When any old school district as
organized on the 18th Of March aforesaid,
shall not now form sub district ia any
| distric, township, the district township
containing a greater portion than any o,h-
er district township Of such old school
district, shall be deemed The proper dis
! trict township to sue for and collect the
! demands and debts due such old school
district and is also liable to be sued for
the debts end liabilities Of such district
! Sec. 8. In the cases contemplated in the
preceding section, the County Snperiuten.
dent shall decide as between The district
townships containing any part Of the ter
ritory of such school district, what part
each district township shall receive, and
what amount each shalt pay, OF the aunt
due t. or due from the district town
ship mentioned in said section, as equity
and justice shall seem to determine Pro-
rided, the district boards may determine
by their joint agreement the entire subject
Of this section.
December 18th, 1861.
NICHOLAS J. RUSCH,
President of the Board of Education.
| AN ACT to authorize the teaching Of the
German, or other language, in the Com
mon Schools.
SECTION l. BE it enacted by tic Board
Of Education Of the State of Ioua, That
the electors of any school district, at any
legally called school meeting, may, by
vote Of a ma ority of the electors present,
direct the German, or other language, to
be taught as branch in one or more of
the Schools of said District, to the scholars
attending the same. whose parents Or
guardians may so desire; and thereupon
it shall be the duty OF such board Of direc,
tors to provide that the same be done:
| Ptorided, that all other branches taught
in said school or schools, shall be taught
in the English language: Rrorided, .JiT-
ther, that the person employed in teach-
ing the said branches shall satisfy the Co.
Superintendent Of bis ability and qualiG-
cations, and receive from him certificate
to that effect.
NICHOLASJ. RUSCH,
President of the Board Of Education.
December I4th, 1851.
AN ACT to amend an act entitled An
act Tor the government aud regulation
of the State University of Iowa.
SECTION |. BE ii enacted by the Board
Of Education Of the State Of Io,ea, That
an act passed by the Board of Education,
entitled IAN Act for the Government and
regulation Of the State University Of Iowa
be amended 50 as to read as follows The
object of the State University Of Iowa,
established By the Constitution at Iowa
City, shall be to provide the best and most
efficient means Of imparting to the youth
Of the State of both sexes, upon equal
terms, a thorough education and perfect
knowledge Of the different branches of
literature, the arts and sciences, with their
various applications.
SEC 3 There shall be attached to the
Unisersity, Collegiate Department, in
which, as soon as may be deemed expedi.
dient by the Board of Trutees, hereinafter
provided, regular College Glasses shall be
formed or provided for, and President
and the necessary professors and tutors
elected. There shall also be taught the
theory and practice Of teaching, and every
thing which enters into it as an art, ia
cluding all the most approved methods
! and processes now in use, in all the vari.