Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-04-02


the duty Of the town treasurer Of each
town, 1st. To apply for and receive Of
the county treasurer, ali moneys appor-
toned for the use Of common schools in
his town, and to pay the same, together
with all moneys raised in the town for
the support Of schools, to the treasurers
of the districts entitled to receive them,
upon the order or apportionment Of the
town clerk. Cd 70 pay over to the
district treasurer5, on demand, all school
district taxes raised in each district and
collected by him, and the amount OF all
school district taxes returned to the
county treasurer Of his county, as delin-
quent, whenever the same shall have
been collected and paid over by said
county treasurer to such town treasurer;
or, if any such town treasurer shall re-
ceive credit from the county treasurer for
such delinquent tax, or anyp art thereof,
on account of any demand or claim due
from such town to said county, then
said town treasurer shall pay over the
amount Of such delinquent tax, or the
part for which credit has been SO re-
ceived, to the treasurer Of the proper
school district, on demand thereafter,
Therefor. Sd. On or before the sec
ond Monday Of March, In each year. to
certify to the town clerk the amount Of
school moneys in his hands, to be APP
portioned by said clerk, and Immediate
" upon the RECEIPT Of any moneys from
the state school fund, to certify the same
to the clerk for apportionment,"
Sec. 6. Section forty five ofsaid chap
ter twenty-three, is hereby amended, so
as to read as follows at shall be the
duty of the town clerk to see that the
annual reports Of the clerks Of the sew
eral school districts in his town are
made correctly, and in due time, and to
receive and keep with al such reports
made to him by the districts clerks, with
all orders and notices ofthe board ofsuper-
visors of the town, in relation to the for
nation or alteration of school districts,
and file them in his office and he shall
record in book kept for that purpose,
sucn descriptions of school districts and
organization or alteration thereof, as
shall be furnished him by the board Of
supervisors. He shall also make and
keep in his Office a map Of the town,
showing the exact boundaries Of all the
school districts therein, as appears from
the records on file, and when a new dis
tricts is formed, shall furnish a map
thereof to the districts clerk He shall,
within ten days after his election or APP
pointment, report his name and postof-
flee address to the county superintend-
ent, and the name and address Of each
district clerk, within ten days after the
fling Of the same in his Office. He shall
apportion the school moneys raised
by the town and collected by the town
treasurer, on the third Monday Of March,
and those received from the state,
through the county treasurer on the
third Monday Of June, in each year, or
as soon thereafter as the same shall be
collected or received by the town treas
urer, to the several districts and parts Of
districts within the town, in proportion
to the number Of children residing in
each, over the age of four and under the
age of twenty years, as the same shall
appear from the last annual reports of
their respective clerks"
Sec. Z. Section eighty-nine Of said
chapter twenty-three is hereby amended
so as to read as follows:
Every town clerk who shall refuse or
neglect to make and deliver to the coun-
ty superintendent his annual report, as
required in this chapter, within the time
limited therefor, shall be liable to pay
the full amount money lost by such neg
lect or refusal, with interest thereon, to
be recovered by the town treasurer, in
the name of the town and every town
clerk who shall neglect or refuse to car
ry into effect any decision or order Of
the state superintedent, shall be liable
to removal by the town board Of super
yisors, upon proper notice thereof, and
the said board shall have full power to
fill any such vacancy, in such manner as
vacancies in other town officers are fill
ed"
Sec. s. Section ninety of said chapter
twenty three, is hereby amended, SO as
to read as follows
"Every county superintendent who
shall neglect or refnse to make the report
required to be made by him to the state
superintendent, by section seven of
chaOter one hundred and seventy-nine of
the general laws of 1861, within the
time limited therefor, shall be liable to
pay to each town the amount which such
town or any school district therein, shall
lose by such neglect or refusal, with in
terest thereon, to be recovered by the
town treasurer in an action prosecuted
in the name of the town or district
Sec. 8, All the provisions of section
thirty of said chapter twenty-three, in
reference to the animal reports of the
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