Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-05-02

each year And provided further, That
the school tax for each year shall not be
levied until after such 'orgaization
and before the fr.t Of July Of each year
Provided, That the provisions oil this act
shall not extend to the city Of Philadcl-
phia, nor 10 the county of Allegheny nor
to the cities of Reading and Lancaster
JOHN CESSNA,
Speaker Of Me House cf Representatives..
GEO. V. LAWRENCE,
Speaker ofUe Senate.
ArrRovGo-'rhc 2ed day of Apil 1863.
A. &. CURTIN.
This briei section If c's several impor.
tant modification, o.. til! school law which
seem to require mncdiatc explanation
l. Itpro,idcs that after Jan, |, 1864,
the term of Office of Directors shall com.
mence OIL the first MJnI,y in June next
after their election.
/. This means that, no matter in what
month elected, after lst, Jan, 1864, Di-
rcctors shall not take their seats in the
board till the fsrt Monday in the next
succeeding June-that is, till the first day
Of the next school year.
Q. This does not affect persons oppoin.
tea to fill vacancies. They at once take
their seats, and continue in the board till
the first Monday Of the Juce in which the
term Of the persons whose places they oc-
cupy would have expired, had they re-
maincd in the board.
II. IL extends the term Of all Directors
lin Office" (whether by election or ap
poinlmeut) on the day its passage (22d
April, 1863 from the day on which such
term would otherwise have expired till
the first Monday in the next succcedir G
June.
l. This means that Directors terms
eristi"g at the date Of the act (22d April,
1860, shall be continued from the day
on which they would otherwise have cx-
pired till the next succeeding first Monday
in June, so as to retain full board till
that time.
2. This does not mean, however, that
Directors, whose term erpired during the
winter or spring oflS63, but prior to the
22d April, 1863, are to resume aud con-
tinue their flee till the first Monday in
June, 1868; for, their term having expir
cd before its passage, this act can have no
operation upon them.
g. Hence this also means that Directors
whose t.rns expired ony time before
April 22d, 1868 are not to be admitted
into the trcnnal conve ntions to elect Coun
ty Superintendents on the first Monday Of
May, 1863 but that their successors duly
elected or appointed whether before or
after the 22d of April, 1868, are to be
admitted as members OF the conventions.
III. 1t postpones the organization of
Boards Of Directors Chat is, the choice of
President, Secretary and Treasurer) till
within ten days after the first Monday in
June annually.
l. This renders an election Of officers
for organization indispensable within ten
days after the first Monday in June, 1863
and annually, thereafter, within The first
! ten days Of each school year.
2, But, inasmuch as unbroken organ
izaGon is indispensable to the operations
of the system, this not only also admits of
but requires, an organization o each
board for the interim between the annual
election and the first Monday of June, in
ten days after which last named day the
first regular organization under the new
law must take place
8. Hence it follows, tn at all official acts
by board officers, chosen prior to the first
Monday in June of 1868, and in accord,
ance with the old law and the rules of the
proper board, will be legal and binding.
till the first election under the new law
in June.
". 1t prohibits the levy of school tax,
till the period between the annual organ
izatlon OF the proper Board and the hrst
of the following July.
/. This means that the amount of tax
to be collected within the then current
school year, shall not be fixed by vote OF
the Board, till between the date OF the
regular organization thereof and the lst
oil the next July. In other words, that
the official acts prescribed by section 2s
of the school law of 1854 are still to be
performed, but at different dine.
2. This also means that the school tax
for the school year which will commence
OH the first Monday in June, 1868, is to
be "levied' or fixed in June, 1868, under
the new law, and not "on or before the
lst Monday in May as required by the