The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-03-14
AN ACT to amend an Act emitted can A

AN A CT to amend an Act emitted can Act
for the Regulation and support of Common
Schools" approved May, 1861.
Be 1t enacted by tile Legislature Of the State
Of Kansas:
SECTION /. That section 63 of said act,
be SO amended as to read as follows: 1t
shall be the duty of the School District
Boards of the various School Districts in
the respective counties of the State, to cause
to be certified by tAe School District Clerk
to the County Clerk of their respective
counties on or before the fifteenth day Of
August, annually, the aggregate percentage
by them levied on the real and personal
property in each District, as returned en-
the assessment roll of the county, and the
County Clerk is hereby authorized and re-
CURED to place the same on the tax roll of
said county in 4 separate column or columns
designating tie purpose for which such
taxes are levied, and the said taxes shall be
collected by the County Treasurer, and paid
over to the Tressurers Of the respective
School Districts in the county with the
same power and restrictions, and under the
same regulations; and in all respects as TO
the sale of real or personal property, he
shall be authorized, and he is hereby re
quired to act according to the provisions
and acquisitions of the law for the collection
of taxes. for State and county purposes, and
the said County Treasurer shall be entitled
to receive for collection three per cent. on
all moneys by him collected for said district,
and no more.
SEC. 9. That section 25, of an act emit
tied ian act for the regulation and support
of common schools, approved May, A. D.
l. IL fo11
to wit: Section 25, an annual meeting Of
each school district shall be held on the last
Thursday OF June Of each year at such hour
as the Board of Directors shall name; special
meetings may be called by the district board,
a majority of the legal voters, but notice
of such special meeting. stating the pur
poses for which it is called shall be posted in
at least three public places within the dis
trict ten days previous to the time Of meet
ing, and at said meeting such things may
be done as are provided for in section 10 of
the act to which this is amendatory.
SEC. 3. That section 70 of an act entitled,
can act for the regulation and support of
common schools approved May, A, D.
1861, be amended so as to read as follows:
the income of the State school fund and an
nual taxes collected by the Stale for The sup
port of schools, which shall be received up
to the first day of March, and the first day
of July of each year, shall be distributed
annually between the first day of March |
and the first day of April, and the first day /
of July and the first day of August re-
spectively in each year among the several
counties of the State, from which reports /
have been received by the State Superin-
tendent of Public instruction in proportion
to the number of children resident therein
over the age of FIVE and under the age of
twenty-one years.
SEC. 4. That section 50 of said act
shall be amended so as to read as follows:
Whenever any final judgment shall be OBJ
tanned against any school district, the dis
trict board shall levy tax en- such taxable
pi operty In the district for the payment
thereof; such tax shall be collected as other
school district taxes, but no execution shall
issue on such judgment against the school
district; and in case the district board neg
lect to levy tax as aforesaid for the space
of thirty days after such judgment shall be-
come final, or in case the proper officer shall
neglect to collect the taxes so levied within
the time, and In the manner provided by law,
then the judgment creditor of the district
may have and recover a judgment against
the officer or officers SO in default for the
amount due him on such judgment against
the district with costs upon which execution
shall issue.
SEC. s. That section 10 Of said act. be