Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-22

, proper regard to economy, workman
ship, and the purposes for which tht
; work is needed.
i Sec. Is. And be a further enacted
! That all laws or parts of laws, joint
resolutions or parts of joint resolu
tions, conflicting with the above pro,
visions, be, and they are hereby, re.
pcaled.
/ Approved, June a5, 1864.
Prpuc-No. 1872
! AN ACT to provide for the public in
struction of youth in the county of
Washington, District of Columbia,
and for other purposes.
BE Il enGcted by the SENATE and Hoase
Of Representatives. Of the Unttcd States of
dncric0 an Congress Assembled, That
the school districts in the county Of
Washington, District of Columbia,
without the cities Of Washington and
Georgetown, shall be and remain as
now laid down according to law, sub.
ject to revision and alteration by the
levy court of said county, and that
the school commissioners now in Office
shall be and remain so until others
are appointed.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,
That the levy court shall annually, on
the first Monday in May, appoint one
person from each school district as a
commissioner of primary schools, of
which appointment the clerk of the
levy court shall Immediately notify
the person so appointed and when
ever vacancy shall occur in the
board of said commissioners, the levy
court, as soon as may be thereafter,
shall fill the same, and all appoint
ments made by or resolutions of said
court concerning said commissioners
shall be forthwith communicated by
the clerk of said court to the clerk Of
the said board of commissioners, and
each of said commissioners shall hold
the Office until q successor is ap-
pointed.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted,
! That each of the said commissioners
before he enters upon the execution
of his Office, and within fifteen days
after notice Of his appointment, shall
take and subscribe before some jns-
tice of the peace of said county the
! following oath 81, - -, do
solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case
may be- that | will in all things, to
the best of my knowledge and ability,
well and truly execute the trust re-
posed in me as commissioner of pri-
mary schools for the county of Wash
ington, District of Columbia, without
prejudice and according to law :" aud
every justice Of the peace, before
| whom such oath shall be taken, shall
certify the same in writing, and with
in eight days thereafter transmit or
deliver said certificate to the clerk of
the levy court for record.
Sec. 4. And be il further enacted,
That the said commissioners and their
successors shall be Il corporation, I'M
der the name and style Of The Board
Of Commissioners of Primary Schools
of Washington County, District of
Columbia" with power to sue and be
sued, aud to take and hold, in fee-sim-
pie or otherwise, any estate, real or
personal, not prohibited by law, which
may be given to or purchased by the
said board for primary school purpos-
es, and may alien and sell the same
when, in the opinion of the levy court,
it will be for the advantage of the
said primary schools so to do; aud
all money in hand, after defraying the
whole expenses Of the several school
districts at the end of each school
year, shall be invested in some safe
stock in the name of said corporation,
and in their corporate name said board
may prosecute and maintain actions
, for injuries done to the grounds, hous-
es, furniture, or other property in
their possession.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted,
! That the said board of commissioners
shall make and keep record of all
/ its official acts, and strict and par
ticular account of all moneys received
or paid out by its order, a statement
of which, with the vouchers relating
thereto, as well as the record of the
board, shall be subject at all times to
the inspection of the levy court of
said county, and to any taxpayer (;
and said record, or copy thereof, GER
/ titled to be correct by any one of said
commissioner, attested 10y the sigma
ture of the clerk Of said board. shall
be prima facie evidence of their acts
in all proceedings. judicial or other
wise and the said board shall APP.
point capable person as their clerk
(who may be one Of their own mem.
bers, or otherwise, prescribe Ills du-
ties and allow him a reasonable COM
pensation for his services.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted,
That the said board of commissioners
shall hold stated meetings in Janua-
ry, April, July, and October of each
and every year, at such times and pla-
ccs as they may appoint, and such
other meetings as circumstances may
REQUIRE but if less than four mem
bers are present at any one meeting
!. no business shall be done, except to
! adjourn to future day and at the
: stated meetings in April and October
: the treasurer of the school funds and
the collector of taxes shall render in
writing full statement of their ac-
counts respectively for the next pre-
ceding half year
Sec. I. And be it further enacted,
That the clerk of the levy court of said
county shall annually, on or before the
first Monday in April, furnish to the
said board of commissioners alphabet
ical lists of the owners of property in
each school district, according to the
last county assessment, and state
ment of the total amount of property
assessed to each owner, exhibiting the
school tax thereon according to the
last levy made by the levy court for
school purposes.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted
, That the said board of commissioners
shall have power annually (or as a
. vacancy may occur TO appoint two
, persons in each school district as trus