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

l. have charge of the local concerns Of
c the schools therein, and act in con-
cert wit the board Of commissioners
: in carrying out all the rules and regu-
{ lations ordained by the said board,
: and together may permit the school
!. house or houses in their district to bc
= used for public worship, or for other
purposes Of general benefit to the resi-
dents of the district.
Sec. Q. And be it further enacted,
That the said board Of commissioners
shall have power, and it shall be their
duty
First. TO receive and disburse any
I, fund which may be provided for the
r purchase Of sites and the erection and
support of primary schools in said
county and District.
Second. To regulate the number OF
children to be taught in each of said
) schools, and the price Of their tuition.
. Third. To select upon thorough
examination such teachers as are
competent, giving to each certifi-
cate of qualifications, without which
no teacher shall be entitled to receive
pay, and to fix their salaries and terms
of service.
/ Fourth To suspend or expel from
any school, with the advice of the
commissioner and trustees of the
school district, any pupil who will not
submit to the reasonable and ordina-
ry rules of order and discipline
therein.
Fifth. To prescribe the course II
study and the textbooks to be used
in the schools, to regulate and con-
troll the purchase and distribution Of
books, maps, globes, stationery, and
other things necessary for the use
of the same, and generally to prescribe
rules and regulations for the manage
ment, good government, and well Or
dering of said schools.
Sixth. To report to the levy court,
at the close of each school year, the
amount of all expenditures on account
of schools in the several districts du-
ring the previous school year, and the
manner in which the same shall have
been expended, specifying what por-
tion and amount thereof has been ex-
pended for the service of teachers, and
also shall particularly set forth the
number of pupils taught, and their av-
erage attendance and progress, and
such other statistics as the levy court
may require.
Seventh. To select. purchase, or
otherwise procure, suitable sites for
school houses in each district to-
adopt plans, and cause to be built,
kept in repair, and furnished, suck
school houses to supply the same
with necessary fuel, books, stationery,
and appendagcs, and to defray the
necessary expenses Of the board
Prorided, That the pay Of teachers
shall always have preference. ....
Sec. TO- And be il further enacted,
That, for the purposes of supporting
said schools, and providing suitable
sites, houses, and equipments there
for, the levy court shall, annually, on
the first Monday in March, impose
and levy school tax not exceeding
one.fourth of one per centum on all the
assessed property of said county with
ont the limits Of Washington and
Georgetown, which tax shall be due
at the same time, and be collected by
the county collector i'll the same man
ner, and under the same regulations
aud restrictions, as are prescribed by
law in relation to the collection Of the
county taxes, and which are hereby
made applicable TO the collection Of
the school tax imposed by this act,
and when collected shall he paid to
the treasurer of the school fund, and
the treasurer of the levy court is here
by constituted treasurer of the school
fund and the said treasurer and col
hector shall be qualified by making
oath or olfirmation faithfully to dis
charge the duties required of them
and they shall give bonds respective
ly to the said board of commissioners,
in a sum to be fixed by the levy court,
with two sufficient sureties, condition
al for the faithful discharge of the du-
tics required of them 10y this act,
which bonds, being approved by the
: said board of commissioners, shall be
filed with the clerk of the supreme
court Of the District of Columbia, who
is hereby required to file the same,
and a copy of either of said bonds, nm
der seal of said court, shall be suffi-
cient evidence OF the making thereof
and the said treasurer shall be paid
. such compensation for his services as
the said board of commissioners may
: allow, and the said collector the same
fees as are allowed by the said levy
court for collecting the county tax.
Sec. IL. And be it further enacted,
That the whole amount standing to
the credit of the school fund, when the
. aforesaid levy is to be made, shall be
J taken into the account in determining
the amount of tax necessary to meet
the current expenses Of the school
year, which amount shall be levied as
: aforesaid, and no more and the said
board Of commissioners shall appor.
tion the school fund, after deductiDg
such part thereof as the provisions Of
this act assign to the education OF
colored children, among the several
school districts, giving to each one-
seventh of the whole amount of school
: taxes collected and then in hand af-
ter dcducting the necessary expenses
of the board, and one-sevcnth of all
J other funds paid in, after deducting as
hereinbefore provided for the educa-
, tion of colored children, until an
: amount shall have accumulated suffi.
cient to purchase site and erect and
? furnish u school house in each district,
: the cost of which shall not exceed fif-
7 teen hundred dollars, (unless by pri.
> vate subscription except where the
3 number of scholars is sufficiently large
r to require two schools, in which case
the sum may reach three thousand
!, dollars after that it shall be appor-
5 toned according to the number OF
a children in each district between the
0 ages of six and seventeen years Pro.
! rned, That not more than the actual