Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1866-02-24

CARRIE GAIN.
/. ~To THE PEoPLE or Sioux CRY
School DIsrnicr.
The undersigned school direc tors Of
'his district would rePrssehsto ihSpeopls
that there is q great want OF school house
accommodation within our city, the public
owns two houses, which are occupied as
schosi srosms and two others are rented
a,a considerable annual cost. The fol-
lowing is the only method by which funds
scan be raised for the purpose of building
School tipasss. AtN*4: II
Sac. 6 Each district township shall
hold an annual meeting on the second
Monday 10 March. f. *'>. -.
SO. !. The elec.or Of the district, when
legally assembled at such meeting. shall
have the following powers, viz:
First-To appoint. Chairman and Sec
rotary, in the absence Of the regular Of.
fccrs
Srcond-To direct the tale OF other dis.
position 10 be made Of any school, house,
or the site thereof, aud Of such other prop.
e'ty, personal and real, as may belong to
the district and to drec, the manner in
which the proceeds arising lherefrom shall
BE applied: Pocided, Tha.,he money 90
obtained shall be used for the benefit Of
the sub-aistrict in which such school
house site CT o'her pro 2erty Is situated
Vhird-To determine what additional
branches shall be taught in the schools Of
the district. =.
Four,h-To delegate any or all Of the
powers contained i" the fresoing speci6
cations, to the Boar! Of Directors.
fttth--To vote such tax. not exceeding
hive mills on the dollar i" asy one year, On
the taxable property Of the district town
hip, as the meeting shall deem suite
tor the purchase Of grounds and The con.
s,rucl'on Of the necessary echool-houses
Tor the use OF the respective sub-districts,
ana tor the p,yneatot any debts Contract.
ed for the .rec;ioa OF school houses. and
for procuring district libraries and appa-
ratns Tor the schools"
And, although the directors mag levy
An ind, 6'i,e amount Cor renting or re-
pairing school buildings, yet they may
not assess anything for building purposes,
We appeal to the good sense Of the people
to be.in TO accu mi 'a,s fund for 50 laud-
abe purpose aaerJ small tax left to &C .
eu"ula,s ior few years will give ample
means to erect buildings that will be cred
liable and useful to the community, We
are aware tina, the bur,hens Of comm mi
~ are very sr"a, IN the way Of ,s1es. but
we do think that no better investment can
he made By any community than IN eco
nom'cal, useful school building and when
city or community thus spends its
means the property Of the county is en-
HANGED tenfold for every dollar u,efully
employed for this purpose.
There was last year within the limits Of
Of our schools $50 children OF school age,
and We are confident that the number
will increase largely every year and most
probably the directors Who will serve you
mex. year will 6nd i. necessary to estab-
lish 5sh, schoal, and the cost Of renting
and fitting up leased property win in our
opinion exceed the interes. on sum suf-
ficient TO build a substantial house or
houses suitable for he wants Of comm uni
~. Every paren. who send to school VIC
presume has been informed Of the incon-
| venisnce Of the present houses, and can't
We 'inaugurate = small :ax to re medy these
evils ? yonr school directors are no more
iioteres,ei than any others, they do no.
expect nor, xish 70 s,enass he iY9a er Ok
pend it, oil they do desire Is that i shall
be faithfully and economically used.
! raeaed2..Sar>t g. II. ScHUSTER. .e
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