Litchfield enquirer., 1867-10-24
PUBLIC ACTS.
PASSED MAY SESSION, 1867
CHAPTER LXXXyII,

CHAPTER Lxxxvu. ..
 An Act III alteration to :An Act concerning Educa- tion."
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- ! Sentatlves ln General Assembly convened: =
 Sec. 1. Chapter one hundred and two of the pub
 lc acts of the general assembly, passed at the May i sesslOn, 1oGG, IS hereby amended to read as fol- | lows: Every town in this state may at any annual town meeting, assume and thenceforth maintain the control of the common schools within it's limits | subject to such requirements and restrictions as | are or may be imposed by the general assembly, and for this purpose every town shall constitute Unon school district having all the powers and dr ties of a school district now constituted by law law, with the exceptions hereinafter stated.
 Sec. 2. Said Union district shall elect by ballot at such meeting, six, nine, twelve or eighteen male residents of the town as school committee, who shall divide themselves into three classes holding office one, two and three years respectively provi- ded the control of it's common schools by said town be so long continued; and at every subse- quent annual election two, three, four six mem- bers of the committed as the case may be- shall be | electedby ballott for term of three years. .. | Sec 5. In said Union districts the school com- 1 mittee shall have in general the powers and per- form the duties which are now devolved upon the district committees and boards of school visitors and especially they shall maintain in the various parts Of the towns for period of not less than six months annually, good common schools of the diff ferent grades; they shall appoint more acting visitors or superntendents under their directions to examine teachers and visit schools; they shall have the care and management 1.-the property and
 
 leases, notes and other securities with the treasu of said district unless the same have been en- trusted to others by the donors, or grantors or by the general assembly, they shall pay into the treas ury of the district all moneys which they may re- celye for the support of schools; they shall deter mine the number and qualifications of the scholars to be admitted into eadh school; they shall desig- nate the schosls which shall be attended Inv t6a children within their jurisdiction and may arrange II they see tit with the committee of an adiace1t district for the instruction therein of such children as as may attend there more conveniently; they shall Ill any vacancies which may arise in their own number; they shall annually during the first two weeks of the month of September ascertain the expenses of rupportng and maintaining the school ing the thirty first day of the previous August and report the same. together with the amount ofmon- eys received towards the payment thereof, to the district at meeting to be held, unless otherwise ordered by the town hereinafter provided, on the third Monday in September ln each year, and shall at the same time make full report of their doings and the condition of the schools under their superintendence and all important matters concerning the same, to the district; and shall perform all lawful acts which may be required of them by the district or which may be necessary to carry into effect the powers and duties granted by this act. --.sy-t
 Sec 4. The Union districts shall assume the property and be responsible for the debts of the dis tricts existing within the limits of the several towns. The property so taken may be appraised under the direction of the town, and at the next annual assessment thereafter tax levied upon the whole town equal to the amount of said ap1raisal. and there shall then be remitted to the tax pavers of each district the value of the property thus tak en, less the amount of the indebtedness of the s- trict; or instead of such appraisal tax and remis- son. the adherence ln the value of the propertv of the several district be adjusted in any other man her agreed upon by the parties in interest. Per moment funds now in towns shall remain as here tofore @ i'll charge of the school fund treasurer of salu s towns; Schools organized or maintained by towns shall be under the jurisdiction of the Onion olstrlct committee, in the same manner as schools of lower grade. N--0- VI i0siloei' :. sec. D. The comptroller of public accounts, on the application of the school committee of such distrlct shall draw an order in favor of such dis
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