The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-12-01
" For the Advertiser.
The Sugar Greek School Case.

A case which has been decided by
! two county Superintendent, each de-
cision the reverse of the other, and the
decision Of each County Superintendent
reversed by the same State Superintend-
ent, certainly ought not to be dismissed
with just one newspaper notice; the inn
portance OF such case entitled it to at
Feast four, each the reverse OF the other;
and IS one of the four decisions was
made by me, deem it to be right and
proper to furnish one such notice. DO
/ not, however, claim this to bs the re-
verse Of the one previously published,
nor dol wish to lie understood as now
affirming or denying anything contain
ed therein: it is offered simply IS con.
secutive slaieEnen, OF the facts in this
case as they are contained in the tram
script anu plat filed i'm the Office Of the
Superintendent: Of Public Instruction.
The township Of Sugar Creek is com
pasej Of ireH'y four sections OF land,
which, in Match, 1863. constituted five
SUB districts: numbers one and four.
containing six sections each, on the east
side, and numbers two. Eve and three,
containing four sections each, on the
west side of Sugar Greek, which nearly
equally divides the township from north
10 south.
NuGhe- -Four was provided with q
good school house, pleasantly situated
In the timber. nearly three fourshs OF a
mile north OF tie center, Aad nearly
three and one half miles by the usual
route from some residences in the south
Yves. corner OF the district. The house
IN Number One, located abou. twent;
rods south a; the geographical center Of
the district, was poor one: and at the
regu'ar suo-Gi-;rict meeting in March,
1863, the !ectors voted 10 levy tax Of
fifteen mills on the taxable property OF
the sub district, To build u house on the
same ground where the old one stands.
This tax, however, was levied on the
property OF the district township, and
in making the appointment the Board
Disseminated Is provided in Sectioa L.,
School Laws ofls6s; the levy in number
One being ten mills. July 10Th, 1869.
the Board of Directors appointed =
building committee, consisting OF Fred
rick Hmkhouse, William, Roark and
Isaac kiser, who was also director in
4 Number One-who proceeded to execute
in the Usual form a contract with Ger.
tain parties to build two story frame
school house in number One, at a cost Of
81 500; this contract was presented to
j the Board and approved on the l4,h of
Sept, 1869. At the regular meeting of
the Board of Directors, Sept, Goth, 1869,
Daniel Rateuborger and others, who
/ lived in Number One. presented petit
ton, signed by majority Of the elect.
ors Of the township, asking the board to
so change the boundaries OF number
One and Four as to form three districts,
! each two miles square, and instead Of
/ the two, each two miles By three then
existing; this petition was granted aud
( the new district thus formed, designated
( number Five; Old number Five was
! called number Three, and old number
/ Three was called number Six. From
this order of the Board, Frederick. Hink.
house, representing the building com
mittee. appealed to the county Superin.
te'ldeut on the 23d day OF Sept. 1862
sept ID, 1853, the Board met and de-
cided to select a new site for Number
One short distance from the old site,
at which time no material for the school
house under contract was on the ground.
On the 18th day Of Septembev the
Board located a site for the house in new
Number One, within short distance OF
the geographical center at the cro-sin Z
of two roads and formally notified the
contractors aud building committee to
place the house Oh the new site From
this order q! the board the same parties
Immediately appeal ed to the Co. Super
intendent at which time a few loads Of
rock and about car load Of lumber had
been hauled to the old site by the con-
tractors, who commenced work on the
2ith Of September.
When these appeals came up for trial
they were merged in one, and after a
prolonged examination the order Of the
Board WAS reversed by the Co. Supe-in'
tendent; the contractors meanwhile
by order Of the building committee, had
pushed the house nearly 70 completion
From this decision the Board appeal &c
to the Superintendent Of Public Instruc,
ton, who, after due deliberation, rem
de"ed a decision sustaining the order 81
. the Board. March 2lth 1872, fifcri
f days after this decision was rendered
the case Was remandel to the Court,
Superintendent for \ new trial. Thi
trial was held in .he new school house
in Number One, which had been com
pleted and paid for by the building com
mttee, some time previous. Befor
the trial, however, 10y order of the Stat
Superintendent, the Co. Superintendent
had been over the whole ground an,
prepared a plat, showing all the resi-
deuces, roads, bridges, streams an'
school house sites, both new ard old, il
The entire township, aud had CAREFUL,