New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-13

Rnd receipts in a book provided for the pur-
pose. b money collected by district tax
for school house purposes, and all contin-
gent expenses, shall be called the =" School
House Fund, and that received for the sup
j port of teachers shall be called the "Teach-
4 ers' Fund.- and the Treasurer shall keep
4 with such fund a separate account, and shall
pay no order which does not specify the
fund on which it is drawn and the specific
use to which it is applied. If he have no:
sufficient funds IN his hands to pay i'll full
the warrants drawn on the funds specified,
ne shall make partial payment
be an equal proportion of each warrant. He
shall receive ali money apportioned to the
district by the superintendent of Public Ed
u~cation. He shall render a statemsnt OF the
finances OF the district from time to time. as
may be required by law, and his book shall
always be open for inspection.
The following shall be section twenty four:
Be it further enacted, etc, That it shall be
the duty of the District Board of School
Directors. between the first day of August
and the fifteenth day OF September of each
year, TO make and keep on record q list Of
the names of all heads of families in the dis
trict, and the number OF children in each
family between the ages of six and twenty
one years, Distinguishing males from females,
and to report the same to the Division Super.
intendent on or before the said fifteenth day
4 OF September in each year. They shall fur
&ther report the number of schools in
their district, and the branches taught:
the number = of pupils and aver
8 age attendance of the same in each school,
the number of teachers and the compensa-
tion OF each, the text books used, the num-
Der of school houses and the estimated
value Of each.
They shall have power to dismiss any. pu-
/ pills from the schools in their district for
gross immortality, or for persistent violation
of the regulations of the school, and TO re-
admit them if they deem it proper so to do !;
and shall visit the schools in their sub-dis
.rict st least twice during each term Of said
&School.
All contracts with teachers shall be in
frlting, specifying the length of time the
chool is to be taught, in weeks, the COM
Hensation per week, or per month OF four
Eeeks. and such other matters as may be
greed upon, and shall be signed by the
irector and teacher, and be approved by
nd filed with the President before any
kacher shall be entitled to q warrant for
eryices.
The following shall be section twenty
Fe:
Be it further enacted, etc, That in each
a district there shall be taught one or more
ehools for the instruction of youths be-
reen the ages of six and twenty-one years,
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lch, in each year, unless the State Board of
4 Education shall be satisfied that there is
god and sufficient cause for failure so to
Scholars residing in one district may at
i'd school in another, in the same or
bjoining parish, with the concurrence OF
be directors of both districts, and, in such
kse, their proportion of the school money
the district to which they belong shall be
laid to the treasurer of the districtin which
" hey attend school; and scholars may attend
nv school in the ward in which they reside,
nth the consent Of the District Board.
That the following shall be section twenty
*:
Be it further enacted, etc., That no Parish
& District School Director shall receive any
Compensation for his services as director, or
8 an officer of the board.
That the following shall be section twenty.
EVEN:
Be it further enacted, etc., That each
Hard district shall hold regular meetings
~lnnually, on the first Saturday in May, at
which all the qualified electors of the dis
riot may attend; provided that the first
regular meeting of the qualified electors
HAL be held at such time as the State Board
bf Education may designate. Said meetings
hall be presided over by the President of the
District Board of School Directors, and the
secretary Of said board shall be the Secre-
tary of the meeting.
The electors of a district, when legally
assembled at a district school meeting,
hall have power to levy such tax, not ex.
ceeding ten mills on the dollar in any one
year. on the taxable property OF the dis
rict, as the meeting shall deem sufficient to
Purchase or lease a suitable site for a school
louise, or schoolhouses, and to build, rent,
L purchase a schoolhouse, or schoolhOuses,
md to keep in repair and furnish the same
nth the necessary fuel and a~ppendages.
md for compensation of teachers, and for
recurring district libraries and apparatus
br the schools, books and stationery for
Die board and district meetings, and defray
ii other contingent expenses OF the district;
Provided, that no tax shall be levied for
Ruilding schoolhouses, excepting at the
ocular meeting in May.
Whenever any tax has been voted at the
ocular meeting of the electors OF a district,
snail be considered as by said vote levied
pom the assessed value Of all real and per-
CDal property in the district. The secre-
3 hry of the meeting shall, within ten days
thereafter, certify the same to the District
p Board of School Directors, who shall certify
the number of mills of the tax thus levied
o the collector of State taxes for the parish.
II shall thereupon be the duty of said col
y Iector to enter the same upon a separate
assessment roll, which roll he shall, within
en- days after he has been certified Of the
ivy "a ~ q -, " AZ 1oHAN -
IF school directors, who shall examine, and,
T correct. approve the same. The tax thus
evied shall be collected in the same man.
4 her, and by the same officer, as State taxes,
md shall be paid over quarterly, at such
lime as The District Board of School Direct
ors may direct, to the Treasurer of the dis.
4 trict.
The following shall be section twenty
II eight:
Be it further enacted, etc, That any per-
son who shall be duly appointed as a Parish
4 or District School Director and shall refuse,
neglect or fail to qualify according to law
and enter upon the performance of the
4 duties of the office within ten days after
official notification of his appointment,
# shall forfeit q sum not less than one hundred
dollars, to be recovered by action before
ls court OF competent jurisdiction. II
hall be the duty of the District Attorney to
rosecute all such causes; and for each sue.
essful prosecution he shall receive as a fee
Tenty five per cent of the amount thus re.
Dvered. The State Board of Education
hall report to each meeting of the Genera
assembly the names of all persons so failing
b serve, and the action bad in each case by
the District Attorney; Provided, That nc
. brson disqualified by reason of ineligi
lity, or who shall be disabled by sickness
tom serving, shall be subject to the penal
<ties of this section. All funds thus col
lected shall go to the school fund of the
district or parish.
y The following shall be section twenty
n nine:
Be it further enacted, etc., That the State
Board OF Education shall have power to re-
move any Parish or District School Director
for negligence, i~ncompetency, or violation
oflaw after a due hearing and fair trial.
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