Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-11-18
County High Schools.

the Legislature last winter, "to au-
thorizc counties to establish and
maintain High Schools: -
SECTION l. BE 1t enacted BY the
General .4ssembiy Of the State Of
Lomo, That each county in this
State having a population Of two
thousand inhabitants, or over, as
shown by the last State or federal
census, may establish high school,
on the conditions and in the manner
hereinafter prescribed, for the pur-
pose of atfording better educational
facilities for the pupils more advan-
ced than those attending district
schools, and for persons desiring to
fit themselves for the vocation of
teaching.
SEC. 2. When one third of the
electors of a county, as shown by
the returns of the last preceding
election, shall petition the board of
supervisors, requesting that coun-
ty high school be established in
their county at the place in said pc
tition named, then said board shall
give twenty days notice previous
to the next general election, or pre-
vious to a special election duly call
ed for that purpose, that they will
submit the question to the electors
of said county whether such high
school shall be established; at
which election said electors shall
vote, by ballot, for or against estab-
fishing such county high school.
The notice contemplated in this
section shall be given through one
or more newspapers published in
said county, if any be published
therein, and by at least one written
or printed notice to be posted i'll
each township.
SEC. 3. After said election, the
ballots on said question shall be
| canyasscd in the same manner as in
the election for county officers; and
| if majority Of all the votes east on
said question shall be in favor OF
establishing said school, the board
Of supervisors shall Immediately
proceed to appoint six persons, who
shall be residents OF the county, but
not more than two of whom shall
be residents of the same township,
who shall, with the county superin-
tendent Of common schools, con
stitute board Of trustees for said
high school. Each Of said trustees,
appointed as aforesaid, shall hold
his office until his successor is
elected and qualified; and shall be
required, within ten DAYS after APP
pointmcnt, to qualify, by taking the
oath Of office, and giving such bond
rs may be required by the said
board of supervisors, for the faith
ii,l discharge of his duties.
SEC. 4. At the next general
election after said appointment,
there shall be elected in such coun-
ty six high school trustees, who
shall be devidcd into three classes
of two each; and each class to hold
their office one, two, and three
years respectively, and their respcc-
tive terms to be decided by lot.
And each year thereafter there shall
be two such trustees elected to sue
coed those whose term is about to
expire. And said trustees shall
qualify and enter upon the duties
Of their office in the same manner,
and at the same time, as other
county officers.
SEC. 5. The county superinten-
dent shall be er-offcio president of
said board of directors trustees !;
and, at their first meeting in each
year, they shall appoint, from their
own number, a secretary and treas
urer, who shall perform the usual
duties devolving upon such officers,
for the term of one year, or until
their successors are appointed to
take their places.
SEC. 6. At said meeting, or at
some succeeding meeting called for
that purpose, said trustees shall
make an estimate of the amount Of
funds needed for building purposes,
for payment of teachers wages, and
for contingent expenses, and they
shall present to the board OF super
yisors. certified estimate Of the
per centum Of tax required to raise
the amount desired for such pur-
poses: R.ocided, hoarerer, that in
no case shall the tax for such pur-
poses exceed, in any one year, the
amount of five mills on the dollar
on the taxable property of the co1ln-
ty, and, when the tax is levied for
the payment of teachers wages and
contingent expenses only, shall not
exceed two mills on the dollar.
SEC. 7. The said tax shall be