The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-05-20

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secretary and treasurer who shall per
form the usual duties devolving upon
such officers. for the torn Of one year
or until their successors are appoint
cd to take their places.
Sec. 6. At said meeting or at
some succeeding meeting called for
such purpose, said trustees shall make
an estimate of the amount Of funds
needed for building purposes, for pay
ment of teachers wages, and for con-
tingent expenses, and they shall pre-
sent to the board Of supervisors, a
certified estimate of the per centum
of tax required to raise the amount
desired for such purposes; provided,
however, that in no case shall the
tax for such purposes exceed, in any
ono year, the amount Of Eve mills on
the dollar on the taxable property Of
the county, and when the tax is lev
led for the payment of toachcrs' wa
ges, and contingent expenses only,
shall not exceed two mills on the dol
lar.
Sec. I. The said tax shall be lev
led and collected in the same manner
as other county taxes, and when. col.
leeted the county treasurer shall pay
the same to the treasurer of the
county high school in the same man.
ner that school funds are paid to the
district treasurers as required by
law.
Sec. 8. The said treasurer of the
high school shall give such additional
bonds as the board of trustees may
deem sufficient, and receive all mon
cys from the county treasurer and
from other parties. that belong to tho
funds of said school and pay the same
out only by tho direction ofthe board
Of trustees, upon orders duly execut-
ed by the president, countersigned by
the secretary thereof. stating the
purpose for which they were drawn.
Both the secretary and treasurer
shall keep an accurate account of all
moneys received and expended for
said school; and at the close Of each
year, and as much oftsncr as required
by the board, they shall make full
statement of the financial affairs of
the school.
Sec. 9. The said board of trustees
shall proceed as soon as practicable, +,
after their appointment as aforesaid,
to select the best site in accordance
with the vote of the county, that
can be obtained without expense to
the same; and the title thereof shall
be vested in said county. They shall
then proceed to make such purchase
of material, and to let such contract IS
for their necessary school buildings,
as they may deem proper; provided,
however, that they shall not make
any purchase or contract in any year
to exceed the amount on hand, and to
be raised by the levy Of tax that
year.
Sec. 10. When said board of trus-
tees shall have furnished a suitaLl
building for the school, they shall
employ some competent teacher to
tnke charge Of the same, and furnish
such assistant teachers as they deem
necessary, and provide for the pay
ment of their salaries. As far as
practicable model schools shall be
encouraged; and advanced students
and those preparing to become teach.
ers may be employed a portion oi
their time in teaching the younger
pupils, in order that they may be-
come familiar with the practice as
we'll as theory of successful school
teaching, and also avoid as far as
practicable the expense of employing
other assistant teachers.
Sec. II. Tuition shall be free to
all pupils Of such school residing in
the county where the same is located.
The board of trustees, however, shall
make such general rules and regula-
tions as they may deem proper in re-
gard to age, and grade Of attain
ments, essential to sntitle pupils to
admission in the school. If there
should be more applicants than can
be accommodated at any time, each
district shall be entitled to send its
equal proportion of pupils, according
to the number of scholars it ma Y
have. as shown by the last report to
the county superintendent Of common
schools. And the boards of the res
pective school districts shall desig-
nate such pupils as may attend.
Sec. II. II. at any time. tho
school can accommodate more pupils,
than apply for admission from that
county, tho vacancies may be filled
by applicants from other counties,
upon the payment Of such tuition as
the board of truEtecs may prescribe;
but at no time shall such pupils con-
tinue in said school to the exclusion
Of pupils belonging in the county in
which such high school is situated.
SEQ. l3. In any county where
there is no county high school, it
shall be lawful for the board Of su.
pervisors thereof, upon the presenta-
tion Of a petition signed \ a major
ity of the qualified electors of the
county. to levy tax not exceeding
one mill on the dollar, in any one
year, sufficient to pay the tuition OF
those scholars who desire to attend