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official meetings of the. trustees, anu
hall record their proceedings in boooE
provided for that purpose. Each mem
,er of the Board of Trustees shall be
uly notified Of the meetings by the
Jerk Of the Board.
SEC. SO. That it shall be the duty O.
| ic Trustees in each School District tt
AXE the management and control of the
local educational interests of the same
subject to the supervision Of the County
School Commissioner, and to visit tht
School at least once in every month dur
ing the school term.
SEC. 81. That it shall be the duty o
the Trustees IN the several School Dis
trictS 10 make, or cause to be made, once
in two years, in each School District, bl
the first day of September, an enumera
ton of all the children between The
ages OF six (6) and sixteen QG) years
resident within such School District
: distinguishing between male and female
white and colored. And the Clerk @
said Board of Trustees shall return t.
the County School Commissioner du
plicate return Of the same; each Schoo
Trustee shall receive five cents per capi
tai for each child enumerated by him
the accounts for which shall he audited
Ly the County School Commissioner
and paid according to law by the Coun
ty Treasurer, out of the School Fund o.
the District wherein the enumeration
was made. Provided, That in case the
enumeration of the scholastic popula
ton of any School District is not made
IL provided for in this Act, by that time
the County Board Of School Examiners
is herewith authorized to appoint new
Trustees for such School District, unless
for good and sufficient cause the Trus'
tees have failed to act.
SEC. IS. 1t shall be the duty of the
Beard of Trustees to hold a regular ses-
sion in their School District at least two
weeks before the commencement OF any
or every school term, for the transaction
OF any ana all business necessary to the
prosperity of the school, with power to
adjourn from time, and to hold special
meetings at any time or place.
SEC. 80. That the Board Of Trustees
shall have power to establish and make
all arrangements for tiiG common schools
of Districts, and to make the same COM
Portable, paying due regard to any
school house already bIie or site pro-
cured, as we'll as to ali other circum-
stances proper TO be considered, SO as to
best promote the educational interest of
their District. They shall employ
teachers from among those having GER
tiiicates, and discharge the same when
good and sufficient reasons for so doing
present themselves; but they shall en-
ploy no person to teach in any of the
schools under their supervision, unless
such person shall hold, at the time of
commencing his or her school, ccrtifi-
cate to teach, granted by the County
Board OF School Examiners, or by the
State Superintendent Of Education.
SEC. 10. That should the Board Of
Trustees he unable otherwise to procure
sites for school houses, they are hereby
authorized to appoint ajury Of view of
five legal voters Of the county, who
shall locate said site as the public inter-
cat may require, but, except in city,
town or village, said site shall not be To-
Gated within two hundred yards of the
dwelling Of the owner Of the land taken
for said site without his consent, given
in writing. The said jury shall assess
the value Of the same and report their
action to the Board of Trustees, who
shall secure the title and pay for the SITE;
as decided by the jury of view, out OF
any moneys available for that purpose,
and upon such payment the title shall
Immediately vest in the Trustees and
their SUCCESSORS in Office.
SEC. II. That if any person or per-
sons shall threaten or in any manner
interfere with the jury of view herein
directed to he appointed, while dischar-
ging the duties herein prescribed, he or
they separately or conformity, shall he
ri al nF q tnfNN fth
on conviction in any Court Of compe-
than two hundred dollars, or be impris-
oned not more than ninety days, or
shall suffer both fine and Imprisonment,
moneys accruing from such fines shall
be added to tho school fund of the
school district wherein the guilty party
or parties reside.
SEC. AZ. That when it shall so happen
that persons are so situated AS to be bet
ter accommodated at the school of any
adjoining School District, or whenever
il may be desirable TO establish a school
composed of parts of two or more School
Districts. it shall be the duty Of the reg
pcctivc Boards Of Trustees of the School
Districts in which such persons reside,
or in which such schools may be situa-
ted, or of the School Districts, or the
parts of which the school is to be COM
posed, to transfer such persons for edu-
cation to the School District in which
such school house is or may be located
but the enumeration Of scholars shall
he taken in each District as if no such
transfer had been made; and such school
when SO composed, shall be supported
from the school funds of the respective
School Districts from which the scholars
may have been transferred.
SEC. 43:: That the school year shall
continue for period of nine months,
commencing and ending as in the opin-
ion OF tile County Board of Examiners
will best subscrve the educational inter-
ests of their County, but the County
School Commissioners shall have power
to limit the school year according to the
school fund apportioned to his County.
SEC. Al. That it shall he the duty of
each school teacher to make out and file
with the Clerk of the Board of Trustees,
at the expiration. of each school month,
a full and complete report of the whole
number of scholars admitted to the
school during each month, distinguish
ing between male and female, the aver
age attendance, the branches taught, the
number of pupils engaged in each Of
said branches, and such other statistics
as he or she may be required to make by
the County School Commissioner; and
until such report shall have been certi-
fed and filed by the said teacher, as
aforesaid, it shall be the duty of said
Board of Trustees to require the same,
and forward TO the County School Com
missioner, before said teacher can draw
pay for his or her services. On the filing
of the teachers report, the Clerk of the
Beard Of Trustees shall draw an order
in duplicate on the County Treasurer for
the amount due each teacher, which or
der shall be countcrsigned by the Coun-
ty School Commissioner, who shall file
the duplicate in his Office.
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