Litchfield enquirer., 1872-09-26
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Of transfer of the obligations and proper
 ty of school societies to towns.

Of transfer of the obligations and proper
 ty of school societies to towns. -
 Sec. 29. All debts, legal obligations, or pecuniary trusts of any school society, heretofore existing, which schools, shall remain in full force against the town or towns within which such school society was situated.
 Sec. 30. The records of school societies shall be deposited and forever kept, with the records of the towus in which such school societies were situated; and where any school society lay within the limits of two or more towns, the records of such society shall be deposited and kept with the records of the town within which the greater part of the territory of such society lay. And. said records, whether they appear to have been made at meet ing held in pursuance of 8 warning or oth- erwise, or whether informal or otherwise, provided the same can be clearly under stood, are hereby validated and confirm ed.
 Sec. 31. All the funds, buildings, and property of every kind, heretofore held for school purposes by the school societies shall vest in the towns within which such school societies are situated; to be held by such towns for the purposes for which the same were held by the societies. Where there were two or more school so- cieties within the limits of any one town, and any of such school societies had permanent fund for the support of schools, such fund shall be held in trust by said town, for the support of schools merly embraced within such school socie- | %x,. T a%xr foz1 in the limits of two or more towns, and was possessed of any permanent fund, such fund shall be divided between or among such towns; and the portions so distrib- uted shall be held by such towns in trust for the support of schools for the inhabi- tants of that portion of such school socie- ty lying within said town; and where any such school society was indebted, such indebtedness shall, in the same manner, be divided between or among said towns Sec. B. When it shall be necessary to distribute any fund, or divide any indebt- edness, between or among different towns in the manner provided by the preceding section, such distribution or division shall be made by the selectmen of said towns; and, if they cannot agree, then, upon ap- plication of the selectmen of either town, by committee of three disinterested per- sons to be appointed by the superior court within the county in which either of such towns shall be situated; who shai make report to said court, which report, when accepted by said court, shall be final in the premises; and the report of such com mittee, or the agreement of the selectmen shall be recorded at lengthupon the rec ords of each of said towns.
 Sec. B. School societies heretofore or ganized under the act of 1855, entitled Gan act in addition to and in alteration of an act concerning education," which are not coextensive with the towns within which they are situated, shall become school districts of said towns, with all the powers and duties of school districts, as specified in this act; with the following exceptions, namely: such school districts shall annually choose, on the third Mon- day of September, instead of district committee, board of education, consist ing of six or nine persons, in the manner prescribed in this act for the election of school visitors; and said board of educa- tion shall have all the powers and be sub- Ject to all the duties imposed on the dis trict committees; and, in addition thereto shall have the general charge and super lntendence of the public schools within their district, and the care and manage ment of the property and funds of the dis EE5 E-