The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-03-25
THE sT. CLOUD SCHOOL DISTRICT.
onIHANs BILL FOR IT'S DIVISION.

An ACT 10 amend Chaptsr Nine Il ths
Special Laws Of Minnesota Nf As y.r
One thousand eight hundred and dxty-
nine, relating to St. Cloud School Dis.
trict.
Be it enacted BY tie Lcgislature Of the Ssose Of
Minnesota.
SECTION ONE.
That section one Of an act entitled
an act to amend Chapter Eleven Of
an act entitled an act to reduce the
act incorporating the town of St.
Cloud and to repeal former Chap
ter of said town, approved March
eight, One thousand eight hundred
and sixty-two and the several acts
amendatory thereto, to one act, and
to amend the same and to incorporate
the City ofSt. Cloud, approved March
sixth, One thousand eight hundred
and sixty-nine, be and the same is
hereby amended SO as to read as fol-
lows, to-wit:
Section One. All that part Of the
City of St. Cloud in the County Of
Stearns, to-wit: the first ward, the
second, all that part of the third
ward lying east of Jefferson avenue
Of said City, and all that part of the
fourth ward lying easterly of Hanover
avenue and northerly of St. Augusta
street of said City according to the
map of said city as recorded in the
office of Register of Deeds in and
for the County Of Stearns, State of
Minnesota, shall constitute and be q
school district by the name of ''The
St. Cloud School District under the
general laws Of the State. except so
far as they are modified in their ap-
plication to said district by this act,
and all schools organized therein in
pursuance of this act, shall be under
the control and direction of a Board
of Education and be free to all per-
sons between the ages Of FIVE and
twenty-one years, residing in said dis
trict subject to the directions Of said
Board.
SECTION TWO.
Section Twelve of said act shall be
amended so as to read as follows:
Section Iwelve. The Board of Edu-
cation shall have power to levy q
tax on all the taxable property in
said district each year, sufficient, with
the amount received from other
sources, to maintain necessary schools
in said district ten months in each
year, including the amount required
for fuel, repairs, on school buildings,
to purchase necessary school apparat-
us, heating apparatus, furniture and
other necessary appendages for school
houses, and to defray the necessary
expenses Of the Board, to pay for
record books, printing, stationery,
and other incidental matter as may
be deemed proper by the Board.
Prorided, That said Board shall not
levy a tax of more than ten mills on
the dollar Of assessed valuation of
said property in any one year, except
by and with the consent and approval
OF the Common Council of said City
!; OF St. Cloud.
SECTION THREE.
That the annual election in the
several wards of said district shall be
held on the day next succeeding the
annual election in said City which
election shall be conducted in the
manner provided by the act, entitled
can act to provide for the manage.
ment and government Of common
schools and school districts, repeating
all general laws relative thereto u
, approved March seventh, One thous-
and eight hundred and seventy-three
for conducting districtschool meetings
at which election shall be elected mem
bers Of the Board of Education to fill
vacancies occurring from change o.
district, boundaries and otherwise.
SECTION FOURTH.
That whenever school district
shall be organized in that portion Of
. the City of St. Cloud not included in
'The St. Cloud School District as
provided in this with provision for a
public school therein, the Board o1
Education of "The St. Cloud School
District" and the Trustees Of such
school district to be created out o1
the territory hereby severed from said
St. Cloud School District, shall issue
l a permit or permits to allow any
scholar or scholars entitled to -attene
the public school within the district
in which his, her or their residence
shall be, upon written application BY
the parent or guardian of such schol
ar or scholars to attend the school IL
the district in said city in which such
1 scholar or scholars shall not reside
in the way of an exchange Of scholar
of such districts. Provided, That tn
number admitted from one district IN
to the school Of the other shall squa
the number admitted into the othe'
. district and such permit shall not ex
I tend for a longer term than one yea
: at a time. hov,ded further, Tha
! no scholar shall be excluded from
: the public schools in said St. Cloue
: School District by reason Of the opera
q ton of this act prior to the close o
the summer term of the year On
D thousand eight hundred and seventy
FIVE.