Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-04-29

SEC. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication.
Approved March 5, 1875. BCOPY.
Published March o. 1878
CHAPTER 339.
AN ACT to amend Sec. 10 of Chap. 155, General
Laws of 1852 entitled An act to codify the
laws of this State relating to common schools -
The people of the State Of Wisconsin, represented
in Senate and Assembly do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Sec. 49, Chap. 155 of the General
Laws OF this State, passed in 1868, entitled IAN
act to codify the laws of this State relating to
common schools" is hereby amended so as to
read as follows: Sec. 10. The inhabitants of any
school district of any joint school district quail
flied by law to vote at school district meeting
when assembled at the first and at each annual
meeting in their district or at any adjournment
OF such annual meeting in their district. shall
have the power: 1st. To appoint Chairman for
the time being; Cd. To adj ourn from time to time
as occasion may require; Sd. To choose Direct
for, Treasurer and Clerk; 4th. To designate site
or district school house; 9Th. To vote such tax
on the taxable property of the district as the
meeting shall deem sufficient to purchase or lease
a suitable site for a schoolhouse; to build here
or purchase school-house, and to keep IN repair,
and furnish the same with the necessary fuel and
appendages: Prooided, That no district con-
tanning population of less than $50
inhabitants shall have power to levy and
collect q tax for building, hiring or pur-
chasing schoolhouse of more than 5000 in any
one year, unless the Supervisors of the town in
which such school is to be situated shall GER
tify in writing that, in their opinion larger sum
SnOulQ De raSeQ, ana snail specify such
which case an amount net exceeding the sum
specified may be raised: PT0Uided further, That no
district containing population Of less than 1000
Inhabitants shall have power to raise and collect
In any one year, for the purposes above specified
more than 81 00O unless the Supervisors shall
tify above set forth 9th. To vote tax on
the taxable property OF the district of such
sum as the meeting shall deem proper for
the payment of teachers wages in the dis
trict: Pro05ded, That no district containing
population of less than ESQ inhabitants shall have
poses other than for the purposes prescribed in
the fifth subdivision OF this section, in such dis
trlct of more than $500 in any one year: And
proUided further, That in case any district shall
not. at its annual meeting or at special meeting
held subsequent to the annual meeting and prior
to the third Monday of November. vote tax
sufficient 10 maintain school in said district the
ensuing year for the term of five months, then the
District Board shall have power and it shall be
their duty to estimate and determine
the sum necessary to be raised to main
tain such school, and the District Clerk
shall certify to the Town Clerk the amount thus
determined upon, who shall assess the same
other district taxes assessed: And Dr0Uided
further, That in all school districts having an
average attendance at school for the year of ff-
teen scholars or less not more than $3.50 shall be
raised in any one year for teachers wages in all
school districts having an average attendance of
not more than thirty nor less than fifteen schol-
ars not more than S45D shall be raised in airy one
year for teachers wages. And in all school
districts having an average attendance of
1 mot more than forty nor less thar
dollars shall be raised in any year for teach
ers wages. If, when District Board shall have
failed to vote tax for school purposes, any Dis
trct Board who shall willfully refuse or neglect
TO estimate and determine a sufficient to
maintain q school for five months as aforesaid,
each member of the Board thus refusing neg
lecting shall be deemed guilty of amisdemeanOr
and shall be liable to penalty of not less than
80 nor more than $780, or to Imprisonment in the
County Jail not less than month nor more
than three months. And when any District
Board shall have estimated and determined the
sum necessary to maintain school for
FIVE months, the ensuing year, any District
Clerk who shall willfully refuse or neglect to
certify such sum to the Town Clerk in time to
have the same embodied in the assessment roll
for that year shall be deemed guilty of misde-
meanor, and shall be liable to a penalty of not
more than 500 nor less than so; 18th, to author
ize and direct the sale of any school house, site
or other property belonging TO the district when
the same shall be no longer needed for the use of
the district; Sth, to impose such tax as mayb be
necessary to discharge any debts or liabilities of
tax not exceeding $75 in any one year for the
purchase of maps black-boards and apparatus
for Illustrating the natural sciences;
10TH to vote a tax on the district not exceeding
500 in any year for district library, consist
ing of such books as they may direct their Dis
trict Board at district meeting TO purchase said
books to be selected under the advice Of the
State Superintendent of Public Instruction: Pro
Utded, That any school district having less than
200 children of school age shall not vote tax on
the district exceeding fifty dollars in any one year
for such library; 18th. TO authorize the District
Board to admit to the privileges of the
school persons over twenty years of age, and
persons not residing in the district whenever
such admission will not interfere with the
accommodation or instruction of the scholars
residing therein, and to fix fee for tuition per
term quarter or year, to be charged to the person
thus admitted; 18th, to determine the length of
time school shall be taught in their district the
then ensuing year, which shall not be less than
FIVE months, and whether such school shall be
taught by male or female teacher, or both, and
whether the school moneys to which the district
is entitled from the income of the school fund
and from the town shall be applied to the sup
port of the summer or winter school or q certain
portion to each; but if such matters shall not be
determined at the annual meeting the District
Board shall determine the same; 18th, to give
such direction and make such provision as may
be deemed necessary in relation to the prosecu-
ton or defense of any actlon or proceeding IN
which the district may be party or may be in
terasted; 14th, to alter, repeal and modify their
proceedings as occasion may require
SEC. 2 The foregoing section shall not be con-
strued to authorize require the District Board of
any school district to estimate and determine the
amount necessary to maintain school IN their
district where special provision is made by lew
for the support of public school or schools IN
such district.
SEC 8. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication.
Approved March 5, 1875. ~COP1.
Published March g. 1851
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