The Russellville Democrat., 1876-01-20
JssELLvIILE DEMOCRAT. THURSDAY. JANUARY 20. 1876.


 tors have been necessarily em ployed in the performance o1 their duties as directors; the date of each order drawn by them or the county treasurer, and fol what services and consideration for what amounts, and in whose favor, exhibiting vouchers there for; statement of the indebted ness of the district and also ol the surplus moneys, if any, in the county treasury, belonging to the district at the commencement ol the year; tie amount of taxes levied on the district for school purposes within the year; the diff ferent purposes for which said taxes were levied, and the amount levied for each purpose. If, on examination the report be found correct, the chairman of the meet ing shall approve the same, and order that It be filed with the re- cords of the district.
 Sec. 72. That they shall with. in ten days after any school meet ing, report to the clerk of the county SO much of the proceed. ings of said meeting as pertains to the election of officers; and they shall, on or before the first day of October in each year, fur nish to the clerk so much of the copy of their record, attested by the chairman of the meeting, as shows the amount of money vo- ted to be raised by the district for school purposes at the annual meeting.
 Sec. 73. That they shall an nually, between the first and tenth days September, transmit, verified by their affidavit, to the county examiner, written report, in proper form, of the name of their county; the number of their dis trict; the names and ages of all persons between the ages of six and twenty one years residing in their district on the first day of September; the number of males and females respectively, of each color that attended the common school during the last school year the average number of each sex that attended daily; the number that pursued each of the studies designated to be taught III the common schools of this state ; the number of times the school was visited each term by the di- rectors; the number of days that school was taught during the year by licensed teacher; the name of each teacher; the grade of his certificate; the wages paid teachers during the year; They shall include in their report the amount of taxes voted by the district during the last school year; for what purpose voted, and the amount voted for each pur- pose; the amount drawn from the county treasurer, for each purpose for which money was raised by district tax the previous year; the amount of revenues received from the common school fund, and the amount received from each of the various other sources from which school revenues are derived; the amount of each kind of revenue remaining in the county treasury, subject to the order of the district; the number of school houses erected during the year, and the cost and the material of each; the number, the material, the condition and the value of those before erected, and the value of all other property be- longing to the district; the con dition of the school house ground and whether the said grounds are inclosed; also name, age, ana postofilce of deaf, dumb, blind and insane in each district, inclu- ding all who are blind or deaf to such an extent as not to be edu- cated in common schools; and they shall record the said report in the proper place in the district book in which the current record of inc proceedings of the district are kept.
 Sec. "A. That if the directors of any district fail or neglect to make a report of the enumeration, statisticks and finances of their district at the time and in the manner prescribed by the precec- ding section, the said directors, in addition to their forfeiture for duty, shall severally be liable for any damages, including the costs of the suit, that the district may sustain by reason oflosing the school revenues that would otherwise have been apportioned to them.
 Sec. 75. That they shall at the close of the school year, settle with the county treasurer, and as certain what moneys, if any, to which their district shall be enti- tied, and the amounts severally thereof that are in the county treasury and subject to be drawn by their district.
 Sec. 76. That they may, at the instance of the teacher, sus- pend from the school any pupil