Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-03-13

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Der of said board, if within said
district, of the time of holding
such meeting, which shall be at
least three days subsequent to the
time of receiving such request by
said clerk. All meetings of said
board shall be held at the township
clerks office, unless otherwise
directed by resolution of the board,
and all records aud papers of said
district shall be kept in the custody
of said clerk and shall be open
to the inspection of any taxpayer
Of said district.
SEC. 7. The board of education
shall provide for and pay to union
school district number one of the
township of Alpena such proper
ton of the indebtness of last named
district as may exist on the third
Monday of April, in the years of
our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and seventy-eight, as the
assessed valuation of the property
of said thwnship of Wilson, as
euualized by the board of super
visors for the year one thousand
eight hundred and seventy
seven, bears the whole valuation Of
property in said union school dis
trict number one of the township
of Alpena, as shown by the equal
lied assessment rolls of the differ
ent townships in said district for
said last mentioned year; and said
public schools of the township of
Wilson shall be entitled to a credit
upon such Indebtedness to the eX-
tent of their proportion of the un-
expended funds or taxes of said
union school district of the town.
ship of Alpena on the third Mon
day of April, in the year of Lord
one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-eight, to be determined
upon the same basis as the indebt-
edness aforesaid, and all the school
property, real and personal, within
the limits of said township Of Will
son heretofore belonging to said
union school district number one
of the township of Alpena shall,
by force of this act, become the
property of said public schools Of
the township of Wilson hereby
organized: Procided, That such
division of property shall be equal
division between said districts on
the basis of assessed value as
equalized by the board of supervi-
sors.
SEC. s. The board of education
of said district shall have power
and authority to designate and
purchase school-house sites, erect
buildings and furnish same, employ
teachers, provide books for district
library, to make bylaws relative
to taking the census of all children in
said district between the ages Of
five and twenty years, to makes all
necessary reports and transmit the
same to the properoificers, as des-
ignated by law, so that said district
may be entitled to its proportion Of
the primary school fund, and said
board shall have authority to make
all needful regulations and bylaws
relative TO visitation of schools I;
relative TO the length of time school
shall be kept, which shall not be
less than three months in each year;
relative to the employment and ex-
aminatious of teachers, their powers
and duties; relative to regulations
of schools, and books to be used
therein /; and generally do all thing
needful and desirable for the
maintenance, prosperity, and sue
cess of the schools of said district,
and the promotion of the thorough
education Of the children thereof;
and it shall be the duty of said
board to apply for and receive
from the county treasurer, or other
offers holding the same, all moneys
appropriated for primary schools
and the district library of said
district, and may adopt such by
laws and rules for their own pro-
cedure as they may deem neces-
sary.
SEC 9. The board Of education
shall, at their regular meeting on
the third Monday of August in
each year, make an estimate of the
amount of money deemed necessary
to be raised by taxes for the ensu-
ing year for all purposes of ex.
penditure within the power of
said board, which Ultimate shall
specify the amounts required for
different objects of expenditure /;
and such estimate shall be entered
in the record of proceedings of
said board, and the clerk of said
board shall, within twenty days
thereafter, make written report of
the amount Of taxes so deemed
necessary, and certify the same to
the supervisors of said township
of Wilson, who shall spread the
same upon the regular tax roll of
said township, and the same shall
be levied, collected, and returned
in the same manner MS other town
ship taxes: Provided, That for
purchasing school lots, and for erect
ing school-houses no greater [sum]
than five mills on the dollar of all