Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-02-27


the oath of Office as prescribed in
section three of this act.
SEC. 6. The majority of the
members Of said board shall con-
stitute a quorum, and the regular
meetings of said board shall be held
on the third Monday of April, Au-
gust, December, and March in
each year, and no notice of such
meetings of said board shall be
required, and the president and
clerk, or any two members OF said
board shall be sufficient to adjourn
any meeting from time to time
until a quorum he present, and
special meetings of said board may
be called at any time on the re-
quest of the president or two men,
beers Of said board in writing deliv-
cred to the clerk and the clerk
upon receiving such request shall
at once notify in writing each
member of said board. if within
said district, of the time of holding
such meeting, which shall he at
least three days subsequent to the
time of receiving such request
bv said clerk. All meetings OF
said board shall be held at the
township clerks office, unless
otherwise directed by resolut-
ton of the board, and all records
and papers of said district shall he
kept in the custody of said clerk,
and shall be open to the inspection
of any taxpayer of said district.
SEC. I. All debts and liabilities
Of said union school district num-
her one of the township of Alpena,
whether express contract or in any
form, and whether liquidated or
not. shall become the debts and
liabilities of said district hereby
created, to the extent as they en-
listed aud were valid against such
former district and said public
schools of the township of Alpena
hereby incorporated shall be sub
iect to be sued in the same man
ner, and all other proper and suita-
BILE proceeding against it may he
taken as though it had been the
original debtor: Procided, That
the public schools of the townships
of Wilson and Long Rapids shall
pay to the public schools of the
township of Alpena, here incorpor-
ated, such proportion Of the indebt-
edness of said union school district
number one of the township OF
Alpena as may exist on the third
Monday of April, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and seventy-eight, as the
assessed valuation of the property
of said townships of Wilson and
Long Rapids, as equalized by the
board of supervisors for the year
one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-seven bears to the whole
valuation of property in said union
school district number one of the
township of Alpena, as shown by
the equalized assessment rolls of the
different townships in said district
for said last mentioned year; and
said public schools Of the town.
ships of Wilson and Long Rapids
shall be entitled to credit upon
such Indebtedness to the extent of
their proportions of the unexpend-
ed funds or taxes of said union
school district of the township of
Alpena on said third Monday Of
April, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seven
ty-eight, to be determined npon
the same basis as the indebtedness
aforesaid, and all the school prop
erty, real and personal, with
in the limits of said township of
Alpena 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 Alpena, hereby
organized: Procided, That such
division of property shall be an
equal division between said districts
the basis of assessed value, as on
equalized by the board of super
visors.
Concluded pert lceeI.