Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-03-27
EDUCATIONAL.


AN ACT to amend sections five and thirteen of
chapter two Of an act to establish and MAN.
" taih system of public schools m the State of
1877.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Minnesota:
Section l. That section five of chapter two of
Al acF TO establish and maintain system of
public schools in the State of Minnesota be
amended to read as follows:
section B. The director, treasurer and
clerk Of each common school dis
trlct shall constitute board of trustees, and
any two of such board may make any contract,
or perform any act which the board as such is
authorized to make or perform Except as pro-
vided in section fifteen of this chapter; but no
contract shall be made or authorized without
due notice to all the members of the board at
meeting called for that purpose.) The board
OF trustees shall have the general charge of the
interests of schools and school houses in their
district; shall lease or purchase in the corporate
name OF the district a site for a school house,
designated by maj ority of the legal voters of
the distrist; shall build hire or purchase suit
able school house with the funds provided for
that purpose, and when directed by majority
OF the qualified voters at any legal meeting of
the district, may sell or exchange any such site
or school house; but the site for school house
shall not be changed after having been desig-
mated, unless at least two-thirds of the legal
voters of the district vote in favor of the
change.
Sec. 2. That section thirteen of said chapter
two be amended to read as follows.
Section IL. The board of trustees at
a meeting called for that purpose, shall
hire for and in the name If the
district such teachers only as have certifi-
Gates of qualification, and make written con-
tracts with such teachers specifying the wages
!!per month and time employed as agreed upon
by the parties, and flei such contracts in the
office of the clerk (bnt no contract shall be
made with any teacher who is related by blood
or marriage to any member of the school board
without the concurrence of all the members of
the board of trustees. by vote duly entered on
the clerks record of proceedingsl Provided,
that the term month, wherever 1t occurs in any
section of this act: shall be construed to mean
four weeks OF five days each. The trustees
shall provide fuel for the schools of the dis
trict, If the voters of the district make no pro-
vision for fuel at their annual meeting; shall
furnish all things necessary for the school
house during the time a school shall be taught
therein, which shall be at least three months in
each school year, and such further time as the
district by vote may direct Every teacher
shall procure register for his school from the
clerk of the district, keep daily record of at
tendance, and of such other matters as may be
required in such register and receive all per-
sons sent to him between the ages of
tive and twenty-one years residing in the dis
trict, and such other persons as may attend
school under any arrangement with the board
of trustees.
j Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage
Approved March 4, 1879.