Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-27
EDUCATIONAL.

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AN ACT to amend sections five and thirteen Of
chapter two Of an act to establish and main
tain system of public schools IN the State Of
Minnesota. being chapter "a general laws Of
1877.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of The Stale of
Minnesota:
Section l. That section five Of chapter two of
al act to establish and maintain system of
public schools in the State of Minnesota be
amended to read as follows:
Section s. The director, treasurer aud
clerk of each ccmmyn school dis
trct 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 :,o
contract shall he made authorized without
due notice to all the members Of the board at
meeting called for that pnrpose.) The board
OF trustees shall have the general charge IF the
interest, of schools and school houses in their
district; shall lease purchase in the Corporate
name of the district site for IL school house
designated by majority Of the legal voters Of
the distri It; shull 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-thiras Of 1h. legal
voters Of the district vote in favor Of The
change.
Sec. z. That section thirteen of said chapter
two be amended to re ad as follows,
Section H. The board of trustees ut
meeting called for that purpose, shall
hire for and in the name If the
district such teachers ony as have certifi-
Gates of qualification, ard make written con-
tracts with such teachers specifying the wages
per month and time employed as agreed upnn
by the parties, and ti!ej such contracts in the
pt1lce Of the clerk (but no contract shall be
made with any teacher who is related by hluol
or marriage to ary member of the schoo t,o.-d
without the concurrence of all the members of
the board OF trustees. by vote duly entered on
the clerks record of proceeUings). Provided
section of this act shall be construed to mean
four weeks of five days each. The trustees
shaE provide fuel for the schools If the dis
tr!ct, IT the voters Of the district maxi. 30 pro-
vision Tor fuel at their annual meeting: thai!
furnish all things necessary for the school
house durlng the time 4 school shall be 1unyht
therein, which shall he ut least three mout as in
each school year, and such further timeeas the.
district by vote may direct. Every teacher
shall procure register for his school from the
clerk Of the district, keep a daily record 81 at
tendance, and Of such other matters a., may he
required in such register, and receive al! per-
sons sent to him between the ares of
hve and twenty-one years residing in tie dis
trict, and such other persons as may attend
school under any arrangement with tie board
Of trustees.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect ant, b. in
force from and after its passage.
Approved March 1, 1879.