Daily globe., 1879-04-11
EDUCATIONAL.
AN ACT to amend sections FIVE and thirteen Of
chapter two Of an act to establish and main
tail. system of public schools in the Stateo Of
Minnesota. being chapter "a general laws of

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AN ACT to amend sections FIVE and thirteen Of |
chapter two of an act to establish and main |
tail system of public schools in the State of
Minnesota. being chapter "a general laws of
1877.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the State Of
H. Minnesota
Section /. That section FIVE of chapter two of
an act to establish and maintain a system Of
public schools in the State of MinnesDta be
amended to read as follows:
Section s. The director, treasurer and
clerk of each common school dis
trict 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 q majority of the legal voters of
the district; shall build, hire or purchase suit
that purpose, and when directed by a 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 a school house
shall not be changed after having been desig-
mated, unless at least two-t 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 13. The board of trustees at
| meeting called for that purpose, shall
hire for and in the name Of the
district such teachers only as have certif-
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 file such contracts in the
office of the clerk lbut 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 or
the clerks record of proceedings). Provided
that the term month, wherever it occurs in any
section of this act; shall be construed to NEAR
four weeks of five days each. The trustee.
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; ahal
furnish all things necessary for the schoo
house during the time school shall be taugh
therein, which shall be at least three months il
each school year, and such further time as tn
district by vote may direct. Every teache
shall procure register for his school from tn
clerk of the district, keep daily record of at
tendance, and Of such other matters as may b.
required in such register, and receive all per
sons sent to him between the ages O
i've and twenty -one years residing in the dis
1 trlct, and such other persons may atten,
school under any arrangement with the boart
Of trustees.
Sec. g. This act shall take effect and be il
force from and after it's passage.
Il Approved March 4, 1879