Minnesota stats tidning. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-11
Fragor och svar.
Moe, Douglas CO., Minn., J
den % August 1879. !

Red.' af Mia,e. Stats 7Ideing:
Will nj vara af den godheten att
gifva mig upplysning i foljande' fra
gor: r.
Eyer skolstyrelsen cit skoldistrikt
rattighet att lana penningar pa di-.
striktets raining att betala skollarare
och andra utgifter SAINT bestamma
skolans langd och It'd utan att utfarda
notiser eller halla arliga skol-"meet.
ing"?
Aro medlemmarne distriktet laga
ansvariga for denna skuld?
Var god och gif mig svar ON det
inte' upptager eder It'd for mycket.
P. j. L.
vi hafva fran chefen for de all.
mama laroverken erhallit f6ljandt
skrifvelse. hvilken vi helst atergifva
pa engelska, alldenstund den innehal
Ter fera lagparagrafer, som blifva
tydligast f6rstadda pa engelska. vi
l,etvida icke att de personer som aro
NEST intresserade fragan hafva an
tlngen barn eller grammar som kunna
lasa engelska och f6rklara innehallet.
Red.
Department of Public instruction, }
State of Minnesota,
st. Paul, Sept. !, 1879. }
Col. Il. Mattson.
Dear Sir: Yours requesting me to
answer the following questions, is
| received.
"Have the school board of county
district a right to borrow money for
school purposes without vote Of the
district
A board Of trustees has no power
to borrow money without the action
Of the district. The proper method
for raising funds on the credit of a
district, is indicated in the following
section of the school law.
| SEQ. 8. The trustees or board of
any school district in this State, are
hereby authorized, and fully empow.
cred, to issue the orders or the bonds
of their respective districts, with
Ecoupons, in such amounts and at such
periods as they may be directed, by a
vote of two thirds Of the legal voters,
present and voting .at any legally
called meeting Of the same said
orders or bonds to be payable in such
amounts and at such times, not ex-
ceeding ten years, as the legal voters
Thereof at such meeting shall deter
mine, with interest not to exceed
twelve per cent. per annum, which
orders or bonds and coupons shall be
signed by the director, and counter.
signed by the clerk of said district,
or by the president and clerk of the
board of education. Propided, that
nothing herein contained shall be con-
strued to authorize the issuing of
such orders or bonds, unless two
thirds of all the legal voters present
and voting, shall vote in favor there.
of, at an annual or special meeting Of
THE legal voters Of said school district.
SEC. 9. No bonds shall be issued or
negotiated, under authority OF this
act, by any board Of trustees or board
Tof education, for less than par value !;
nor shall such bonds, or the proceeds
Thereof, be used or appropriated for
any purpose other than the purchase
of site for, and in the erection, COM
[pleting, and furnishing Of q school
house, in and for the district issuing
such bonds.
sIf the board Of trustees have bor-
i rowed money on their own response
4 bility, are. the people Of the district
i holden for the same e
4 4 They are not; neither are the trus:
d tees, If they did not give a personal
q note for,the money ,S!isss.
8 Trustees fschool districts are pub.
lie agents, and when they in good
q faith contract with parties having
full knowledge Of the extent OF tfleii
authority OF VINO have an eaual
4 means Of knowledge with themselves
they dol not become individually liza
bic unless the intent to incur q per
sonal liability II clearly expressed, al
though itshould be found that through
& lignoranceof thssla they may haY,