St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-01-07

II the selectmen, upon the hearing determine
that the facts set forth in the petition are true
triot vacant If the district has elected onicers
and shall make provision for the instruction o.
the legal scholars OF the district either In the dis
trict elsewhere, at the times and for the lengtl
| OF time prescribed in the preceding section, ant
may without vote OF the district assess tax upon
the grand list of the district sufficient TO defray
the expense Of such instruction, including the
| general expenses Of the scholars II they are sem
out Of the district, and shall make rate-bil
| tharafar. The town collector shall collect such
| tax, and In such collection shall have the SAME
powers and be subject to the same liabilities IN
the collection % Of town taxes me moneys col
shall defray herewith, and with other moneys
coming to their hands appropriated to such dis
| ton for the legal scholars OF the district
Sec 8. II the instruction furnished by the Sc
gsthes with hat furnished by the district n sn ,y
before petition is had TO the seectmen, equals In
any year the amount OF instruction required by
law to be furnished to the scholars Of district,
such district shall be entitled to Its share OF the
| public moneys divided equally among the dis
tricts, and to SO much OF the moneys divided ac-
| cording to the aggregate attendance as the Be-
lectmen think to be the fair proportion Of the dis
| trict.
Sec 4. Sections thirty and forty of chapter
| twenty-five of the General Statutes, number I'VE
Of the acts Of 1865, and number fourteen of the
acts Of 1870 are hereby repealed.
Sec. 8. In case Of district lying in two or
more towns, the application provided for In sec
tion one Of this act, shall be had to the selectmen
Of thu town In which plurality OF the inhabitants
| OF such district reside.
Sec. Q. This act shall take effect March !, 1881
Approved Dec 10, 1880.
No. 99.-An act relating to prudential committees
| OF high and central schools.
| 1t Is hereby enacted, etc
hon a fntv1y w m aotal Utah hIerhn nv
central school or schools It shall, at the meet
ing at which such vote Is passed. elect prudential
| committee OF three persons, for each high or GEN.
| tral school district, one member Of which commit
tee shall be elected for three years, one for two
| years. and one for one year. from the first day Of
July next following their election: and such COM
| mttee first chosen shall also hold ONCE from the
day OF their election until the first day OF July
| next following.
SEQ. 2. Town which have established high or
| central schools sERli at the annual town meeting
| In 1881 elect such a committee.
SEQ. 3. AT each annual town meeting after the
one at which committee Is first elected under the
provisions OF the two precedins sections, the town
shall elect successor to that member OF the COM
mttee whose term expires that year and the term
| OF office of the person so chosen shall commence
on the first day Of July next following his election,
and continue for three years.
| Sec. 4. A vacancy In prudential committee
elected under the provisions OF the three preceding
sections may be filled by the committee, or, II the
| committee fails TO I'LL the vacancy within thirty
days after 1t occurs by the selectmen Of the town.
| The person appointed to I'LL the vacancy shall
| hold ONCE for the remainder of the term for
which the person In whose ONCE the vacancy oc-
CURED was elected or appointed or until such town
| shall Ill such vacancy.
Sec. s. The duties Of the prudential commit
tee of high or central school district shall be
the same as those Of the same officers In union
| districts.
Sec. 9. Section two Of number sixteen of the
| acts OF 1861 is hereby repealed.
| Approved December ., 1880.
| No. 100.-An act In amendment OF an act entitled
| San act to amend section one hundred and ten
Of chapter twenty-five Of the General Statutes
OF Vermont, and to prescribe certain duties TO
| district clerks, teachers and town superlntend-
ents," approved November IS, 1873.
| 1t Is hereby enacted etc.:
| Sec. !. No public money of any town shall be
| distributed to any school district for attendance
| Of scholars at any school taught by teacher who
| has not the certificate required by law, except
| for attendance at academy In certain cases. as