Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-12-29
OUR SCHOOL LAW.

LdtiOl vi tuc SCnOOiS III tue lOWnsulI,
the township board may establish,
maintain and control graded schools or
such modified graded schools as may be
practicable, and provide for the instruc-
ton therein of pupils from the primary
schools Of the township who are sutfici
emily advanced. They may locate and
build one school house at some convent
ent and accessible point in the township
which shall have two school rooms, and
in one Of these may be held regular
primary common school, and in the
other shall he taught a more advanced
school to which shall be admitted all
such pupils in the township as are prop
erly advanced in their studies to enter
the same" Besides the two
| room school houses and advanced
schools which the township school
board is authorized TO locate, build
and open under section 43 of this
act, and in addition thereto, wherever a
school township has within and belong
ing TO it four or more common schools.
and owns and has we'll furnished. good
and sufficient school houses for them.
the township school board may subm,
to the voters belonging to the several
schools in question, whether a graded
school shall be established and main.
tained for the township
SECTION "a. The township school board
is further authorized, upon recommen
dation Of a moderator, to transfer any
pupil, whether advanced or not, for
convenience, better discipline, the good
Of the schools or other good cause from
attendance upon one school to another
and when a pupil has, from sickness or
other unavoidable cause, been prevent
ed from attending the school to which
he belongs for n considerable period, SO
as to affect his classification and ad
vancement, the boarl may authorize
such pupil to attend another school a
reasonable time if one be in session, or
may provide for his admission to a
school in another township. Where
school in another township is more con
venicnt for the pupils from any family
or any part of them, the board is au-
thorizcd to contract wi.N eurh townshin
for the adm: 3-ion Of suc.l pupils 20 the
schools thereof, and to pay for the same
ont Of the funds Of the township; but
they shall not pay such tnition for
longer period than the schools are
taught in their own township, and not
less than the time for which schools are
provided by law to be kcot open. The
school board may also admit any other
pupils tn the primary or graded schools
upon paying in advance the tuition per
month they may fix.
SEC 76. The inhabitants Of anv part
Of township who have ten or more
children of school age, may petition the
township school board, showing ia their
petition that they have the number of
Of school aye, and that none Of
them live nearcar than mile and
half to any school house in the town
ship, that they are permanent residents |
and desire the location of school and |
the building of school house to accom- :
modate their community. The board |
shall carefully consider the petition and |
shall grant and carry out its requests 50
far and So soon as they are able to do SO
with the resources at their command |
and with equal regard to the require
ments Of other parts Of the township. |
From refusal to grant any such request
the petitioners may appeal to the county
Of public school, who |
shall fully hear both parties and decide
an appeal may be taken from his |
decision to the territorial superinten-
dent. If the final decision be fn favor
OF the petitioners the township board |
shall proceed as early as practicable to |,
locate and open school and when the
resources can be provided, to build and |
furnish a school house proper and CON
venient for the petitioners and for other
residents near them.
Sec. So. Manner Of obtaining school
house site.-The school board Of any
school township may take by purchase
and deed Of conveyance, in the corpor-
ate name thereof, any real property Lot
two acres in area, legally
chosen as site for school house by
resolution Of the township school board,
and may hold and use such tract for
public school purposes, but for no other
purpose.
If the owner Of such real property re-
fuse er neglect to grant and convey such
site to the school corporation, or is a
nonresident Of the county, or is absent
and cannot be conveniently found, the
county clerk Of the county i'm which the
real property is situated, shall, upon the
written application Of the township
school board, after ten days notice to
the opposite party. or If they are non
residents, or absent or cannot be con-