The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-02-14

up1n affnun's hfit aipf0vei ~ ihsm'
bee. a.. No msohsnic, clniftt ", maif
rial man NJ other fersnn eau ooniraoi Tor
~ ~ any Other manner have 90 acquire aus
l en- upnn the house - erected, 20 the ] iud
uunn which the same N situated, and oil
o1HirfOs with such paflhs shall BE- ca
pTesl n bu afrd Tor = wslytT Oi such ten
SeO. o. Toe avs lul, tohO1i iund nj
asy anHuul disiTitt or cnmmun II
Tor one year may he u,td IN the purchase
tuiiabl' school pr ptIts upln the exron
on III the deed, as provided herein, ent
ne contribution at the Temiinder OF ~,
purchais money by oltiE-ns ri t1e disiTieI
OF community, watch mus fret be paid
Sc u. Tue trustees OF anY school dis
trio. or community. up,n the order u lh'
oinuty commissioners 9 utt approving ih'
rms Thereof when de- med advisable, maj
make sale II any prlpsIiY belonging u
said school dRtfltt or community, aud ap
ply the proceeds 10 the purchase OF nteet'
sary grounds, or TO tha building or repair
inE Ot school houses,
Sec. as The trlstaes OF any school dis,
tret or community not haViui toho.l
house, may rent or lease O suitable house
int .ad OF building or Purchasing one, u
deemed advisable by them; The rent shal
bs paid by the county treasurer out al th'
available school lands q the credit oil th'
district OF community, upon the warrant o.
the lTustees, approved by tho county
judge.
SEC, 90. AL school houses erected, ant
grounds purchased, or leased Tor a school
district or community, aud al other prov
,rty belonging Il eTeto, shall Do undrr TIT
control OF the district trus,ee3 OF such com
munity or district.
Sec. 20 A school house oonttruc'ed IL
part by voluntary subscriptions by q ipree
parei Is aud guardians, aud Tor oiloree
seho d district or community, shH not b,
usru w,tlout the uUnaant OF Tbs o9loreu
district Or community assisting In Us cree
ton, Tor the educst on Of white children
aud like rule shall protect the us' o
school houses erected In part by volunt ar,
subscri pton oil white pareuts or euardiin'
for tue benefit OF whit children.
Sec. II. lhe following PANIED countie'
shall be exempted from The district system
provided for IL this act. ,o-wit:
Ma'agorda. Harrison, Fannip, Montgom
cry, Rusk, Lamar, Red River, Anderson
Sh,loy. San Augustine, Sabine, Hldaig
Starr, Zipati, Webb, Duval, X .uiman
Gregg, Limestone, Frees,one, Washington
Nacogdoches, Angelina, Bastrop,. HUT
Jasper Newton, Tyler, P.lk. San Jacinto
Frauklin. Titus, Marion, Pauola, Lee, Ia
Sale. Van Ztn6t Robertson, Jefferson
Hardin, Liberty, Chambers, Orange, Wal
Ter, Houston, Csss, Braa IS AMI Burleson.
Sec. ~. Schools in SAID counties sha o.
organized as follows. and subject TO tn
following provisions OF this act; PROVIDED
that the general provisions OF this act sha,
govern when not In conflict VIII
he special provisions theroi
as to community system. j
shall be lawful for the pnretts, guardians
or other persons having control OF an
children residing in any equity named II
tho iort going section, who may be wilhir
the sch, istic age, 10 unite and orgaeiS
themselves into Tree school commui l'iss
enlit d 10 share in the bepttil of th'
svailabls school funG bel lngiDg TO suct
county, upon comp ying with the condi
tious hereinafter prescribed.
Sec 70. Tns bona iide residents of thi
state desiring to unite in the organization
OF free school community shall make n
application IN writing 10 the county jUdG'
on or before the first day IL
Ausut of each year. stating
that tley desire in good faith TO or
game free school under the provisions o
this law, and shall ask that their pro rat
OF the ava IDLE school fund OF the co ny
90 set apart Tor the benefit of ihei
school community. Said petition shsl
be- signed in per,on by each pet!
! toner, and should any pit toner be VI
ntls > sign his or her name, then said pc
titlouer shall authorize the signing OF his G
her signature to the petition IN the pres
eBce OF at least two lawful W nesses.
Sec. "a. Such petition sba set forth:
i. That the application is made in be
hall of white or colored community, q
the case may be.
2. An alphabetical list Of the names o
the childre within the schr listc age.
3. The age and sex OF each chilli.
4. A similar lst OF all children within
the schols.t age resiciDg in conyenieH
distances to the school house of said com
munity who have no parents, guardians, o.
other persons lawfully controlling them
and also list OF children not Of scholasti,
age who it Is proposed shall be pupils o
the community school.
5. The capacity of the school hous'
and the character of other school conven
fences, if any.
tent persons to act as trustees for suct
school community. Aud the trustees o
the community shall have the control o
the public school-house, and during tn
taught, may rent out the house for sucl
rent Is can be obtained; sucn rent to b.
used to keep in repair such school house.
Z. That no similar petition has beet
signed by the petitioners for any other com
munity Tor the scholastic year for viii
said community is there being organized
And should the seventh statement prov
untrue as to any of the signers of said peti
ton, the chldren under the control of sucl
school fund for the scholastic year for which
such community is being formed.
Sec. 10 On receipt OF such petition tn
county Judge shall revise and correct IL b.
comparing the ! 1t OF names with the Of
fetal census returns, anu shall keep tn
same open for further correc ion as may b.
shown to his satisfaction t. be just ant
proper urt the first day of August of eacl
year, at which time, il sati. fled that tn,
order in book kept for that purpose sanc.
tioning the establishment of such schoo
community, and shall designate it by it
name and number.
Sec. rs. Such communities may be or
ganized for male and female schools, sepa
rate or mixed, as the popul ation and neces
stiles and conditions of each communit!
may require; provided, that in towns OF no
more than 1900 inhabitants no more thai
two school communities tor white children
and two communities for colored chlldrel
shall be organized.
Sec. n. At any time before the apportion
ment of the available school fund to to-
several school communities in the county
the county judge may assign aay child no
included in the list of an organized schoo
community to some convenient aud prope
school community and set apart to sucl
community the proper pro rata of sucl
calld out of the school fund of the county
Sec rs Three trustees shall be appoint
ed by the county judge for e'ch commuu
ity school, and The three ciuzens named il
the petition shall in Ill cases be nppoiLte
trustees, unless the county judge be salts
fled rom personal knowledge that the par
ties SO named are either unworthy or in
CONT etelt Said truste, shall dischsrg
such duues as are herein prescribed, o
which may be prescribed by the state su
perintenu+nt, aud shall see that To
sch OILS for hich they are tru tees are cor