The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-31

headed with the name of the county
and number of the district.
Sec. 80. AT any time after the ex-
plratlon Of two years after any dis
trlct has levied school tax on itself
and twenty resident property holding
tax payers and qualified voters of the
district may have an election held tC
determine whether such tax shall be
abrogated, increased or diminished by
making a written application to the
county commissioners court, such
election shall be held and conducted
as elections provided for in section
80 of this act, and all the resident tax
paying property holders of the dis.
Urict shall be entitled to vote at such
election. The persons holding such
election shall make return of suci
election within five lays tn the count J
commissioners court, and said court
shall, at its first meeting thereafter
open said returns and declare the re
suit. Should such an election be CAR
ried, and said courts shall enter an or
der to that effect, and shall thereafter
levy such tax on said district as may
be provided for by the result of sale
election.
Sec. 40. The county commissioners
court shall at the time of levying the
tax for county purposes, also levy
upon each school district the amount
of taxes said district has voted upon
itself, and it shall be the duty of the
tax assessor to make out separate
roll for each school district in alpha.
betical order, one copy to be deposited
with the county commissioners court
and the other with the collector, and
the taxes levied upon the real property
in said district shall be a lean thereon
and the same shall be sold for unpaid
taxes IN the Manner, and at the time
sales occur for state and county
taxes. The tax assessor shall
assess, and the tax collector shall
collect said district taxes as other
taxes. The tax assessor shall receive
a commission of one per centum for
assessing such tax, and the tax coilec-
tor shall receive commission of one
per centum for collecting the same.
The tax collector shall pay all such
taxes to the county treasurer and said
treasurer shall credit each school dis
trict with the amount belonging to it,
and to pay out the same as other
school moneys.
Sec. Al. The scholastic census shall
be taken by the district trustees. I'M
der the supervision of the county SUI
perintendent, of all children III each
district between the ages OF eight and
seventeen years, giving name, age,
color, size. and the name of the parent
or guardian, as may be directed by the
state superintendent and return the
said list to the county superindent by
The first Monday il June Of each
year. The county superintendent
shall by the first Monday in July
thereafter aggregate the whole num-
Der of children in the county, and
make an abstract duplicate thereof,
one to be filed with the county clerk
and the other forwarded by him to
the state superintendent; said census
rolls shall be sworn to by the trustees
taking the census, and said abstracts
by the county superintendent before
any officer authorized TO administer
oaths.
Sec. 81. The county superintendent
shall have no power or control over
the city schools or cities that have al
res dy or may hereafter assume con-
troll of their school, but the superin-
tendents of such cities and towns, or
the mayors or president Of board of
school trustees where there are no
superintendent, shall make the SAINT
reports to the state superintendent
that are required of county superin-
tendentS in the preceding sections of
this act.
Should the collector of taxes of the
county make default in paying over
to the treasurer, on the certificate of
the board of education in reasonable
time, such treasurer shall be allowed
in settlement of his accounts such eX-
change for collecting the pro rata dis
tributive portion of school fund due
his county as may be allowed and GER
titled to by the state superintendent.
Within twenty days after the receipt
of his certificate of election it shall be
the duty of the county treasurer to
bond, with two or more good
and sufficient surities, for the faithful
performance of his duties under this
chapter.
Such bond shall be in double proba-
bic amount of the available school
fund which may come into his hands,
to be estimated by the county superin-
tendent and shall be made payable and
as prescribed in article 989
revised statutes of Texas.
Upon receipt of the certificate from
the state board of education. duly
by the comptroller,
showing the pro rata of the available
school fund which his county is en-
titled under the appOrtionment, the
county treasurer shall present the
same to the collector.of taxes for his
county, who shall pay the same from
time to time out of the school taxes in
MS hand.
The county treasurer shall endorse
The amounts so paid by the collector
On the certificate, and shall also execute
and deliver to the collector duplicate
receipt for such payments, and when
the whole amount of such certificate
shall have been paid, the county
treasurer shall deliver the same to
the collector, in whose hands it shall
be voucher for so much money in
mis- settlement with the comptroller of
public accounts.
The county treasurer shall keep a
record of all school funds received by
him, showing the year for which the
same are to be disburSed, and shall
credit school communities or districts
after numbering and otherwise desig-
mating such communities or districts
with such amounts as may he appor-
toned to them by the county super
All balances of the gen.
eral fund not appropriated for the
current year shall be carried over by
the treasurer as part of the general
fund for the county for the succeed
ing year, and balances uneXpended or
for school community
Or district shall be carried over for
the benefit of such school community
Or district, if the community be re-
for the following year, and
if it be not reorganized, shall be added
to the general fund for distribution
for the general benefit of the county
at large.
Sec. 56. Any one desiring to teach
q free school shall, unless known to
the county superintendent, present a
certificate from the justice of the peace
Of the precinct in which he or she de-
sires to teach, or in which he or she
may reside; or in case the applicant
has acquired no residence in this state,
then some other certificate satisfactory
to the county superintendent that
the applicant is of good moral char
acter, and of correct, exemplary hab-
it's; the county superintendent shall
unless satisfied that some
good cause exists for refusing such
convene the county school
board of examiners, and direct an eX-
animation of the applicant on the
branches hereinafter named, as fol-
lc,nrrs, 70, nit.