Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-11

for one year may be used in the pur-
chase of suitable school property upon
the execution of the deed, as provi-
ded herein, and the contribution of
the remainder of the purchase money
by citizens Of the district or communi-
ty which must first be paid.
See. 81. The trustees of any school
district or community, upon the order
of the county commissioners court APP
proving the terms thereof when deem
ed advisable, may make sale of any
| property belonging TO said school dis
triet or community, and apply the
/ proceeds to the purchase of necessary
I grounds or to the building or repair
| ing OF scho j houses.
| Section IS. The trustees of any
/ school district or community not hav-
/ ing school house, may rent or lease a
| suitable house instead of building or
purchasing one, if deemed advisable
/ by them; the rent shall be paid by the
/ county treasurer out of the available
! school funds to the credit of the dis
trict OF community, upon the warrant
of the trustees, approved by the county
| judge.
Section 60. All school houses
erected, and grounds purchased, or
leased for II school district or commu-
nifty, ard all other property belonging
! thereto, shall be under the control of
| the district trustees of such commu-
nifty or district.
Section 20. A school house con-
structed in part by voluntary subscrip-
| ton by colored parents and guardi-
ans, and for colored school district or
community, shall not be used without
1 Ia. ,,t'
community assisting in its erection,
for the education of white children,
and a like rule shall protect the use OF
school houses erected in part by volun-
tary subscription of white parents or
Guardians for the benefit of white
children.
Section II. The following named
| counties shall he exempted from the
district system provided for in this
act, to-wi:
Matagorda, Harrison, Fannin, Mont
gomery, Rusk, Lamar, Red River,
Anderson, Shelby, San Augustine, Sa-
bine, Hidalgo, Starr, Zapata, Webb,
Duval, Kaufman, Hopkins, Camp,
Upshur, Grimes, Smith, Gregg, Lime
stone, Freestone, Washington, Nacog-
doches, Angelina, Bastrop, Hunt Jas.
per, Newton, Tyler, Polk, San ia
cinto, Franklin, Titus, Marion, Pa
nola, Lee, La Sale, VanZandt, Rob-
eTtson, Jefferson, Hardin, Liberty,
Chambers, Orange. Waller, Houston,
| Cass, BrazOs and Burleson.
| Section - Schools in said counties
shall organized as follows, and subject
10 the following provisions of thisiact
provided that the general provisions
OF this act shall govern when not in
conflict with the special provisions
thereof, as TO community system. II
shall be lawful for the parents guardi-
ans, or other persons having control of
any children residing in any county
named in the foregoing section, who
may be within the scholastic age, to
unite and organize themselves into
free school communities, entitled to
snare III the benefits of the available
school fund belonging to such county,
upon complying with the conditions
hereinafter prescribed.
Section 70. The bona-fde residents
OF TINS state desiring TO unite in the
organization of a free school commu-
my shall make an application in
writing to the county judge on or be-
fore the fist day Of August of each
year, stating that they desire in good
faith to organize free school under
the provisions of this law, and
snail ask that their just pro rata
oil the available school fund of the
county be set apart for the benefit of
lheir school community. Said petition
snail be signed in person by each petit
tioner' and should any petitioner be
| unable TO sign his or her name. then
salu petitioner shall authorize the sign
ing oil ms or her signature to the petit
,lon IN the presence of at least two
lawful witnesses.
sec. a. Such petition shall set forth:
!. mat the application is made in
oenaif OF white or colored community,
as the case may be.
Z. An alphabetical list of the names
age. '''0
.. The age and sex of each child.
T. a similar lis. of all children with
~ me scholastic age residing In conve-
hieni distances TO the school house of
sald community who have no parents,
guardians, or other persons lawfully
controlling them; and also a list OF
ohlidren not of scholastic aye who II Is
proposed shall be pupils Of the COM
| munlty school.
.. The capacity of the school house