The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14

day in October, 1884. Said courts shall desig
nate said school districts by numbers; provides
that when districts are once established the
shall not be changed without the consent of
MAORI OF the legal voters in all districts ef
fected 10y such change.
{ Sec. 90. Said school districts shall be so mad.
| as to be as convenient as possible to The schol
/ aStlc population, and said courts shall give III,
| meteS and bounds of each district. and shat
. designate the same carefully by giving the
+, whole surveys and Parts of surveys, with acre
age of whole surveys and the approximate
| acreage of parts or surveys i'll each district
| and the county Judge shall carefully record
| the same, and each district shall be given a
number, which number shall be painted in
large letters or figures Oyer the doc. 5 Of the
school houses: said signs to be provided by the
district trustees of each district.
Sec. 81. That whenever twenty or more
qualified property holding taX-payiDg voters of
any district wish, for the purpose Of taxing
themselves for the building of school houses or
s 'pplementing the state school fund appor-
toned to said district. shall make application
to the c5tintS commissioners court, duly signed
by them, said court shall enter up an order
for an election to be held in said district To de-
termine whether such tax shall be levied or
not. Said application shall designate the
amount of tax asked to be levied, and the order
of said court shall state First, when said
election shall be held; second, at what point
the polls shall be opened; third, the amount of
tax to be voted on; provided, that no election
ceeding twenty cents on the one hundred dol
lars valuation of property. The commissioners
courts shall order the sheriff to give notice of
district for three weeks before election. and
the sheriff shall obey sCth order Not more
than one such election shall be held in the
same scholastic year.
See. 81. The county commissioners court
shall appoint presiding officer to hold said
election, who shall Rake due return thereof as
IS required by law for holding general cleo
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school PURPOSES Shall have written or printed
on their tickets ''for school tax; and all per
sons opposed to such taxation shall have
have written or printed on their tickets
against school tax
Sec. SO. All persons who are qualified
voters OF the state and county OfreSldence, and
who are resident property tax payers in said
district, las shown by the last assessment roll of
the county. shall ne entitled to vote in any
school district election, and ii at any such
election two-:hirds of such qualified voters
voting at sucR election shall vote for the tax,
it shall be declared by the county commits
SiOnerS court to have carried IN said district,
and be so entered upon the records OF said
court to have been carried, and lneall cases the
returning officer shall make full and COM
plete return as in other elections to said court
within five days after said election is held, and
said returns shall be opened and counted at
the first meeting OF said court and the result
declared.
Sec. 81. An4 one present may challenge
voter, but if the challenged party takes an
and county, and that he is resident property
taxpayer in said district, he shall be ehtltied
to vote.
Sec. IS. All poles for school district elections
shall be opened at 10 o'clock, a. m. and shall
not be closed before 4 O'Clock p. IN. and none
Of the officers holding such elections shall be
entitled TO compensation therefor,
Sec SO. All trustees for school districts shall
be elected by the qualified voters at Il school
district meeting for that purpose, on the first
Saturday of August of each year, except as
hereinafter provided. The commissioners court
Sha lappOint three persons to hold each election
and shall make the return of SAID election
within five days after election to the county
Judges, and if no election is held the county
said district for the ensuing year. All persons
living in the district qualified to vote Tor state
and county officers shall be entitled to vote at
said election. No person shall be eligible to
serve as school trustee who cannot read and
write.
Sec. 81. The trustees of school districts pro-
vided for in the preceding sections OF this act,
and their successors in Office shall be a body
polite and corporate in law. and shall be
known by and under the title and name of dis
trict trustees of district number-and county
state of Texas, and as such may contract and
be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and
be implicated in any court Of this state of
proper jurisdiction, and may receive any gift.
Grant, donation or devise made LOT the use OF
the publ C schools of the district. All reports
and other official papers shall be headed with
the number of district and name of county.
Sec. 49, At any time after the expiration of
two years after any district has levied a school
TAX on itself any twenty resident property ih0ld-
ing tax payers and qralitied voters OF the ulS-
trict may have an election held to determine
whether such tax Shall be abrogated, increased
Or diminiShee by making Il written application
to the county commissioners court, such cleo
lion shall be held and conducted rs elections
provided for in Section 50 of this act, and all
resident property tax paying voters OF said
districts shall be entitled to vote at such cleo.
lions. The person holding such election shall
make return of such election within hye days
10 the county commissioners court, said court
shall, at its first meeting thereafter, open said
rel urnS and declare the result. And said
courts shall enter an order to that effect, and
shall thereafter levy such tax on said district as
nay be provided for by the result of said cleo
ion.
see. 80. The county commissioners court
shall, at the time of levying the tax for county
purposes, also levy upon each school district
Jhe amount of taxes said district has voted
upon itself; and it shall be the duty OF the tax
school district in alphabetical order to be de-
posted with the county commissioners court
and the other with the tax collector, and the
taxes levied upon the real properly In SAID dlS1
trct shall be a lien theron, 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 col
lectOr shall collect said dlstrlc - = other
mission of per centur ling such tax
and the tax collector = mission of per
centum for collecting the same. The tax col
lector shall Pay all such taxes to the county
treasurer, and said treasurer Shall credit each
school district with the amount belonging to
it, and pay out the same as other school mon
eys.
by the district trustees, under the supervision
Of the county Judge, of all children in each dis
trict between the ages OF eight and sixteen
years, giving name, age, color, sex, and the
name OF the parent or guardian, as may be
directed by the state superintendent. and re-
turn the said list to the county judge by the
first Monday in June of each year. The county
Judge shall by the first Monday in July thereaf-
ter aggregate the whole number of children in
the county, and make an abstract in duplicate
and the other forwarded by him to the state
said census rolls shall be
sworn to by the trustees taking the census, and
officer authorized to administer oaths.
Sec. A. Children within scholastic age be-
longing to community lying on. county line
may be transferred to an adjoining community
III the other. county; Application for such
is appOrtioned by the county judge. The pro
rata share of the school fund of transferred
children shall be held by the county treasurer
which the children were transferred on the Or
der of the county Judge of the county from
which the children were transferred.
Sec. az. The county judge may, at any time
before or after he apporti0ns the school fund
and before the school opens, transfer a child
from one district or community to another in
the same county, and in every such case, If the
transfer is made after the apportlOnment, he
shall transfer the pro rata share of such child
in the school fund to the proper district.
Sec. 43. The county judge shall have, under
the direction of the state superintendent, the
immediate supervision OF all matters perta H.
confer with and counsel teachers and trustees,
visit and examine schools, deliver lectures on
topics calculated to excite an interest in public
education, or secure some one to do so. He
shall organize and hold teachers Institutes.
and shall approve all vouchers against the
school fund OF his county. He shall approve all
shall discharge such other duties as may be
prescribed by the state superintendent. He
shall distribute all school blanks and books to
the officers and teachers of the public schools.
He shall make such annual reports to the state
superintendent as may be required by that Of
ficer; provided, that In considering whether he
trustees he shall be authorized to consider the
amount of salary promised the teacher.
Sec. "A. The county judge! shall!
give BONG 9nfIoro IN N no the ,,s sum l., +6 Of
county commissioners court and filed with the
county clerk, said bond to be made payable to
the county commissioners court and their sue
ce ssOrs in office, and conditioned for the faith
full performance of his duties. He shall also
take the oath of office prescribed by the consti
tuition.
sec. 40. county Judges Shall ne enIilleu u
the following compensation:
For disb1rsem Mt Of $500, or less OF the =,
For disbursement of $500 and not exceed
ing $1,000. ..................... .......... 50 OK
For disbursement of each additional $1,000 OF
fractional part thereof, $40 shall be allowed
and 10 per cent on the salary thus allowed
shall be added thereto for postage, stationery
and printing expenses connected with the ad
ministration of the school law. Said compen
sation herein authorized shall be paid to thu
county judge by the county treasurer out of thu
public school fund upon the approval of hi!