Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-03-28
CHANGES IN THE SCHOOL LAW.

During the present general assembly,
changes have been made in the school
law, as follows:
l. Section 1922, has been so amend
ed as to allow unorganiZed territory TO
organize with twenty children; any
party living i'll unorganized territory
can, by petitioning the board, be at
tached to any school district.
2. Sec. 1928, was amended by ad-
ding at the end the following: "and
the children residing in such newly
created district shall have the prlvl-
lege OF attending school in their origi-
nal district until the 30th of June fol-
| lowing" This change was made, that
those who have paid taxes in district
for sschool purposes" shall not be de-
prived of school privileges for any part
Of such school year. By the next Sep
tember the new district can have its
house ready for school.
8. Sec. 7O4O, now requires that
school directors shall be resident tax
payers and qualified voters OF the dis
trict."
4. Section 7Ol6 has been amended
so as to read as follows: The
board shall have power at a
regular or special meeting 10
contract with and employ legally
qualified teachers for and in the name
OF the district ;all special meetings shall
be called by the president and each
member notified of the time, place and
purpose of the meeting. The contract
shall be made by order of the board,
shall specify the number of months the
school is to be taught and the wages
per month to be paid; shall be signed
by the teacher and the president OF the
board and attested by the clerk of the
district when the teachers Ger
tificate is filed with said clerk, who
shall return the certificate to the teach
er at the expiration Of the term; the
certificate must be in force for the ful
; time for which the contract is made
The board shall not employ one of it
members as teachers, nor shall the
teacher serve as clerk Of the district
Ali transactions of the board under thi
section must be recorded by and tllet
with the district clerk.
|, 5. Section 1913, now reads as fol
lows: "All moneys arising from
taxation shall be paid out only for th
purposes for which they were levieC
and collected; but the income from
state, county and township funds shaI
be applied only to the payment @
t teachers warrants, issued by order o
f the board to legally qualified teacher
for services rendered according TO law
No county or township treasurer sha
f honor any warrant against any schou
: district that is in excess of the reVenu
: and income of such school district 10
+ the school year beginning on the fir:
day of July and ending on the THU
n tieth day of June following; nor sha
= any portion Of the funds mentioned i
this section be applied in payment {
}. any teachers warrants issued prior
the distribution of such funds i'll accol
'. dance with section ! ,l22, and no sChot
warrant shall bear interest" This sec
|, ton was amended TO harmonic Il
V law with the constitution and the dt
n cisiOns of our courts. II has been Il
il custom of many districts to continr
;, in debt to teachers. Whenever Il
e amount due the district is eXhaustc
). the drawing of warrants must imm,
o diately cease.
a 6. Sections 1922 and 1928 have bee
n amended SO as to have the state mo
IL eys distributed in July instead
in March, and by an order of the cOu
T.. tv coul at its August term, the stat
IN county and township funds apportiol
Z, ed in August. This was done TO ha
De the public funds on hand the first
September when the schools begin,