Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-04-09
ATTENTION DISTRICT CLERKS
Changes in the School Law.

/ DiS changes nave UScH iuduC III vi
school law as follows:
]. Section 1922 has been amended s
as TO allow unorganized territory to OF
ganize with twenty children; any PAL
ty living in unorganized territory car
to any school district.
z. Sec. 1923 was amended by addin,
at the end the following: "And til
children residing in such newly creates
district Shall have the privilege of at
until the Both of June following" Thi
change was made, that those who hav
paid taxes in a district for ''school pur
poses." shall not be deprived of sucf
school privileges for any part of schoo
year. BY the next September the new
district can have its house ready fol
school.
3. Sec. 704O now requires that schoo
directors shall he resident tax payers
and qualified voters of the district"
4. Sec. 7O46 has been amended L
read as follows: 1.-The board shall hav.
power, at regular or special meeting
to contract with and employ legally
qualified teachers for and in the name
of the district; all special meeetings
shall be called by the president, anu
each member notified of the time, placs
and purpose of the meeting. The con.
tract shall be made by order of the
board, shall specify the number d
months the school is to be taught and
the wages per month to be paid, shall
he signed by the teacher ami the presi.
dent of the board, and attested by the
clerk of the district When the teachers
certificate 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 full
time for which the contract is made.
The board shall not employ one of its
members as teacher, nor shall the
teacher serve as clerk of the district.
All transaction of the board under this
section must be recorded by aud filed
with the district clerk"
5. Sec. 1913 now reads as follows:
"All moneys arising from taxation
shall be paid out only for the purposes
for which they were levied and collect
ed; but the income from state, county
and township funds shall be applied to
the payment of teachers warrants, is
sued by order of the board to legally
q taiified teachers for services render.
ed according to law No county or
township treasurer shall honor any
warrant against any school district
that is in excess of the income ard
revenue of such school district for the
school year beginning on tn" first day
of July aud ending on the thirtieth day
of June following; nor shall any pur-
ton be applied in payment of any
teachers warrant issued prior to til.
Of such funds in accord
ance with section 7122, and no school
warrant shall bear interest" This
section was amended t. harmonize the
law with the constitution and the de-
cisions of our courts. It has been the
custom of many districts to continue
in debt to teachers. Whenever the
amount due the district is exhausted,
the dra wing of warrants must imme-
aiately cease.
6. Sec. 1922 and 1928 have been
so as to have the state mon
ays distributed in July instead of in
March, and by an order of the county
court at its August term, the state,
county and township funds are to be
apportionea in August. This was donr
to have the public funds on hand the
first of September when the schools
begin, SO as to be ready to pay the
for work done in September,
October and November, before the To-
cal district tax is collected. 1t also en-
ables each school board to know, by
January 1st, just what is due the dis.
triGt and it can act without violating
section 1913
The apportionmento of state moneys
FOR this school year will be made as
soon as the appropriation bill passes,
and each child in the state will receive.
744 cents. This money shall be applied
70 the payment of teachers warrants,
or services rendered during this school
year. This money should be apportion-
ID by the county clerk in April accord
ng to law, so that all teachers warrants
nay be paid before July first. AS the
state apportionment for this school year
s made this month, and the next ap-
will be made in July, you
IAN easily see that you will secure u
very small apportionment for the next
'chool year; therefore, it will be well
or all school districts that have money
N hand, when their school term closes,
% hold the money ON hand for next
year, and not waste it on two or three
spring school. It is the duty
# the annual meeting to provide for
next years school term, and not t.
vote on spring school, for not one
iOllar of the money to the district after
July the 1st can be paid out on any
,eacher's warrant drawn prior to said
first day of July. 1t would be right
md proper for the county commission
IF and clerk Of each county to explain
his matter to the people; dissuadt
hem from running sprin. schools; en-
courage tn m to husband their resource
IS, get out of debt the first day Of next
July-with money in the treasury to
heir credit.
I. Section 1882 and 7l50 have been
So as to require the county
treasurer To settle with the county clerk |
III or before the fifteenth of July. This
vas done because necessity demanded
t; the schools must all close on or be-
ore June Goth; then settlement can
" made; but with the school year |
July lst. settlement
ouId not be made in April that would |
,e of any benefit. Passed with an
clause; therefore it il now |
n force and will apply to the next set
Iement under these sections.
s. Sec. 7l25 has been amended to
cad as follows: "On receipt of the ssti-
mates of the various districts, the coun-
y clerk shall proceed to assess the
mount SO returned on all taxable prop |
rty, real aud personal, in said districts
g shown by the last annual assessment
or state and county purposes, includ-
ng all statements of merchants in each |
district, of the amount of goods, wares |
md merchandise owned by them and |
axable for state and county purposes: |
the levy thus extended shall !
Tot exceed in any one year as follows: |
Tor Building purposes, one per cent in |
districts formed of cities, towns and
r;lInnns and not mara fh on a; ,,fx q .a