Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-23
SCHOOL LAWS.

Information Which Every Teacher Should
Observation-Disclosures Coleman Answers
a Score of Important Questions.
State Superintendent of Schools w. E.
Coleman has issued the following clrcu-
lar giving a number of questions that are
frequently asked him, and also his an
swers to them:
l. Who is eligible to be a school director?
Answer: A school director must be a resi-
dent O the district in which he proposes TO
serve; he must be a Taxpayer in said dis
trict, and he must be qualified voter. ! e.,
eligible to vote for State, county find mu-
nicipal officers.
q who can vote at school meetings?
A. Legally qualified voters can vote on all
propositions submitted, save in one case,
when the vote is to increase the tax for
"schoOl purposes above 40 cents on the
s1o6. only tax payers can vote. This is the
only case where those voting at school meet
Of section 7O8I and section 1855.
5. When party has been elected by ille-
gal voters can he hold the office?
votes to see that no Illegal votes are deposit
ed for, should they be received. ttey must
be counted aofiicers, in possession OF their
larly elected. and are entitled to llol 1 until
the contrary is shown" A Mo. lb4. And
offices, are valid SO far as they concern the
public, although their title to same may be
bad lss Mo-, 327, and so Mo, $751;
4. Must school warrants be drawn ..by or
A. No school warrant can be legally issued
except in compliance with an or1er of the
81 Mo-, 3l9, holds that, where two members
OF the board purchased school furniture
and ne s without
Illegal and the district not liable for their
payment and Judge Jno. w. Henry, speak
Ing for the court, says: cit is clear that the
members of the board tranSactiuQ
business for tho district were to do SO in
meetings of the board" Again he says:
Neither two nor all of the directors. acting
separately and apart from each other, could
bind the district by any contract they might
board by issuing warrants without meet
ing of the hoard, lay themselves liable to
ppbIieation. If it be proven that a warrant
was not issued 'by order of the board" it
can not be collected in any of our courts,
ana the treasurer may be enjoined from
s. Are school warrants, issued prior to
July !, 1885, payable out OF funds now on
A All indebtedness legally incurred prior
to July !, 1886, must be paid out of the In.
come and revenue derived prior to snas
be used to defray such Indebtedness, but all
money received and credited to the district
piled in defraying the expenses incident to
this years schools. or to this school year,
funds apportioned by the county clerk dur
ing the month of August. 1856, can not
be applied on any warrant issued-or
debt contracted-prior to July 1, 1885 The
receipts of each school year must meet and
In excess thereof is Illegal and can not be
collected Off the district. By said section, 1t
is the duty of the treasurer to refnss to pay
any warrant from tn s years receipts, I'M
less such amount WAS on hand July /,
1856
& Can school board legally issue a war
rant bearing a date later than Ju V !, 1856,
for services r ndered or material furnished
prior to July 1, 1852
A. The ssuing. of such n warrant by
board would Indicate fraud, and would lay
the board liable to prosecution. fin ,nGi'im-
prsonment b. sections 1880 and 1851 Revised
Statutes of 1879. Neither can a board cancel
warrants issued prior to July l. 1886, and is
sue in lien thereof other warrants bearing a
date subsequent to said July l, 1886. for. to
do SO, would be to acknowledge the worth
fessnesS OF the warrants Cancelled, and to en-
deavor to continue an ilie4a indebtedness
by such procedure, would show fraud
upon its face, thereby laying said board
liable under said sections. No warrants can
be legally issued and dated snbs -quent to
July l. So. unless such indebte mess was
incurred since the first day of last July,
either for materials furnished or services
rendered.
When is a teachers warrant legally
drawn?
Ans. (a) The teacher must be regularly