Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-02-05

pose Tor winch Sdlu uullulnR Is 10
De used, and when the meeting
assemblies nothing can be voted
upon exceptthe proposition submit
ted in the notices. In order to
carry the proposition it will re-
quire that majority of all the
qualified voters in the district
shall vote therefor; i. e., if there
ire thirty legal voters in the dis
trict sixteen must vote therefor.
When this is done the board can
no longer. refuse the use of
The building for such purpose
or purposes; but should the house
oe insured, the fact that it was
used for other than school purpos-
es. would vitiate the policy. In
Ill such cases those using the
building should be required to
leave it in as good condition,
each time, it is so used, as it was
when they took charge of it
2. Can board legally purchase
school furniture and give warrant
therefor, bearing interest, when
there is no money with which TO
pay the same, and will not be dur
ling the school year?
| Ans.-A school board has no
fright to issue warrant against
Iany fund unless the money is on
hand with which to pay the same,
or was duly voted at the last annu-
al meeting for that purpose. In
formation has just been received
at this Office that there are certain
warrants held against a few dis
tricts that were issued one and
two years ago, and were made
payable Jan. l, 1885, and Jan. l,
1886. Now, all such warrants OF
orders are illegal, and no county
or township treasurer should hon
or them, for they are in violation
of article 10, section II of the con-
stitution of Mo-, and the parties
who issued said warrants are liable
to Indictment prosecution, fine
, and Imprisonment by sections 1896
and 1881, R. S. of 1879. Some Of
these warrants are drawn, ''to be
, paid out of any funds in youl
hands for said district" These are
, illegal, for they do not conform to
sections 7071 and 1912, and are in
violation of the decision of oul
supreme court, GA Mo-, page 26
No school warrant can draw inter.
est. Whenever a warrant is pre-.
sented for payment that was
drawn prior to July 1, 1885, the
treasurer should refuse to pay the
same, for it is illegal.
3. Are teachers entitled to pay
for holidays, when they do moi
teach on said days?
Ans.-The days mentioned IL
section 1904 are holidays, and the
teacher has no more right to claim
pay for said days than he has to
demand pay for Sunday. Whe1
one of these days comes within {
school week, the remaining foul
days, if taught, constitute a full
: and legal school week. From thi:
it will be seen that the teacher
, does not receive pay for holidays
, but for teaching the remaining
four days, which entities him tx
, Iply for full week. A teacher
gains nothing by teaching ON holi
,, days, and loses nothing by dismis
sing on said days. Time lost can
> not be made up by teaching OF
holidays. Those who dismissed
school ON the Oath day of Decem
=. Der, 'S5, and re-opened schoo
January 4, SO, were entitled t.
= pay for a full week for tn,
: four days next preceding Decem
, Der 25th, but they will have t.
= teach five days in lieu of the fou.
= last days In December. -Four day.
never make full week unless
! they are taught during The
week in which a holiday occurs. Al
the 22d of February Will come OF
Monday, that week has only foul
u legal school days, and they consti
: tute legal school week. To teacl
S or not to teach ON that day canno
: change the result, except in ont
$ case the monthly report would
q show twenty days taught and il
: the other nineteen days-and nine
: teen is all the law requires.
4. When, "by order of the board
the school house is used for othel
T, than school purposes, can the
board require the teacher to make
q up time lost thereby?
Ans.-Whenever school boarc
orders a school house used fol-
: other than school purposes, there
by causing the school to be sus.
$ pended for such time, the teacher
time and salary continues az
though he had taught every lega
school day during said time.
5. When there is not enough
5 money to run the school for the full
time voted at the annual meeting
what must be done?
Ans.-The school must close
; when the money is exhausted, fol
warrants issued in excess of the
amount due the Teachers Fund
are worthless and cannot be col.