Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-12-10

school district system under the proviaiona 81
this chapter may. az It's annual town meeting
in March, 1889, and AZ any fifth annual tow
meeting thereafter, abolish is town system q
schools by vote Of majority Of he legal voi.
ers present, and the selectmen of sneh town shall
insert article for that purpose In the warning
for any fifth annual town meeting after such
town has abolished iia school district system.
voters i'm such town.
SEc. lab. When town abolishea. or hna
abolished, It's town system Of schools the town
shall be divided into the same numher N aehool
districts, with the same limits and houndariea
and the districts shall be designated Inv the same
numbers. and shall have the same powera and
be subject 10 the same duties and liabilities rs
before they We're abolished by said town.
SEC. IA. When a town votes 10 abolish the
town system of schools the school-housns aud
other property formerly belonging Ia tho school
districts shall become the property "a ghe Same
school districts respectively.
SEC. 145. And there shall be paid 40 and by
the different districts such sum a. viii eaualize
the school properties. so that when 40 restored 81
the district system, each district shall own ita
own school property as before the adoption Of
the town system and the selectmen and the
prudential committees of the several districts
may agree upon the amounts 30 be Al Maid and
shall file written statement thereof by them
subscribed In the town clerks Office
SEC. 146. If the aelectmen and TIA ,,gsadan-
tial committees of the various districts cannot
agree upon the valuation and equalization 81 the
school property, the assistant iudeee ~ the
county court shall, upon application h writing
of a majority Of the selectnen. or any one IL the
committee, appoint three commissioners. not
residents Of or taxpayers in the town Who shall
appraise the various school properties nnon the
same scale OF values as the former appraisal.
and shall determine what sum shall be paid by
or to the several districts TO equalze AID school
properties, and shall determine any and All ques.
tons between the town and the districts "a be.
tween the several districts growing out 81 tho
adoption and adjustment Of the town avatum
SEC. l47 Such commissioner shall give a.
one or more OF the selectmen of the town. and
20 the several prudential committees al least tea
days notice of the time when they viii appfaise
such school properties, and of the time when aud
the place where they will determine the amounts
TO be paid or received by the different school
DISTRICTS and any other question which shall b.
submitted 20 them and they shall make and
lle In the town clerks Office a report ii an their
d0ings and findings, which shall be final and CON
elusive upon all parties.
SEC. l4s. When the selectmen and prnden-
tial committees have agreed upon Tie amounts
to be paid or received by the several dis.
tricts, and have filed in the town clerks Office
a written statement by them subscribed or when
the commissioners shall have fled thor report
IN this respect, the selectmen of the town shall
assess a tax upon the grand lists Of the districts
from which such sums are due sufficient 10
cover such sums, and shall cause the same 20 be
collected and paid into the town treasury. like
town taxes and shall pay out Of the town treas
ury TO the several districts such sums as they /
are entitled to receive and the town may vote, /
at the meeting &C which the town system Is 1
abolished, to distribute the process Of equaliza-
1on equally over two, three or four years.
SEC. l49. At the annual town meeting. at /
which the town system of schools Is abolished, /
the voters shall elect a clerk for each school dis
ulct, who shall be voter IN such district And /
such clerk shall call the FIRST meeting Of said 4
school district, which shall be held on Che last 4
tuesday Of june next succeeding aaid town 4
meeting, by posting mp notice as provided BY 4
law for holding the annual meetings in school 4
dittricts and said school district may AZ this /
meeting elect officers for the year ensuing, and
do any business that school districts may do az
their annual meetings