The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-12-13


port of schools as provided in this chapter, and
in case of neglect they shall present their IN
dictment thereof to the court.
SIC. 232. The supervisor of schools shall
learn II the requirements OF this chapter relating
20 the appropriation and expenditure OF moneys
from the town treasury Tor the support OF
schools are complied with, and in case Of a non
compliance he shall bring the matter to the at
tention of the states attorney or grand jury.
V. DIVISION OF PUBLIC MONEYS.
SEC. 233. The seleotmen of such town shall
annually, between the third and sixth days OF
July divide the school moneys in the treasury
of such town among the school districts IN such
town; and such moneys shall be paid over, under
the directiOnaof the selectmen, to the treasurers
of the several districts.
SEC. 2S4. If the sum for division does not ex
coed twelve hundred dollars, one-half thereof
if such sum exceeds twelve hundred dollars and
does not exceed twenty-four hundred dollars;
one-half of the first twelve hundred dollars and
one-sixth lof the remainder; if such sum eN-
eeeds twenty-four hundred dollars and does not
exceed thirty-six hundred dollars, one-half OF
the first twelve hundred dollars, One-siNth OF
the second twelve hundred dollars; and one
twelfth of the remainder; if such sum exceeds
thirty-six hundred dollars, nine hundred dollars
of such sum; shall be divided among the school
districts in each town equally, except as is other
wise provided in the case of districts only par
tally situated in the town.
SEC. 235. The remainder of such moneys
shall be divided among the districts in the town
in proportion to the aggregate attendance OF
pupils between the ages of five and twenty
years upon the schools of the district during the
preceding school year, except as otherwise pro-
vided in the case of districts only partially sit
uated in the town; such aggregate attendance TO
be ascertained from the records thereof kept IN
the registers of such schools, by adding together
the number of days of actual attendance OF each
pupil between the ages Of five and eighteen
years.
SEC. 2S6 Before making such division the
selectmen shall carefully examine the entries in
each register and ascertain whether school has
been kept in the district twenty four weeks dur
ing the school year, and whether it appears
| from the certificate of the prudential committee
| that such school was kept by teachers duly
| licensed; and whether the entries required to be
made by the district clerk have been made as
required and no public money shall be distrib
uted to a school district unless such district has
supported a school twenty-fOur weeks during the
/ school year; nor unless the register contains the
certificate of the prudential committee as to the
| date and character of the certificates OF the
teachers, nor unless it appears from such certh-
| Gates that such school was taught the entlfe
| twenty-four weeks by licensed teachers, nor I'M
| less the register has been properly hlled out by
| the district clerk. -.
SEC. 237. The prudential committee, orr he
is disabled from doing so, some other person
! having knONleuSb III Nllo llhNNel' vi ~ ~
fore the first day of July in each year, return to
the town clerk a statement under oath OF the
| actual cash expenditure of the district for the
preceding school year for school purposes other
| than the construction or repair OF buildings and
no district shall be entitled to receive any por-
ton of its school moneys unless such return is so
made No district shall receive from the town
| the full amount of its school moneys unless 1t
has actually expended during such preceding
school year for school purposes, other than the
| construction or repair of buildings, sum equal
to the amount of its school moneys for such
year, exclusive of private requests, and one
| tenth of its grand list for such preceding year,
and the sum paid to a school district in any one
year shall be diminished by the amount by which
the sum actually so expended by the district IN
such preceding year. is less than the school
MONEYS exclusive of private requests and one
tenth the grand list of the district for such pre-.
ceding year. And such difference instead OF
being paid to the district shall be distributed to
the remaining school districts in town entitled
to the same upon the aggregate attendance in
such district
in any school year, in the maintenance of n legal
public school, for not more than twenty-touI
weeks lother than in the construction and repair
of buildings, sum greater than the amount OF
its school moneys for that year and one-thlrd OF
its grand list, it shall receive from the town one
! half of such excess provided such eXpendi.
ture be reasonable And if the seectmen and
prudential committee cannot agree as to this
| the certificate of the supervisor for the county
shall be final. Such excess shall be paid over by
the town at the same time with the school mon
eys or soon thereafter as the certlhcate OF the
supervisor is furnished.
SEC. $50. When, under the provisions of see
ton 237 any fractional district is not entitled
| to receive from the several towns IN which 1t Is
situated the full amount of its school moneys
such amount shall be diminished in the proper
ton that the amount actually expended by 1t II
| the preceding school year bears to the amount OF
its school moneys and one-tenth of its grand list
for such year. When, under the provisions OF
section 23S, any fractional district IS entitled e
receive any excess from the towns in which 1t /.
situated, that excess shall be paid by the severa
towns in the proportion that the number OF
scholars of school age belonging to such district
and residing in such town bears to the whole mum
Der in the district
SEC. 30 A prudential committee who know
ingly shall make false certificate as to the
date and character of teachers certificates, OF
a false statement of the amount expended, or 9
district clerk who knowingly shall make falst
answers to the inquiries contained in the regis
ter, or a seleetman who shall knowingly dis
tribute public money to a school district not en-
titled thereto shall forfeit 10 the town Vo h,'.'
dred dollars to be recovered III an action ON TIM
statute.
SEC. 241. The supervisor of schools shall
annually make inquiry as to the division OF thu
public money, and report to the town any viola
ton of the requirements of the law
SIC. 242. A graded school district formed
of two or more original districts shall receiy'
the same amount of that portion of the public
school money which is distributed equally be
tween the districts us the districts forming suel
lgraded school district would have received.
SEC. 243. A fractional district shall receiv
from the treasury of each town a proportion o
the moneys so distributed, as follows:
l. OF that part which is divided equal!
among the districts, sum bearing the proper
ton to the sum severally received by the othe
districts in such town, which the number of chill
dren in such district, residing in such town
bears to the whole number of children in sucl
district.
III. OF that part which is divided among tn
districts in proportion to the aggregate attend
ance of pupils, a sum bearing the proportion :
the whole sum to be divided in such town whicl
the aggregate attendance of the whole humble
of children in such district, residing in sue
town, bears to the aggregate attendance OF tn
whole number of children in such town.
SEC. 244. The selectmen, in the month o
July annually, after they have made division O
the public moneys, shall lodge with the tow
clerk written statement of the amount o
money divided to each district for the preceding
school year.
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