New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-07-18

The following circular has been sent
to the clerks of school districts by State
Superintendent of Public Instruction,
D. /. Kiehle, and will no doubt interest
our readers as we'll
The annual school meeting will be
held on Saturday, July 21st, 1888, at {
o'clock 2. M, unless different hour
shall have been fixed by vote at the
next preceding annual meeting. At
this meeting it will be necessary for
each district to make provision for a
school at least five months in length
during the ensuing year.
The One Mill Tax Law Of 1887 pro-
vides:
l. That no district which has been
organized three years or more shall re-
ceive any share of the apportionment
for the year beginning August :, 1883;
or any year thereafter unless it holds
during the year five months school,
taught by a qualified teacher.
2. No district can receive more from
the current school fund than it appro-
PIRATES from its special tax and local
one mill tax.
8. In new districts for the first year
only four months of school are required
and all scholars between five and twen-
ty-one are entitled to apportionment
without regard to the number of
days attendance. For the second and
third years four months school and 80
days attendance are required.
That the County Auditor in making
his apportionment of public money,
may be able to determine the amount
to which each district is entitled under
the law, and for the sake of uniformity
throughout the state, the following
forms of resolutions are recommended
to be used, by all districts; the first for
making the required appropriation, and
the second for raising the necessary tax
to meet the expenses of the district.
RESOLUTIONS FOR ADOPTION AT
ANNUAL MEETING.
l. Resolved, That the sum of. .......
Dollars be and the same is hereby ap-
propriated for the support of the public
schools of this district, No. in
County, to be distributed as follows:
For teachers wages, $#......
For fuel and school5supplies, S.
For repairs and improving grounds S..
For school library, $. ....
For s.
q. Resolved that the sum of.
Dollars be raised by special tax for the
purpose of defrayingg the current school
expenses Of the district.
To aid each district in determining the
mouitt t tt.cf' Of tax which it will be necessa-
ry to vote at the annllal n Getting it may
be estimated that each scholar WI 9, as
attended school 80 days during the
year ending July 81, 1888, will draw
about $3.50 in the two apportionments
for the year ending July 81, 1889.
NOTE. After this year the attend
ance must be 40 days to entitlea pupil
to apportionment,
Corrections.
All that part of paragraph 81, School
Laws of Minnesota, 1887, commencing
with the words, s'Immediately after the
issuing of orders or bonds pursuant to-
etc. and ending with the words, ..but
such bond or order shall be and remain
valid and binding upon the district is
suing it, . was repealed by ch. 21, Gen
eral Laws of 1887.
The second sentence of paragraph
10Y, School Laws Of 1887, has been am
ended SO as to read as follows: .sSuch
compensation shall not be less than at
the rate Of ten dollars for each organ
lied school district in the county, to be
reckoned pro rata for the year from the
time of the commencement of the first
school in the district" See sec. 8 CHI.