The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-02
Snhnnl MattArs.


T The state superintendent of public
instruction has out circular embrac-
ing among other things the following:
Sec. 219, School Laws of 1887, has
been so amended as to give townships
and counties the right, equally with
boards of education and school dis
tricts. to pay off bonds before their
maturity.
Sec. 36, School Laws of 1887, has
been amended so as 20 require thirty
days residence as a qualification for
voting at school-district elections. The
law as it now stands is herewith pub
lished in full:
The following persons shall be en-
titled to vote at any district meeting:
First, all persons possessing the quail
ifications of electors as defined by the
constitution of the state, and who
shall have been in good faith residents
of the district for thirty days next
prior to the time of offering to vote at
said election; second, all female per-
sons over the age of twenty-one years,
not subject to the disqualificatiOns
named ia section second, article fifth
of the constitution of the state, and
who shall be residents in good faith of
the district for thirty days nsxt prior
to the time of offering to vote at said
election"
Sec. SO and Sec. 90. School Laws of
1887, have been amended by changing
the word June TO July in both places; so
that the annual meetings are now fixed
by law for the last Thursday of July of
each year. The act making this change
also contains two clauses concerning
county treasurers. Herewith is given
the law in full:
''Section 1. An annual meeting of
each school district shall be held on
the last Thursday of July in each year,
at the school house belonging to the
school district, at 2 O'Clock p. m.
Notice OF the time and place of SAID
annual meeting shall be given by the
clerk by posting written or printed
notices in three public places of the
district, at least ten Gays before said
meeting. Special meetings may be
called by the district board, or upon a
petition signed by ten resident tax
payers of the district; but notice of
such special meeting. stating the pur-
pose for which it is called, shall be
posted in at least three public places
in the district, ten days previous to the
time f such meeting.
Sec. 2. That section 3, chapter 219.
laws of 1897. be and is hereby amended
so as to read: The clerk of each dis
| trict shall, at least five days previous
| TO the annual meeting in July of each
year, make written report, which he
shall submit and read to the legal
| voters of the district at the annual
meeting for their information and con-
| sideration. If any change or altera-
| ton therein be necessary, the same
shall be made, and it shall then be
| transmitted to the county superiDten-
| dent of public instruction. Said report
shall show: first, the number of chill
| dren, male or female. designed separ-
| ately, residing in the district or part of
/ the district ON the last day of June
| previous to the date of such report,
| over the age of FIVE and under the age
of twenty-one years; second the num-
Der of children attending school dus-
/ ing the year, their sex, and branch
| studied; third, the length of time a
school has been Taught in the district
1 by a qualified teacher, the name of the
| teacher, the length. of time taught by
| each teacher. and wages paid; fourth.
| the amount of money received from the
county treasure, arifing from disburse-
ment of the state annual school fund,
| the amount received from district
taxes. and the amount 3ceived from all
| othe sources during the year, and the
| manner in which the same has been
| expended; fifth, the amount of money
raised by the district in each year, and
| the purposes for which If was raised;
SlXGQ, the KIM OF DOCKS uS6u III Tie
| schools, and such other facts and Stats
tics in regard to the district school as
the county uperintendent may re-
quire.
''Sec. 8. ALL county treasurers in this
state are hereby required to notify
clerks of all school districts in their re-
spective counties, by mail or otherwise,
ten days prior to the time fixed by law
! for holding the annual district meet
ing. of the amount of money drawn
from the treasury by the district treas
urer of his district since the COM
mencement of the past school year,
| and shall also state in the same notiti-
cation the balance remaining on hand,
if any, in the county treasury to the
credit of the respective districts.
''Sec. 4. The county treasurer shall
pay no money to the district treas
urers of his county after the close of
the school year, July 80, until after
the annual district meetings of the
school districts have been held.
/ County superintendent are re-
| queSted to have such portions of this
circular as they deem advisable pub
lished in the several papers Of their
respective counties. It would be well
to have published the laws herein
given.
Very respectfully.
GEo. W. WTNANs,
Supt. Public Instruction.