Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-11-03

| make an equitable Npport,onmenJ OF the
property And debts Of sucu district aud end
the balance eqIitpby due from either OF
said town 10 any OF sud TO WIS aud order
ouch beiaOce 10 nc paid within Tins TO bs
by them limited. Aud whenever fractional
districts IRE parts oi two Of moro counties,
the appraisers Of tho county IN which tue
school houss Of said fractional district
stands shall make the epporuonment as
aforesaid.
sec j.. At the annual town meeting In
March, 1888, tbero anal be elected a
board OF three or six school directors.
cit1ens OF 1uc town, one third Of whom
shaI be elected for ono year, one third fer
two years md one third for three years
and at every annual town meeting there
alter, one third Of whom shall be elected for
tnreo yesr.. A vacancy IN tins board shall
bs Hlsd by appointment by the selectruen
uuul the next annual town meeting whom
! be town ehal elect a director for the re-
mander OF the une1pred term
Sec. D. Said board OF Echoo. directors
/ SHAH have the care OF the schoul property
! Of the town and sha management OF it's
schools, dotorniuc the number and location
Of schools, employ teachers and fix their
! com pcnsotton, examine and allow claims
/ arising e school matters, and draw orders
| upon the town treasurer for the payment
/ thereof and snail in general nave tho
/ powers and perform al duties heretofore
| dovo!vug upon tiss prudential foonmittee
/ and clerk OF a school district and may
/ make regulations not incousstont With tina
! law Tor carrying the powers granted them
/ INTO eGoct
Sec. g. IN ovcry town there shall bo
! kept for at least 70 weeks in each year, ab
the ezpense Of said town by u teacher or
Teachers cf comDetont ability nn1 of good
morals, "a sufficient number OF schools for
the instruction OF all the children who may
! legally a.teud the public school therein, ami
all pupils ehall he thoroughly Instructed in
cood behaviour, reading. writing, spelling,
| English grammar, geography, arithmetic,
freq hand drawing, the history and consti,
tuition Of tho Unitei states, and IN ee-
| mcutory physiology and hygiene, and shall
! receive special instruction In the geogre ply,
! history, constitution and principles OF tho
| government of Vernon.
Sud schools abal' 10 within the limits q.
said town ut such places aad hold at such
times Is ID the JUi ment NJ tho board Of
directors shall best subserve he interests of
e!uoation, ard as shall give sl the scholars
Of tho town rs nearly equal elvsntages al
nuy bo practicable. nHl said school board
may use portion Of the school rnouoy not
exceeding IS per cent theraof, for the pur.
pose OF conveying scholars 10 and from such
schools
Sec =. The beard Of school directors may
provide for the instruction Of advanced pu--
pills in the higher branches of English study
in on. or more OF The grede1 schools Of the
town and may establish central schools In
ssid town.
sec q. The board Of schoo' directors NAV
recsivod into the schools under their charge
pupils resi1ing 10 other towns in the Same
7 !
are provided in the case cf school Districts,
and moneys received for ne Instruction OF
NONRESIDENT pupils SHALL bs paid futo tbs
school fund Of the town.
Sec. g. said board may provide for tn
instruction Of any legal pills Of the town
in tie public schools OF an adjoining town
and may pay for such instruction from the
school moneys of tho town.
Sec 10. The board Of school directors
shall Of each annual town meeting present
to the town tuu report OF their doing9
: with en- exhibit &c orders drawn by thero
for tts use Of schools
Sec. 4. The c5mpsnlst'oa OF school di-
! rec or, shall be two dollars par day for tins
actually spent il the performances OF tbeiP
&0tia5, and the same shall 10 paid out Of tue
? town treasury. lon, their account shall be
audited end allowed like thar Of other town
p officers.
+ soc. =. The board Of sobpol directors
, shall on " before The first day Of April ia
each yoGr appoint town superintendent Of
, school whose duties shall bo the same a.
+ now required Of town superiuteadents, buo
@ whose compensation shall ba fixed by said
p directors,
a Ss.. h. The sail directors shall also ap-
, point a clerk Of the board. Said clerk shs 4
kco2 permanent record book and record
.,r I, H., ha
. shall make the registration returns to town
a ! clerks required to be made aud take the
q sctool census required to DO taken by school
! district clsrks End be shall receive the same
b comp ensatiou therefor
= Sec. H. The school directors OF each town
shall annually, in writing, recommend to
the seectuen Of said town tie amount oP
money necessary for the uss Of schools. and
-1td se.ectDan shall annually appropriate
-, Tor such purpose s SUM not exceeding one
~ balf nor less tlan one 1fth OF the grand liss
OF such town, and shall assess g tax annual
. ~ 20 lofrq7 such approprip tons
- SEC. ID. AM iowa by spooial vote may
raise "a larger sum for school purposes. Tia
treasurer ot s.oh town snail keep a separate
1t account OF the moneys appropriated OF
a given For the use OF schools aud shall PAY
ont o., such moneys orders dram by the
board ot school directors for the use Of
schools.
Sec. Is. The rocorls OF the district,
20 hereby abolished shall be preserved by the
town.
:. Soc. i. The provisions Of all statutes
ROW in fo-oe, relating 90 school Districts
d. and schoo, officers ami their duties, shall Ia
~ - force So :sr as the same are consistent
with this ao.. and all acts and parts Of acts
- Incousitent with tne provisions OF tuis acs
are hereby rersnlaG.