The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-05-25
THE SCHOOLS.
SCHOOL DECISIONS.

SCHOOL DECISIONS.
State Superintendent of Public In
struction Goudy has officially promul-
gated number of important decisions
affecting school interests in Nebraska.
The following is synopsis of each de
cision
I. There is no statute requiring the
| payment of school district orders in the
order in which they are drawn.
2. A contract signed by two members
OF the school district board, without q
meeting of which all members have had
due notice, is the individual contract
of the members signing such contract.
The contract with a teacher is made an
exception to this. See q Neb. 2s4 and
I3 Neb. 70.
3. When board employs a man to
teach the school he has no right. EXCEPT
by the consent of the board, to put a
| substitute in his place, and not even
| with the consent of the board, unless
such substitute is legally qualified
| teacher.
q. The minimum amount of school
required must be taught by a legally
qualified teacher in order to entitle the
district to its share in the state appor-
t1onment.
S. In connection with the new at
tendance law it is held that children
have free school privileges in one school
district only at a time. IF they elect
under the new act to attend outside of
their own district they carry their share
of the state funds with them and forfeit
for that school year all their rights to
free school privileges in their own dis
tr1ct. They may not, under this act,
alternate between two districts and claim
rights in both.
6. The Nebraska statute authorizes
the drawing of interest upon call war
rants issued by the proper authorities of
the state, county, city, town or other
municipal subdivisions less than coun-
ty." But the supreme court has held
that the school district 'is not strictly a
municipality" and that school district
officers are not municipal officers, thus
making it clear that the statute does not
authorize the payment of interest on
school district orders.
7. The action of the voters at an an
nual meeting as to the amount of school
to be held the coming yeor is final, and
may not be reconsidered at a special
meeting. The board should make pro-
vision for the holding of school in &C
cordance with said action, but in case the
voters at said meeting fail to make pro-
vision for carrying on said amount of
school, and there is no district money
for this purpose, the board is not person
ally liable for any loss of state apportion-
ment which may result to the district
because of failure to hold the required
minimum amount of school. In case such
loss occurs because of neglect upon the
part of the district board the members
of the board may become personally
liable to the district for the amount Of
said loss.
s. In measuring district under the
provisions of the new attendance law
the measurements should follow air
lines, not section lines necessarily.
9. The district text books are in the
care of the district board the same as
other school district property, and are
subject to the regulations of the board
as to their use by the pupils at home
or during vacation.
10. In regard to the disposition of
name which appears upon petition for
school district boundary, when the per
son so named has changed his mind and
does not wish to appear upon the petition
or remonstrance, it is held that the per
son has entire right to remove or give
authority for the removal of his name
from the petition. 1t is held that ali
interested parties shall have ample op-
portunity to express their wishes in this
matter at any time previous to the tax
ing of action upon the petition.
The picnic Saturday last caused few
of the children to be on the sick list
Monday.
The especial helpers" will indulge in
picnic, next Saturday, at Longnecker's
grove down near Red Willow.
The children of the sixth grade par
ticipated in a picnic in McManigaps
grove near the water works, last Satur-
day. The seventh and eighth grades peo-
pie indulged in similar delights at
Fitch's grove southwest of the city.
A daughter of Widow Neil1, of Raw
Inns county, Kansas, was buried in Long
view cemetery Of this city on Wednes-
day afternoon. The deceased was
former pupil of our public schools, but
has been teaching lately. She died ON
Monday of consumption. The father
died of the same disease about the time
of his arrival and taking up his home
stead. His remains and those of
l. Ii r