The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-06-05
THE AMENDED SCHOOL LAW.
Important 70 Boards Of Education In
Making TEeir LeTies.


West Virginia:
That section forty Of chapter for
ty-fve of the code be amended and
re-eDacted SO as to read as follows,
and that section forty.one be in
serted as an additional section to
said chapter.
Annual Levy for Support of Pri-
mary Schools.
40. For the support of the pri-
mary free schools of their district,
and in each independent school
district and to pay any existing in
debtedness against the teachers
fund" the board of education there
Of shall annually on the first Mon
day in July, or as soon thereafter
as possible, levy by the authority of
the people as prescribed in section
two of this chapter, such q tax on
the property taxable in the district,
as will, with the money received |
from the state for the ennPe.t of |
free schaehs,'oe sufficient Z, l keep in
operation at Least ave months in the
year. Provided, The said tax in
any one year shall not exceed the
rate of fifty cents on every one hun
dred dollars valuation according to
the latest available assessment made
for the county and state taxation.
The proceeds of this levy, together
with the money received from the
state as aforesaid, shall constitute a
special fund to be called the teach
ers' fund.- and no part thereof shall
be used for any other purpose than
the payment of teachers salaries for
the current year, and any part of
said fund not SO expended shall be
appropriated to the payment of any
existing indebtedness created for
said purpose. Upon tho failure of
any board of education to lay any
such levy as is hereby required, or
any other levy provided for in this
chapter, they shall be compelled to
do SO by the circuit court of the
county by a writ of mandamus,
unless good cause be shown to the
contrary. But in case of tho levy
provided for in this and the 39th
section of this chapter shall not be
sufficient to pay any existing in
debtedness of the district, in addi-
ton to the other purposes for which
it is levied, the board may increase
such levy to the amount actually
necessary, or lay special levy for
the purpose, and in no case shall
the appropriation of any money to
the payment of any existing in
debtedness, directly or indirectly,
interfere with the payment of
teachers salaries for the term of
five months, for which the schools
are required to be kept open by law
IN each year.
Al. If the board of education of
any district agree that the school in
their district should be continued
more than five months in the year,
or if twenty or more voters of the
district ask it in writing, they shall
submit the question to the voters
thereof at the next general election,
which order shall also state the
length of time for which it is pro-
posed to continue the schools. Bal
lots may be used for voting on the
question, on which may be written
or printed DIOR
school,, for those who are in favor
of mos than five months school,"
those who oppose a longer term
than five months, may vote with a
ballot having written or printed on
it, against more than five months
school" And if the proposition for
longer term than five months have
a majority of all the votes cast for
and against, then the board shall
order the levy accordingly. Provi-
ded. That in any district where a
poll is held for purpose herein
specified, notices of such election
shall be posted by the secretary of
the board OF education in at least
three public places in the district, at
least three weeks before the day OF
voting; and the notice shall explicit
thy state the term of time for the
school, which is to be voted for, and
only two terms of time shall be vo-
ted for at any one election. And
the time of the term voted for at
such election shall continue for two
years. The poll shall be held and
the election conducted, and the
official records returned as prescrib
ed in the End section of this chapter
The trustees in each sub district
NAV. in their discretion. order all