Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-12-29
Notice to Trustees.

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Your attention is respectfully
called to sections and 8 Of the
text book law, which reads as fol-
lows: Section 8, mot later than the
LIST Monday in August, 1899, and
at such other times as may be neces-
sary to properly supply the schools
of said district the chairman of
each Of the several boards of truss
tees Of the county shall forward to
the county superintendent of his
county list OF the kind of books,
and the number Of each kind,
which will be required to supply
the pupils Of the public schools Of
his district. Immediately upon
receipt OF this requisition from the
chairman Of the board Of trustees
the county superintendent shall
order from the nearest book pub
Usher or publishers furnishing said
books designated therein, and upon
receipt Of the duplicate bills from
said publishers, and upon compare
son with the original bills sent to
the trustee or other person to whom
the order was consigned, and after
comparing the same with the pub
lished price furnished him by the
state superintendent, as hereinbe-
fore provided, shall order the
county treasurer to remit the pur-
chase price to the publishers from
the funds Of said district; provided,
that If the district had no funds to
it's credit in the hands of the
county treasurer, then the said
county treasurer shall at once re-
init from the current expense fund
Of the county, the same to be reim-
bursed to the current expense fund
OF the county from the funds oil
the district as soon as the amount
has been paid into the treasury to
the account Of said district. And,
provided, further, that if from any
cause the accounts are not paid
within ninety days, the same shall
draw interest at the rate Of 7 per
cent. per annum from the date OF
the shipment Of the books to the
date of payment.
Section 8: The county superin-
tendent and the county treasurer
shall each keep an account of all
books ordered, showing the num-
Der of the district, the number and
kind Of books, the date of the order,
the place from whence ordered, the
date and amount OF the remittance,
and such other items as will in
their Judgment render the whole
transaction easily understood; pro-
vided, that the trustees Of each
shall determine whether or not the
text books for said district shall be
free text books; and if it shall be
determined by said trustees that
said text books shall not be free,
then any parent or guardian or
other person having the legal or
actual control Of a child or child
rem, shall be required TO purchase
necessary books for such child or
children from the trustees of his
district at actual cost to that dis
trict; and the trustees shall pay the
purchase price back into the treas
ury, the same to be placed to the
credit of said distri Ct; provided,
that in cases where IL il deemed
by said trustees that any parent
or guardian is unable to pay for
said text books, the same may be
furnished Free
Among other things you will
note that the books must be paid
for within ninety days or interest
accrues; not from the expiration
of the ninety days, but from the
original date of the bill. All bills
must be ordered paid by the
county superintendent upon COM
parison Of duplicate bills with
original bills sent to trustee; hence
it is the duty Of all trustees to for
ward bills to county superintend-
ent promptly in order to facilitate
settlement. Any trustee receiving
money from sale of text books il
required to deposit same promptly
with the county treasurer to the
credit of said district.
Respectfully,
LEWIS ELsENsoHN,