Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1900-01-05
Notice to Trustees.

our ATTENTION is respectfully
called 10 sections and 8 of the
text book law, which reads as fol-
lows: Section 8, "Not 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 trus-
tees of the county shall forward to
the county superintendent of his
county a 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-
NIT from the current expense fund
of the county, the same to be reim-
bursed to the current expense fuas'
l9f the county from the funds OF
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 pei
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 al
books ordered, showing the mum
Der Of the district, the number an(
kind of books, the date of the order
the place from whence ordered, thu
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 eacf
shall determine whether or not thu
text books for said district shall b.
free text books; and if it shall b.
determined by said trustees thai
said text books shall not be free
then any parent or guardian OF
other person having the legal OF
actual control of a child or child
rem, shall be required to purchas,
necessary books for such child OF
children from the trustees of hi,
district at actual cost to that dis
trict; and the trustees shall pay tn.
purchase price back into the treas
ury, the same to be placed to th,
credit of said district; provided
that in cases where 1t is deemed
by said trustees that any paren
or guardian is unable to pay fol
said text books, the same may b,
furnished Free"
Among other things you will
note that the books must be pait
for within ninety days or interesr
accrues; not from the expiration
OF the ninety days, but from til,
original date of the bill. All bills
must be ordered paid by tn.
county superintendent upon com
parison of duplicate bills witt
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,
LEVINE ELsENsoHN,
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