Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-10-22
CANNOT HOLD
TWO OFFICES
Deputy Keeler Holds That a
Member OF Town Board Can
not Be On School Board.

the county responded TO the call Of
the Department and assembled at
the court house in Charlevoix on
lastn "Wednesday.
Apt. Wright was scheduled for
this mseting but was forced to change
places with Deputy Keeler. Mr..
Wright going to Petoskey in> order
that he might reach his engagement
ia the Upper Peninsula on the follow.
ing day.
The meeting was called to order at
1000 Am. and from that time until
800 P. NJ. there was busy time In
the Court House.
The officers were not backward
about asking questions and Mr.. Keeler
Showed himself to be well up in the
matter of school law.
The officers proved themselves to be
pretty well Informed so far as the gen.
eral and Older laws of the state are
concerned and of some Of the later
laws.
The questions were well selected and
brought out many interesting points.
The matter of the paying of tuition
to High Schools was thoroughly dis
cussed.
An eighth grade diploma from the
state examination has not been requi-
red this year in order that a student
may have his tuition paid but it was
the intention of the law that he
should have one and by another year
the diploma will be required.
Mr.. Keeler says that unless the par
ents of the pupil have made the re-
quired application for tuition the
board cannot legally pay the tuition
aud that If the application is made
they cannot refuse to pay it.
The tuition is paid by the district
board to the school board OF The high
school and not to the pupil or his
parents
Ii the parents OF the pupil whose
tuition is 10 be paid are paying a
school tax in The district where the
high school is located the amount OF
school tax paid Ia said district
will be deducted from the amount
OF tsitioD to be paid by the rural dis
Lriet.
In other words the district Is simply
taking the place Of the parent in the
matter OF tuition
tha diraatinp nf Mr Koaiar ic
followed and technical application
Of the law is made it will be necessary
that a number Of districts in the
county shall elect new officers. The
reason for this is that member of
the town board cannot legally be a
member Of the school board and Mr..
Keeler tells us that the last Office
accepted vacates the first one accepted.
A legal voter is person who is q
years old, citizen of the district In
which he offers to vote and who owns
iQxhis own right or by contract some
property or is parent or guardian OF
children Of school age.
A young man who is 81 and native
born cannot legally vote at school
meeting unless he can qualify in other
respects,
The truancy law came in for its
share OF the discussion but this law
is NOW pretty we'll understood and
sGool officers in general are helping
to make it operative.
Mr.. Keeler explained to the officers
that the Department had authority
and In some instances had ordered in
vestigation regarding the safe keeping
OF school funds and that the one who
was doing the investigating had auth
ority to count the money of the dis-
trict.
In the matter Of a school library
district may vote TO establish one
even IL they do not vote money for 1t
and the fact that they have voted to
establish one will entitle them to
share la the penal fines of the county.
6urey every district in the county
will now vote to establish library.
Officers were urged to look carefully
into the sanitary conditions and TO
the heating and lighting OF the build
ings,
A matter of ten to twenty dollars
judiciously expended IN the average
school house will make the school
life of the pupils much more enjoyable
and beneficial as WELL
Many other interesting things
were discussed and Mr.. Keeler was
busy all the time and we are sure that
the officers present enjoyed the day
nad fnlf Tint thu nnaaf mo WAS q ual-