Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-03-17
To School Boards and Patrons.

Part of Section i0S22-"No district that
shall have failed 10 afford the children there
OF the privileges OF a free schOol for at least
eight months during the year ending the 9Oth
day of June, provided a tax of iorty cents on
the hundred dollars assessed valuation, to-
gether with the public funds will maintain
the same, shall be entitled 10 any portion OF
the public school fund for that year"
Part OF Sec. 10T76-"Whenever any school
district in this state now organized or that
may be hereafter organized under the laws
OF this state, shall fail orrefuse for the period
of one year, to provide for an eight months
school in such year, provided a levy OF forty
cents on the one hundred dollars valuation,
together with the. public funds and cash on
hand, will enable them to have so long a
term, the same shall be deemed to have
lapsed as a corporate body, and the territory
heretofore embraced within such lapsed
district shall be deemed and taken as UNI
organized territory and the same or any
portion thereof, may be attached to an adj
Joining district or districts for. school pur-
poses"
Sec. 10S46-"The board Of directors OF every
school district is hereby empowered n re-
quired to continue the public school or
schools in the district for a period OF eight
months in each scholastic year: Provided,
that when any district has levied for school
purposes bleaching and incidentally the
maximum levy as provided by law, and the
funds so derived, together with the money
on hand inc the amount received from the
public funds, are insufficient to maintain
such school Or schools for such a period
paying the teacher or teachers a maximum
salary OF forty dollars per month, then such
district shall receive fromIthe state treasurer
a sufficient amount to make up this deficit.
Any district making application Tor such
state aid shall show that ii contains an area
OF not less than nine square miles, that il
has an assessed valuation OF forty thousand
dollars or less, that it has an enumeration
OF at least twenty-five pupils OF school age,
and that it has made a levy of sixty-tive
cents on the n hundred dollars valuation
Tor school purposes, not more than twenty
hYe cents OF said levy TO be used for in
cidental purposes. The directors OF any
such district desiring to avail itself OF this
aid shall meet and on or before June 18th,
furnish to the county clerk an estimate, YER
lied by the signatures OF the clerk II the
members OF such board, showing the amount
OF such probable deficit; and it shall be the
duty OF the county clerk to furnish to the
| state superintendent OF schools, on or before
June the 30th, a list of all districts in his
county making such application, showing
the mount estimated by each district and
the total Tor the county. Before apportlon-
ing the state school funds, the stats super
intendent shall set aside a sum equal to the
total OF all the deficits reported by all OF the
counties in the state, alter which he shall
proceed in accordance with section 1892.
The state superintendent shall cause the
the state treasurer to forward to the county
clerk ofeach county by a total amount shown
to be due to such county to make up such
deficits, and the clerk shall thereupon APP
portion to each district its proper amount
in accordance with the estimate on file in his
office.
From the above we see tina a school may
receive state aid under the following con-
ditions: ~ 1t must show that it has an area
OF not less h nine square miles OF terri
tory; (2) that its assessed valu alton is not
more than forty thousand dollars; ~ that il
has twenty-five or more pupils OF schoola age
az that a levy OF siXty-flve cents was made
not more than twenty-five cents OF which is
to be used for incidental purposes.
Formal application must be made in writing
to the county clerk setting forth the above
facts on or before u 18th, 1910.
Many school districts in Iron
county do not have an eight
months school.
There is no reason why you
should not have it. The boa I'd Of
directors and district clerks should
see that the notices of the annua.
school meeting provide for the in
crease of revenue so as to give the
voters a chance to decide whether
they want the state aid or not.
You certainly are more interested
in the education of your boys and
girls than any n else; then why
not get this money, secure the best
teacher obtainable and educate
your boys and girls at your home
school? Very Respectfully,
B. P. BURNHAM,
County Superintendent.