Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-03-31
for one year.


Trustees must provide for at
least six months of school each
year. They r empowered to levy
a special tax for the purpose of
maintaining at least six months of
school during the year, and if the
trustees do not levy such tax when
it is necessary. the deputy superin-
tendent must authorize the county
auditor to place said taz upon the
tax roll as though the trustees had
themselves made the order.
When there is sufficient money to
the credit of any district to msin-
tain school for eight months dur
ing any school year. it is the duty
of the trustees TO provide such
school and the superintendent is
authorized to prolong the school by
paying a teacher and expenses from
the funds of the district.
No public school shall be kept
open on January first, May Thrift
eth July fourth, the first Monday
IN September, Thanksgiving Day
and Christmas Day. School must
not be closed, but must observe by
appropriate exercises the following
days:-February twelfth. February
twenty-second. Arbor Day, and
October thirty-tirst.
Trustees must purchase and in
stall a national flag for every
school mouse, and it becomes the
duty of the deputy superintendent
to install such flag at the expense
of the district when the trustees
fail to comply with the law.
The census is TO be taken in the
usual manner except:
~ The children in the orphans
home are to be taken in the Carson
City School District.
~. Indians must not be taken
unless they have attended school
for eighty days during the last sue.
ceeding year, sixty days of which
must have been consecutive.
In districts having less than
three families ir which there are
census children the fee for taking
the census al not be more than
FIVE dollars. In other districts the
fee may be eight dollars for ten
census children and an additional
twenty-five cents for each addition
al name of a census child.
The state school tax is to be ten
cents instead of six cents as has
been the case for the two years.
On the first Thursday of each
year the county auditor must noti-
fly the State Superintendent of the
amount of money to the credit of
ea'h school district IL the county.
"rhe State Superintendent must
deduct from the amount to the
credit of each district all amounts
over and above two hundred and
fifty dollars for each teacher as
signed that district upon the basis
of thirty children TO the teacher.
This means that a district of thirty
or less census children can retain
idle two hundred and fifty dollars
at the end of the school term. a
school of more than thirty census
children and less than siXty-One
children can retain five hundred
dollars If trustees wish to retain
more than the above amount they
must satisfy the State Superinten-
dent that the amount they wish to
retain is to be used for either
building a new school house, re-
pairing an old school building or
for maintaing school in the district.
In this case the Superintendent
will no, deduct the amount as pro-
vided above.
The amounts deducted are to be
placed to the credit of the County
General Fund and apportioned with
the regular county school money.
4. circular letter in regard to this
latter section will he sent to each
clerk of the board of trustees in a
few days.
There are other proposed chang
es that the legislature proposed
and passed, but it is impossible at
this time TO tell whether the Gov
crnor mas approved or vetoed them.
So
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