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It's grand list so expended and In ad-
dition to the forty per cent and the
twenty per cent Of excess herein pro-
vided.
b. A town expanding fifty per cent
or more of its grand list for current
expenses in the maintenance of
schools shall receive, from the fore
going consolidation, twenty-five per
cent of the amount paid in any school
year in tuition for advanced instruc-
tion, not exceeding thirty dollars per
student per year, as provided under
chapter AZ of the Public Statutes; and
town expanding seventy per cent
or more of It's grand list for such cur
rent expenses shall receive, from the
foregoing consolidation and in lieu
of the twenty-five per cent herein pro-
vided, fifty per cent of the amount
expended for advanced instruction,
not exceeding thirty dollars per pupil
per school year, provided that neither
the average wage of the teachers in
its elementary school exceeds eleven
dollars per week nor the average num-
Der of weeks of it's elementary schools
exceeded thirty-six for the school
year.
{. town expanding fifty per cent
or more of its grand list for current
expenses in the maintenance Of
schools shall receive, from the fore
going consolidation twenty-five per
cent of the amount expended for trans
pOrtation and board of pupils, as pro-
vided under chapter 46 of the Public
Statutes; and a town expanding sew
enty per cent or more of its grand list
for such current expenses shall re-
ceive. from the foregoing consolida-
ton and in lieu of the twenty-five per
cent herein provided, fifty per cent
of the amount expended for transpor-
tation and board of pupils, provided
that neither the average wage of the
teacher in its elementary schools ex-
ceeded eleven dollars per weel, nor
the average number Of weeks of its
elementary schools exceeded thirty-six
| for the school year.
| d. A town shall receive, from the
| foregoing consolidation, one dollar
! for each week graduate of normal
| school, or Of teacher training
/ course, or of recognized kindergar-
| ten training school, is employed as
a teacher in a rural school, provided
said graduate is legally qualified and
! certificated and has received not less
than seven dollars, net, not including
| board, for services as a beginner in
| teaching, and not less than eight dol
| lars per week net if said graduate
/ has taught in rural schools not less
| than thirty weeks since graduation.
G. The remainder of the foregoing
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/ the various towns. unorganized
/ towns and cores, according to the
number of legal schools maintained
in each, but provided as follows:
First. A town in which a rural
school has been discontinued by the
| school board at the beginning of or
| during a school year shall be entitled
| 10 and receive from such remainder
of the consolidation an amount equal
to that which the town would have
| received If the school had been main
| tanned as a legal school and with an
| average of ten or more for enc hun
| dred fifty days; including holidays
/ and others allowed by law; for the
second year of discontinuance of such
/ school the town shall receive only
| one-half as much as for the first year
of discontinuarice, and for the third
year of discontinuance only one-half
| as much as for the second year of
! discontinuance.
Second. A town expending less
than forty per cent of its grand list
for current school expenses as de-
termined by section 1 of this act shall
| forfeit such portion of the towns
share of such remainder of the con
solidation as the difference is between
| the amount so expended for current
expenses and forty per cent of the
/ towns grand list. and such sums so
forfeited shall be credited by the
/ state treasurer to the permanent
school fund Of The state.
Third A school board Of a town
shall, under oath. furnish TO the town
clerk, on or before the third day OF
July annually, and on a blank fur
nished said board by the superintend-
ent of education, an itemized state
ment of the actual cash expenditures
for the maintenance of public schools
for the school year ending June thir-
tieth next previous-the amount Of
current expenses: the per cent of the
grand list expended for the mainte-
nance OF schools in addition to all
other school moneys: the amount Of
tuition paid Tor advanced instruction:
! the amount paid for transportation
and board; and the number of legal
schools maintained during the school
year; and the town clerk shall, on or
before the tenth day Of July annually
furnish and certify to the superin-
tendent of education. on blank fur
nished him by said superintendent.
all Of the foregoing. items. per cent
expended, amounts paid. and number
of legal schools and such other data
as said superintendent may require:
and no town shall be entitled TO or
receive any Of the appropriation made
under the preceding section which
has not complied with the provisions
of this section
Sec. 4. Fifty thousand dollars Is
hereby appropriated annually from
the state treasury for the purpose of
creating the consolidation hereinbe-
fore provided and of carrying out the
purposes of this act
! Sec. >. On or before the first day
Of September annually. the superin-
tendent Of education shall furnish the
auditor of accounts certified state
ment Of the various amounts to which
each town is entitled under this act.
and said auditor. after examination
OF such statement shall draw an
order for the amounts due each
town. and said treasurer shall forth
with pay to the treasurer of each such
town the several amounts respective
~ due such town in accordance with
| This not and tho lrna .ror Of ell.