Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-01-28

regulations of the said board, and may
have sucu special meetings as may be
called by the President of the board,
when same may be necessary or advis-
able, of which called meetings all
members of the board shall have no.
tice
Sec. 8 Be it further enacted that
the said board of school trustees shall
have power and it is hereby declared
to be their duty. TO employ all neces-
sary teachers, and fix their salary, to
employ one or more janitols, to pay
teachers and janitors for their services
from school funds of said special dis
trict, and they may discharge for
cause any teacher employed by them,
and shall make all necessary rules and
regulations for the schools under their
a utbority Contract with teachers
shall be in writing, and a proper re-
cord of same shall be entered in the
minute book of said board of trustees.
The said board of trustees and their
successors in Office shall hold in trust
for the use and benefit of the said
special school district all funds of said
district, and shall also hold in trust
such real and personal estate or prop
snall be necessary or advisable for tie
legitimate purposes of said special
school district, and shall build or re-
pair all necessary buildings and keep
and maintain the same for the use and
benefit of the schools under their au-
thoritv The said board of school
trustees may sue and be sued in their
corporate capacity, and shall have
such powers relative to the said Whit
we'll special school district not being
inconsistent with the constitution and
the laws of the State of Tennessee.
The said Whitwell special school dis
trict shall be subject to all the rules
and regulations of such special and in
dependent school districts and subject
to the General laws of the State gov
erning same.
Sec. 4 Be it furtheer enacted that
as soon as possible after the taking
effect of this act, the Board of school
trustees for the Whitwell Special
school district shall take, or cause to
be taken the scholastic population
within the said District, and report
the same to the county superintendent
and also to the county trustee, and the
county trustee shall from this report
of school census, apportion to the said
special school district for the main
tainance of schools its percapita or pro
rata share of all school funds Of the
county then or thereafter in his hands.
according to such school census for
1915 Of the said special school district
which it bears to that of Marion Coun-
ty, and the County Trustee shall also
apportion to the said special school
district it's proper pro r, ia share of
the States school fund paid to said
county by the State. Such school CEN
sus shall be taken annually, and the
funds thus apportioned eash year
thereafter as herein provided by this
act
Sec 5. Be it further enacted, that
for purpose of supporting aud main
tanning the schools of the said special
school district, and fol supplementing
the school funds for said district so
that the school term for said schools
may be- extended and continue to a
ueriod of not less than eight months If
tosslhle as a free public school, there
Is hereby assessed for the year 1915
and for each subsequent year thereaf-
ter, a tax of 20 cents on every 500 00
worth of taxable property, both real
and personal, situated within said
Whitwell special school district, tue
basis of assessment for said tax on
such property shall be the assessed val
us as shown by the books of the coun-
ty trustee, aud all taxes assessed on
real estate are lien upon such real
estate The taxes her in assessed shall
become due and be collected at the
same time aud in the same manner as
taxes under the general laws of the
State by the County Trustee The
taxes herein provided for, together
WITH all other school funds received
from the county trustee, shall consti-
tute the school fund for the said sliec-
ial school district, which fund shall
be under the control of the said board
of school trustees for the use and bene
fit of the said Whitwell special school
district. No part of said fund shall
be paid out by the treasurer or said
special school district except by order
of the board of school trustees and up
on warrant properly drawn and signed
by the president and clerk OF last
Board of Trustees, provided. further,
that no personal property of the tax
payers within the said special school
district shall be exempt from levy or
execution for their said tax assess
ments on personality and polls, and
provided further, that the county tax
assessor shall prepare separate com
plete list of all taxable property both
real and personal, and all polls with
in the said school district for the use
of the county trustees in making col
lection of said taxes.
Sec, 6. Be it further enacted that
the board of school trustees for Whit
well special school district be I'd they
are hereby empowered and authorized
to establish and maintain one high
school for the said special school dis
trict. with four year high school
course of study, and with such branch.
es to be taught as the said board OF
school trustees may prescribe and es-
tablish, and such High School course