The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-01-16

j, Inc County Unit Law nrov;das -,
-. creation Of Rural School n;s =
E;.sa. out OF all third class d;str;c ~
lIsee and second class distr;c .3s.1 = ~ =.
~. aHected by the law. rs fnrno.t s. :
44equlres lrst, the names If ena a 1.oi'
sols on petition by Anril 21lth nd
second, q majority vote &c tbe . sa,i!'
ned electors on the flav of 'e e, quall-
e. ~ tne County Commissioners.
= the Vote for County Init car
.ies, tne county district will be ora o.a-
The Rural School District of tba
! l = SO formed is to be div;daa s -,
Inc county Commissioners into Ave-
SUBDIVISIONS of as nearly em,aI ,,aa
as possible. equai area
For each subdivision there will he
one one member Of the County Rnral
M district Board of Educat;on
Inese board members are f. he an.
holnted by the Commissioners mon
me organization of the Rural School
Dlstl1ct. Later at the spring school
elect1ons, they will be elected bv tha
voters, one for each subdivision. This
county board of five members IS t.
nave Two regular meetings a YEAR
the flrst Thursday in july and the
second Thursday in December The
members of the board are to be
elected for three years, to have the;r
ttr ~, expenses for attending coun-
ty board meetings paid and ia receive
an nonorarluln Of $50 per year.
Inc third class school districts I'M
ger county Unit will be known as
suD-dlstllcts. They will retain all
thelr powers of managing and con-
trolling the schools and the local trus-
tees will continue to be custodians of
the school property. The powers Of
the County Rural School District
Board are only financial in character.
Inc County Unit is formed for the
purpose of taxation and issuance Of
bonds and all administrative func-
lions are to remain with the local dis
trict boards.
The board Of trustees of each sub
district is required under County Unit,
TO prepare and send to the county
board prior to its July meeting a bud
get containing an ESTIMATE of all
the different items Of expenditures
to be incurred by such sub-districts
for the ensuing year. Such budget
shall explain in detail the several
items Of estimated expenditures, to-
gether with an explanation of the
necessity therefor. Such budget
shall also be accompanied by full
and complete report Of the school IA
cilities Of the sub-district and of the
educational opportunities afforded to
each child in such sub-district." This
last chancelast clause is especially
last clause is especially worthy of
notice, for it will make adequate pro-
vision for the education of each of
some children now without any
school and living mostly in isolated
sections.
At it's July meeting the county
board will pass upon the budgets for
each of the sub-districts and certify
to the County Commissioners the
amount Of money needed to cover the
amounts set forth in the sub-district
budgets as adopted. In August the
commissioners are to levy upon the
taxable property Of the rural school
district a tax sufficient to raise the
amount of money SO certified by the
board of trustees of the rural school
district.
Each sub-district board retains the
right under County Unit to place a
special levy on the assessed valuation
Of the sub-district for "any extraor-