Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-10-19

school to another in the same county
school district or to any school In any adj
joining county. where satisfactory ar
rangements can = maze, IN which case
the county board Of education hall pay
from the teachers fund OF the county
school district the actual tuition cost OF
the pupils so transferred.
Seventh: To prepare a budgei setting
out the total amount of funds received
and disbursed by the said board during
the current school year and slso estimated
amount of revenue required for school
| purposes for the next succeeding school
year. Said budget shall be published in
! two newspaper ~ said county. except
where only one newspaper is published
In the county it shall be published in that
newspaper. and for two consecutive weeks
| prior to the day for holding the annual
school meeting. The 9 -pense Of such pub
LEGATION shall be paid out Of the incidental
fund Of the county school district upon
warrants ordered by the county board and
signed by the president and secretary.
Eighth: The county board shall have
the exclusive power Of levying annually
a tax for school purposes of forty cents
on the one hundrsd dollars assessed val
uation of all taxable property situated
within the limits of the county school dis
trict; and whenever 1t nay be necessary
for the county board OF education to in
crease the annual rate OF taxation for
school purposes. such board shall deter
mine the purpose and rate of taxation
necessary to be levied on the taxable
pr perty situated within the limits of the
county school district within the maxi
mum rates prescribed by the Constitution
for such purposes and shall submit to the
voters of said county school district at
the annual school election or at any other
election called by said board and held for
that purpose. at the usual places of hold
ing elections for member of such board,
due notice having been given as required
by section 11151, Revised Statutes of Mis-
souri,, 1919, and II a majority Of the tax
paying voters voting at such election on
the proposition to increase the levy. shall
vote in favor of such increase. the result
of such vote and the rate of taxation SO
voted shall be certified to the clerk of
the county court in a manner similar to
that provided in section 10 Of this act.
who shall on receipt thereof proceed to
assess and carry out the amounts SO re-
turned on the tax books against all tax
able property real and personal in such
county school district as shown by the
last annual assessment for state and
county purposes, including all statements
of merchants and manufacturers as pro-
vided by law.
Ninth: For the purpose Of purchasing
libraries. school house sites, erecting
school houses, and furnishing the same,
and building additions to and repairing
the same, the board of education Of the
county school district shall rave author
ity to borrow money and issue bonds in
the same manner as provided in section
11127, Revised Statutes of Missouri. 1919,
except as herein provided. They shall
also have all the powers granted to
schools of all classes in chapter 102, ar
ticle 2 of the Revised Statutes of Mis-
souri,, 1919, relating to loans, bond issues,
%refunding bonds, revenue, interest and
sinking fund and levying building taxes
for repairs or the erec.'on of buildings.
unless herein otherwise specified. Mo-
tees of all elections relating to any Of
the items specified In this section shall
be given publication for at least three
weeks, within thirty days prior to any
such election. The said notice shall state
the nature. amount, and purpose of any
such loan or levy. In addition the coun-
ty board of education shall cause the
clerk of each local district to post in five
public places in each local district no.
tices stating the nature, amount, and pur-
pose of any loan or levy to be voted on
at any annua or special election in said
county. 4
Tenth: To make, on recommendation
of the county superintendent Of schools,
all necessary rules for the classification
Of pupils n the governing of the local
district schools of the county; to receive
} from teachers, supervisors, board of d.
rectors and others having to do with the
administration of schools, such reports
and records as are required by law or by
rule of the county board.
Eleventh: To furnish each school with
all needed supplies and pay for the same
out Of the incidental fun of the county
school district; to. provide, as nearly as
the incidental funds will permit, a per-
manent library for each local district and
to make rules governing its care and use.
Twelfth: The county board of educa-
ton shall, on recommendation of the
) county superintendent of schools, select
text books for all schools in the county
school district unless otherwise provided
by law and, at its option, furnish such
, text books free to all pupils in any grade
or in all grades of the county district;
! provided that all existing contracts with
publishers shall be and remain In force
until their expiration; provided further,
: that the grant of the county funds from
/ foreign insurance taxes as provided in
section 1895, Revised Statutes of Mis-
souri,, 1919. shall be allowed to county
! school districts that furnish free text
books.
Thirteenth: The county board of edu-
: cation shall ascertain the amount of the
: indebtedness of the local school districts
, that Is assumed by the county school dis
4 tricts, under the provisions of this act
and shall levy an annua tax on all the
> taxable property of the county school dis
trict, sufficient to pay the annual inter
est On the assumed indebtedness and pay
the principal thereof as the same falls
j due.
! Sec. II. On or before July /, 1922, ant
. every year thereafter. the county boarC
Of education shall submit to the state
: superintendent of public schools, a state
ment on blank furnished by said STATE
superintendent showing the amount spenI
9 per pupil in average daily attendance th'
preceding school year in the public schools
: under their jurisdiction and the tota
number of days of attendance by all pu'
: pills in said public schools, the tota
y amount expended on the public school
{ a the total balance on hand. In ar
: irving at the total number of days o
attendance, the pupils assigned by TIN
county board to q scAool or schools no
in the county school district, shall b,
counted by the county school distric
from which assigned.
Il Sec. TIA. Whenever any accredited higl
81 school Of the first class wiich has for tn
n general administration Of the publ
school and of taxation for school main
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