Joint resolution granting the consent of Congress to the establishment of an interstate school district by Hanover, New Hampshire, and Norwich, Vermont, and to an agreement between Hanover School District, New Hampshire, and Norwich Town School District, Vermont
PL 88-177 (H.J.Res.626), enacted 11/13/1963

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[77 STAT. 
Public Law 88-177 
November 13, 1963 
J O I N T RESOLUTION 
[H. J. Res. 626] (jjanting the consent of Congress to the establishment of an interstate school 
district by Hanover, New Hampshire, and Norwich, Vermont, and to an 
agreement between Hanover School District, New Hampshire, and Norwich 
Town School District, Vermont. 
Whereas, by act of legislature approved May 16, 1961, the State of 
New Hampshire, and, by act of the general assembly approved 
April 3,1963, the State of Vermont, have separately but identically 
authorized the establishment by Hanover, New Hampshire, and 
Norwich, Vermont, of an interstate school district; and 
Whereas section 116: 7 of said act of May 16,1961 (New Hanapshire), 
and section 7 of said act of April 3, 1963 (Vermont), are identical 
to the following effect: 
"AGREEMENT BETWEEN HANOVER AND NORWICH. Either before or 
after the corporate existence of the district begins, Hanover and 
Norwich shall enter into one or more agreements (not inconsistent 
with the provisions of this chapter) which shall: 
"a. Express the rights and duties and procedures of Hanover and 
Norwich and the district in relation to each other, to the extent 
that such rights and duties and procedure are not expressed in 
this chaper and/or by Vermont law. 
"b. Determine the grades of school to be included in the dis-
trict school system. 
"c. Place a valuation on the existing plant to be taken over 
and determine Hanover's and Norwich's fair share of such valu-
ation and the terms on which it is to be paid as hereinafter 
provided. 
"d. Determine the ratio for the apportionment of expenses 
during the first two fiscal years. 
"e. Establish the official name of the district. In addition, the 
agreements may include the transaction of any other business 
(except the election of officers) which might be transacted at the 
organization meeting. 
Such agreements shall be executed on 
behalf of Hanover in written form signed by a majority of the 
Hanover School Board and approved or ratified by a two-thirds 
majority of those present and voting by voice or ballot at an 
annual or special meeting of the Hanover school district. 
Such 
agreements shall be executed on behalf of Norwich by such officer 
or officers of Norwich or of Vermont as may thereunto be duly 
authorized.", and 
Whereas, in accordance with said section 116: 7 and said section 7, 
the Hanover, New Hampshire, School Board on May 14, 1963, 
and the directors of the Town of Norwich, Vermont, School Dis-
trict on May 16, 1963, have entered into the following agreement: 
"ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN HANOVER AND 
NORWICH IN ACCORDANCE W I T H SECTION 116:7 O F 
NEW HAMPSHIRE 
STATUTE AND SECTION 7 OF 
VERMONT STATUTE 
"a. Procedural Agreements. 
"1. The schools of the Hanover District, the Norwich District 
and the Union District shall be administered by the same Superin-
tendent. The Union 
District 
may also hire an 
Assistant 
Superintendent. 
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"2. The curricula of the elementary schools of the Hanover and 
Norwich Districts shall be standardized so that children in both 
towns will have an integrated curriculum. 
"3. The Union District will accept tuition pupils in grades 7-12 
when this is to the advantage of its educational program. 
"4. Except for the special cases listed below, the following 
statutory formula shall in general apply for apportionment of 
current annual appropriations after the first two fiscal years of 
operation: 
". . . shall be divided between Hanover and Norwich in the 
proportion that the average daily membership of each in the 
district school for the preceding fiscal year bears to the total 
average membership for such year." 
"Included would be special costs specifically applicable to grades 
7-12, such as Athletics and Activities, Driver Training, Fixed 
Charges, and Health Supervision, except for those relating to the 
Hanover grade school personnel, and any Capital Outlay charge-
able to the high school alone. 
"Excluded are subsidy of school lunch, costs of operation, main-
tenance and capital outlay for the gym and cafeteria, and costs of 
operation, maintenance and capital outlay related to grounds. 
In 
these cases the following formulae shall apply. 
"i. Subsidy of school lunch is to be apportioned in the ratio of 
the average daily membership of Norwich grades 7 through 12 to 
Hanover grades 1 through 12. 
"ii. Maintenance and operating costs and capital outlay for the 
gym and cafeteria, after September 1, 1964, shall be allocated as 
follows: 85 percent of costs relating to the gym and 80 percent of 
costs relating to the cafeteria shall be charged to the Union Dis-
trict, with the remainder charged to the Hanover Grade School. 
"iii. Except for items clearly assignable either to the Hanover 
Grade School or to the Union District alone, the costs of the opera-
tion, maintenance and capital outlay related to grounds, after 
September 1, 1964, shall be assigned as follows: 73 percent to the 
Union District and the rest to the Hanover Grade School. 
"Costs allocated to the Union District under (ii) and (iii) shall 
be divided between the member towns in accordance with the statu-
tory formula set forth above. Allocations in all exceptions men-
tioned above shall have periodic reviews, which will provide cor-
rections as needed, 
"b. Grades of School to be Included. 
"Grades 7 through 12 shall be included in the district school 
system, beginning September, 1964. 
"c. Valuation of Present Plant and Fair Share of Towns. 
"The present school plant for grades 7 through 12, including 
building, land, and equipment in Hanover, New Hampshire, shall 
be valued at $1,215,000. The process of buying in shall take place 
as follows: Norwich shall compensate the Hanover School District 
for Norwich's share of the school plant, in a lump sum; Hanover 
shall then deed to the Union District the above specified plant. 
"The cost of buying into the Union District and the cost of new 
construction undertaken during 1963-64 shall be divided accord-
ing to the ratio of students in grades 7 through 12 in any school 
and resident in the respective towns as of April 1,1963. 
"d. Apportionment of Expenses During the First Two Fiscal 
Years. 
"The operating expenses for the school year 1964-65 shall 
be based on the same ratio as in c above, computed as of Novem-
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ber 1, 1963, and for 1965-66 on the ratio computed as of Novem-
ber 1,1964. 
"e. Name of the District. 
"The name of the new district shall be the Dresden School 
District, 
"f. Procedure for Future Amendments. 
"Any amendment to the Articles of Agreement arrived at 
after the organization of the Interstate Union shall be by a 
% vote of the Directors resident in the town of Norwich and % vote 
of the Directors resident in the town of Hanover. 
"Approved by the Hanover School Board on May 14, 1963. 
"William L. Wilson 
John G. Kemeny 
Elisabeth M. Bradley 
"Almon B. Ives 
Carol E. McLane 
John W. Schleicher 
"Approved by the Directors of the Town of Norwich School 
District on May 16,1963. 
Vermont-Ne w 
Hampshire inter-
state school dis-
trict. 
"Peter P. Plante 
William W. Ballard 
Cecilia Lewis". 
Resolved T)y the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the consent of Con-
gress is hereby given to the establishment by Hanover, New Hamp-
shire, and Norwich, Vermont, of an interstate school district as 
authorized by said act of May 16, 1961 (New Hampshire), and said 
act of April 3, 1963 (Vermont), and to the above-quoted agreement 
between the Hanover, New Hampshire, School Board and the direc-
tors of the Town of Norwich, Vermont, School District. 
SEC. 2. The right is hereby reserved by the Congress or any of its 
standing committees to require the disclosure and the furnishing of 
such information and data by the Dresden School District as is 
deemed appropriate by the Congress or such committee. 
SEC. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly 
reserved. 
Approved November 13, 1963. 
November 13, 1963 
[H. R. 7405] 
Public Law 88-170 
,AN ACT 
To amend the Brettx>n Woods Agreements Act to authorize the United States 
Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to 
vote for an increase in the Bank's authorized capital stock. 
Bretton Woods 
Agreements Act, 
amendment. 
59 Stat. 512; 
76 Stat. 105. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress dsserribled^ That the Bretton 
Woods Agreements Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 286-286k-l), is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"SEC. 19. The United States Governor of the Bank is authorized 
to vote for an increase of $1,000,000,000 in the authorized capital 
stock of the Bank under article II, section 2, of the articles of agree-
ment of the Bank, as recommended in the report, dated November 6, 
1962, to the Board of Governors of the Bank by the Bank's Executive 
Directors." 
Approved November 13, 1963.