Year: 1866

atter the lnlrd Monddy Ia OCtOOeC.


PRECINCT BOARD OF EDUcATIoN.


g. The precinct board of education
shall consist of local director from each
subdistrict Of the precinct, who has been
appointed clerk ia his snbdistrict, ma
jofity of whom shall constitute quorum
for the transaction of business. and from
their number they shall elect a chairman.
precintt clerk and precinct treasurer;
the clerk and treasurer each TO give
bond to the trritory in twice the probable
sum that will pass through his hands,
which bond shall be filed with The coun.
ty clerk. 1t shall be the duty Of said
precinct clerk to be present at the mee-
tings of The board, and to record in
book to be provided for the purpose, all
of their official proceedings, which shall
be a public record, open 10 the INSPECTION
of any person interested therein and all
such proceedings, when so recorded,
shall be signed Oy the chairman and clerk
o. S 10. The said precinct board of ed
ucation in each precinct of the territory,
and their successors in Office. shall be
body polilc and corporate in law, and as
such may contract and be contracted with,
sue and be sued, plead and be inpleaded
in any court of law or equiety in this ter
ritory, and may receive any gift, grant,
donation or devise, made for the use of
any school or schools within their juris-
dIEtlon and moreover, they shall be and
are hereby invested in their corporate
capacity with the title, care and custody
of all school houses, school house sites.
school Libraries, apparatus or other prop
cry belonging TO the sshool districts as
now organized, or which may hereafter
be orga nized, within the limits Of their
iurisdiction, with full power to cOntrole
the same. in such manner as they think
will best subserve the interest of common
schools and the cause of edueallon; and
when, in the opinion of the boatdi any
school house or school house site has
become unnecessary, they may sell and
convey the same In the name OF the pre-
cinct board of education of the proper
precinct such conveyance to be execu-
ted by the chairman and clerk of said
board, and shall pay the proceeds to the
precinct treasurer Of the proper precinct
for the benefit of schools and ell con-
veyances of real estate which may be
made to said board, shall be TO said board
in their corporate name, and to their
successors in Office. sdt 81,


s II. 1t shall be the duty of the pre-
cinct board of education to hold regular
sessions on The third Monday of April
and on the third Monday Of Octoper, in
each year, at such place in the immedi-
ate neighborhood as may be convenient
for the transaction of any business which
may be necessary in relation to the SUBJ
iect Of either the primary or graded
schools Of the precinct, with power ad.
journ from time to time, or TO hold spe-
clal meetings at any other time or place
within the proper precinct. as they may
think desirable for the transaction of
business as aforesaid. and at all such
meetings .they shall appoint one of their
numbe TO the chars aud ~ case OF The
absence of the precinct clerk, may ap-
point one of their number TO serve tenn.
porarliy as clerk,


s s ~ The precinct board of educa-
ton shall have the management and
control of all the central or high schools
of their proper preclnet, which may be
established therein under the authority
Of this chapter, with full power in res
pect TO such schools, 10 employ, pay and
dismiss teachers, TO build, repair and fur
nish the necessary school houses, purchase
or lease sites therefor, or rent suitable
school rooms, and make all other neces-
sary provisions relative to such schools
as they may deem proper /; and it shall
also be the duty of said board of educa-
Iion to excise all the power conferred on
local directors IN respect to subdislrict
schools. wherever such local directors
shall Hegleci to discharge their duues in
any subdlsIrict as required by this chap
ter and 1t shall also be the further duly
of SAID board to prescribe rules and reg
ulatiOns for The government of all the
common schools within their jnrIsdicllon;
sad board of education may provide for
German schools for the insIIuctIon of
such youth as may desire to study the
German language, or the German and
EuglIsh languages together, and, d,tlf the
board shall deem il necessary, they may
appoint one of their number the acting
manager of schools fDr The precinct, who
shall do and perform all such duties as
the board may prescribe. id relation TO
ihe management aud supervision of the
different schools and the educational IN
leresls of the precinct, and may allow
him a reasonable compensation for BIS
services


: s l3. The said board shall prepare,
or cause 20 be prepared, map Of their
precinct, as often as they may deem nec-
essary, on which shall be designated the
subdistricts Of the precinct, which they
may change or alter at any regular Sc s.
sion, and the number of scholars assigned
to each but no.subdislrict shall contain
within its limits less than ten scholars by
enumeration, except in case where, IN
the opinion Of the board, it Is necessary
to reduce the number apd II shall be the
duIY of the board to establish a school in
each subdistrict of the precinct, of such
grade as The public good in their opinion
may require; and IN the location Of pri-
mary schools, or schools of higher grade.
the board shall have reference to PoPR-
Iatiou and neighborhood, paying due re-
gard 10 snY school house already bgilIl


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