Year: 1866

which shall have complied with the provisions of
this act; and all moneys SO to be apportioned by
to be paid by them, according to such apportion-
ment to the trustees of the district to which such
moneys shall be apportioned as aforesaid, whose
receipts therefor shall be good and sufficient evil
dence of such payment, which moneys, SO to be
received by the trustees, as aforesaid, shall be
applied and expended by them, after the appor-
of the teachers to be employed by them, and for
no other purpose: Provided, That no moneys
portoned, aforesaid, except the appointment
made for the first year, shall be paid by the com
missioners aforesaid until the white taxable in
habtants, and the trustees of the district to which
such moneys shall be appOrtioned, as aforesaid,
shall have substantially complied with the provi-
sions of this act: And provided, further, That it
shall not be lawful for the commissioners afore-
said to draw any moneys from the hands of the
treasurer of the school fund aforesaid, after pay
ing the salaries of the clerk of the commissioners
and the treasurer of the school fund aforesaid,
except by draft in favor of the trustees of the
school district to which such moneys shall be ap-
portioned as aforesaid; and all moneys which
shall be apportioned by the commissioners
aforesaid, and which shall remain unpaid for the
space of two years thereafter either from the
omission or neglect of the trustees OF the primary
school district entitled to receive the same to ap
ply therefor and to make the necessary certificates
to entitle them to the same, or from any detect
in such certificates, said moneys SHALL after the
expiration OF said term, be added to the moneys
next thereafter to be apportioned by the said COM
missioners, and shall be apportioned and paid
together with such moneys as aforesaid.


trustees of each school district shall hold their
office till their successors shall be elected and
qualified, and in of vacancy such vacancy shall
be filled by the remaining trustees within one
month; and in the said trustees shall fail to
fill such vacancy within that time, then it shall be
the duty of the commissioners of primary schools
as soon as may be thereafter.


SEC. 1S. And be it further enacted, That if any
trustee Of any primary school district shall make
any moneys shall be fraudulently obtained from
the commissioners aforesaid, such trustee signing
such certificate report shall forfeit and: pay
double the amount SO fraudulently obtained to
.he commissioners of primary schools, to be re
covered, with costs of suit, by action of debt be-
fore any court of justice, or any justice of the
peace having cognizance thereof in the name of
said commissioners; and such sum, exclusive of
the cost of the suit shall be applied, when recov
cred, to the use of the primary school in such
district


SEC. 49, And be it further enacted That the
saiF trustees shall keep an account of their pro-
ceedings in a book kept for that purpose, and
shall also keep account against the district col
lector for the sums authorized to be collected,
and for other sums paid into his hands, and shall
give him credit for the sums legally paid by him,
also for his legal commissions, and for such taxes
as cannot be collected by legal steps and proper
diligence; and that said collector shall have the
keeping of all moneys collected by him, and other
sums paid into his hands, subject to the written
order of majority OF the trustees drawn in favor
of such persons having claims against said school
district and he shall report to the trustees when
ever required the amount of funds in his hands
and a full statement of his accounts.


Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That the
trustees OF any primary school district in said
county shall be and they are hereby authorized,
in their discretion, to require from any child at
tending school the payment of any sum of money
not exceeding one dollar per month, to be applied
to the payment of the expenses of said district
school and in the exercise of this power the trus-
tees aforesaid may, from time to time discontinue
the payment thereof altogether, may graduate
the payments according to the ability of the chill
dren and the eXigencies of the school


SEC. 81. And be it further enacted, That it shall
be the duty of the trustees of each school district
whenever district meeting shall have voted
district tax, as soon as may be, to make rate
bill or tax list, which shall raise the sum voted
for in due proportion on all the taxable property
i'll such district. agreaby to the assessment of the
last preceding county tax, and to annex to such
tax list or rate bill warrant and to deliver the
same to the collector of such district, which war
rant shall be substantially follows:


"CoUNTY OF WASHINGTON, D. c., SIS.


To -, collector of the - district in
the county aforesaid, greeting: You are hereby
required and commanded to collect from each of
the inhabitants of said district the several sums
of money written opposite to the name of each
of said inhabitants in the annexed tax list, and
within sixty days after receiving this warrant to
pay the amount of the moneys by you collected
10 the order of the trustees OF said district a
majority OF them; and if any one or more of said
inhabitants shall neglect refuse to pay the
same, you are hereby further commanded to levy
on the goods and chattels of each delinquent, and
make sale thereof according to law. Given under
hands and seals this - day [ofl --, A
D. {; Trustee"