Year: 1876

purchase or lease, in the corpor- ate name of the district, such school house site as may be dcs- ignated by a majority of the legal voters at the district meeting; :; shall hire. purchase or build q school house, with funds provided by the district for that purpose. . and may sell or exchange such site or school house, when so directed by a majority of the electors of any legal meeting of the district.

 Sec. 62. That they shall hire, for and in the name of the dis trict, such teachers as have been licensed according to law, and shall make, with such teachers, a written contract specifying the time for which the teacher is to be employed, the wages to be paid per month, and any other agree ment entered into by the con tracting parties; and shall furnish the teachers with a duplicate of such contract, and keep the orig inal; and they shall employ no person to teach in any common school of their district unless such person shall hold, at the time of commencing of his school, cer- titicate and license to teach, grant ed by the county examiner or state superintendent. The term month" wherever it occurs in any section of this act, shall be construed to mean twenty days, or four weeks of five days each.

 Sec. 63. That they shall pro- cure from the county examiner, and furnish the teacher at the commencement ofthc term, a reg ister for his school, and require the said teacher to report, in the said register, at the close of the school term, the number of days of the said term, the name and age of each pupil, the date on which each entered the school, the separate days on which each attended, the whole number of days each attended, the studies each pursued, the total number of days all pupils attended, their av, craze daily attendance, and the number of visits received from the directors during the said term.

 Sec. 64. That they shall visit the schools at least once each term, and encourage the pupils in their studies, and give such advice to the teacher as may be for the benefit of teacher and pupils.

 Sec. 65. That they shall sub init to the district, at the usual meeting, an estimate of the ex penses of the district for that year, including the expenses of a school for the term of three months for the next year, after deducting the propable amount of school mon- eys to be apportioned to the dis trict for that school year; and shall also submit an estimate of the expenses per month of contin- uing the school beyond the term of three months, and of whatever else may be necessary for the comfort and advancement of the said school.

 Sec. 66. That they shall, in all suits and actions at law, brought by or against their dis trict, appear for and in behalf of said district; provided that they shall have no other direc- tions or instructions by a lawful meeting of the electors of their district.

 Sec. 67. That they shall draw orders on the treasurer of the county for the payment of wages due teachers, or for any lawful purpose; and he shall state in every such order the services or consideration for which the order is drawn, and the name of the person rendering such service; but he shall not draw any order on the county treasurer for the payment of any teacher not licensed.

 | Sec. 9S. That when the war rant of any board of directors, properly drawn, is presented to the treasurer of the proper coun- ty, he shall pay the same out of any funds in his hands for that purpose belonging to the district specified in said warrant.

 Sec. 69. That he shall give notice of each annual meeting by posting notices thereof, at least fifteen days previous to such meet ing, in three or more conspicuous places within the district; but 1t shall not be lawful for q district, at any annual meeting, to fix a site for a school house, unless the directors shall have particularly set forth, in the previous notice given of such meeting, that these matters were to be submitted for their consideration and action.

 Sec. 70. That one of the di- rectors shall act as clerk at all district meetings; shall keep a record of the proceedings there of in a book provided for that purpose, or, if absent, he shall transcribe into the said book the