Year: 1871

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SEC 81. That the said Trustees,
within Is days after their ap.
poinlmcnt shall take an oath or
affirmation faithfully and Impair
tally to discharge tho duties Of
. their office, which oath the mem.
bcrs arc authorized TO administer
to each other.


/ SEC. 80. That it shall DO tho
duty Of tho said Trustees, any two
! Of whom shall constitute II quo
! rum, to meet as soon aud often as
practicable, after having been ap
! pointed and qualified, ut such place
/ as may be most convenient in the
District, and at their first meet
ing they shall organize by appoint
ing one Of their number Clerk Of
tho Board, who shall preside at
the official meetings Of Tho Trus-
toes, aud shall record their pro.
cccdings in Il book provided for
that purpose. Each member of
the Board OF Trustees shall DO
duly notified Of the meetings by
the Clerk Of the Board.


SEC. 36. That it shall bo the
duty of the Trustees in each School
District to take tho management
and control of the local education.
al interests Of tho same, subject to
! the supervision Of tho County
School Commissioner, and to visit
tho school at least once in cvory
month dnring the school term.


SEC. 81. That it shall be the
duty of the Trustees in the sovo-
raj School Districts TO mako, or
cause to be made, oncc in two
years, in each School District, by
tho first day Of September, an
enumeration Of all tho children
between tho ages Of six co and
sixteen (l6) years, resident with.
in such School District, dislin-
guishing between male and female,
white and colorcd. And the Clerk
Of said Board of Trustees shall re-
turn 10 the County School Com.
missioner duplicate return Of
tho same; each School Trustee
shall receive five cents por capita
for each child enumerated by him,
the accounts for which shall be audi.
ted by the County School Commits.
sioncr, and paid according to law
by tho County Treasurer, out of
tho School Fund Of tho School Dis
trict wherein tho enumeration
was mado. Prouidcd, That in case
tho enumeration of the scholastic
population Of any School District
ia not made, rs provided for in
this Act, by that time, tho Coun-
ty Board Of School Exumncrs is
| herewith authorized to appoint
new Trustees Ior such School Dis
trict, unless for good and sufficient
cause the Trustees have failed to
act.


SEC. 3S. Ii shall be the duty Of
the Board of Trustees to hold Il
regular session in their School
District at least two weeks before
the commencement ofahy or eve
ry school term, for the transaction
ni any and all business necessary
TO tho prosperity Of the school,
with power to adjourn from time
to time, and to hold special meet
ines at any time or place.


SEC 30. That the Board of Trus-
tees shall have power To establish
and make all arrangements for the
common schools of Districts, anG
To make the same eomfnrtabIc, pay
ing due regard to any school hou>,
already built or site procured, n
well as to all other circumstances
proper to bc considered, SO ns TO
best pr0mutc the educational in
lcrest OF their District. They
shall employ teachers from among
those having certificates, and dis
charge the samo when good and
sufficient reasons for so doing pre-
sent themselves; but they shall
employ no person TO teach in any
Of the schools under their super
vision, unless such person shall
mold at the time Of commencing
his or her school, q certificate to
teach. granted by the County
Board Of School Examiners, or h,
the State superintendent Of Ed.
ucatiOn.


SEC. DO. That should the Board
Of Trustees he unable otherwise to
procure sites for school houses,
they are hereby authorized to APP
point a jury OF view of five legal
voters Of the county, who shall
locate said site as the public in
lcrest may require, but, except in
II city, town or village, said site
shall not bo located Within two
hundred yards Of the dwelling OF
the owner Of the land taken for
said site without his consent, given
in writing. The said jury Shall
assess tho value Of tho same and
report their action 10 tho Board of
Trustees, who shall secure tho
title and pay for tho site, as de-
cidcd by Tho jury Of Wow, out Of
any moneys available for that pur-
pose; and upon such payment the
title shall immediately vest in the
Trustees and their Successors in