Year: 1875


ment of one high school. shall have the power
to levy and collect taxes for the establishment
and maintenance OF free high schools in the
same manner as they are now by law authorized
10 levy and collect taxes for other purposes !;
to determine the length of time such
free high schools shall be maintained
during the year. and the amount that shall be ex-
pended in their establishment. equipment and
management; to authorize the High School
Board hereinafter provided for TO locate the free
high school permanently, or 10 provide that the
terms of said high school be held alternately in
such school districts embraced in the territory
uniting in its support as it may designate; to
authorize the said High School Boaro TO secure
by purchase, lease or otherwise the necessary
buildings, furniture, apparatus and textbooks
for the use OF such schools; TO hire and
contract with properlyqualiied teachers !;
Of taxes voted to be raised for the sup
port of such high school, and for that
purpose to equalize The assessment Of real aid
personal property made by the different town
assessors, and determine the amount TO be raised
by each town, village, school district uniting
in the support of free high school: and certify
the same to the Town or Village Clerk. whose duty
II Is to assess the tax upon the taxable property
therein.


SEC. 4. Whenever any town or towns, village,
or village and town. or schooi district or districts
shall determine TO establish and maintain free
high school under the provisions of this act, the
immediate supervision and management of such
free hign school shall be vested In y board known
as the high School Board, which shall be COM
posed OF three members chosen by a convention
Of the district officers of all the school districts
composing the high school district, said conyen-
tion and election to be held at such time and
place a. may be agreed upon by majority OF the
said school officers, notice of which meeting,
signed by said majority, or by some person au-
thorlzed by them SO TO do, shall be given 20 the
Clerk of each school district interested. whose
duty IL shall be to notify the other members ofthe
Board OF which he is y member: ProUfded. That
when single school district shall establish a
high school in accordance with the provisions OF
this act the District Board of said district shall
constitute the High School Board The term OF
Office OF the members OF the High School Board
shall be three years except that at the first election
of members of such Board they shall be elected
respectively for one, two and three years Eacan-
cies occurring in the Board shall be filed in the
same manner MS now provided by law for filling
vacancies in school district boards: Proetded,
That when two or more towns unite to form a
high school district the County Superintendent
of the county in which the high school is located
shall fill any vacancy that may have existed for
more than ten days.


SEC. s. Whenever any incorporated city, in
which the management of its schoolsIs commit
ted TO Board OF Education. shall determine 10 es-
tabiish and maintain a free high school, under the
provisions of this act the Immediate supervision
and management ofsuch high school shall be vest
ed in such Board OF Education and such Board
shall have the same power and authority in rela-
ton 10 such high school a. Is vested IN High
School Boards created by this act in other
places.


SEC. s. The High School Board shall choose
from their own number President and Sccre-





shall be agreed thereto the Secretary chosen ma
be person not member of said Board When the
| high school district shall comprise more than u
single school district the Treasurer of the High
| School Board shall not be a member thereof but
the Treasurer of the town wherein the high school
Is located shall be eG-0Tet0 the Treasurer of the
| High School Board.


| SEC T. The High School Boards created by this
| act are hereby invested with the same power
and authority, in connection with the high
| schools herein authorized TO be established. as
| are now possessed by District Boards in connec-
| ton with the public schools of the State, and
| the duties OF such High School Boards and the
officers thereof shall be the same are now i'm
| posed by law upon said School District Boards
and the officers thereof, far as the same are
applicable, and they shall be subject tc the same
| provisions of law for neglect or maiieasance,
with such restrictions and additions as are pro-
! yided for in this act.


SEC. s. 1t shall be the duty of the High
| School Boards herein provided for annually, on
or before the second Monday in July, in all cases
| where two or more towns or two or more school
districts constitute the territory uniting in the
| support OF free high school, or where single
| town or school district empowers them so to do.
or where no other provision is made for that pur-
! pose, to hold meeting and determine upon the
amount necessary to be raised by tax for the sup
port of such high school for the year and If such
| sch ,ol IL maintained by portions of more than
| one town to determine what proportion of such
amount shall be raised in that part OF such high
school district situated in each town: and when
such determination is made, the Clerk of said HI igh
School Board shall certify TO the Town Clerks Of
1 the towns wherein such territory is situated the
amount to be raised in their several towns respect
lively, designating by school districts the taxable
property upon which such amount is to be as
| sessed; and the said Town Clerks shall assess, and
the Town Treasurer snail collect. the same in the
| same manner a. school district taxes are now as
sessed and collected; and such taxes, when col
| lected, shall be paid upon demand TO the Treas
urer Of the High School Board entitled to receive
| the same and by him be paid out upon orders
drawn by the Secretary of the High School Board
countersigned by the President thereof, in pursu
ance of the vote of the said High School Board
| and in no other manner.


| SEC. 9. The High School Boards shall have
| the custody and control of all the property be
longing to such high school districts, shall make
| all needful rules and regulations for the manage
| ment of high schools, determine. with the ad


vice and consent of the State Superintendent o.
| Public instruction, the textbooks, course o
| study and minimum standard of qualification fol
| admission to the same, and establish rates o.
| tuition for which non-residents Of said high
| school district may be admitted thereto.


SEC. 10. The Secretary of every High School
| Board shall annually. at the time now required
by law for Town Clerks to report to County
Superintendents, report to the County Super
| intendent Of the county or district in which
furnished by the State Superintendent o
Public Instruction for that purpose. suci
facts relating to such high school a,
said State Superintendent may require, which
shall include the number of weeks such higl
school has been maintained the whole amoun
expended for its support, the amount paid for in
|
the same, and also the average attendance. AnC
the several County and City Superintendents o
the State shall include such reports in their re
ports to the State Superintendent, in such form


as he may require.


| SEC. II. Free high schools established ant


maintained under the provisions of this act shal


be subject to the laws of the State relating to th
common schools as far as applicable, except a
herein provided. Any town may from year TO yea
authorize its High School Board to contract will
and pay the Trustees of any academy or college


I.rNa
the tuition of scholars within such town, in th


studies contemplated in this act, under the stand
ard of scholarship hereinbefore provided to be es
tablshed; and the expenditure of any town fo
tnition in such academy or college shall be sub


ject to the same conditions, and shall enttle salt
town TO the same aid from the state, as if sait
school Any high school district may make us
| OF any sehool-house or other building within il


boundaries for high school purposes, in whole o
IN part, adding thereto and equipping the same a


may be necessary: Pyorid, d, Such use be with th


consent of the District Board of said district
SEC IL. When any free high school shai


have been established and maintained as provid


ed by this act for at least thirteen weeks in an.


one year, such high school district. on comply YIN


with the conditions herein set forth, shall be en-


titled to receive from the State one-half III


amount actually expended Tor instruction in sal


school. not, however, exceeding $50 in any on
year, to any one school, or to the TWO schools o


one town, Incorporated village city: Prorided


hotGerer, That high school district OF large
population than 5000 shall be entitled to receiv


at the rate of sloO additional for each additions


3,to0 population: And prorided further, That N
| high school district, town, Incorporated villag


or city shall be entitled to such aid III
| less the appropriation and expenditure fo
, the high school or schools, on the part of sue
district town. village or city, has been excasiv


of the amounts required by law to be expende
for common school purposes. Such State al
shall be paid from the State Treasury on and af


er the first dsy OF December of such year.
SEC. ID. Ii shall be the duty of the Superb
tendent of Public Instruction carefully to eI


anime the reports made TO him annually by CouI
/, ty and City Supe1ntendents, relating TO hig
. schools established and maintained under III
! provisions of this act. and the reports relative
I the anount paid by towns TO academies and CO
: ieges for tuition of pupils therein under ID
provisions of this act and after fnll
! satisfying himself with relation theret
! ! be shall make certificate to the See
. retary of State showing what towns or district
are entitled to aid from the State under the pre-
visions Of this act. and the amount 10 which eac
, such towns or districts are thus ntitled; and


is hereby made the duty of the Secretary of Statt
upon the receipt of such certificate to issne h
warrant upon the State Treasurer, payable to th
, Treasurer of the town or district entitled I
!, receive the same, for the sum thus certified s
, due and payacle 10 each such town or district
, , and 1t shall be tie further duty OF II
Secretary Of State annually to include


the State tax apportioDed to the sever:
counties of the State all amounts thu


certified 10 him by the Superintendent Of Publ
!, Instruction as due aud payable under the provi


ions of this set, which sum shall be assessed an
collected in the same manner other State taxt


are collected


SEC. IA. There is hereby appropriated annual


ont of any money in the State Treasury not othe


wise appropriated. a sum sufficient 10 meet Il
expenditures authorized by this act: Proride
That not TO exceed $500 shall be drawn fro
! the State Treasury fer the purposes Of this 81
: during any one year.


SEC Is. The term high school district, whel
used in this act. shall be deemed and held 10 mes