POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTORS. 1. In the case of a new district, the director is elected, in the first instance, for two years. In all subsequent cases, he is elected, at an annual meeting, for three years, his election always occurring the year following the election of the moderator. He must file an acceptance with his predecessor, or with himself if the office was vacant, within ten days after his election. Section 5. In graded school districts he is elected annually by the trustees. 3 2. The director is the clerk of both the district and of the board, and must record all the proceedings in a book kept for that purpose, keep copies of annual reports, and preserve all books and papers filed with him. Sections 37, 38. In the proceedings of the first meeting of a new district, he shall record the township clerk's notice to a taxable inhabitant, and the return made by such inhabitant. Section 4. 3. The director may call a special meeting on the written request of five legal voters, (section 12,) and it is his duty to give the notices prescribed by law for all district meetings, always posting one of the three notices required on the door of the school-house. Section 50. The notices of meetings must specify the day, hour and place of meeting, and all notices of special meetings must specify the objects of such meeting. Section 13. 4. It is the duty of the director to make and sign the contract with the teacher. This contract must have also the signature of either the moderator or assessor, and in case the director refuses to make such contract, the other two officers may make and sign it. Section 39. It can only be made with a legally qualified teacher. 5. When so directed by a vote of the district, (section 21,) he shall, before the commencement of each school term, assess the amount of fuel to be furnished by each person sending to the school, and shall himself furnish the proportion of any person neglecting to furnish the same after five da s notice, and charge the price of the same in such person's rate-bill. Section 40. 6. Within ten days before the annual meeting, the director must take the names of all children residing in the district, of legal school ages, and verify a copy of the same by oath, to be returned with the annual report to the township clerk. Section 41. 7. He must also furnish to each teacher on the commencement of the school, a copy of such list, and require such teacher to keep and return to him a record of the daily attendance of all children attending the school, with the age of each. At the close of the term, he shall, unless the school is free, make out a rate-bill in accordance with the teacher's roll. Sections 42, 43, 44, 45 and 46. The director and moderator may extend the time for collection of rate-bills. Section 47. 8. The director must keep the school-house in good repair during the terms of school, and provide all necessary appendages, keeping an accurate account of all expenditures made by him, and referring such account to the other officers for allowance and payment. He shall present to the annual meeting an estimate of the amounts necessary to be raised for these incidental expenses. Sections 48 and 49. 9. The director must appear, in behalf of the district, in all suits in which the assessor is the adverse party, unless the district shall direct otherwise. Section 36. 10. In townships having township libraries, the director is required to draw quarterly, from the library, the quota of books due his district, to act as librarian in loaning these books in his district, and return them at the end of the quarter. Sections 51 and 52. 11. He shall draw and sign all orders on the assessor or the township treasurer for all school or library moneys to be paid out to or for the district, and present the same to the moderator for his signature. Section 53. 12. The director is required to make the annual report to the township clerk for the school inspectors, in accordance with the provisions of law, and with the instructions of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Section 54. Blanks are fur. nished annually by the Superintendent for these reports. In fractional districts, the above report is to be made only to the clerk of the township in which the school-house is situated; but he must also make a report to the clerk of other townships in which any part of the district lies, of the number of legal school children in such parts of the district. Sections 81 and 82. 13. The director and moderator are bound to require of the assessor, a bond, with sufficient sureties, for the faithful application of school moneys; and on any forfeiture of such bond the director is required to prosecute for the collection of the same. Sections 61 and 62. 14. On the division of a district by the inspectors, the clerk certifies to the directors of the new districts formed, the share to be paid by one to the other for its share in the school-house and other property retained in the former district. Section 104. The assessor also certifies to the director the amount of any final judgment obtained against the district. Section 125. 15. Any person duly elected director is bound to accept and serve, under a penalty of ten dollars for such refusal or neglect. Section 130. For persistent refusal or neglect to discharge any duty of his office, or for any misapplication of public moneys, the director is liable to removal. Section 136. 16. In graded school districts, the director is elected by the trustees, from their own number, for one year, and may be removed by them for cause. His powers and duties in such districts are the same, for the most part, as those of a director in a primary district. Sections 149, 152. POWERS AND DUTIES OF ASSESSORS. 1. The assessor, in primary districts, is elected by the district at the annual meeting. In a newly organized district, he is elected for one year, or till the next annual meeting; but in all subsequent cases, for three years. He must accept the office, except for sufficient cause, and file his acceptance with the director, within ten days after his election, on penalty of a fine of ten dollars for refusal or neglect. Sections 5 and 130. The assessor in graded school districts is elected annually by the trustees from their own number. 2. The assessor is a member of the district board, and as such, has equal powers with the other members in employing teachers, (section 39,) in calling special meetings, (section 12,) and in taking the census when the director is absent or disabled. Section 41. He acts with the moderator in auditing and paying director's accounts. Section 48. 3. He is also the treasurer and collector of the district, and, as such, is required to give bonds, with two sufficient sureties, for double the amount liable to come into his hands. Section 61. He must collect all rate-bills for tuition and fuel, duly made out by the director, (section 32,) and is empowered to collect the same by distress and sale of any goods, wherever found in the county, of persons refusing to pay, (section 33,) giving ten days notice of sale, as prescribed by law. Section 34. He must make return, at expiration of warrant, to the director, stating amounts collected and uncollected, with names of persons still owing rate-bills. Section 35. He is entitled to five cents on the dollar for collecting rate-bills, which amount must be added to rate-bill. Section 45. 4. The assessor, unless otherwise directed by a district meeting, must appear in behalf of the district, in suits in which the district is a party; except when he is interested adversely. Section 36. The assessor must certify both to the supervisor and to the director the date and amounts of all final judgments rendered against the districts, and in case of fractional districts, must certify to the supervisors of the several townships concerned. Sections 125 and 127. 5. He is to receive and hold all moneys coming to his district from property sold, and on account of its share in the value of any school-house or other property retained by a district from which his district has been set off, (sections 77 and 78,) and he should draw from the township treasurer on the proper warrant made by the moderator and director, all moneys raised by dis trict taxes, or by two mill tax on the property of the district, or apportioned to the district from school fund or from library funds. Sections 29, 53, 97, 107. He must pay, from the proper funds, all orders properly drawn on him by the director and countersigned by the moderator, (sections 29, 32,) and he should keep an accurate account of all such receipts and expenditures. Section 63. 6. An acting assessor may be appointed by the moderator and director, to collect 'rate-bills, whenever the assessor fails to give bonds, or is unable to make such collections. Section 67. 7. All suits against a district must be commenced by summons served on the assessor, at least eight days before the return day thereof. Section 123. 8. Assessors are liable, like other district officers, to fines or removal for neglect or refusal to perform duties, or for illegal use of school funds. Sections 130, 136. TEACHERS. 1. No person, unless a graduate of the State Normal School, is a legally qualified teacher for a public school, who has not passed a public examination before the school inspectors of the township in which he proposes to teach, and procured their certificate, stating that he has been found of good moral character and of competent learning and ability to teach the common branches of education. This certificate must be given before the teacher begins his school, and may be granted for not less than six months, nor more than two years. Section 85. Persons holding certificates as graduates of the Normal School may teach in any township in which they shall file with the township clerk a copy of such certificate. Section 2 of act ap proved Feb. 13, 1857. 2. No public school moneys can be paid as wages to any but qualified teachers. Section 60. 3. The regular times for the examination of teachers, are the first Saturdays in October and November, and the second |