Seventh-The whole amount of the receipts and expenditures for school purposes, together with such other statistics and information in regard to schools as the State Superintendent or county superintendent may require. And any township from which such report is not received in the manner and time required by law, shall forfeit its portion of the public fund for the next ensuing year: Provided, that upon the recommendation of the county superintendent, or for good and sufficient reasons, the State Superintendent may remit such forfeiture.

§ 29. In all cases where a township is, or shall be divided by county line or lines, the board of trustees of such township shall make or cause to be made separate enumerations of male and female persons of the ages as directed by section 28 of this article, designating separately the number residing in each of the counties in which. such township may lie, and forward each respective number to the proper county superintendent of each of said counties; and in like manner, as far as practicable, all other statistics and information enumerated and required to be reported in the aforesaid section, shall be separately reported to the several county superintendents; and all such parts of said statistical information as are not susceptible of division and are impracticable to be reported separately, shall be reported to the county superintendent of the county in which the sixteenth section of such township is situated.

§ 30. At each semi-annual meeting, and at such other meetings as they may think proper, the said township board shall examine all books, notes, mortgages, securities, papers, moneys and effects of the corporation, and the accounts and vouchers of the township treasurer, or other township school officer, and shall make such order thereon for their security, preservation, collection, correction of errors, if any, and for their proper management, as may seem to said board necessary.

§ 31. The trustees of schools in each township in the State may receive any gift, grant, donation or device made for the use of any school or schools, or library, or other school purposes within their jurisdiction, and they shall be and are hereby invested, in their corporate capacity, with the title, care and custody of all school houses and school house sites: Provided, that the supervision and control of such school houses and school house sites shall be vested in the board of directors of the district.

§ 32. When, in the opinion of any board of directors, the school house site or any buildings have become unnecessary or unsuitable or inconvenient for a school, the board of trustees, on petition of a majority of the voters of the district, shall sell and convey the same in the name of the said board, after giving at least twenty days' notice of such sale by posting up written or printed notices thereof, particularly describing said property, and the terms of sale, which notice may be in the following form, viz.:

Public notice is hereby given that on the

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A. D.

will

day of ..... the trustees of schools of township No. , range No. sell at public sale, on the premises hereinafter described, between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and 3 o'clock p. m., the school house situated on the school house site, known as (here describe the site by its number, commonly known name, or other definite description), and located in the (here describe its place in the section), which sale will be made on the following terms, towit: (Here insert as "one-third of the purchase money cash in hand, and the balance in two equal payments, due in one and two years from day of sale, with interest at the rate of per cent from date.")

......

A. B.

C. D.

E. F.

Trustees.

And the deed of conveyance of the property so sold shall be executed by the president and clerk of said board, and the proceeds of such sale shall be paid over to the township treasurer, for the benefit of said district.

§ 33. All conveyances of real estate which may be made to said board, shall be made to said board in their corporate name, and to their successors in office.

§ 34. The township board shall cause all moneys for the use of the townships and districts to be paid over to the township treasurer, who is hereby constituted and declared to be the only lawful depositary and custodian of all township and district school funds. They shall have power also to remove the township treasurer, at any time, for any failure or refusal to execute or comply with any order or requisition of said board, legally made and entered of record, or for other improper conduct in the discharge of his duty as treasurer. They shall also have power for any failure or refusal as aforesaid to sue him upon his official bond and recover all damages sustained by the said board in its corporate capacity, by reason of such neglect or refusal as aforesaid.

§ 35. The township trustees are hereby vested with general power and authority to purchase real estate, if in their opinion the interests of the township fund will be promoted thereby, in satisfaction of any judgment or decree wherein the said board or the county superintendent are plaintiffs or complainants; and the title of such real estate so purchased shall vest in said board for the use of the inhabitants of said township, for school purposes.

§ 36. The board of trustees are hereby vested with general power and authority to make all settlements with persons indebted to them in their official capacity; or to receive deeds to real estate in compromise; and to cancel, in such manner as they may think proper, notes, bonds, mortgages, judgments and decrees, existing or that may hereafter exist, for the benefit of the township, when the interest of said township, or of the fund concerned shall, in their opinion, require it; and their action in the premises shall be valid and binding.

§ 37. The board of trustees are hereby authorized to lease or sell at public auction, any land that may come into their possession in the manner provided for in either of the two preceding sections in such manner and on such terms as they may deem for the interests

of the townships: Provided, that in all cases of sale of such land, the sale shall be either at the door of the court house, where judicial sales of land are usually made, or else on the premises to be sold, as the trustees may order and direct: And provided, that in all cases of sale of land, as provided in this section, the sale shall be made in the manner provided for sale of the sixteenth section by section 14 of article XIII of this act.

§ 38. Upon the petition of not less than fifty voters of any school township, filed with the township treasurer at least fifteen days preceding the regular election of trustees, it shall be the duty of said treasurer to notify the voters of said township that an election "For" or "Against" a township high school will be held at the said next regular election of trustees, by posting notices of such election in at least ten of the most public places throughout such township, for at least ten days before the election; which notices may be in the following form, viz.:

(6 HIGH SCHOOL ELECTION."

..day of April, for the

Notice is hereby given that on Saturday, the.. A. D., an election will be held at purpose of voting "For" or "Against" the proposition to establish a township high school for the benefit of township No. The polls for said election will be open at of said day.

range No.

and close at

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o'clock

A. B.,

Township Treasurer.

Provided, that when any city in this State, having a population of not less than one thousand and not over one hundred thousand inhabitants, lies within two or more townships, then that township in which a majority of the inhabitants of said city reside shall, together with said city, constitute a school township under this act for high school purposes. [As amended by act approved June 19, 1891.

§ 39. The ballots for such election shall be received and canvassed as in other elections, and may have thereon the name of the person or persons whom the voter desires for trustee or trustees.

§ 40. If a majority of the votes at such election shall be found to be in favor of establishing a township high school, it shall be the duty of the trustees of the township to call a special election on any Saturday within sixty days from the time of the election establishing the township high school, for the purpose of electing a township board of education, to consist of five members, notice of which election shall be given for the same time and in the same manner as provided for in the election of township trustees. The members elected shall determine by lot, at their first meeting, the length of term each is to serve. Two of the members shall serve for one year each, two for two years, and one for three years from the second Saturday of April next preceding their election. Whenever a vacancy occurs (except by death or resignation), a successor or successors shall be elected, each of whom shall serve for three years, which subsequent election shall be held on the same day and in the same man

ner as the election of township trustees. In case of vacancy from other cause than the expiration of the term of office, the board shall call an election without delay, which election may be held on any Saturday, notice of which shall be given for the same time and in the same manner as for the election of township trustees Within ten days after their election, the members of the township board of education shall meet and organize by electing one of their number president, and by electing a secretary. It shall be the duty of the township board of education to establish at some central point most convenient to a majority of the pupils of the township, a high school for the education of the more advanced pupils. [Manual training. See act approved June 3. 1897.

§ 41. For the purpose of building school houses, supporting the school, and paying other necessary expenses, the territory for the benefit of which a high school is established under any of the provisions of this act, shall be regarded as a school district, and the board of education thereof shall have the power and discharge the duties of directors of schools for such district in all respects. As amended by act approved May 11, 1901.

§ 42. Two or more adjoining townships, or two or more adjoining school districts whether in the same or different townships, may, upon like petition as required for township high schools, signed by at least fifty (50) legal voters in each of said townships or school districts-and where any such school district contains less than 150 voters, then such petition shall be signed by at least one-third of the legal voters of such district-and upon an affirmative vote in each o such townships or districts, at an election held pursuant to the provisions of section 38 of this act, establish and maintain in the same manner as in this act, it is provided for township high schools, a high school for the benefit of the inhabitants of the territory described in such petition and the inhabitants of any territory composed of parts of adjoining townships who are now maintaining a high school and who have elected a board of education, may create such territory a high school district by a petion of fifty (50) legal voters of such district and by an affirmative vote in such district, and may elect a board of education therefor as in other high school districts. All such high schools may be discontinued in the same manner as township high schools: Provided, that any school dittrict having a population of at least two thousand (2,000) inhabitants, may in the same manner as herein provided for establishing and maintaining a township high school, establish and maintain a high school for the benefit of the inhabitants of such school district, and elect a board of education therefor, with the same powers hereby conferred on township boards of education.

All attempted high school districts in which the inhabitants are maintaining a high school and have in good faith elected a board of education substantially as herein required, are hereby declared to be valid and lawful high school districts and the boards of education elected therefor legal boards of education. [As amended by act approved May 11, 1901.

§ 43. When any township, townships or parts of townships, shall have organized a high school and wish to discontinue the same, upon petition of not less than a majority of the legal voters of said township, townships or parts of townships, filed with the township treasurers of said townships, at least fifteen days preceding the regular election of trustees, it shall be the duty of said treasurers to notify the voters of the township, townships or parts of townships, that an election will be held on the day of said regular election of trustees for the purpose of voting "For" or "Against" discontinuing the township high school, which notice shall be given in the same manner, and for the same length of time, and may be in substantially the same form, as the notice provided for in section 38 of this article: Provided, that any township where a creek or river divides the same and it has been divided into towns with such creek or river as a boundary line between them, and each of said towns contains a city, and an election has been held in such township, and carried in favor of establishing a township high school, a site for which has been selected in one of said towns, and other proceedings had thereon, a petition signed by not less than one-fourth of the voters of such township, as shown by the vote of the last general election, may be filed at any time with the township treasurer of said township for an election, for the purpose of voting "For" or "Against" discontinuing the township high school as to the town in which the site is not located. Within ten days after the filing of the petition, as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of such township treasurer to post the notices for an election to be held, according to the prayer of such petition and if the majority of the votes cast at such election shall be in favor of discontinuing the township high school in the town where the site has not been located, the same shall be so discontinued as to it. [As amended by an act approved and in force June 2, 1897.

§ 44. The ballots for such election shall be received and canvassed in the same manner as provided for in section 39 of this article. If the majority of the votes of such election shall be found in favor of discontinuing the high school, it shall be the duty of the trustees to discontinue the same, and turn all the assets of the said high school over to the school fund of the township or townships interested therein, in proportion to the assessed valuation of said townships, to be used as any other township fund for school purposes.

§ 45. No trustee of schools shall be interested in the sales, proceeds or profits of any book, apparatus or furniture used in `any school in this State with which such trustee may be in any manner connected. For offending against the provisions of this section, any such trustee shall be liable to indictment, and, upon conviction, shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or may be imprisoned in the county jail not less than one nor more than twelve months, at the discretion of the court.

§ 46. Trustees of schools in newly organized townships shall lay off the township into one or more school districts, to suit the wishes or convenience of a majority of the inhabitants of the township, and shall prepare or cause to be prepared a map of the township, on