assess upon the taxable property of said district, as the law directs. Dated at

this day of

A. D. 185.

1. The amount which would have been payable for fuel and teachers' wages, by persons exempted from payment thereof by the district board, must, by said board, be included in their report of taxes to the supervisor, to be by him assessed on the property of the district. The amount paid for school books for children, admitted free of charge, and all sums which could not be collected on the rate bill, are also to be included in their report by the provisions of section

57.

2. A report made out and delivered either on the last Monday of September, or on the second Monday of October, is in compliance with the law.

3. A district board should not report a tax to the supervisor unless a vote has been taken finally upon it. If the meeting adjourns to a time after the second Monday of October, and the question is pend ing, the board should not report a tax.

4. If the board include it in their report to the supervisor, and he levies it on the property of the district, it is illegal.

SEC. 57. The district board may purchase, at the expense of the district, such school books as may be necessary for the use of children admitted by them to the district school free of charge, and they shall include the amount of such purchases, and the amount which would have been payable for fuel and teachers' wages by persons exempted from the payment thereof, together with any sums on the district rate bills, which could not be collected, in their report to the supervisor or supervisors, to be assessed as aforesaid.

SRC. 58. Said board shall exempt from the payment of teachers' wages, and from providing fuel for the use of the district, all such persons residing th rein, as in their opinion ought to be exempted, and shall certify' such exemptions to the director; and the children of such persons shall be admitted to the district school free of charge during the time of such exemption.

1. The object of sections 57 and '8 is to make the primary schools accessible to all; the children of the poor as well as of the rich; and in the exercise of the power conferred on the board, a principle of liberality should be observed. Every reasonable facility should be afforded for the education of all children whose parents are in any way unable to afford the expense of the schools.

SEC. 59. They shall purchase or lease a site for a school house, as shall have been designated by the district, in the corporate name thereof, and shall build, hire or purchase such school house out of the fund provided for that purpose, and make sale of any site or other property of the district, when lawfully directed by the qualified voters, at an annual or special meeting: Provided, That the district board shall not in any case build a stone or brick school house upon any site, without having first obtained a title in fee to the same, or a lease for ninety-nine years; and also that they shall not in any case build a frame school house upon any site for which they have not a title in fee, or a lease for fifty years, without securing the privilege of removing the said school house when lawfully directed so to do by the qualified voters of the district, at any annual or special meeting.

FORM OF A DEED.

Know all men by these presents, that A- B- and CB, his wife, of the township of —

of school district No.

in the county of

and State of Michigan, party of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of dollars, to them paid by the district board of the township, county and State aforesaid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey to school district No., the party of the second part, and their assigns, forever, the following described parcel of land, namely:

[Here insert description.]

Together with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging, to have and to hold the same to the said party of the second part, and their assigns, forever. And the said party of the first port, for themselves, their heirs, executors and administrators, do covenant, grant, bargain and agree, to and with the said party of the second part, and their assigns, that at the time of the ensealing and delivery of these presents, they were well seized of the premises above conveyed, as of a good, sure, perfect absolute and indefeasible estate of inheritance in the law, in fee simple, and that the said lands and premises are free from all encumbrances whatever; and that the above bargained premises, in the quiet and peaceable possession of the said party of the second part, and their assigns, against all and every person or persons lawfully claiming or to claim the whole or any part thereof, they will for ever warrant and defend. In witness whereof, the said A-B-- and C— B▬▬▬▬ his wife, party of the first part, have hereunto set their hands and seals, this day of A. D. 185.

A- B- [SEAL.]

C

B

[SEAL.]

The deed should have of course the usual acknowledgement, and should then be recorded.

FORM OF LEASE.

Know all men by these presents, that I, AB, of the township of

county of

and State of Michigan, of

"

the first part, do hereby lease unto school district No. in the township of -, in said county, of the second part, the following piece or parcel of land, viz:

--; with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging; to have and to hold the same for ninety-nine years from the date hereof, [or fifty as the case may be.] for the purposes of a site for a school house in said district, and for no other purpose whatsoever; and in case of said piece or parcel of land being no longer used for the purposes aforesaid, the same shall revert to the said party of the first part, his heirs, assigns. or legal represen tatives. And in consideration of the premises, the said school district, party of the second part, covenants and agrees to and with the said party of the first part, to pay said party of the first part for the said premises, the annul rent of dollars, to be paid as follows: [Here describe when the same shall be paid, and how, if necessary.] In testimony whereof, the said parties have hereunto set their hand and seals, this day of

A. D. 185.

B—, [L. S.]

Lessor.

A

1. The lessor will probably want a copy of the lease. If so, & duplicate should be made out and signed as above, and placed on file with the director, to be delivered with other papers of his office to his successor.

2. By the latter clause of section 59 no district board can build a stone or brick school house on any site, without having a title in fee, or a lease for ninty-nine years; nor can they build a frame school house on any site for which the district has not a title in fee, or a lease for fifty years, without securing the privilege of removing the house. In case, therefore, a lease is taken for a shorter period of time than specified in these clauses, the following condition should be added in the lease, before the concluding paragraph:

And it is agreed between the parties of the first part, and the second part hereto. that the district board of said district may at any time hereafter, whenever they shall be lawfully directed so to do by the qualified voters of the district at any annual or special meeting, remove the school house erected, or to be erected on said site.

3. When a lease of a site is given for the full term of years, on condition that it shall be used for a school house, and the house is sold

or removed for the purpose of erecting a better house, such sale is no violation of the terms of the lease. The district may safely proceed to erect another building thereon.

4. The district board has no authority to do any of the acts specified in section 59, except when they are lawfully directed by the district.

5. A contract to build a brick school house on a site, leased for a less term than the law provides, is in contravention of law.

SEC. 60. The district board shall apply and pay over all school moneys belonging to the district, in accordance with the provisions of law regulating the same, as may be directed by the district; but no school moneys apportioned to any district shall be appropriated to any other use than the payment of teachers' wages, and no part thereof shall be paid to any teacher who shall not have received a certificate as required in this chapter, before the commencement of his school.

1. If the district is not in funds when the teacher has fulfilled his duties under his contract he must wait until the tax is collected for his pay, if the director has made a contract to that effect. If the contract does not provide, the teacher may sue the district, and if he does, it must be collected as provided in section 125.

2. District officers cannot draw money from the township treasury as an advance of money to be collected by rate bill. There is no authority of law for any such arrangement.

3. The provisions of this section are imperative in relation to teachers who have no certificate. It is not material, how well qual ified the teacher may have been. how many certificates may have been previously granted to him, if he has not a certificate in force at the commencement of his school, no money apportioned to the district can be paid to him.

4. The inhabitants of districts have in some instances withdrawn children from school to get rid of the teacher. If a teacher is a qualified teacher, and has a written contract in conformity to law, to teach for a given length of time, he may collect his pay for the whole time, whether he has had scholars or not, provided he has held himself ready at all times to fulfill his contract

SEC. 61 The molerator anl director shall require of the assessor, and the assessor shall execute to the district, a bond in double the amount of money to come into his hands as such assessor during the year, as near

as the same can be ascertained, with two sufficient sureties to be approved by the moderator and director, conditioned for the faithful application of all moneys that shall come into his hands by virtue of his office.

For form of this bond, see page 359. Such bond should be approved by the moderator and director.

SEC. 62. Such bond shall be lodged with the moderator, and in case of any breach of the condition thereof, the director shall cause a suit to be commenced thereon in the name of the district, and the money, when collected, shall be paid into the township treasury, for the use of the district, subject to the order of the proper district officers.

SEC. 63. Said board shall present to the district, at each annual meeting, a report in writing, containing an accurate statement of all moneys of the district received by them, or any of them, during the preceding year, and of the disbursements made by them, with the items of such receipts and disbursements.

SBC. 64. Such report shall also contain a statement of all taxes assessed upon the taxable property of the district during the preceding year, the purposes for which such taxes were assessed, and the amount assessed for each particular purpose, and said reports shall be recorded by the director in a book to be provided and kept for that purpose.

SEC. 65. The said district board shall have the care and custody of the school house and other property of the district, except so far as the same shall be specially confided to the custody of the director, including all books purchased for the use of pupils admitted to the school free of charge.

1. The district board in most of the districts of the State have received and will continue to receive applications for the use and occupation of the school house for purposes other than that for which it was built. The school house is the property of the district and the legal voters may take such action as they see fit to forbid its use for any other purpose than for teaching a primary school. They cannot divert the object for which it was built. or allow the use of the house for any other purpose while the school is kept therein. When the action of the district board in granting its use for other than school purposes is likely to create feeling or lead to difficulty or complaint, the expression of the inhabitants of the district should be obtained by a special meeting. There are many objects nearly allied to the cause of education and the progress of our children in the schools, both physically, intellectually and morally, for which the doors of the school house should be thrown open. In most instances the school house in our country is the first, and in all cases among the first buildings erected of a public character. If a majority of the qualified voters assent to it, it is in close proximity with the main. design of the school house, to permit its use (when not occupied by