books from

return the

Sec. 51. The Director shall draw from the Township Li- To draw brary the proportion of books to which his District may Township be entitled, and return the same to the Township Library Library, and at the expiration of three months, and shall continue to same. draw books in like manner, at the expiration of every three months, and to return the same as aforesaid.

of books.

Sec. 52. He shall distribute the books drawn out by him Dis ribution to the parents or guardians of the children of the District of the proper age, for the time and under the restrictions contained in the rules prescribed by the Board of School Inspectors.

draw and

rants on

Sec. 53. He shall draw and sign all orders upon the As- Director to sessor for all moneys to be disbursed by the District, and sign war. all warrants upon the Township Treasurer for moneys Treasurer. raised for District purposes, or apportioned to the District by the Township Clerk, and present the same to the Moderator, to be countersigned by him.

report to

Sec. 54. The Director shall, also, at the end of each Director to School year, deliver to the Township Clerk, to be filed in Township his office, a report to the Board of School Inspectors of the Clerk. township, showing:

report.

1. The whole number of children belonging to the Dis- Contents of trict, between the ages of four and eighteen years, according to the census taken as aforesaid;

2. The number attending School during the year, under four, and also the number over eighteen years of age;

3. The whole number that have attended School during the year;

4. The length of time the School has been taught during

(Sections 51 and 52.) In townships in which the District Library system has been adopted, these sections have become obsolete. But in fractional Districts, lying partly in townships which still have Township Libraries, the Director may continue to draw from the Township Library the share of books due his District.

(Section 54.) 1. Two blanks for the Annual Report to the School Inspectors are annually forwarded to each Director through the County and Township Clerks. One of these he should carefully fill up as required, and deliver to the Township Clerk; and the duplicate should be placed on file, and delivered to his successor.

District

Board.

the year by a qualified Teacher, the name of each Teacher, the length of time kept by each, and the wages paid to each;

5. The average length of time scholars between four and eighteen years of age have attended School during the year;

6. The amount of money received from the Township Treasurer, apportioned to the District by the Township Clerk;

7. The amount of money raised by the District, and the purposes for which it was raised;

8. The kinds of books used in the School;

9. Such other facts and statistics in regard to Schools, and the subject of education, as the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall direct.

DISTRICT BOARD.

Sec. 55. The Moderator, Director and Assessor shall Roard to re. constitute the District Board. port amount voted by dis

trict, etc.

Sec. 56. Said Board shall, between the last Monday of September and the second Monday of October, in each

2. The Directors' reports not only furnish the basis for the distribution of the Primary School Moneys, but also the facts upon which any sound opinion can be formed of the success of the School system, and of the character and extent of the amendments which may need to be made. Directors, therefore, should use the utmost care and diligence to make their reports full and correct.

3. In fractional Districts, full annual reports are only to be made to the Clerk of the township in which the School-house is situated; and this report must embrace the number of children, and the statistics of the entire District. See section 81. The number of children in any fractional part of the District must also be reported to the Clerk of the township in which such fractional part is situated. See section 82.

(Section 55.) In Graded or High School Districts, generally called Union School Districts, the District Board, as provided by the law passed February, 1859, consists of six Trustees.

year, make out and deliver to the Supervisor of each township in which any part of the District is situated, a report in writing under their hands, of all taxes voted by the District during the preceding year, and of all taxes which said Board is authorized to impose, to be levied on the taxable property within the District.

books for

dren.

Sec. 57. The District Board may purchase, at the ex-Purchase of pense of the District, such School books as may be neces- poor chilsary 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.

of poor per

Tuition, etc.

Sec. 58. Said Board shall exempt from the payment of Exemption Teachers' wages, and from providing fuel for the use of sons from the District, all such persons residing therein as in their payment of 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.

purchase or

Sec. 59. They shall purchase or lease a site for a School-Board shall house, as shall have been designated by the District, in hire site for the corporate name thereof, and shall build, hire, or pur- School chase 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

(Sections 57 and 58.) The District Board should exercise a wise liberality in exempting from the payment of Teachers' wages, &c., those whose circumstances require such exemption. It is the high and worthy aim of our School system to provide a Common School education for every child in the State. None ought to be debarred from the School for lack of means to pay rate bills.

Board to ap. ply School

directed so to do by the qualified voters of the District, at any annual or special meeting.

Sec. 60. The District Board shall apply and pay over all Moneys.j 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 appor tioned 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.

Bond to be required of Assessor.

Where bond

and when

Sec. 61. The Moderator and 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.

Sec. 62. Such bond shall be lodged with the Moderator, to be lodged, and in case of any breach of the condition thereof, the sued, etc. 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.

Report of

receipts and disbursements.

Statement

o: taxes,

etc.

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.

Sec. 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.

(Section 60.) The practice of some Districts in employing a Teacher, and getting him inspected some time after commencing his School, is entirely illegal and wrong, being calculated to defeat the very end and purpose of all inspection.

have custo

Sec. 65. The said District Board shall have the care and Board to custody of the School-house and other property of the dy of Distr't District, except so far as the same shall be specially con- property. fided to the custody of the Director, including all books purchased for the use of pupils admitted to the School free of charge.

Sec. 66. The said Board shall have power to fill, by ap- Vacancies. pointment, any vacancy that shall occur in their own number, and it shall be their duty to fill such vacancy within ten days after its occurrence: Provided, That in Proviso. case said Board shall, from any cause, fail to fill such vacancy within the time specified, the same may be filled by election at a special School District meeting called for that purpose, by the qualified voters present, which meeting shall be called in the same manner, and be subject to the same regulations, as other special School District meetings.

(Section 65.) It is an almost universal custom to allow the use of the School-house for religious meetings, Sunday schools, lectures, lyceums, debating societies, and all other meetings connected with the mental, moral or religious improvement of the people, and such use has uniformly been approved by my predecessors in this department. These uses of the School-house are certainly not foreign to the purpose of its erection. The Board should, however, consult the general wishes of the people in granting this use of the public property.

(Section 66.) 1. This section reads as amended by the act approved Feb. 15, 1859.

The occurrence of any of the following events will create a vacancy in a School District office:

First. The death of the incumbent;

Second. His resignation;

Third. His removal from office;

Fourth. His removal from the District;

Fifth. His conviction of any infamous crime;

Sixth. His election or appointment being declared void by a competent tribunal;