turbing school. disturb any school by rude and indecent behavior, or by profane or Penalty for disindecent discourse, or in any other way make such disturbance, shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not less than two nor more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days. school. school on acount (845.) SEC. 18. All persons residents of any school district, and five Who can attend years of age, shall have an equal right to attend any school therein; and no separate school or department shall be kept for any persons No separate on account of race or color: Provided, That this shall not be con- of race, etc. strued to prevent the grading of schools according to the intellect- See App. A., T 60. ual progress of the pupil, to be taught in separate places as may be Grading not? deemed expedient. prevented. ($46.) SEC. 19. The district board may admit to the district school Non-resident nonresident pupils, and may determine the rates of tuition of such pupils. pupils, and collect the same. MODERATOR. See App. A., 59. (§47.) SEc. 20. It shall be the duty of the moderator of each school Moderator. district: First, To preside, when present, at all meetings of the district To preside. and of the board; orders. Second, To countersign all orders legally drawn by the director To countersign upon the assessor for moneys to be disbursed by the district, and all warrants and warrants of the director upon the township treasurer for moneys See App. A.. raised for district purposes, or apportioned to the district by the 26-28. township clerk; Third, To cause an action to be prosecuted in the name of the To bring suit on district on the assessor's bond, in case of any breach of any con- assessor's bond. dition thereof; Fourth, To perform such other duties as are or shall be by law Other duties. required of the moderator. DIRECTOR. (§48.) SEC. 21. It shall be the duty of the director of each school Director. district: First, To act as clerk, when present, at all meetings of the dis- To be clerk. trict and of the board; record minutes. Second, To record the proceedings of all district meetings, and To keep and the minutes of all meetings, orders, resolutions, and other proceedings of the board, in proper record books; Third, To give the prescribed notice of the annual district meet- To give notices ing, and of all such special meetings as he shall be required to give See App. B., notice of in accordance with the provisions of law; of meetings. forms 7, 9. warrants and Fourth, To draw and sign warrants upon the township treasurer To draw and sign for all moneys raised for district purposes, or apportioned to the orders. district by the township clerk, payable to the assessor of the dis- See App. A, trict, and orders upon the assessor for all moneys to be disbursed by ¶¶ 21-37. the district, and present them to the moderator, to be countersigned see App. B., by that officer. Each order shall specify the object for which, and forms 10, 11. the fund upon which, it is drawn; To draw and sign contracts. See App. B., form 26. To provide appendages and keep school house in repair. Proviso. See App. A., To keep account. To present estimates of ex Fifth, To draw and sign all contracts with teachers, when directed by the district board, and present them to the other members of the board for further signature; Sixth, To provide the necessary appendages for the school-house, and keep the same in good condition and repair during the time school shall be taught therein: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize the director to purchase charts or any apparatus to be used in the school-room without a vote of the district authorizing the same; Seventh, To keep an accurate account of all expenses incurred by him as director, and such account shall be audited by the moderator and assessor, and on their written order shall be paid out of any money provided for the purpose; Eighth, To present at each annual meeting an estimate of the penses to annual expenses necessary to be incurred during the ensuing year by the director as provided by law, and for payment for the services of any district officer; meeting. To preserve records and other documents. Other duties. To take school census to. Ninth, To preserve and file copies of all reports made to the school inspectors, and safely preserve and keep all books, papers, and other documents belonging to the office of director, or to the district when not otherwise provided for, and to deliver the same to his successor in office; Tenth, To perform such other duties as are or shall be required of the director by law or the district board. ($49.) SEC. 22. It shall be the duty of the director, or such other person as the district board may appoint, within ten days next previous to the first Monday in September in each year, to take the census of the district, and make a list in writing of the names and ages of all the children between the ages of five and twenty years residing List to be sworn therein, and a copy of said list shall be verified by the oath or affirmation of the person taking such census, by affidavit appended thereto or indorsed thereon, setting forth that it is a correct list of the names of all the children between the ages aforesaid residing in the district, which affidavit may be made before the clerk of the townList to be filed ship; and said list shall be returned with the annual report of the director to the township clerk. Children in almshouses, prisons, or asylums, not otherwise residents of the district, and not attending the school, shall not be included in the said census; nor shall Indian children be so included unless they attend the school, or their parents are liable to pay taxes therein. with township clerk. What children not included. To make annual reports to inspectors. Contents of. (§50.) SEC. 23. The director shall also, at the end of the school year, and previous to the second Monday in September in each year, deliver to the township clerk, to be filed in his office, a report to the board of school inspectors of the township, showing: First, The whole number of children belonging to the district between the ages of five and twenty years, according to the census taken as aforesaid; Second, The number attending school during the year under five, and also the number over twenty years of age; Third, The number of non-resident pupils of the district that have attended school during the year; Fourth, The whole number that have attended school during the year; Fifth, The length of time the school has been taught during the year by a qualified teacher, the name of each teacher, the length of time taught by each, and the wages paid to each; Sixth, The average length of time scholars, between five and twenty years of age, have attended school during the year; Seventh, The amount of money received from the township treasurer apportioned to the district by the township clerk; Eighth, The amount of money raised by the district, and the purposes for which it was raised; Ninth, The kind of books used in the school; Tenth, Such other facts and statistics in regard to the schools and the subject of education as the superintendent of public instruction shall direct. of fractional dis (§51.) SEC. 24. The director of each fractional district shall make Where director his annual report to the clerk of the township in which the school- trict to report. house is situated, and shall also report to the clerk of each township in which the district is in part situated, the number of children between the ages of five and twenty years in that part of the district lying in such township. ASSESSOR. See App. B., approved. (§52.) SEC. 25. It shall be the duty of the assessor of each school Assessor. See App. A., district: TT 21-37. First, To execute to the district and file with the director within To give bond. ten days after his election or appointment a bond in double the amount of money to come into his hands as such assessor during for his term of office, as near as the same can be ascertained, with two sufficient sureties, to be approved by the moderator and director, Bond to be conditioned for the faithful application of all moneys that shall come into his hands by virtue of his office, and to perform all the duties of his said office as required by the provisions of this act. Said bond shall be filed with the director, and in case of any director. breach of the condition thereof, the moderator shall cause a suit to be commenced thereon in the name of the district, and any moneys brought thereon. collected thereon shall be paid into the township treasury, subject to the order of the district officers, and shall be applied to the same purposes as the moneys lost should have been applied by the assessor; Bond filed with When suit to be orders. Second, To pay all orders of the director, when lawfully drawn To pay proper and countersigned by the moderator, out of any moneys in his hands belonging to the fund upon which such orders may be drawn ; disbursements. Third, To keep a book in which all the moneys received and To keep record disbursed shall be entered, the sources from which the same have of receipts and been received, and the persons to whom and the objects for which the same have been paid; board. Fourth, To present to the district board at the close of the To make annual school year a report in writing, containing a statement of all report to district moneys received during the preceding year, and of each item of disbursements made, and exhibit the voucher therefor; 3 To appear for district in suits. Fifth, To appear for and on behalf of the district in all suits brought by or against the same, when no other directions shall be See App. A., ¶¶ given by the qualified voters in district meeting, except in suits in which he is interested adversely to the district, and in all such cases the moderator shall appear for such district, if no other direction be given as aforesaid; 55-58. Other duties. Sixth, At the close of his term of office to settle with the district board, and deliver to his successor in office all books, vouchers, orders, documents, and papers belonging to the office of assessor, together with all district moneys remaining on hand; Seventh, To perform such other duties as are or shall be by law required of the assessor. Board of school inspectors. CHAPTER IV. TOWNSHIP OFFICERS. TOWNSHIP BOARD OF SCHOOL INSPECTORS. (§53.) SECTION 1. The school inspectors of each township, together with the township clerk, shall constitute the township board of See §§ 140, 146. school inspectors; and the inspector whose term of office shall soonest expire shall be chairman of said board, and the township clerk shall be the clerk thereof. Chairman of board to be treasurer. To give bond. See App. B., form 13. (854.) SEC. 2. The chairman of said board shall be the treasurer thereof, and shall give bond to the township in double the amount of moneys to come into his hands during his term of office, as near as the same can be ascertained, with two sufficient sureties, to be approved by the township clerk, conditioned for the faithful appropriation of all moneys that may come into his hands by virtue of Bond to be filed. his office. Said bond shall be filed with the township clerk, and in case of the non-fulfillment thereof, said clerk shall cause a suit to When suit to be be commenced thereon, and the moneys collected in such suit shall brought thereon, be paid into the township treasury, and shall be applied to the same purposes as the moneys lost should have been applied by said treasurer of the board of school inspectors. Inspectors to make triplicate reports. See § 141. (§55.) SEC. 3. On the third Monday in September in each year, the inspectors shall make triplicate reports, setting forth the whole number of districts in their townships, the amount of money raised and received for township and district libraries, and such other items as shall from year to year be required by the superintendent of public instruction, together with the several particulars set forth Township clerk's in the reports of the school directors for the preceding year; and thereto. the township clerk shall, within ten days thereafter, forward two copies of the same to the county clerk, and file the other copy in his office. duties in relation Inspectors to examine list of qualified teachers. (§56.) SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the school inspectors, before making their annual report, as required by the preceding section, to examine the list of legally qualified teachers on file in the office of See § 133, Subd. 6. the township clerk, and if in any school district a school shall not have been taught for the time required by law during the preceding school year by a legally qualified teacher, no part of the public money tricts not em shall be distributed to such district, although the report from such To report disdistrict shall set forth that a school has been so taught; and it shall ploying such. be the duty of the board to certify to the facts in relation to any such district in their annual report. to township (857.) SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the board of inspectors to Inspectors to render to the township board, on the Tuesday next preceding the render account annual township meeting, a full and true account of all moneys board. received and disbursed by them as such inspectors during the year, which account shall be settled by said township board, and such disbursements allowed, if the proper vouchers are presented. meetings of (§58.) SEC. 6. The whole number of meetings of the township Number of board of school inspectors at the expense of the township, during inspectors. any one school year, shall not exceed eight; but this shall not be See App. A., construed to prevent said board holding further meetings in case of ¶ 1. necessity, provided no expense to the township be incurred. TOWNSHIP CLERK. Township clerk board of (§59.) SEC. 7. The township clerk shall be the clerk of the board of school inspectors by virtue of his office, and shall attend all meet- to be clerk of ings of said board, and, under their direction, prepare all their inspectors. reports and record the same, and shall record all their proceedings. He shall also receive and keep all reports to inspectors from the Duties as such. directors of the several school districts in his township, and all the books and papers belonging to the inspectors, and file such papers See §§ 140, 141. in his office; and he shall receive all such communications, blanks, and documents as may be transmitted to him by the superintendent of public instruction, and dispose of the same in the manner directed by said superintendent. clerk of chair. map to (§60.) SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of the township clerk annually, To notify county immediately after the organization of the board of school inspectors man of board of of his township, to transmit to the county clerk a certified statement inspectors. of the name and post-office address of the chairman of said board, and in case there shall be a change in such chairman, during the year, he shall immediately notify the county clerk of such change. (861.) SEC. 9. Each township clerk shall cause a map to be made of To make map of his township, showing by distinct lines thereon the boundaries of districts. each school district, and parts of school districts therein, and shall regularly number the same thereon as established by the inspectors. One copy of such map shall be filed by the said clerk in his office, Where and one other copy he shall file with the supervisor of the township; and within one month after any division or alteration of a district, When new map or the organization of a new one in his township, the said clerk shall file a new map and copy thereof as aforesaid, showing the same. (§62.) SEC. 10. It shall be the duty of the township clerk of each To report to township, on or before the first day of October of each year, to make school taxes. and deliver to the supervisor of his township a certified copy of all statements on file in his office of moneys proposed to be raised by See § 144. taxation in each of the several school districts of the township for school purposes. He shall also certify to the supervisor the amount See App. B., to be assessed upon the taxable property of any school district retaining the district school-house or other property, on the division of the to be made. supervisor all form 23. |