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Annual meet. ing of school

districts, when Geld.

Gen. Stat., 954,

Qualification of voters.

Gen. Stat.. 965

Tax for schocl purposes.

Gen. Stat., 566.

Section.

1. Annual meeting of school
districts, when held.

2. Qualification of voters.
3. Tax for school purposes.
4. Tax, how expended.

Section.

5. Section 34, general statutes,
page 967, repealed.

6. Teachers, how hired.
7. School property, how pur-
chased.

AN ACT

To amend sections nineteen, twenty three, thirty-one, thirty-two, forty-five and fifty eight, and to repeal section thirty four of an act entitled an act to establish a system of public instruction, approved, February 15, 1869.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska :

SECTION 1. That section nineteen of an act entitled "An act to establish a system of public instruction for the State of Nebraska," approved, February 15, 1869, be amended to read as follows: Sec. 19. The annual meeting of each school district shall be held on the first Monday of April of each year, at some place within the district, and the school year shall commence on that day.

SEC. 2. That section twenty-three of said act, be so amended as to read as follows: Sec. 23. Every male citizen and unmarried woman of the age of twenty-one years, residing in the district and owning property therein which is taxable for school purposes in such district, shall be entitled to vote in any district meeting.

SEC. 3. That section thirty-one, of said act, be so amended as to read as follows: Sec. 31. Any school district may at any annual or special meeting impose a tax on the taxable property of the district in any amount not exceeding twenty-five mills on the dollar on the assessed valuation of the property of the district, and cach tax, when voted, shall be reported by the district board to the

county clerk, and levied and collected in the same manner as other taxes voted by the district.

expended.

SEC. 4. That section thirty-two of said act be so Tax, how amended as to read as follows: Sec. 32. The tax levied Gen. Stat., 966, and collected, as provided by the preceding section, shall be expended under the direction of the district, or in the absence of such direction by the district, then such tax shall be expended as the district board of the proper district may direct.

SEC. 5. Section thirty-four of chapter sixty-eight, is Sec. 34 repealed hereby repealed.

SEC. 6. Section forty-five of chapter sixty-eight, shall be amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 45. The director, with the consent and advice of the moderator and treasurer, or one of them, or under their direction, if he shall not concur, shall contract with and hire qualified teachers for and in the name of the district, which contract shall be in writing, and shall have the consent of the moderator and treasurer, or one of them, endorsed thereon, and shall specify the wages per week or month, as agreed by the parties, and a duplicate thereof shall be filed in his office: Provided, That if the director shall refuse to make and sign such contract, when directed so to do by the moderator and treasurer, then it may be made and signed by the moderator and treasurer: Provided also, That director, moderator, or treasurer, or any two of them, shall not employ as such teacher any person who is a relative of any one of said officers.

Gen. Stat., 967.

Teachers, how hired.

Gen. Stat., 968.

ty, how pur

SEC. 7. That section fifty-eight of said act, be so School properamended as to read as follows: Sec. 58. They shall pur- chased. chase or lease such site for a school-house as shall have Gen. Stat. been designated by the district, in the corporate name thereof, and shall build, hire, or purchase such schoolhouse out of the fund provided for that purpose; and shall make sale and conveyance of any site, or other pro

To take effect.

perty of the district, when lawfully directed by the qualified voters at any annual or special meeting: Provided, That the district 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; and also, that they shall not in any case build a frame school-house or any site for which they have not a title in fee, without the privilege to remove the same when lawfully directed so to do by the qualified voters of the district, at any annual or special meeting: Provided also, That the qualified voters of the district may appoint a building committee to let contracts for, and take charge of the work of building such school-house.

SEC. 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, February 19, 1875.

Power of school

SECTION 1. Issuance of bonds by school districts.

AN ACT

To amend an act entitled "An act to establish a system of public instruction for the state of Nebraska."

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska:

SECTION 1. That the district officers of any school in the issuance district in the State of Nebraska shall have power to issue

district officers

of bonds.

the bonds of the district for the purpose of purchasing a site for, and erecting thereon, a school-house or houses in such district, not to exceed one thousand dollars, and the amount of bonds shall not exceed in amount the sum of two thousand dollars, where the number of children in said district, entitled to enter the common schools, shall

district officers

of bonds.

not exceed twenty-five scholars; and the amount of bonds Power of school shall not exceed five thousand dollars, where the number in the issuance of children in said district, entitled to enter the common schools shall amount to the number of fifty scholars; ten thousand dollars, where the number of such children is one hundred and not more than two hundred; fifteen thousand dollars, where the number is two hundred and not more than five hundred; forty thousand dollars, where the number is five hundred and not more than one thousand; and, in such district where the number of such children shall exceed one thousand scholars, a sum not to exceed fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as the officers may deem necessary: Provided, No bond shall be issued until there are twelve scholars in said district, in sums not less than one hundred dollars each, which bonds shall draw interest from the date thereof, at a rate not to exceed ten per cent. per annum, the interest of which shall be payable annually, or semi-annually, at such place as may be designated in the bonds, and the principal of the same shall be made payable, not to exceed fifteen years from the date of such bonds. The bonds shall specify on their face the date, amount, for what purpose issued, the time they run, and the rate of interest, shall be printed on good paper, with coupons attached for each year's or half year's interest; and the amount of each year's interest, shall be placed in corresponding coupons, until such bonds shall become due, in a manner so as to have the last coupon fall due at the same time as the bond, said bonds and coupons thereto attached, shall be severally signed by the director, moderator, and treasurer of the district board, and the regularity of the issue of the bonds attested upon its face by the county clerk and recorder of the county, in which the school district is situated: Provided, That no such bonds shall be issued until the question shall be submitted to the quali

Power of school fied electors of the district, and two-thirds of all the quali

district officers

of bonds.

in the issuance fied electors present, and voting on the question, shall have declared by their votes in favor of issuing the same at an election called for that purpose, upon a notice given by the officers of the district, at least twenty days prior to the day of such election: And, provided further, That no vote shall be ordered unless a petition shall be presented to the district board suggesting that a vote shall be taken for or against the issuing of such amount of bonds as may therein be asked for, to purchase a site for, or build a school-house or houses, or do both, in said district, which said petition shall be signed by at least one-third of the qualified voters of such district, and provided, in conclusion, that no such bonds shall be issued in aggregate amount to exceed three per cent. of the taxable valuation of the district as determined by the assessed valuation of said district, for county and state purposes, for the year next preceding such issue.

To take effect.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, February 25, 1875.

SECTION 1. Notice of sale of school lands, how given.

AN ACT

To amend section twelve of chapter seventy of the general statutes of 1873.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska :

SECTION 1. That section twelve, chapter seventy, of the general statutes of 1873, be amended to read as follows: Sec. 12. The county clerk shall give notice by

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