disturbance,

Fourth, To preserve order in all meetings of the district, Meetings, and he may arrest or order the arrest of any person or persons of, etc. who shall conduct himself or themselves in a disorderly manner, or who shall disturb such meeting by rude or indecent behavior, or by profane or indecent discourse or in any other way make such disturbance, and such person shall, on Penalty. conviction thereof in a court of competent jurisdiction, be punished by a fine of not less than two dollars nor more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days. Any justice of the peace, recorder or Jurisdiction. police justice of the county where such offense shall be committed shall have jurisdiction to try and determine the same; Fifth, He may make complaint before a justice of the peace Complaint for against any person who shall disturb any school in the township by rude and indecent behavior or by profane and indecent discourse or in any other way make such disturbance, and such person shall on conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not less than two nor more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days;

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Sixth, To perform the duties required of the superintendent, Perform where such superintendent is not appointed, and such other duties of duties as may be appropriate to his office in the management intendent. of the schools as the board shall determine.

duties.

SEC. 11. It shall be the duty of the secretary of each board Secretary, of education:

First, To act as clerk at all meetings of the district and Clerk of of the board;

board.

Second, To record the proceedings of all district meetings Record of and the minutes of all meetings, orders, resolutions and other proceedings. proceedings of the board in proper record books and sign the

same;

Third, To give the prescribed notice of the annual meeting Notice of and of any special meetings of the district which the board meetings. may call: Provided, That the notice of all annual and special Proviso. meetings shall be properly posted in at least five public places in the township and one on each school building not less than five days prior to such meeting: Provided further, That on Further the petition of at least one-tenth and not less than twenty-five proviso. of the qualified voters of the township district presented to the secretary or president for the purpose of calling a special school meeting, the secretary shall give the notice as hereinbefore provided;

orders, etc.

Fourth, To draw and sign warrants upon the township Warrants, treasurer for all moneys raised for district purposes or apportioned to the district by the township clerk or other officer and payable to the treasurer of the district, and orders upon the district treasurer for all moneys to be disbursed by the district, and present such warrants or orders to the president to be countersigned by that officer. Each warrant and order Numbering. shall be properly numbered and dated, and each warrant shall specify the sources of the funds called for, and each

Sign contracts.

Purchase apparatus.

order the purpose for which and the fund upon which it is drawn:

Fifth, To draw and sign all contracts with teachers, superintendents or other employes, when directed by the district board, and present such contracts to the other members of the board for further signature;

Sixth, To purchase the necessary appendages and incidentals for school use as herein before provided, and to see that such apparatus and material is kept in good repair at all times; Seventh, To keep an accurate account of all expenses inpayment, etc. curred by him as secretary, such accounts to be presented to and audited by the board, and on its written order paid out of the appropriate fund;

Accounts,

Estimates, when and to whom presented.

File reports, etc.

Annual report, what to contain, etc.

Other statistics.

Eighth, At the regular meeting of the board in the month of June, to present an estimate of the expenses necessary to be incurred during the ensuing year, and an estimate of the amount of money necessary for buildings, sites or repairs, and upon these estimates the board shall aet and fix the amount to be presented to the people at the annual meeting; and the board shall vote the several amounts for taxes to be levied for teachers' wages and the general running expenses of the school as herein before provided;

Ninth, To preserve and file copies of all reports to the township clerk or county clerk and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and to preserve and keep all books, papers, records and other documents belonging to the office of secretary or to the district when not otherwise provided for, and to deliver the same to his successor in office;

Tenth, The secretary shall, at the end of the school year and previous to the second Monday in July, prepare an annual report of the school district, said report to contain :

(1) The whole number of children belonging to the district five years of age and under twenty, according to the school census of said district;

(2) The number attending school during the year;

(3) The number of non-resident pupils attending during the year;

(4) The whole number that have attended school during the year;

(5) The length of time school has been taught, the name of each teacher and the length of time taught by each and the wages paid to each;

(6) The average attendance and the percentage of attendance of pupils during the year;

(7) The amount of money received from the township treasurer apportioned to the district by the township clerk;

(8) The amount of money raised by the district and the purposes for which it was raised, the amount of primary and library money and the amount received from all other sources; (9) The text books used in the school;

(10)

Such other facts and statistics in regard to the

schools and the subject of education as the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall direct. Said report shall be in Form of report, filing such form as said superintendent may prepare and direct. In of, etc. all township districts one copy of said report shall be filed with the township clerk on or before the first Monday of August in each year, and the other two, together with all others, forwarded immediately after the first Monday in August to the county commissioner of schools;

(11) To perform such other duties as are or shall be required by law or by the board of education.

SEC. 12. It shall be the duty of the treasurer of the board Treasurer, of education:

duties.

sureties.

First, Within ten days after his election or appointment To file bond, to execute to the district and file with the secretary of the board a bond in the full amount of money to come into his hands during each year as such treasurer, as near as the same can be ascertained, with two or more sufficient sureties, each of whom shall justify under oath and before a proper officer, to the amount for which he is held in the bond, and the sum of such amounts shall be equal to the full amount of the bond; or the treasurer may provide, at the expense of the district, Surety a similar bond of some surety company authorized to do busi- company. ness in this State, said bond to be approved by the president and secretary of the board, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties under this act and honestly accounting for all moneys coming into his hands belonging to said district according to the general accounting laws of the State. Said Where filed. bond when approved shall be filed with the secretary of the board, and none of the books, money or property of the district shall be placed in the hands of the treasurer until such bond has been so filed and approved: Provided, That if for Proviso, any unforeseen reason a larger sum of money should become bond. due the district than the bond would cover, the treasurer shall increase the bond to the proper amount before such money comes into his hands. In case of any breach of the When suit conditions of said bond the president shall cause suit to be commenced. commenced thereon in the name of the district, and any moneys collected thereon shall be paid into the township treasury, subject to the order of the district, and such moneys shall be applied to the same purposes as the money lost should have been applied by the treasurer;

increase of

moneys.

Second, The treasurer shall have the care and custody of all Custody of the moneys of the district coming into his hands, and he shall not loan the same, nor use the same for his own purposes, nor permit other private individuals or corporations to use the same except as provided by law, nor shall he mix such money with his own money, but he shall keep it separate and apart from all other funds;

Third, He may, with the consent of the board of education, Deposits, deposit school moneys with any bank or banking corporation interest, etc. or trust company for safe-keeping, and require such bank or

Proviso, inspection.

Pay orders.

Keep book of accounts,

etc.

Annual report.

Appear for

district in suits.

Deliver books, etc.

Other duties.

Tax estimate.

How considered.

Electors to determine amount.

Increase or decrease.

company to pay interest thereon. Such deposit shall be made in his name as treasurer of the district, and such interest shall be accounted for to the district and become a part of the general fund of said district: Provided, That any deposit of such funds shall not be privileged, but shall be open to inspection of any trustee of the district or any person authorized to audit school accounts;

Fourth, To pay all orders of the secretary when lawfully drawn and countersigned by the president, out of any moneys in his hands belonging to the fund upon which such orders may be drawn;

Fifth, To keep a book in which all moneys received and disbursed shall be entered, the sources from which the same have been received, and the person to whom and the objects for which the same have been paid;

Sixth, To present to the district board and to the district at the close of the school year a report in writing containing a statement of all moneys received during the preceding year and of each item of disbursement made, and exhibit the vouchers therefor, and said vouchers shall be filed in his office permanently;

Seventh, To appear for and on behalf of the district in all suits brought by or against the same, when no other directions shall be given by the qualified voters in a district meeting, except in suits in which he is interested adversely to the district, and in all such cases the president shall appear for the district;

Eighth, At the close of his term of office to settle with the district board and to deliver to his successor in office all books, vouchers, orders, documents and papers belonging to the office of treasurer, together with all district moneys remaining on hand;

Ninth, To perform such other duties as are or shall be required by law of the treasurer.

SEC. 13. At each annual school meeting held in said township district the board of education shall present its estimate of the amount of money needed to be raised by tax during the ensuing year for buildings, sites and repairs, and an estimate of the amount for which bonds shall be issued if needed. This estimate shall be presented by the board and considered by the qualified voters during the last two hours of the time during which the polls for the election of trustees are to be open, or between the hours of three and five o'clock p. m. The qualified voters on the question of voting taxes present at that time shall determine the amount of money to be raised by tax for these purposes, and they may direct that the vote shall be taken by ballot or in any other way which shall be deemed best. The people shall have authority to increase or decrease the amount of the estimate submitted by the board and when such amounts have been voted by a majority of the qualified voters present the secretary of the board of

duty of.

bonding.

education shall, on or before the first Monday of August, certify to the township clerk of the township the amount of such taxes, together with the amount of all taxes which the board of education is authorized to impose, and said town. Report to ship clerk shall report the same to the supervisor of the town- supervisor, ship, and if the township district is a fractional district said clerk shall report such taxes to the clerks of other townships in which said district may be in part situated, and such clerks shall report the amounts to their respective supervisors who shall spread the same upon the regular tax roll of such township or townships in the manner provided for by statute, and the same shall be levied, collected and returned in the same manner as all township taxes: Provided, That if the Proviso. qualified voters present as aforesaid do not or cannot determine the amount of money to be raised by tax for the purposes specified, the board of education shall determine the same: Provided further, That special meetings of the district may Further proviso, be called to vote on the question of bonding the district for special any of the purposes mentioned. Such vote shall be by ballot meeting. and a majority of the votes cast shall be necessary to carry the question. The form of ballot shall be: the township district for $... ing the township district for $. question of bonding, the board of education shall act as an election board and cause a poll list to be kept and a suitable ballot box used, and conduct the election and canvass the votes in the same manner as a regular school election. When Issuance and bonds have been voted the board shall proceed to issue and sell the bonds and fix the rate of interest and term of payments thereon. The period of any school bonds shall not exceed fifteen years: Provided, That when any money shall Proviso, tax. have been borrowed by any township school district upon the bonds of said district the qualified voters of such district shall have power at any annual or special meeting to impose a tax on the taxable property in such district for the purpose of paying the principal or any part thereof and the interest thereon, to be levied and collected as other school district taxes are levied and collected.

ballot.

"For bonding Form of Yes," "For bondNo." On the

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separate

SEC. 14. All taxes assessed within said township or town- Taxes in ship district for school purposes shall be set forth in the column. assessment roll of the proper township in a separate column, apart and distinct from all other township taxes.

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SEC. 15. The treasurer of the township shall at any time, When townon the written request of the board of education, report to ship treasurer said board the amount of school money in his hands and shall, moneys. on the order of the secretary of the board countersigned by the president, pay to the treasurer of the board all or any of such moneys. The treasurer of the township shall collect To collect from the treasurers of other townships in which the district treasurers. may be in part located all school moneys belonging to such

from other