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4. Statements of accounts for the last term, shall be made
by the Treasurer.

5. All claims against the Board shall be presented, con-
sidered, referred, approved or rejected.

6. Reports from Standing or Special Committees, shall be
received.

7. Each Commissioner shall be called upon, in the order of
Districts, to make a record of such business as he purposes to
bring before the Board for deliberation or action during the
meeting; and the President shall decide, if there be any dif-
ference of opinibn, which business 'shall have precedence.

8. All propositions and resolutions shall be made in writing,
and if seconded, may be discussed, referred, or otherwise dis-
posed of.

9. No member shall speak more than twice upon any ques-
tion, unless by permission of the Board. Every member ad-
dressing the Chair shall rise from his seat, and no conversa-
tion between two members of the Board shall be permitted.

10. No motion shall be in order, raising a new question,
until the question before the Board shall have been disposed
of—and all motions with reference to the question before the
Board shall be received in the following order of precedence,
to wit: to lay on the tabe; for the previous question; to post-
pone; to commit; to amend.

11. Any motion admitting of division into two or more
distinct questions, may be so divided at the request of a mem-
ber.

12. Any member may call for a division, and the yeas and
nays upon any question shall be recorded when called for by
three members.

13. A motion to adjourn shall be always in order.

14. A motion to reconsider a vote shall be made only by a
member who voted in the majority.

15. In addition to the foregoing rules, the rules generally
adopted by deliberative bodies for their government, are de-
clared to be in force for the government of the Board.

SEC. 5. The Boards shall, on the 15th day of October of
each year, report to the State Superintendent in such form as
he may prescribe, the condition of all the Schools under their
care, embodying abstracts from the reports of District Com-
missioners, suggesting such improvements in the School Sys-
tem as they may deem useful, and giving such other informa-
tion in regard to public instruction as may be of public
interest.

They shall also report the number of private Schools, Aca-~
demies and Colleges in the county or city, their course of
study, number of pupils, boys and girls, and all other infor-
mation, in such form as the State Superintendent may pre-
scribe, so as to present a full view of their educational facil-
ities. A duplicate copy of this report shall be deposited in