ART. 27. ] PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

the money received and expended on account of textbooks, and a
statement of the indebtedness of the board at the close of the fiscal
year, and forward a copy to the State board of education.

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25. In case of the death of any county school commissioner, or:
his resignation or removal from the county, or disqualification from ]
any legal cause, the judges of the Circuit Court of the judicial dis-
trict where the vacancy occurs shall have power to appoint a quali-
fied person to fill the vacancy. In case of inefficiency, refusal to
act, or breach of trust, the board may, by a vote of a majority of its
members, declare the office vacant, and give notice to the party con-
cerned An appeal may be taken to the State board of education,
whose decision shall be final; but if no appeal be taken within ten
days, the vacancy shall be filled as hereinbefore provided.

Id s 8.
Vacancies,
how filled

20. No teacher, in actual employment as such, shall fill the posi-
tion of county school commissioner.

DUTIES OF THE SCHOOL TRUSTEES.

Id s 9.
Teachers not to
be on board

27. The board of district school trustees shall have the care of
the houses, and lands connected therewith, intended for school pur-
poses; also the furniture, apparatus, and other school property, they
shall attend to all repairs, and charge the cost among the incidental
expenses of the school, to be paid out of the tax levied upon the
assessable property of the county, as herein provided for; provided
that, when repairs are to be paid out of a county school tax, the
amount to be expended for said repairs shall be determined by the
board of county school commissioners before the repairs are made.
The board shall employ a teacher or teachers, subject to confirmation
by the board of county school commissioners, from among those
persons who hold the certificate required by this act; they shall
exercise a general supervision over their respective schools and
visit them frequently, and shall cause instruction to be given for
ten months in the year, if possible.

1874, c 463, c 5,
s 1
Duties of board
of district
school trustees

28. The board of district school trustees shall see that every
schoolhouse site is provided with suitable outbuildings.

1872, c 337, c S.
s 2
Outbuildings

29. No schoolhouse shall be used for any other purpose than
public school purposes and school district meetings, unless by consent
of the board of county school commissioners, or a majority of them.
30. Contiguous portions of two or more schoolhouse districts
may, with the consent of the board of county school commissioners,
combine and form a new schoolhouse district; and, when thus
formed, the said new schoolhouse district shall be invested with all
the rights and powers hereinbefore set forth as pertaining to such
districts; provided that the new schoolhouse district thus formed,
or said district from which it may be formed, shall not contain less
than thirty-five legal resident voters.

Id s 3
school houses
not to be used
for other pur-
poses

Id s 4
Formation of
new districts

31. In case of neglect of duty or refusal to act on the part of
the members of the board of trustees, their places shall be declared
vacant by the board of county school commissioners, who shall fill

1874, c. 463, c. 5,
s 5
Vacancies in
board of trus-
tees, how filled