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Dec. Ses. 1825.
Change of
districts.
Proviso. |
JOSEPH KENT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
6. And be it enacted, That the said
commissioners, may alter
and change the school districts, with a view to their better arrangement,
and the more general convenience of the people,
Provided however, That no such alteration or change shall be
made before the first day of April, or after the first day of June
in each unless the trustees of the district, so to be altered
or changed, shall assent thereto. |
Constables
shall notify
appointments. |
7. And be it enacted, That it shall
be the duty of the several
constables, in their respective counties, to notify the different
officers, to be appointed in virtue of the provisions of this act,
of their appointments, having received notice from the appointing
power, whose duty it shall be to give such notice to the
constables aforesaid. |
Notice describing
districts.
District
meeting.
Annual meetings
—powers
vested.
Appoint
clerk—his record.
Three trustees.
District collector. |
8. And be it enacted, That whenever
any school districts shall
be formed in any county, by the commissioners of primary
schools as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the said commissioners,
within twenty days thereafter, to make a notice, in writing,
describing such districts, and appointing a time and place for
the first district meeting, and notify the taxable inhabitants residing
in such district as aforesaid, by public advertisements, to
be put up at the most public places of the said district, at least
six days before the time of such meeting and in case such
notice shall not be given as aforesaid, or the inhabitants
of such district, when so notified, shall neglect or
refuse to assemble or form a district meeting, in pursuance
of such notice, or in case any district, having been formed
or organized in pursuance of such notice, shall in the opinion
of the commissioners aforesaid, be dissolved by adjournment
without day, or from any other cause whatever, it shall and may
be lawful for the commissioners aforesaid, or any of them
at any time thereafter, to renew such notice, and the inhabitants
of such district, liable to pay taxes as aforesaid,
shall assembly together in pursuance of such notice; and when
so assembled in district meeting, it shall and may be lawful for
them, or a majority of such of them as shall be present at such
district meeting, to adjourn to any other time or place; and at
such first, or any future legal district meeting, it shall and may
be lawful for them, or a majority of such of them as shall be
present as aforesaid, to adjourn from time to time as occasion
may require to fix on a time and place for holding their future
annual meetings, which annual meetings they are hereby authorised
and required to hold; to choose by ballot one district clerk,
who shall give bond to the satisfaction of the trustees, to keep
the records and proceedings of such meetings; also three trustees
to manage the concerns of such district and one district
collector, also to designate a scite for their school-house; to vote
a tax on the resident inhabitants of such district, as they or a
majority of such of them as shall be present as aforesaid, shall
deem sufficient to purchase a suitable site for the school house,
and to build, keep in repair and furnish such school-house with
necessary fuel, books, stationary and appendages, and to repeal,
alter, regulate and modify all such proceedings or any part thereof |
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