Shall employ teachers. Duties of secretary. Shall keep map of district. Shall have supervision of schools. an executive committee, which committee shall carry out, put in force and execute all orders of the board, and for this purpose all power and authority vested in the board by the provisions of this act shall be deemed vested in the executive committee, and any duty devolved upon the said board by the said provisions shall devolve upon the executive committee: provided, that all the acts of the executive committee shall be subject to review by the board at any regular meeting thereof SECTION 14. The executive committee shall employ so many qualified teachers as they may deem neces sary to give instruction in all the schools under the charge of the board. Each contract shall be in writing, shall be signed by the teacher and by the president and secretary, and shall specify the wages per week, month or year, as agreed upon by the parties. SECTION 15. The secretary shall record all the proceedings of the board in a book kept for that pur pose; he shall keep an accurate and specific account of all expenses incurred by the board, including a list of all orders drawn by him, with the date, amount, person in whose favor and object for which each order was issued; he shall properly file all papers deposited with him in accordance with law, and shall keep and preserve all books, papers and records belonging to his office, and deliver the same to his successor. SECTION 16. He shall make and keep in his office an accurate map of his town, showing the boundaries of all subdistricts and joint subdistricts, and the loca tion of all school houses and highways therein. When a new subdistrict is formed by the board of directors, or one is altered, he shall within ten days thereafter, certify to the clerk of each subdistrict affected by such formation or alteration, a copy in writing of the record of the action of the board in the matter. SECTION 17. He shall have the immediate charge and supervision of all the schools in his town, and shall, under the direction of a board of directors, or ganize and grade them, and assist the several teachers thereof in classifying and arranging them. He shall visit each school in his town at least twice during each term thereof; shall examine into its condition and progress, consult with and and advise the teachers in regard to methods of instruction and government, and shall report to the board from time to time such improve ments as his experience shall dictate are calculated to benefit the school. SECTION 18. He shall draw orders on the town Shall draw orders for teachtreasurer for moneys in the hands of such treasurer er's wages. which have been apportioned to the town, and for moneys collected or received by him from other sources for school purposes, for the payment of teachers' wages, the purchase of school house sites, the building, buying, hiring, repairing and furnishing of school houses, and for all other purposes authorized by this act or by the board of directors acting under it: provided, that each order shall designate the object for which and the fund upon which it is drawn, and shall be countersigned by the president. written state received and SECTION 19. It shall be the duty of the secretary, at Shall make least five days before the annual town meeting or elec- ment of moneys tion each year, to make to the board of supervisors of disbursed in the town a written statement, showing the receipts of separate items. moneys for school purposes from all sources, and the disbursements of the same during the year ending on third Monday of March, in which statement shall be given, under separate heads: 1st. The amount in the treasury at the beginning of the year. 2d. 3d. 4th. Amount received from the state fund. Amount received from all other sources. 5th. The manner in which sums have been expended, specifying the amount paid under each head of expenditure. 6th. Amount remaining in the treasury. 7th. Amount of indebtedness of the township district and when and how payable. estimates in The secretary shall accompany the above statement Shall also give with the estimates of the board of the amount neces- separate items. sary for the supportof schools during the ensuing year, specifying the sums needed under the following heads: 1st. Amount for teachers' wages. 2d. Amount for school house sites, and for building, hiring or purchasing school houses. 3d. Amount for fuel. 4th. Amount for incidental expenses, including repairs, maps, globes, charts and for all needful school room appurtenances. 16-G. L. Statements and estimates to be submitted to vote of electors. Secretary shall registers. 5th. An amount not to exceed one hundred dollars, to purchase library books. SECTION 20. It shall be the duty of the board of supervisors of each town in the state to present the statement and estimates above mentioned to the electors of the town, at the annual town meeting or election, and the items of said estimates shall be passed upon separately by a vote of the electors present: provided, that upon motion they may be increased or di 'minished; and provided further, that if for any reason moneys for the support of schools shall not be voted at the annual town meeting, or a sufficient amount shall not then be voted, the supervisors shall present the estimates before mentioned to the electors at the general election in the fall, for a vote thereon. SECTION 21. The secretary shall furnish school furnish school registers in the form prescribed by the state superintendent of public instruction, in which every teacher in the town shall be required to enter the names, ages and studies of all the scholars attending school, and daily their attendance and absence, which registers shall be deposited with the clerk of the subdistricts at the end of each term of school. Shall make re port to county and what report superintendent, to contain. SECTION 22. It shall be the duty of the secretary, between the fifteenth and twenty-fifth days of September in each year, to make and transmit to the superintendent of schools for the county, a report in writing, bearing date on the 15th day of September in the year of its transmission, stating, 1st. The whole number of subdistricts and parts of subdistricts separately set off within the town, 2d. The length of time a school shall have been taught in each of said subdistricts or parts of districts.. 3d. The number of children taught in each and the number of children over the age of four and under the age of twenty years residing in each. 4th. The whole amount of money received in the town for school purposes since the date of the last preceding report, setting forth separately the amount received from the state through the county treasurer, the amount levied by the county board of supervisors and the amount raised by the town at its at its annual town meeting. 5th. The manner in which said moneys have been expended, and whether any and what part remains unex pended, with such other information as the state superintendent may from time to time require. for school pur SECTION 23. The town clerk shall assess all sums Town clerk to voted at the annual town meeting, or at the fall elec- assess moneys tion, for the support of schools, upon the real and per- poses. sonal property of the town as found in the assessment roll for the year in which said moneys are voted, and the sums so assessed shall in all respects be collected or returned delinquent like other taxes, and when collected, the money shall be held by the treasurer and be by him paid out on the order of the president and secretary of the town board of directors. cient money, SECTION 24. If for any reason the electors of a town If electors fail shall fail to vote an amount of money sufficient to main- to vote suffitain a school in each subdistrict for the term of five how proceed. months during the year ensuing, then the secretary shall, on or before the fourth Monday of November of the year in which the electors shall fail to vote as aforesaid, certify to the town clerk the amount estimated by the board of directors as necessary for teachers' wages, fuel, repair of school houses and incidental expenses, and the town clerk shall assess the aggregate sum thus certified, upon all the taxable property of the town in the assessment roll for that year, and the town treasurer shall collect the same with the other taxes. school moneys. SECTION 25. It shall be the duty of the town treas- Town treasurer urer of each town to apply for and receive from the to receive treasurer of his county, all moneys apportioned for the use of common schools in his town, and to pay out the same, together with all moneys collected or received by him for school purposes, upon the order of the president and secretary of the town board of directors. SECTION 26. The annual meeting of each subdis- Time of annual trict shall be held on the last Monday in September in meeting. each year. The time of such meeting shall be seven o'clock in the afternoon. district meet ing. SECTION 27. The inhabitants qualified by law to Business at subvote at a subdistrict meeting, when assembled in annual meeting, shall have power and it shall be their duty, 1st. To appoint a chairman for the time being. 2d. To appoint a secretary, if the district clerk shall be absent. 3d. To choose a clerk. 4th. To recommend to the town board of directors the number of months they desire to have school 票 Clerk shall record proceedings. Shall be a member of board, meetings. Shall give notice of annual meetings. When executive committee shall appoint clerk. If subdistrict composed of parts of two or maintai ed in their subdistrict the ensuing year, and whether they desire a male or a female teacher; the improvements and repairs which ought to be made on the school houses, out houses, grounds, etc.; what maps, charts or other aids in teaching should be furnished, and generally, any thing, matter or plan which in their judgment will advance the cause of education and benefit the school of their subdistrict. SECTION 28. The clerk shall record the proceedings of all district meetings in a book to be kept for that purpose; shall certify to the town board of directors any recommendation adopted by the electors of his subdistrict in accordance with the provisions of the preceding section, and shall have charge of the school house and of all property therein or belonging or attached thereto, subject to the order or direction of the board of directors. SECTION 29. He shall be a member of the town board of directors, shall attend all meetings of the board, and shall carry out all lawful orders of the same, having reference to the school house of his district or the school maintained therein. SECTION 30. He shall give at least six days' previous notice of every annual meeting of the electors of his subdistrict, by posting notices therefor in four or more public places in the subdistrict, one of which notices shall be affixed to the outer door of the school house, and he shall act as secretary of all such meetings when present. SECTION 31. When a new subdistrict is formed or a vacancy occurs in the office of subdistrict clerk, the executive committee of the town board of direc tors shall appoint a clerk, who shall hold his office until the annual meeting of the subdistrict next succeeding such appointment. SECTION 32. When a subdistrict is composed of parts of two or more towns, the board of directors of more towns, the the town in which the school house is situated shall in which school have the entire control of said subdistrict, and shall ated, to control. maintain school therein as in other subdistricts; and the board of town house is situ clerk of such joint subdistricts shall be a member of the board of directors of said town, whether he resides in the same or not. At the annual meeting in October, the board of directors shall calculate and determine the cost of maintaining the school in said joint subdistrict |