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Do. do. for penalty for neglect or refusal to account,

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124.

Appeals to state superintendent from proceedings of, &c., 124, 198, 275 to 278.
Penalties and forfeitures for wilful neglect of duty by, and how col-

lected,...

Provisions for costs of suits against, for official acts,....

128, 169, 248.

128, 169, 254.

To ascertain amount of such costs and expenses, and levy and col-
lect the same....

129.

Powers and duties of, relative to schools for colored child-
ren,.

130, 131, 152, 230.

May be removed from office by state superintendent for embezzle-
ment of public money, or wilful neglect of official duty,... 131, 166 248.
Copies of school laws, forms and instructions to be forwarded to, 131.
Powers and duties of, relative to town school fund and school lots, 133, 134·
Powers and duties of, relative to moneys in the hands of overseers

of the poor,.............

To report names and post-office address to department of common
schools,.....

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142.

To allow trustees to correct defective reports,.....

154.

To furnish answers to appeals,......

169.

Powers of, in reference to districts formed by the state superinten-

dent on appeal,...

169.

Not required to take oath of office,..

170.

Forms prescribed by state superintendent for use of,.................................

170, to 177.

Form of bond to be given by, to supervisor,.....

170.

Form of resolution by, creating a new district,.

171.

Do. of notice to trustees withholding their concent to an alteration
of their district,.......

172.

Do. of notice of the first meeting in a district to organize,..

172.

Do. of resolution for the alteration of a district,

173.

Do. on the formation or alteration of joint districts,..

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Duty of, in the organization and management of teachers' Insti-
tutes,

372.

Duty of, under act to provide for the purchase of Webster's Diction-
ary for the use of schools,...........

373.

TROY.

Act to provide for the establishment of free schools in the city

of,......

...351, 356, 357.

TRUSTEES.

Liability of, to taxation for school district purposes,..............................................

TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

General powers and duties of,..........................

Town superintendents ineligible as,.....

Cannot hold the office of district clerk,...............

115, 116, 195.•

101, 142, 195.

102, 195.

214, 215.

...

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103, 150, 151.

Teachers' wages payable on order and certificate of............ 103, 150, 197.
Duties of, in the expenditure of library money,.................................
May apply to supervisor and town clerk, to be associated with town
sup❜t in the formation or alteration of districts,...
Consent of, when necessary to formation or alteration of district,
how to be given, and notice to,..........

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Duty of, on dissolution or consolidation of district,..

108, 142.

108, 143, 144.

109.

109.

110.

111, 195.

To call special meetings for raising taxes to defray legal liabilities,
To prosecute for penalty for illegal voting at district meetings,....
When and how to be chosen,.........

To be divided by lot into three classes, and terms of office of,............. 111, 196.
Vacancies in office of, how filled,....

111, 114, 169, 195, 196.

When to give notice of special meeting for election of district offi-

cers, and for other purposes,..

112, 178.

112, 178.

When to designate the time for holding annual meeting................
When to levy a tax for building school house, by instalments,...... 112, 181.
To apply to town supt's for equalization of valuation of taxable
property in joint districts,..

To execute deed on sale of school house and lot,...............

113.

113, 221.

To take security for payment of moneys on such sale; to hold the
same as a corporation, and to account to their successors therefor;
and to prosecute on such security,...........
113, 114, 221.
Appropriation by, of proceeds of such sale to new site and house,... 114, 221.
To fill vacancies in offices of district clerk, collector and librarian,. 114.
Penalty for refusing to serve, and for neglect to perform official du-
ties,.......
114, 195, 248.
Resignation of, how and to whom to be made, and notice of,................. 114, 195.
Copies of reports of, to be entered of record by district clerk,....... 114.
To call special meetings,......

115, 200.

When to give notice of special, annual and adjourned meetings,...... 115, 200.

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To purchase or lease sites, and to build, hire, purchase and keep in
repair, school houses, and to provide fuel and appendages, 115, 219, 220, 221.

To have custody of district school house,.........

115, 220.

To contrect with, employ and pay teachers,..............

115, 221.

To divide the public money in portions, and to assign and apply the

same,

...... 115, 198, 199, 224.

To collect teachers' wages not provided for by public money,......... 116, 224.

To exempt indigent persons from payment of teachers' wages,
wholly or in part, and to certify such exemption to district
clerk,

93, 116, 224, 225, 226, 228, 229.

To make out rate-bill and warrant for teachers' wages,...... 93, 116, 224, 225.
May expend ten dollars annually for repairs to school house, and
levy the amount on the district,........

Proceedings of, in apportionment assessment and collection of dis-
tricts taxes,...

116.

... 117, 118, 119, 201 to 219.

To make statement, description and return of unoccupied and un-
improved real estate liable to taxation,.........

May omit to include non-resident property situated more than three
miles from school house,......

When and how to make original valuations in taxable property,
giving notice, &c.,.....

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117, 118.

117.

119, 210 to 212,

When to make out tax lists and warrants & to deliver to collector, 119, 201.
To sue for, recover and apply forfeitures and balances in hands of
collector,

120.

To procure blank books for entry of receipts and disbursements,
property of district, and teachers' lists,...............................
120, 199, 216, 270,
When authorized to levy tax without vote of the district,..... 120, 121, 216.
When to procure fuel for use of district, and to levy tax therefor, 120, 216.
Force and effect of warrants issued by, for collection of tax lists or
rate-bills,.......

1

Renewal of warrants by, when and how made,.....................

Authorized to prosecute non-residents for amounts due on such
warrants,..

121.

121.

121, 249.

When and how errors in tax lists or rate-bills may be corrected by, 121, 202.
When to prosecute for moneys apportioned to their district,......... 121, 250.
Annual report of, when to be made and what to contain,.............. 122, 242 to 248.
Form of,............

244 to 248.

To hire temporarily, when necessary, rooms for the accommadation
of children entitled to attend schools,..........................

In joint districts, reports to be made to town superintendent of each
Town,.

Penalty for false report,

Property vested in, to be held as a corporation,.....
Annually to render an account to district, of moneys received and
expended,.....

123,221

123

123,248

123

123

124

124, 249

124,249
124, 275 to 278

To pay to successors in office, balance remaining in their hands,....
Penalty for refusal or neglect to account or pay over,..
Successors in office to prosecute for, recover and apply such penal-
ty, and balances due from predecessors,..
Appeals to State superintendent from acts of,...........
Powers, duties and liabilities of, as trustees of district libra-
125, 126, 233 to 242, 265 to 270
May be removed from office by State superintendent, for embezzle-
ment of public money, or wilful neglect of official duty,..............131, 166, 248
Penalties and forfeiture for wilful neglect of official duty by, and
how to be colleeted,.........

ry,.......

.................128, 169, 248

Provision for costs and expenses in suits by and against, for official
acts,......

....128, 129, 169, 253, 254

To prosecute for wilful disturbance, interruption or disquiet of dis-
trict schools, &c,...........

130, 256

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Powers and duties of, relative to schools for colored child-

ren,.

130, 131, 230, 331, 255, 256

To report catalogue of books in district library.......151, 154, 199, 200, 240
To apply to state superintendent for relief, when public money is
withheld,....

To correct annual reports when defective, at any time before appor-
tionment,.........

Duty of in application of local school funds,.........

152, 198

154

198

Duty and liabilities of, in application of teacher's money,.........

199

When and how authorized to correct errors in assessment roll of
town,.

212

Duty of, to keep up a school when required by inhabitants of their
District,...

222

To co-operate with the teacher in the government and discipline of
the school,.......

232

General principles of law in reference to suits brought against,... 250 to 255
Legal effect of contracts of,...............

251, 252

When liable in trespass,.

251

Liability of, on contracts of predecessors,...

252

Liability of for their joint acts and for the acts of each other,....... 252, 253
Authorized to require bond of district collector,.................

257

Payments on tax lists or rate bills made to, to be received as agents
for collector,........

262

TRUSTEE OF GOSPEL AND SCHOOL LOT.-See Gospel and
School Lot.

Office of abolished and duties transferred to town superintendent, 102, 142

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Liability of to taxation for school district purposes,..

Toll house and gate of, &c., how taxable,.

TUSCARORA INDIANS.

Act to provide for the education of the children of, in the county

of Niagara,.....

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133, 134

206

214

369

UNOCCUPIED AND UNIMPROVED LANDS.

Powers and duties of trustees in the assessment of for district
taxes,.....

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VALUATIONS.

Of taxable property in joint districts, when and how to be equalized,..........

Of Taxable property, how to be ascertained in making out tax list,........

113, 170

........119, 209, 210 to 212

119, 209

How to be made on claim for reduction, and when not ascertained from assessment roll,....

VISITATION AND INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS.

Powers and duties of town superintendents in reference to, 108, 157 to 164 VISITORS OF COMMON SCHOOLS.

State superintendent authorized to appoint, & powers and duties of,
VOTERS.

96

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93, 116

For collection of rate-bills for teachers' wages, effect of and powers and duties of collectors in execution of,.......... Property exempt from levy and sale on, for collection of ratebills...... 93, 117, 228 For collection of taxes, when to be made out by trustees,............. 119, 201, 119,201, When to be delivered to collector, and his duty thereon, 119, 120, 218, 219 Jurisdiction of collector in the execution of in other districts and towns,

120

To be executed by a majority of trustees, without seal,..

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To have like force and effect with warrants of boards of supervisors, except in certain cases,..

121, 218

When and how to be renewed by trustees,..........
Form of for collection of district taxes,....

..121, 168, 218, 219

217, 218

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rate-bills,..............

224, 225

WILLIAMSBURGH.

Act relating to common schools in the city of,..........
WILLIAMSVILLE.

$63

Provision relative to rate-bills in the village of,.........

366

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