Commissioners.

Terms of

- office.

SECTION 2.

OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.

That William O. Lynch, Alexander Jones, Nathan J. Barwick, James M. Hollis, William W. Morris and Charles W. Ammermon shall be and they are hereby declared to be the first commissioners, and they shall be invested and charged with all the powers and duties conferred by this act on, from and after the first Saturday of April, A. D. 1887, and shall continue to serve as such commissioners for the terms following, to wit: The said William O. Lynch and Alexander Jones, until the annual school election in the month of April, A. D. 1888. The said Nathan J. Barwick and James M. Hollis until the annual school election in the month of April, A. D. 1889; and the said William W. Morris and Charles M. Ammermon, until the annual school election in the month of April, 1890, and until their successors respectively, shall have been duly elected and qualified as hereinafter provided; with power to fill any vacancy that may Vacancies, occur in their own number by death, removal from the district, or refusal to serve; and the person, or persons, so chosen to fill such vacancy, or vacancies, shall serve until the next annual school election.

how filled.

Corporate

name.

Powers.

SECTION 3. That the members of the Board of Commissioners herein before named, and their successors in office shall, and they are hereby declared to be a corporation by the name, style and title of School District No. 91, in Sussex county, and by that name they and their successors shall have perpetual succession, and shall have and possess full power and authority to devise, establish and modify from time to time a plan and system of education for children in said District No. 91, in Sussex County, and to superintend the same; to appoint, suspend, and remove teachers and provide school houses; to make by-laws, rules and regulations for . their own government and for the government of the teachers and schools under their superintendence; to designate and elect officers of the said board, and to fill vacancies in any manner whatever caused until the next election for members of the board, and to take and acquire, receive, hold and enjoy, for the purposes aforesaid, moneys and real and personal estate by bargain and sale, gift, grant, contract, devise or bequest; and by the name aforesaid may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in the courts of this State or elsewhere; may have a common seal, with power to alter the same, and otherwise generally shall be clothed with the rights, powers and privileges incident to corporations and necessary for carrying out the purposes of their creation. The members of the board shall receive no compensation for their services.

1

OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.

when and

SECTION 4. That on the first Saturday of April, A. D. Election. 1858, an election shall be held in the mode and in accordance how held. with all the requirements of law regulating the election of school committees to serve for three years, and also (in case of vacancy) one or more commissioners, each to serve for the unexpired term of the commissioner whose office shall have beco:ne vacant, and annually thereafter an election shall be held for the election of cominissioners in lieu of those whose terms shall then expire for three years; as well as for the election of another or others in lieu of any whose office may have become vacant for the unexpired term of the commissioner or commissioners whose office shall have become vacant.

SECTION 5.

meeting for

shall make

That the Board of Commissioners named in the second section of this act shall meet on the Monday suc- Time of ceeding the first Saturday of April, A. D. 1887, at the school- organizahouse in said district and proceed to organize the board by tion. electing one of their own number President and another Secretary; and the person so elected President shall thereupon Members of swear or affirm every other member to perform his duties with the board fidelity, and one of the other members shall, in like manner, ath. qualify the President; and on the Monday succeeding the first Saturday in April in every year thereafter the persons Time and composing the said Board of Commissioners shall meet either annual at the school-house or at such other place in said district as the board by resolution shall have established at its place of meeting and organize and qualify in like manner.

place of

meeting.

Treasurer.

Accounts to

tee of said

SECTION 6. That the board shall appoint a treasurer who Board shill shall give bond with sufficient surety for the performance of point his duty; he shall receive and disburse all moneys belonging to the said district under the order and subject to the resolution of the said board, and shall keep an accurate and itemized account of all such receipts and disbursements in a record to be expressly provided for that purpose; and his accounts beinspected and vouchers shall be inspected and audited semi-annually by by commita committee of the said board, who shall make and enter upon board. such record, a certificate showing the result of such audit; and his record shall be at all times subject to inspection by any taxable of the said district upon demand. The said board shall likewise have power to make by-laws, rules and regulations for its own government and the government of the officers, agents and teachers, and the schools under its Power of control. And the said board is hereby expressly invested with assess and full power and authority to assess, levy and collect all the

By-laws.

board to

collect taxes.

Duty of Commissioners to select suita

ble site for

school house

and erect

building thereon.

Board of
Commis-

authorized to issue bonds.

OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.

taxes by this act authorized in the same manner and by the same agencies, and with like powers as is now or may hereafter be provided by law for the collection of school taxes. The warrant annexed to any duplicate of any assessment list shall be signed by the President of the board; attested by the Secretary, and have the corporate seal thereto affixed.

SECTION 7. That a majority of the board shall constitute a quorum and in case of any vacancy in the office of President, Secretary or Treasurer, the board shall have power to fill the same. In case of the death of any member of the board, or in case any member shall remove out of the district or refuse or omit to assume his duties, or to attend for three successive meetings of the board, shall have power to elect another or others in his or their stead to serve until the next annual election. The board shall hold regular meetings on the third Monday in each month and ccasional meetings. when necessary upon the call of the President, or any two members of the board. A record shall be kept of all the proceedings of the said board, and of all of its orders and resolutions, and the same shall be at all times subject to the inspection of any taxable upon demand.

SECTION S. That in order to afford suitable facilities for the education of the children in the said district and to give them the advantages of a graded school when needed, it is hereby made and declared to be the duty of the commissioners, named in the second section of this act, as soon as possible. after they shall have entered upon their duties, to select a suitable and convenient site for the location of a new schoolhouse, and that the necessary steps to acquire title thereto either by agreement with the owner, or in case of inability to. agree, in the same manner and by the like proceeding as now by law provided in that behalf, and shall, without delay, cause to be erected and constructed a suitable building of two or more rooms for the use of said district as a school-house.

SECTION 9. The Board of Commissioners aforesaid, or a sioners are majority of them, are hereby vested with full power and authority to make and issue ten bonds of the denomination of one hundred dollars each, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, redeemable and payable as follows, to wit: The first bond to be paid at the expiration of eleven years from the date thereof, and one bond in its numerical order to be paid at the expiration of every year thereafter until all of said bonds are paid, said bonds may be in the following form, to wit:

Rate of interest. When payable.

OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.

No.

$100.00 Forir.

The Board of Commissioners for School District No. 91, in
Sussex County.

188 These presents certify and make known that School District No. 91, in Sussex County, is held and firmly bound. unto the bearer in the sum of one hundred dollars lawful money of the United States of America which it binds itself to pay to the bearer on or before the

day of

A. D.

with interest at the rate of six per centum per annum payable at the office of the Treasurer of the Board of Cominissioners aforesaid, on the day of until the principal

be paid. Dated at Greenwood the day of 18 witness the seal of said corporation, and the hands of the President, Secretary and Treasurer, the Board of Commissioners of School Districts No. 91, in Sussex County.

President.
Secretary.
Treasurer.

-numbered.

The said bonds shall be numbered from one to ten, in- Bond, how clusive, and shall have coupons attached for the payment of interest numbered to correspond with the bonds and signed How signed by the treasurer of the Board of Commissioners aforesaid. The said bonds shall be signed by the President, Secretary and Treasurer of the said board, and shall have the seal of the corporation affixed. The faith of said School District, Annual No. 91, in Sussex County, and the annual dividends from the school fund belonging thereto are hereby pledged for the pay-mentio ment of the principal and interest of said bonds.

dividends

pledge pay

of

and interest.

Commis

levy and

ditional

SECTION 10. That the Board of Commissioners aforesaid are hereby authorized, empowered and required to annuallysioners aulevy and collect an additional tax in said School District No. thorized to 91, in Sussex County, and at the same time as the tax is collect adlevied and collected for general school purposes, which shall taxes. be sufficient to pay the annual interest on said bonds, and also to create and establish a sinking fund sufficient to redeem the bonds at maturity or at the option of the said board of commissioners after the expiration of ten years from the date. SECTION II. That the President, Secretary and Treas- President, urer of the said Board of Commissioners are hereby author- and Treas ized and directed to negotiate the sale of the bonds to be sell the issued under this act with the least possible delay after they bonds shall have received the same and shall receive a compensation tion. for their services or not at the discretion of the said board. Bonds, The said bonds shall not be sold for less than their par value.

Secretary

urer to

Compensa

how sold.

Treasurer

OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.

The Treasurer shall procure a suitable book, and before deliverto procure ing the bonds shall register therein the name of each purchaser together with number of bonds purchased in regular numer

register.

There shall

be raised in

said district

annually not less

than $400

nor more

than $500

ical order.

SECTION 12. That commencing with the year A. D. 1887, and annually thereafter there shall be raised, levied and collected in said School District No. 91, in Sussex County, for general school purposes by taxation, a sum not less than four hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars. All dividends from the school fund which may be allotted to said district, shall be paid to the said corporation hereby created of dividends on the written order of the President of the Board of Commissioners under the seal of said corporation, and such order shall constitute a sufficient voucher to the trustee of the school fund for the payment of any such dividend.

for school purposes.

Payments

how made.

Rate.

Public act.

Assessinent
made of
property
in district

for year 1886
valid.

.

SECTION 13.

That all males in said district over twenty one years of age, shall be rated at five hundred dollars as a capital or basis for taxation.

SECTION 14. This act shall be deemed and taken to be a a public act and shall be published as such among the laws of the State.

SECTION 15. That the assessment of the real and personal property and the poll made in said district the year A. D. 1886, and the levy of the taxes shall be and they are hereby declared valid, and shall continue in force until all the said taxes are collected and that Alexander Jones, the present co!lector of taxes in said District, be and he is hereby vested with full power and authority to collect all the taxes assessed and levied in said District for the year A. D. 1886, remaining uncollected up to that* and shall have all the power to collect said taxes as is conferred upon collectors of school taxes in this State.

Passed at Dover, March 17, 1887.

*So enrolled.