In

force June AN ACT legalizing the action of trustees of town 18 west, of range one 19, 1869. east 3d P. M., in Macon, in leasing the school section of said town, and for other purposes.

Aots of schoo trustees legal.

Lease, expenses

Apportionment of funds.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the acts of the school trustees of town 18 W., range 1 E., 3d P. M. (Austin Township), Macon county, in leasing the school section belonging to said town for the term of (10) ten years, from the 1st day of March, 1869, in accordance with the wishes of the inhabitants of said town, be and the same are hereby legalized and confirmed; and said school trustees are hereby empowered to transact all business connected with the leasing of said section and to collect all rents due from the lessee of the same.

§ 2. They shall, immediately upon the receipt of any money from said lessee, first pay all necessary expenses which may have accrued on account of the leasing of said section, and then pay over the balance to the school treasurer of said town.

§3. They shall, at their regular semi-annual meetings, on the first Mondays of April and October, apportion said money in the hands of the treasurer to the several school districts in their town, in the same manner that the public money is now distributed, viz: One half in proportion to the number of children under (21) twenty-one years of age in each, and one half in proportion to the attendance certified in the schedules. The funds thus apportioned shall be placed on the books of the treasurer to the credit of the respective districts, and the same shall be paid out by the treas nrer, on the legal orders of the directors of the proper districts.

APPROVED March 31, 1869.

In force March AN ACT to enable Wesley B. Lucas, a minor, to convey to the school

13, 1869.

clared of legal

vey land.

trustees of township three north, range ten west, in Madison county, a piece of land for a school house site.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Wesley A minor de- B. Lucas, of Madison county, now a minor, is hereby decapacity to con- clared to be of legal capacity to grant, bargain, sell and convey, by deed, to the trustees of schools of township three north, range ten west, in Madison county, a suitable site for a school house, not exceeding in quantity two acres of land, to be located as required by law; and any conveyance made by said Lucas to said trustees shall vest

the title to said lands in them as fully as if he were of the age of twenty-one years.

§ 2. This act shall be deemed a public act, and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 13, 1869.

31, 1869.

AN ACT to legalize the purchase of a school house site by the school di- In force March rectors of school district No. 1., T. 2. N., R. 2 E., and to authorize them to issue bonds to build a school house.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Conveyance of purchase of block No. two, in Mills' addition to the town land legalized. of Salem, by the school directors of school district No. one (1), in township No. two (2) north, range No. two (2) east, in Marion county, Illinois, and the conveyance by Urial Mills and wife to the school trustees of said township, in 1868, of said block, for the benefit of said school district, are hereby legalized and held and declared to be good and valid, and that the said school directors are hereby authorized and empowered to issue the bonds of said school dis- Issue bonds. trict, in various sums, of not less than fifty dollars, at the discretion of said school directors, to the aggregate amount of not more than twenty thousand dollars, for the purpose of paying for said block or lot of ground and to build a school house thereon; which bonds shall be payable at various times, from one to ten years from the date of their being issued, and shall draw interest, payable annually, at the rate of ten per cent. per annum; and that the said school directors may, annually, levy taxes on the property of said school districts, subject to taxation for other school purposes, to pay for the same.

2. This act shall be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED March 31, 1869.

80, 1869.

AN ACT to legalize the assessment of school directors of school district In force March No. 1, of town 26 north, of range 4 east, in the county of MeLean, and state of Illinois.

WHEREAS, an error occurred in the certification to the Preamble. county clerk of the county of McLean, by the directors of school district No. 1, town 26 north, range 4 east, in the said county of McLean, and state of Illinois, of the taxes Vol. III-55

assessed by them for the support of a common school for the term of nine months, for the year 1868, in said districts; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Additional tax. directors in said district are hereby authorized to make an additional levy of one per cent. on all the taxable property in said district, for the purpose aforesaid; and the clerk of the said county of McLean is hereby authorized and required to extend the same, immediately, upon the collector's book of said town, to be collected and paid over as though no error had been made by said directors.

§ 2. This act shall be deemed a public act, and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 30, 1869.

In force Maroh AN ACT to afford relief to the board of school directors of district four, 29, 1869. in township one north, of range eight west, in St. Clair county, Illinois.

term.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Extend school board of school directors of district number four, in township one north, of range eight west, in St. Clair county, Illinois, are hereby authorized, without a vote of the people of said district, to extend the term of the public schools in said district, each year, beyond six months and not exceeding eleven months, and to levy and have collected each year the necessary taxes for the same.

May money.

borrow § 2. Said board of directors are further authorized and empowered to borrow money, from time to time, to meet the current expenses of said board, and to pay teachers' salaries and maturing bonds, and to issue for such moneys so borrowed and for bonds maturing and now outstanding, bonds, bearing not exceeding ten per cent. interest, per annum; and all bonds heretofore issued and renewed by said board are hereby legalized and in full force and effect. 3. This act shall be submitted to a vote of the legal be derived from voters of said district, for adoption or rejection, at an election to be called by the school directors thereof.

Authority to

the people.

sage.

4. This act shall to be in force from and after its pas

APPROVED March 29, 1869,

AN ACT to legalize the acts of the school directors in Union school dis- In force March trict Nos. 2 and 3, in town of Arispie, county of Bureau.

29, 1869.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the_State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Acts of direcacts and doings of the board of school directors in joint tors legalized. district Nos. 2 and 3, in township No. 15 north, in range No. 9 east of the fourth principal meridian, in Bureau county, in building their present school house and in furnishing the same, be and they are hereby legalized, and the bonds they have issued in payment of the same or for procuring funds are hereby made legal, and shall remain a valid debt against said school district until paid.

§ 2. The board of directors of said school district shall Tax to pay debt have power to levy such rate per cent. of tax as may be necessary to pay said debt and interest: Provided, said rate shall not exceed six per cent of tax on the property of said district in any one year; and the said board of directors shall, also, have power to levy such rate per cent. of tax as may be necessary to maintain a school in said district nine months in each year.

§ 3. This act shall be in force from and after its pas

sage.

APPROVED March 29, 1869.

AN ACT to authorize the school directors of Union district number three In force March (3), Douglas township, Iroquois county, Illinois, to issue bonds. 13, 1869.

WHEREAS, at an election held on the eleventh day of Preamble. September, A. D., 1868, in Union school district number three (3), comprising sections nineteen (19), twenty (20), twenty-one (21), twenty-eight (28), twenty-nine (29), thirty (30), thirty-one (31), thirty-two (32), thirty-three (33,) in town twenty-seven (27), range fourteen (14) west; also thirty (30) and thirty-one (31), in town twenty-seven (27), range eleven (11), east, also north half of each of sections six (6), in town twenty-six (26), range eleven (11) east, and section six (6), in town twenty-six (26), range fourteen (14), west, and sections four (4) and five (5), in town twenty-six (26), range fourteen (14) west of third principal meridian, in the county of Iroquois, state of Illinois, a large majority of the legal votes cast at said election were in favor of the school directors of said district borrowing twelve thousand dollars, for the purpose of purchasing school site and erecting a suitable school house thereon; and whereas, said school directors are to issue the bonds of said district for the said sum, payable in ten equal annual payments, bear

ing interest not exceeding ten per cent., payable annually now, therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Acts of direc- action of the board of school directors of the said district, tors legalized. for the purposes aforesaid, be and the same is hereby legalized and made valid.

Bonds issued.

2. The said school directors are authorized to issue bonds, as aforesaid, and to levy a tax each year to pay off the principal and interest of said bonds as each becomes due. §3. This act shall be a public act, and take effect from and after its passage.

APPROVED March 13, 1869.

In force March AN ACT for the benefit of the School Fund of White Roek township, in

4, 1869.

Ogle county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Bounty money. Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all moneys heretofore raised in the town of White Rock, in the county of Ogle, and state of Illinois, for the payment of bounties to volunteers into the armies of the United States, during the late war of the rebellion, and not expended for such purposes or needed for the payment of such bounties, shall be paid by the town officer or agent or person holding the same to the township treasurer of school funds of said town-it being town forty-one (41), range one (1) east of the third principal meridian-for the use of schools, and to constitute a part of the general school fund of said township. § 2. This act shall be in force from and after its pas

sage.

APPROVED March 4, 1869.

In force June AN ACT to legalize the acts of the school directors of district number

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Levy of tax legai

five (5), in township thirty-three (38), range thirteen (13), in the town of Will, and county of Will.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the acts of the school directors of district No. five (5), in township thirty-three (33), range thirteen (13), in the town of Will, and county of Will, in levying a tax for the building of a school house for said district, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven (1867), and in building and