Form of a Certificate to be given to a Teacher. We, the subscribers, inspectors of common schools for the town of in the county of Do CERTIFY, that at a meeting of the inspectors, called for that purpose, we have examined (here insert the name of the teacher) and do believe that he (or she, as the case may be) is well qualified in respect to moral character, learning and ability, to instruct a common school, in this town for one year from the date hereof. day of 18 A. B. Inspectors of Com C. D. E. F. mon Schools. APPEALS. The Superintendent of Common Schools has prescribed the following Regulations, to be observed in cases of appeal to him. 1. All appeals must be presented within 30 days after the making of the decision complained of; unless sufficient excuse, on oath, be shown for not making the appeal within the time prescribed. 2. It is recommended to the parties in all cases of appeal, to agree upon a statement of facts to be signed by the parties interested, and presented to the superintendent for his decision thereon. 3. If the parties cannot agree upon a state of facts, the party appealing must present his case upon affidavits, a copy of which affidavits, with notice of the time when the appeal will be presented, must be served on the commissioners or trustees, whose decision is appealed from; or if the appeal is from the decision of a district meeting, then on the trustees or clerk of the district, at least ten days before the time of presenting the appeal: and proof of such service must be made by affidavit or otherwise, at the time of presenting the appeal. And all facts in opposition to the appeal, must be presented by the party opposing, by affidavit or on oath, and copies of such affidavits must be served on the appellant. 4. It shall not be necessary for either party to appear personally before the Superintendent on the appeal: but such appeal may be by letter, enclosing the state of facts, agreed upon by the parties; or the notice and affidavits on which the appeal is found ed, with the evidence of the regular service thereof; and either party may suggest in writing, any reasons for or against such appeal, arising out of the facts agreed upon, or appearing from the affidavits. 5. Where the appeal has relation to the formation or alteration of a school district, it must be accompanied by a map, exhibiting the site of the school-house, the roads, the old and new lines of districts, the different lots, the particular location and distance from the school, of the persons aggrieved, and their relative distance, if there are two or more school-houses in question. Also, a list of all the taxable inhabitants in the district or territory to be affected by the question; the valuations of their property, taken from the last assessment roll, and the number of children between five and sixteen belonging to each person; distinguishing the districts to which they respectively belong. 6. After copies of the appeal in any case have been served, all proceedings, from the operation of which relief is sought by the appeal, will be suspended until the case is decided. 7. Where the commissioners discover errors in the reports of trustees, which are obviously defects in form merely, they should afford the trustees an opportunity of amending their report, and then pay the district its distributive share of the school money, if the facts as set forth in the amended report warrant it. 8. Where the decision of commissioners is appealed from in relation to the distribution of the public money to the several districts, they ought to retain the money which is in dispute, until the appeal is decided. JOHN A. DIX, Superintendent of Common Schools. INDEX TO DECISIONS. ACADEMY. See Children, 6. ACCOUNTS. 2. An alien cannot be an officer 1. If trustees consent verbally to 2. Persons attached to a school dis- 3. Alterations ought not to be made 4. Improper alterations in school 5. An inhabitant being set off from 59 65 75 104 school house may be changed 166 7. Persons set off from a school 10. An alteration in a school dis- 275 ...... 320 See Commissioners of Common Joint School Districts, 1, 2, 3. Notice, 3, 6, 16, 19. Records, 2, 5. See School District, 6, 9, 13, 14. Superintendent, 6. ANNUAL TOWN MEETING. See Commissioners of Common Schools, 20. ANNUAL REPORTS oF TRUS. TEES. 9 155 155 1. If the annual report of the trustees of a school district is furnished before the public moneys are apportioned by the commissioners, it is in time, 2. The annual report of school districts should be made out by the 1st of March,... 3. If trustees neglect, without good cause, to make their annual report before the apportionment of the school moneys, they are without remedy,. 4. If the annual report of a school district includes part of two years, it is a false report,.... 213 5. If the annual report of a school district is lost, and the district does not receive the public money, application must be made to the Superintendent of Common Schools, to have the deficiency supplied out of the moneys to be distributed the next year, 6. If the annual report of a school district is received by the commissioners before the public moneys are distributed, it is in time, and the district should be included in the apportionment,. 7. If the annual report of a school district is signed by two trustees, the commissioners can look no further, and the district must receive its share of the public money if the report is otherwise sufficient, See Children, 6, 10. ...... Errors and Omissions, 3, 5. Public or School Moneys, 1, Trustees of School Districts, 22. ANNUAL MEETINGS. 1. If an annual meeting in a school district is neglected, the trustees hold over until the next annual meeting, and until oth 236 296 327 ers shall be elected in their places, ...... 49 2. If an annual meeting is held at the time and place appointed at the annual meeting of the preceding year, it is valid, although the clerk of the district may have neglected to give the notice required by law,.. 70 3. If the time for the annual meeting is unknown, application should be made to the Superintendent to fix a day for holding it,....... 4. If the annual meeting is void, the persons in office hold over; but the commissioners of common schools cannot, in such a case, call a meeting or appoint officers, 5. The clerk of a school district cannot designate a place for an annnal meeting when it has been omitted at the previous annual meeting,.. 6. 103 114 129 Two meetings being held at different places on the same day as an annual meeting, a new one will be ordered, .. 129 7. If at an annual meeting a reasonable time is not allowed to the inhabitants to assemble, a' new meeting will be ordered, 131 8. The time and place for the annual meeting not having been fixed, it may be held at the usual time and place, ...... 9. If the annual meeting in a school district is neglected, the district officers hold over until the next annual meeting,.. 10. If an annual meeting is regularly called and attended by only four persons, who, without organizing, agree to meet again in a week, the second meeting is not valid, 11. If an annual meeting is regularly called and attended by four persons, who organize, and without transacting any other business adjourn for a week, the proceedings are valid, and the annual election may be held at the adjourned meeting,..... 12. Annual meetings need not be precisely one year apart to a day, See Notice, 17. Taxation and Taxes, 20. 141 241 271 271 289 APPARATUS. See Taxation and Taxes, 51. APPEALS. 1. An appeal to the Superinten- dent will not be entertained 2. Appeals must be made by per- ....... 3 57 162 343 2. If the assessment of a tax is de- Taxation and Taxes. 4. The assessment roll of the town 158 194 200 225 5. The last assessment roll of the APPENDAGES TO A SCHOOL-7. 1. A bell is not a necessary appen- ..... 235 Property of School Districts, Taxation and Taxes, 51, 58, Warrant, 6. BANK. 292 87 |