rant drawn on the state treasurer by the state superintendent of public instruction; which money shall be disbursed by the said superintendent of Warren county, in such manner as shall best promote the cause of education among the Cornplanter Indians: Provided, That this act shall only continue in force for the period of ten years, and shall terminate on the first Monday of June, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.7 Provision for the erection, furnishing and equipment of school house on Cornplanter Indian lands. Preambles. 901. Whereas, In the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania made a grant of land, located on the west side of the Allegheny river, in what is now Warren county, to the Indian Chief Cornplanter, of the Seneca tribe, this grant being made to said Cornplanter and his descendants to provide them with a home, and in consideration of the friendship to and great services of the said Cornplanter to the white settlers of Western Pennsylvania; And whereas, Since the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has maintained a school upon said land for the children of the descendants of said Cornplanter, this school now containing about thirty children of these descendants; And whereas, The school house, built many years ago, has become dilapidated and unfit for use; And whereas, There is no suitable place within a distance of three or four miles for a teacher to board, making it desirable if a new school building is erected that it contain living apartments for the teacher : Commission to be appointed by governor. 902. That a commission shall be appointed, consisting of three persons, residents of Warren county, Pennsylvania, who shall serve without compensation, but shall be allowed necessary expenses, and who shall be appointed by the governor.8 7. Act April 10, 1905, P. L. 124. 8. Act April 13, 1903, Sec. 1, P. L. 169. Plans. 903. Said commissioners shall prepare plans for the erection of a suitable school building, of either wood or brick as they shall decide, containing at least one suitable school room, and at least three apartment rooms for the use of a teacher, on the school house lot of the Cornplanter Indian lands, and such articles of furniture and equipment as they deem necessary; and after said plans have been approved by the superintendent of public instruction, said commissioners shall advertise for two weeks in two newspapers in the county of Warren, for proposals for the erection, furniture and equipment of said school house, and shall let the erection and the furnishing and equipment to the lowest responsible bidder or bidders." Contract. 904. For the erection, furnishing and equipment of this building, the cost shall not exceed three thousand dollars; and the sum of three thousand dollars, or so much thereof as is necessary, is hereby specifically appropriated therefor; one-half of said appropriation to become available when the said commissioners shall file with the auditor general a copy of the plans for the building, furniture and equipment, approved by the superintendent of public instruction, together with contracts, in writing, in satisfactory form, executed by responsible contractors, with good and sufficient sureties for the entire erection, furnishing and equipment of said building; and the final payment of this appropriation shall be made upon the affidavits of at least two of said commissioners that the work has been completed, and the furniture and equipment installed, in full compliance with the plans on file with the auditor general.10 MISCELLANEOUS. PAGE. 905. Appointment of trustee of property conveyed by academy to common school district......... 909. Removal of trustee...... 910. Independent school districts........ 911. Independent school districts abolished....... 912. When act to take effect. Proceedings to continue independent school districts......... 426 427 427 428 428 428 428 913. How rights of property are to be determined. Notice........... 429 914. Notice........ 915. Report of commissioners.......... 430 916. In reporting a new district, the commissioners should annex a draft......... 430 431 917. Duties of assessors... 918. Election of school directors in independent districts..... 919. How independent school districts may be formed........... 432 920. Proceedings upon erection of new independent school dis tricts........ 432 921. Duties of county commissioners.. 433 923. When certain independent school districts created by courts of common pleas may be abolished............. 924. When other independent school districts may be abolished. Disposition of property..... 922. Construction of Act May 8, 1855, P. L. 509. Court may vacate decree erecting independent school district............. 434 434 435 927. Reversion of property 925. Elections in independent school districts regulated................ 435 926. Abolition of independent school districts created by the courts of quarter sessions......... 436 436 928. Application of Act of April 22, 1903, P. L. 237... 931. Liquor license money payable to school districts......... Penalties recovered for trespass upon private property to be 934. Penalties payable to the school fund........ Appointment of trustee of property conveyed by academy to common school district. 905. In all cases where the trustees of any academy or seminary in this Commonwealth, which received money or land therefrom for educational purposes, have conveyed the real estate, buildings and property, and funds of, or belong 437 437 438 438 438 ing thereto, to the board of directors, and their successors in office, of the common schools of the district in which the main building thereof was situated, in pursuance of the authority contained in section sixteen of the act of April eleven, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and when the amount or value of such estate, real or personal, still remaining unused and unexpended by the said school district, exceeds ten thousand dollars ($10,000), it shall be the duty of the court of common pleas of the proper county, upon the petition of the majority of the board of school directors of said school district, presented for that purpose, to appoint a suitable person as trustee of said estate thus transferred and still remaining unexpended, who shall receive the same.' Duties of trustee. 906. It shall be the duty of said trustee so appointed to collect the money due upon the securities and convert the stock into money, if deemed for the best interest of the district, and invest and keep invested, from time to time, all moneys received or collected at interest in bonds or mortgages upon real estate, or in the interest-bearing debt of the state or of the United States, as may be approved by said court, and pay over the interest or income thereof regularly to the treasurer of said school district for the purposes aforesaid, first deducting therefrom all reasonable expenses attending the execution of the trust, including a compensation to said trustee not exceeding four per cent. upon the income received.2 Bond of trustee. 907. Before the said trustee or his successors in the trust shall receive any part of said money, securities or stocks, he shall give bond to said district in such sums and with such sureties as shall be approved by said court, conditioned for the faithful performance of all duties pertaining to said trust and paying and delivering over to his successor therein or other party legally entitled to receive the same all money's and securities received and held by him as trus tee.3 Account. 908. The trustee shall, on the first day of the first term of each year, exhibit to said court a full, true and correct account in writing, under oath, of his management of said trust fund, how and in what securities the same is invested, and the rates of interest received thereon, which account, when examined and approved by the said court, shall be filed with the records thereof.4 Removal of trustee. 909. The court shall also have the power, at any time upon sufficient cause shown, to remove said trustee or require of him additional sureties for the performance of his trust, and shall, whenever and as often as a vacancy occurs by reason of such removal, or the death or resignation of said trustee, appoint a suitable person as his successor; and said trustee shall in all respects be subject to the control and jurisdiction of said court, in like manner as other trustees under existing laws.5 Independent school districts. 910. That all former acts, and parts of acts, relative to the common school system which are supplied by or are inconsistent with the provisions of this act, and all laws relating to or creating independent districts, or authorizing the establishment of sub-districts, and the appointment of committees, are hereby repealed." Independent school districts abolished. 911. Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in general assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority 6. Act May 8, 1854, Sec. 52, P. L. 617. sub-districts that had been formed before its passage. Conley vs. Directors West Deer Twp., 32 Pa. 194, 1858. This section extinguished all |