Form of the Apportionment of Fuel, to be made by Trustees, when the same has not been provided by a Tax on the District. [$ 94 and 95.]

We, the trustees of district No.

in the town of

do certify that each person whose name is hereunto annexed, is liable to provide the proportion of fuel set opposite his name, for the use of the school in said district, viz.

[This apportionment should be recorded by the clerk of the district, and in case of the delinquency of any inhabitant, notice should be given to him by one of the trustees, as required in section 96.1

[To enable the trustees to make this apportionment before the close of the school term, they can ascertain the number of children which each inhabitant proposes to send, or from the best evidence in their power, and make an equitable adjustment of the apportionment, when the term closes.]

Form of a District Report to be made by the Trustees to the Commissioners of Common Schools.

To the commissioners of common schools of the town of We, the trustees of school district number in said town, in conformity with the statute for the support of common schools, do certify and report, that the whole time any school has been kept in our district, during the year ending on the date hereof, and since the date of the last report for said district, is [here insert the whole time any school has been kept in the district school-house, although for a part of that time it may have been kept by teachers not approved by the inspectors,] and that the time during said year and since said last report, such school has been kept by a teacher [or teachers, as the case may be] duly appointed and approved in all respects according to law is [here insert the same with precision.] That the amount of money received in our district from the commissioners of common schools, during the said year, and since the date of the

said last report, is [here insert the whole amount, although it may have been received in whole or in part by predecessors in office,] and that the said sum has been applied to the payment of the compensation of teachers employed in said district, and qualified as the statute prescribes. That the number of children taught in said district, during said year and since said last report, is [here insert the same, not by conjecture, but by reference to the teacher's list, or other authentic sources. And that the number of children residing in our district on the last day of December last, who are over five, and under sixteen years of age, is [here insert the number, taking in such only as permanently resided in the district on the last day of December, and who were then over five and under sixteen years of age, [and that the names of the parents, or other persons with whom such children respectively reside, and the number residing with each, are as follows, viz:

And we further report, that our school has been visited by the inspectors of common schools, or one of them, during the year preceding this report, [once in each quarter, or more, or less, or not at all, as the case may be] and that the sum paid for teachers' wages, over and above the public moneys apportioned to said district, during the same year, amount to $

cents.

This blank is to be filled with the sum total of all the school bills for the year which are made out after applying the school money to the payment of teachers' wages.]

Dated at

this first day of January, in the year of

our Lord one thousand eight hundred and

A. B.)

C. D. Trustees.

E. F.

[The trustees should hand this report to the town clerk, on or before the first day of March. Sec. 104, 105.]

Form of a District Report, where the District is formed out of two or more adjoining Towns.

To the commissioners of common schools of the town of
We, the trustees of school district number

formed part

ly out of the said town, and partly out of the adjoining town of do, in conformity with the statute for the support of common schools, certify and report,

That the whole time any school has been kept in our district, during the year ending on the date hereof, and since the date of the last report for said district, is [here insert the whole time any school has been kept in the district school-house, although for a part of that time it may have been kept by teachers not approved by the inspectors,] and that the time during said year and since said last report, such school has been kept by a teacher [or teachers, as the case may be] duly appointed and approved in all respects according to law, is [here insert the same with precision.] That the total amount of money received by said district, from the commissioners of common schools of the respective towns out of which said district is formed, since the date of the last annual report of said district, is [here insert the whole amount, although it may have been received in whole or in part by predecessors in office.] And that the said sum has been applied to the payment of the compensation of teachers employed in said district and qualified as the statute prescribes. That the number of children taught in said district during said year, and since said last report, is [here insert the same, not by conjecture, but by reference to the teacher's list, or other authentic sources.] And that the number of children residing in our district on the last day of December last, who are over five, and under sixteen years of age, is [here insert the number, taking in such only as permanently resided in the district on said day and who were then over five and under sixteen years of age,] and that the names of the parents, or other persons with whom such children respectively reside, and the number residing with each, are as follows viz:

And we do further specify and report, that of the said sum of money, so as above stated to have been received in our said district, the sum of [here state the same] was received for and on account of that part of said district lying in the said town of and the sum of for and on account of the other part thereof, lying and being in said town of That of the said child

ren, so as above stated to have been taught in our said district, the number belonging to that part of said district lying in the said town of and that the number belonging to the other part thereof, lying in the said town of is

is

That of the said children, between the said ages of five and sixteen years, so as above stated to reside in our district, the number residing in that part of said district lying in the said town of is and that the number residing in the other part thereof, lying in said town of is And we further report, that our school has been visited by the inspectors of common schools, or one of them, during the year preceding this report, [once in each quarter, or more, or less, or not at all, as the case may be,] and the sum paid for teachers' wages, over and above the public moneys apportioned to said district, during the same year, amounts to $ cents, of which sum cents were paid by that part of the district lying in dollars cents by the part lying This blank is to be filled with the sum total of all the school bills for the year which are made out after applying the school money to the payment of teachers' wages.

dollars
the town of
in the town of

Dated at

and

this first day of January, in the year of our

Lord one thousand eight hundred and

A. B.

C. D. Trustees.

E. F.

N. B. A copy of the report must be sent to the commissioners or clerk of each town out of which the district is formed.

DISTRICT MEETINGS.

1. Annual meetings are adjourned from year to year, and notices in the second form which follows, are to be posted up by the clerk, in four public places in the district, five days before the annual meeting.

2. Special meetings are called by order of the trustees, and every taxable inhabitant should be notified of the time, place and object of such meeting, at least five days before it is held, by reading the notice in his hearing, or leaving a copy thereof at his place of abode. Sec, 56 and sub. 2 of 84.

3. If any district meeting is adjourned for more than one month, the clerk must post up notices in four public places, at least five days before the day on which such adjourned meeting is to be held. Sec. 84, sub. 3.

4. A special meeting should not be called without notice to all the trustees, who should confer together, and a major part of them should sanction the order of the clerk to call a special meeting. The notice for a special meeting should specify the object,

as well as the time and place of the meeting. If the clerk cannot give notice for annual or special meetings, either of the trustees may do the clerk's duty in this particular. Sec. 85, sub. 2.

Form of Notice for a Special District Meeting.

To the clerk of district number

The trustees of district number

the

at a meeting held for the purpose, have resolved that a special meeting be called at the school-house, on day of 18 at o'clock in the noon of that day, for the purpose of [choosing a collector in place of A. B. removed, or whatever the object of the meeting may be,] and for the transaction of such other business as the meeting may deem necessary.

You will therefore notify each taxable inhabitant of the district, by reading this notice in his hearing, or if he is absent from home, by leaving a copy of it, or so much as relates to the time and place of meeting, at the place of his abode, at least five days before such meeting.

Form of Notice for an adjourned District Meeting, to be posted up in the District.

SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given, that a meeting of the freeholders and inhabitants of this school district, authorized by law to vote there

in, will be held at

on the

stant, as the case may be,) at

noon,

next, (or inpursuant to adjournment. Dated at school district number

in the town of

this

day of o'clock in the

day of

A. D. 18

A. B. District Clerk.

N. B. If it be the annual meeting, it should be so termed in the notice.

These notices are to be posted up in four of the most public places in the district, at least five days before the annual, or any other meeting which has been adjourned for more than one month. Sec. 84, sub. 3.