Form of a District Rate Bill.

Rate bill of the persons liable for teacher's wages in district

No. ending

in the town of

for the school term

[The warrant to be annexed to a rate bill, is to be, similar in form to the warrant annexed to a tax list, as above, excepting that the words "rate bill" will be substituted for the words "tax list," or "list," whenever the two latter occur.]

[In executing the warrant, the collector will be governed by the following sections of chapter 13, pages 397 and 398, 1 R. S.]

Si. Every collector, upon receiving the tax list and warrant, shall proceed to collect the taxes therein mentioned, and for that purpose shall call at least once on the person taxed, or at the place of his usual residence, if in the town or ward for which such collector has been chosen, and shall demand payment of the taxes charged to him on his property.

$ 2. In case any person shall refuse or neglect to pay the tax imposed on him, the collector shall levy the same by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the person who ought to pay the same, or of any goods and chattels in his possession, wheresoever the same may be found within the district of the collector, and no claim of property to be made thereto by any other person shall be available to prevent a sale.*

$3. The collector shall give public notice of the time and place of sale, and of the property to be sold, at least six days previous to the sale, by advertisements to be posted up in at least three public places in the town where such sale shall be made. The sale shall be by public auction.

S4. If the property distrained shall be sold for more than the amount of the tax, the surplus shall be returned to the person in whose possession such property was when the distress was made, if no claim be made to such surplus by any other person. If any other person shall claim such surplus on the ground that the property sold belonged to him, and such claim be admitted

*NOTE. "No replevin shall lie for any property, taken by virtue of any warrant for the collection of any tax, assessment or fine, in pursuance of any statute of this state." 2d R. S. page 522, sec. 4.

by the person for whose tax the same was distrained, the surplus shall be paid to such owner; but if such claim be contested by the person for whose tax the property was distrained, the surplus moneys shall be paid over by the collector to the supervisor of the town, who shall retain the same until the rights of the parties shall be determined by due course of law. 1 R. S. page 397, 398.

Form of a Bond to be given by a District Collector. Know all men by these presents, that we, A. B. and C. D. (the collector and his surety,) are held and firmly bound to E. F. and G. H. &c., trustees of school district number

the town of

in

in the sum of (here insert a sum double the amount to be collected,) to be paid to the said E. F., G. H., &c., trustees as aforesaid, or to the survivor or survivors of them, or their assigns, trustees of said district; to the which payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals, and dated this 18

&c.

in the town of

day of

The condition of this obligation is such, that, whereas the above bounden A. B. has been chosen (or appointed, as the case may be,) collector of the above mentioned school district number in conformity to the act for the support of common schools; now, therefore, if he the said A. B. shall well and truly collect and pay over, after deducting 5 cents on each dollar as his fees, the moneys assessed upon the taxable inhabitants of said district, in a rate bill or tax list dated the day of and this day received by the said collector, which assessment amounts to a total sum of

and

dollars

cents, and shall in all respects duly and faithfully execute the said warrant, and all the duties of his office as collector of such district, then this obligation shall be void, otherwise of full force and virtue.

Signed, sealed and delivered,

in the presence of

A. B. [L. s.]

C. D. L. S.

[This bond, by section 120, is to be given whenever required by trustees: If not given, by section 121, the office of collector is vacated. By section 117, the trustees are required to deliver this bond to their successors.]

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

in the town of

We, the trustees of district No. 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.]

[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 $ [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

cents.

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 the other part thereof, lying in the said town of

is

belonging to

is