Show AN ACT amending an act for the establish went and support of district schools and andhor for other purposes approved february 20 1882 sec see be it enacted by the governor and Legisla legislative tire assembly of the territory of utah that an act for the establishment and arid sup port of district schools and for other purposes approved february 1880 is hereby amended as follows section one of said act is hereby amended in line four by incerti inserting between the words divided a and n 15 number the words name and section three of said act is hereby amended in line fourteen by striking out the words first and june and inserting in lieu thereof the words second and july section five of said act is hereby amended by adding mo sail said sect section ion the following provided that whenever any meeting of a school district is called aril and a tax assessed for school purposes it shall be the duty of the trustees of such district to file with the county superintendent of district schools of the county t in which the district is is situated and arid within ten days after such meeting a copy of the notice calling such meeting and a copy of the minutes thereof which shall be kept on file by such superintendent subject to be inspected by any member or taxpayer of said district section of eaid faid act is hereby amended by inserting between the words auditor and arid each the words not of their own number section of said act is chereb hereby Y amended in line four by inserting in inserting between the words trustees I ani and the tile tho tile following the assessor is hereby empowered to administer oaths in the discharge of his official duty and may require persons to give a it statement of their taxable property u under rider oath the assessor when ho lie desires it necessary may leave with the person to be assessed or at his bis residence or place of business a it blank form of the tile assessment list and arid with corporations firms or association suitable forms r requiring equi ring the taxpayer to fill out and return turn lie same to tile assessor within twenty days lays from date of service and any person association furnished with such blank forms must comply with the requirements thereof to be le liable to a it fine of not to exceed one hundred dollars for each neglect if any person shall willfully and knowingly make a false list to the assessor or make a false statement of his property or of property under hia his charge he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof may be fined in in any sum not exceeding coe d air one hundred dollars or imprisonment 11 not to exceed one hundred days or both section of said act is hereby amended in line six by striking out the word ninety and inserting in lieu thereof the word A sixty x t Y section of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows rea sec the year shall begin on the first day of ot july and end on the last day of june and shall be divided into four terms of ten weeks each the trustees shall visit officially each school in their respective districts at least once during cadi each term and on or before the second monday in july in cadi each year take a census of the children between the ages of six and eighteen years residing in their districts on or r before the tenth day of august next ending shall make reports to tho the county superintendent in as hereinafter pr provided for stating the condition of the school or schools under their supervision and particularly the items contained in the form tg together ether with such other statistics or information as the territorial superintendent may require se see e forms nos and in superintendents report section 12 of said act is hereby amended by striking out the form for school teachers reports orts at the endom end of s said aid section and T substitution substituting the following seo see form no in superintendents report section 13 of said raid act is hereby lierer amended by adding thereto th die e fo following in case of failure to select a trustee at the annual meeting for that purpose or a trustee elect failing to qualify within twenty days after being elected the office shall be declared vacant and may be filled as provided in this section section 15 of this act is chereb hereby y amended in line four b by y str striking aki out the words f form oral for trustees and inserting in lieu thereof the words form for superintendents by inserting in line six six of said section between the words teachers and arid reports the words and trustees and by adding to said section the following the territorial superintendent crin erin shall report to the legislative isla tive assembly biennially within two weeks after the opening oi of each regular session thereof said re port shall contain a statement of ol 01 the condition of the district schools in the territory a compilation of ol 01 the reports received from each county superintendent and such sue other statistical information as lie h may deem proper it shall be the th duty of the territorial ten dent to travel in the dil different lerent counties of the territory at least once a year for the purpose of visiting district schools ot consulting with county superintendents of Jec lecturing turin before county institutes and ef of addressing public assemblies on subjects pertaining to district schools the said superintendent is hereby authorized to prepare an appendix of such forms as he may deem proper for the guidance of school officers and said appendix shall be printed with the report of the superintendent erin and arid the amended school law action section 17 of said act is hereby amended in line thirteen by striking out the word august and inserting ser tin in in lieu thereof the word ockler october also by striking out the form at the end of said section and inserting in in lieu thereof the following forms see forms nos and in superintendents report approved march ath 1882 |