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460 assessed in pursuance of the provisions of this act, and pay over on the order of the clerk, signed by the director of such district, all moneys so received or collected by said treasurer.

. 32. If any district treasurer shall refuse or neglect to pay over any money in the hands of such treasurer belonging to the district, it shall be the duty of his successor in office to prosecute without delay the official bond of such treasurer, for the recovery of such money.

. 33. If by the neglect of any treasurer any school moneys shall be lost to any school district, which might have been received from the county treasurer, or collected from the district tax assessed, said treasurer shall forfeit to such district the full amount of the moneys so lost.

. 34. The treasurer shall present to the district at report of moneys, each annual meeting, a report in writing, containing a statement of all moneys received by him from the county treasurer during the year, also all moneys collected by him during the year from assessments in the districts, and the disbursements made, and exhibit the vouchers therefor, which report shall be recorded by the clerk, and if it shall appear that any balance of money is in his hands at the time of making such report, he shall immediately pay over such balance to his successor in office.

. 35. The district board shall purchase or lease such a site for a school-house as shall have been designated by the voters at a district meeting, in the corporate name thereof, and shall build, hire, or purchase such school-house, as the voters of the district in a district meeting shall have agreed upon, out of the funds provided for that purpose, and make sale of any school-house site or other property of the district, and, if necessary, execute a conveyance of the same in the name of their office, when lawfully directed by the voters of such district at any regular or special meeting, and shall carry into effect all lawful orders of the district.

. 36. The district board shall have the care and keeping of the school-house, and other property belonging to the district. They shall have power to make such rules and regulations relating to the district library, as they may deem