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CHAP. LXXX.] delinquent taxes are due, and if any county treasurer shall refuse to deliver over to the order of the county superintendent any money in his possession, or shall use, or permit to be used for any other purpose than is specified in this act, any school money in his possession, he shall, on conviction thereof, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year.

. 61. It shall be the duty of the teacher of every district school or graded school, to make out and file with the district clerk at the expiration of each term of the school, a full report of the whole number of scholars admitted to the school during such term, distinguishing between male and female, the text-books used, the branches taught, and the number of pupils engaged in the study of each of said branches. Any teacher who shall neglect or refuse to comply with the requirements of this section, shall forfeit his or her wages for teaching such school, at the discretion of the district board.

. 62. Every clerk of a district who shall wilfully sign a false report to the county superintendent of his county, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding three months.

. 63. Every school district clerk or treasurer who shall neglect or refuse to deliver to their successors in office all records, books, and papers belonging severally to their offices, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.

. 64. Whenever any final judgment shall be obtained against any school district, the district board shall levy a tax on the taxable property in the district, for the payment thereof; such tax shall be collected as other school district taxes, but no execution shall issue on judgment against a school district.

. 65. Justices of the peace shall have jurisdiction in all cases in which a school district is a party interested, when the amount claimed by the plaintiff shall not exceed one