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The moneys used for the support of the common schools are:

1. The interest from the primary interest fund.

3. The one-mill tax.

3. District school taxes.

4. Unappropriated dog tax.

5. Library moneys.

6. Tuition of non-resident pupils.

Primary School Fund.

The establishment of this fund has been referred to in the first chapter of this book, and we give in this chapter a few facts concerning its distribution.

The fund is divided among the school districts of the state in proportion to the number of school children in each. Statements showing the number of school children in each county, township, and district of the state are sent by the Superintendent of Public Instruction to the several county clerks, between the first and tenth days of May and November of each year.

The money is transferred by the state treasurer to the county treasurer, by him to the township or city treasurer, who, in turn, transmits it to the assessor of the district (5039, 5030).

Primary money can be used for no other purpose than the payment of the wages of legally qualified teachers (5063), and only by districts in which five months