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 898 THIR'I`Y—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 77. 1862. pay the salaries of teachers out of the apportionment of; the school fund for their respective districts which shall come mto their hands through the commissioners aforesaid, so far as the same shall be sufficient for that ur e. 'hunms to P Sis;. 15. And be it MGT enacted, That before the trustees of any “*° °"“‘· school district shall enter upon the duties of their office, they shall each rake an oath or make aiiirmation befbre a justice of the peace of said county, or one of the commissioners of primary schools, who is hereby authorized to administer the same, that he will well and truly discharge the duties pertaining to his said omcc of trustee, without prejudice or partiality, and according to law ; and it shall be the duty of the said trustees of each of said school districts, or a. majority of them, to furnish, at the expiration of their term of service, to the commissioners aforesaid, a correct statement of all money transactions done by them in virtue of their office as trustees of said primary school district. Commissioners S20. 16. And bait _/ixrllwr enacted, Thst it shall be the duty of the m°°°y°' shall come into the hands of the treasurer of the school fund aforesaid, under and by virtue of the provisions of this act, after paying the salaries of the clerk of the commissioners and the treasurer of the school fund, for the use of primary schools aforesaid, as soon as may be after such moneys shall be received by the said treasurer, equally among the several school districts in said county which shall have complied with the Pmmdju provisions of this act; and all moneys so to be apportioned by the comu,,,m,,_ g° missioners, as aforesaid, shall be caused to be paid by them, according to such apportionment, to the trustees of the district to which such moneys shall be apportioned as aforesaid, whose receipts therefor shall be good and sufficient evidence of such payment, which moneys, so to be received by the trustees, as aforesaid, shall be applied and expended by them, after the apportionment for the first year, in paying the salaries of the teachers to be employed by them, and for no other purpose: Provided, That no moneys apportioned, as aforesaid, except the apportionment made for the first. year, shall be paid by the commissioners aforesaid, until the white taxable inhabitants, and the trustees of the district to which such moneys shall be apportioned, as aforesaid, shall have substantially complied with the provisions of this act: And provided further, That it shall not be lawful for the commissioners aforesaid to draw any moneys from the hands of the treasurer of the school fund aforesaid, after paying the salaries of the clerk of the commissioners and the treasurer of the school fund aforesaid, except by draft in favor of the trustees of the school district to which such moneys shall be apportioned as aforesaid; and all moneys which shall be apportioned by the commissioners as aforesaid, and which shall remain unpaid for the space of two years thereafter, either from the omission or neglect of the trustees of the primary school district entitled to receive the same to apply therefor and to make the necessary certificates to entitle them to the same, or from any defect in such certificates, said moneys shall, after the expiration of said term, be added to the moneys next thereafter to be apportioned by the said commissioners, and shall be apportioned and paid together with such moneys as aforesaid. Term of omce _S1s0. 17. And be it further enacted, That the trustees of each school gc;°h°°l ¤‘¤¤· district shall hold their office till their successors shall be elected and ' qualified, and in case of vacancy such vacancy shall be filled by the remaining trustees within one month; and in case the said trustees shall vacancies, fail tolill such vacancy within that time, then it shall be the duty of the commissioners of primary schools as soon as may be thereafter. Penal? on Ssc. 18. And be it further enacted, That if any trustee of any priglustxmwcéeglé: mary school district shall make a false certiticate or report, by means age. whereof any moneys shall be fraudulently obtained from the commis-
 * ° *PP°“i°” commissioners of primary schools aforesaid to apportion all moneys which