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MISSOURI. 125" assessed the same year or the preceding year to pay taxes therein; or shall have charge as a parent or guardian of white child or children residing therein, or as master of an apprentice under the age of eighteen years; and every person not so qualified, who shall vote at any such meeting or election, shall for such offence forfeit a sum not exceeding five dollars. § 15. The qualified voters of each school township, when assembled at the first township meeting, or when lawfully assembled at any other township meeting, shall have power, First: To appoint a chairman of the meeting and, when necessary, a judge of election. Second: .To adjourn, from time to time, as occasion may require. Third: To determine the number of inspectors of common schools to be chosen for the township. Fourth: To choose their township officers at their first meeting, and as oftea as there shall be a vacancy in any such office. Fifth: To make from time to time such prudential rules and regulations, as they may think proper, for the improving and protecting the school lands belonging to the township. Sixth: To make appropriations out of the township school moneys to pay the expense of providing record books and stationary for the directors and township clerk. Seventh: To repeal, alter or modify their proceedings from time to time. § 16. The first township meeting which shall be lawfully assembled, shall by a majority of votes, determine the number of school districts which shall be immediately formed and organized in the township. § 17. If it be determined that the township shall be formed into one district only, such meeting shall proceed immediately, or at an adjourned meeting to be appointed to organize such district, meeting, as in the next article is provided. § 18. If it be determined to form two or more districts, that determination shall be certified to the directors, who shall proceed as in other cases of the formation of districts by them. § 19. An annual meeting shall be, held in each school township, at the time and place previously appointed, and at the first township meeting, and at each annual meeting thereafter, the time and [place] of the next annual meeting shall he fixed. § 20. A notice in writing of the time and place of each annual meeting, and of each adjourned meeting, when the adjournment shall be for a longer time than one month, shall be fixed by the township clerk or trustees, at four of the most public places in the township, at least five days before the time appointed for such annual adjourned meeting. § 21. A special meeting shall be held in each township, whenever it shall he called by the directors, a notice of the time and place of which meeting shall be given by the township clerk or directors, to each qualified voter in the township, at least five days before the meeting shall be held, in the manner prescribed,by the tenth section of this article. § 22. The proceedings of no township meeting, annual, adjourned or special, shall be held illegal for want of due notice to all the persons qualified to vote thereat, unless it shall appear that the omission to give notice was wilful and fraudulent. § 23. Every commissioner of common schools shall hold his office until the second annual meeting after his appointment, and until his successor is chosen and qualified; and all other township officers shall hold their respective offices, until the annual meeting of the township, next following the time of their appointment.
Object Description
Title | 1838, Missouri Session Laws, Version I |
Identifier | index.cpd |
Collection Name | Missouri Session Laws, 1824-Present |
Creator | Missouri. General Assembly |
Subject.LCSH | American Indians--Missouri; Banks and banking--Missouri; Boggs, Lilburn Williams (1796-1860); Education--Missouri; Elections--Missouri--Saint Louis County; Insurance law--Missouri; Law and legislation--Missouri; Missouri--Appropriations and expenditures; Missouri. General Assembly; Missouri. School for the Deaf; Missouri State Capitol (Jefferson City, Mo.); Missouri State Penitentiary; Politics and government--Missouri; Revenue--Missouri; Roads--Missouri; United States. Congress; University of Missouri |
Subject.Local | 10th General Assembly; Cities and towns--Law and legislation; Courts--Missouri; Laws of Missouri; Private legislation; Private relief; Schools--Missouri; Session Laws (Mo.) |
Description | Laws of Missouri, Version I; Secretary of State James L. Minor published two versions of the 1838 Laws of Missouri, 10th General Assembly. Version 1 was printed in 1839 and bound with the 1836-1837 Laws of Missouri, 9th General Assembly. Version 1 was electronically separated and is presented here stand alone. |
Date | November 19, 1838 |
Date.Digital | 2016-04-14 |
Publisher | Missouri. General Assembly |
Publisher.Digital | Missouri State Archives |
Type | Government and political records |
Format | JPEG2000 |
Language | eng |
Coverage | Missouri--Barry County; Missouri--Buchanan County; Missouri--Clark County; Missouri--Grundy County; Missouri--Miller County; Missouri--Newton County; Missouri--Platte County; Missouri--Ray County; Missouri--Ste. Genevieve County; Missouri--Scott County; Missouri--Taney County |
County |
Barry County (Mo.) Buchanan County (Mo.) Clark County (Mo.) Grundy County (Mo.) Miller County (Mo.) Newton County (Mo.) Platte County (Mo.) Ray County (Mo.) Sainte Genevieve County (Mo.) Scott County (Mo.) Taney County (Mo.) |
Source | Missouri State Archives |
Rights | Copyright is in the public domain. |
Preferred Citation | Laws of Missouri, (number) General Assembly, (number) and type (Regular, Special, Extra Session), calendar year, page number; State Documents Collections, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. |
Contributing Institution | Missouri State Archives |
Copy Request | Email: archref@sos.mo.gov |
Note | Because of the age of the item, condition issues, and legibility, this volume was filmed in gray scale. The record suffers from foxing caused by age related deterioration of the paper. Blank pages were not digitized. |
Description
Title | Missouri Session Laws |
Identifier | LAWS_10th_1838-1839_0125.tif |
Collection Name | Missouri Session Laws, 1824-present |
Creator | Missouri. General Assembly |
Subject.LCSH | Banks and banking--Missouri; Law and legislation--Missouri; Missouri--Appropriations and expenditures; Missouri. General Assembly; Revenue--Missouri; |
Subject.Local | Laws of Missouri; Session Laws (Mo.) |
Date.Digital | 2016-01-21 |
Publisher | Missouri. General Assembly |
Publisher.Digital | Missouri State Archives |
Type | Government and political records |
Format | JPEG2000 |
Language | eng |
Coverage | Missouri |
Source | Missouri State Archives |
Rights | Copyright is in the public domain. |
Preferred Citation | Required citation: Laws of Missouri, (number) General Assembly, (number) and (type, Regular, Special, Extra) Session, Calendar Year, page number; State Documents Collections, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. |
Contributing Institution | Missouri State Archives |
Copy Request | Email: archref@sos.mo.gov |
Transcript | MISSOURI. 125" assessed the same year or the preceding year to pay taxes therein; or shall have charge as a parent or guardian of white child or children residing therein, or as master of an apprentice under the age of eighteen years; and every person not so qualified, who shall vote at any such meeting or election, shall for such offence forfeit a sum not exceeding five dollars. § 15. The qualified voters of each school township, when assembled at the first township meeting, or when lawfully assembled at any other township meeting, shall have power, First: To appoint a chairman of the meeting and, when necessary, a judge of election. Second: .To adjourn, from time to time, as occasion may require. Third: To determine the number of inspectors of common schools to be chosen for the township. Fourth: To choose their township officers at their first meeting, and as oftea as there shall be a vacancy in any such office. Fifth: To make from time to time such prudential rules and regulations, as they may think proper, for the improving and protecting the school lands belonging to the township. Sixth: To make appropriations out of the township school moneys to pay the expense of providing record books and stationary for the directors and township clerk. Seventh: To repeal, alter or modify their proceedings from time to time. § 16. The first township meeting which shall be lawfully assembled, shall by a majority of votes, determine the number of school districts which shall be immediately formed and organized in the township. § 17. If it be determined that the township shall be formed into one district only, such meeting shall proceed immediately, or at an adjourned meeting to be appointed to organize such district, meeting, as in the next article is provided. § 18. If it be determined to form two or more districts, that determination shall be certified to the directors, who shall proceed as in other cases of the formation of districts by them. § 19. An annual meeting shall be, held in each school township, at the time and place previously appointed, and at the first township meeting, and at each annual meeting thereafter, the time and [place] of the next annual meeting shall he fixed. § 20. A notice in writing of the time and place of each annual meeting, and of each adjourned meeting, when the adjournment shall be for a longer time than one month, shall be fixed by the township clerk or trustees, at four of the most public places in the township, at least five days before the time appointed for such annual adjourned meeting. § 21. A special meeting shall be held in each township, whenever it shall he called by the directors, a notice of the time and place of which meeting shall be given by the township clerk or directors, to each qualified voter in the township, at least five days before the meeting shall be held, in the manner prescribed,by the tenth section of this article. § 22. The proceedings of no township meeting, annual, adjourned or special, shall be held illegal for want of due notice to all the persons qualified to vote thereat, unless it shall appear that the omission to give notice was wilful and fraudulent. § 23. Every commissioner of common schools shall hold his office until the second annual meeting after his appointment, and until his successor is chosen and qualified; and all other township officers shall hold their respective offices, until the annual meeting of the township, next following the time of their appointment. |