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SEC. 6. The State Treasurer shall receive, and hold as a special deposit, all school funds paid into the Treasury, and pay them out only on the warrant of the State Auditor, issued on the order of the Board of Education, attested by the seal of the State Board of Education, in favor of each County Treasurer, which order, duly endorsed by the County Treasurer, shall be only valid vouchers in the hands of the State Treasurer for the disbursement of the aforesaid school money. 

SEC. 7. The net annual income of the public school fund shall be distributed among the several Counties of the State, in proportion to the number of children to be instructed, at such time as the Board of Education shall direct.

SEC. 8. The share of the public school fund, to which each County shall be deemed to be entitled, shall be paid to the County Treasurer, or his lawful attorney, upon the order of the Board of Education and the warrant of the Auditor.
 
SEC. 9. All money belonging, or owing, to the public school fund, or accruing as revenue therefrom, shall be paid to the Treasurer of the Board of Education, and shall not be paid out, except by order of the Board of Education and on the warrant of the Auditor.
 
SEC. 10. The County Commissioners shall, in their respective Counties, order a tax for the purchase of sites for school houses, for building or renting school houses: Provided, That such site cannot be obtained by donation or otherwise; which said tax shall be assessed and collected in the same manner as the County taxes, and the Sheriff or collector shall collect and pay over the same to the County Treasurer, in the same way and manner as other taxes, and his bonds shall contain a condition for the faithful collection and payment of the school taxes; and for a breach of the conditions, the County Commissioners shall have the same remedies against him and his sureties as are given to the County Commissioners for enforcing the payment of ordinary County funds.

SEC. 11. The County Treasurer of each County shall:
1. Be the Treasurer of all funds for public school purposes

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belonging to the different Townships, arising from whatever source. Before entering upon the duties of his office, he shall give to the County Commissioners a separate bond, with sufficient security, in double the probable amount of school money that shall come into his hands. 
2. Receive and hold all school moneys as a special deposit, and shall keep a separate account with the several Townships, which shall be entitled to receive them.

SEC. 12. The County Treasurer shall disburse the school funds which shall come into his possession, only on the orders of the Clerk of the School Committee under the direction of the Committee. 

SEC. 13. The County Treasurer shall in no case pay any order in favor of a teacher, unless the same shall be accompanied with a report from the School Committee, stating the name of the teacher, the length of time for which the school may have been kept during the current year, nor unless the teacher exhibit a regular certificate of mental and moral qualification from the County Examiner dated within one year of that time.

SEC. 14. The County Treasurer shall make annually, on or before the first day of September, a financial report for the last preceding school and fiscal year to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in such form as may be required by said Superintendent. 

SEC. 15. In each Township there shall be biennially elected, by the qualified voters thereof, a School Committee, to consist of three persons, who shall establish and maintain, for at least four months in every year, a sufficient number of schools at convenient localities, which shall be for the education of all children between the ages of six and 
twenty-one years residing therein.

SEC. 16. The School Committee of each Township, within fifteen days after their election, shall assemble at the most central school house in their jurisdiction for qualification, and the transaction of business relating to the free public schools. Ad[[journed]]