CHAPTER 225.

CHANGING BOUNDARIES OF CERTAIN DISTRICTS, SEWARD COUNTY.

AN ACT changing the boundaries of school districts number one, two, three, four, five and twenty-three, and joint district number twenty-one in Seward county.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

SECTION 1. That sections numbered thirteen to thirty-six inclusive of township thirty-four, range thirty-two, and sections one to eighteen inclusive in township thirty-five, range thirty-two, be, and the same is hereby detached from school district number one and attached to school district number two.

SEC. 2. That sections numbered one to eighteen inclusive in township thirty-five, range thirty-one, is hereby detached from school district number one and attached to school district number twenty-three.

SEC. 3. That sections numbered twenty-five to thirty-six inclusive in township number thirty-two, range thirty-four, and sections numbered one to eighteen inclusive in township thirty-three, range thirty-four, is hereby detached from school district number one and attached to school district number four.

SEC. 4. That all of sections two and three in township thirty-one, range thirty-three, be, and the same is hereby detached from joint school district number twenty-one, and the same is hereby attached to school district number three.

SEC. 5. That all of sections four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-eight, twenty-nine and thirty in township thirty-one, range thirty-three, be, and the same is hereby detached from school district number one and attached to school district number three.

SEC. 6. That all of sections numbers thirty-two,

thirty-three and thirty-four and the west half of section thirty-five, in township thirty-one, range thirtytwo, and the west half of section number two and all of sections numbered three, four, five, eight, nine, ten, and the west half of section number eleven, and the west half of section number fourteen, and all of sections fifteen, sixteen and seventeen in township number thirty-two, range thirty-two, be, and the same is hereby detached from school district number one and attached to school district number five.

SEC. 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Liberal News. Approved March 12, 1897.

Published in the Liberal News March 18, 1897.

CHAPTER 226.

DISTRICT No. 97, SHAWNEE COUNTY.

AN ACT to authorize and enable school district number ninety-seven, situated in Shawnee county, state of Kansas, to levy a tax and to pay the high-school tuition of all scholars actually residing in said district.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

SECTION 1. School district number ninety-seven, situated in the county of Shawnee and state of Kansas, is hereby authorized at each annual meeting of said district hereafter held, to levy, in the maner provided by law for the levying of other taxes, a tax sufficient to pay in full the tuition in the Topeka high school, of each and every scholar whose parents or guardians are actually residing in said district, in good faith, at the date of such annual meeting, who shall desire to attend said Topeka high school during the next ensuing school year, the number of such scholars to be ascertained and determined by the clerk of said district immediately prior to the holding of the annual meeting of said district.

SEC. 2. This act shall be in force and take effect

on and after its publication in the official state paper. Approved March 5, 1897.

Published in official state paper March 12, 1897.

CHAPTER 227.

DISORGANIZING CERTAIN DISTRICTS, STANTON COUNTY.

AN ACT to disorganize school districts herein named in Stanton county, Kansas, and attach the territory thereof to certain other school districts in said Stanton county, Kansas, and to provide for the distribution of the funds of said disorganized districts. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

SECTION 1. School districts number twenty-nine and thirty-four of said county is hereby disorganized and the territory attached to school district number thirty-two of Stanton county, Kansas.

SEC. 2. All funds on hand in said disorganized school districts, shall be turned over to the treasurer of such newly organized district.

SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force on and after its publication in the official state paper. Approved March 13, 1897.

Published in official state paper April 7, 1897.

CHAPTER 228.

DISSOLVE DISTRICT No. 181, SUMNER COUNTY.

AN ACT to dissolve school district number one hundred and eightyone, Sumner county, Kansas, and attaching the territory thereof to other school districts, and providing for a disposition of the property belonging to the district.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: SECTION 1. School district number one hundred and eighty-one, Sumner county, Kansas, is hereby dissolved.

SEC. 2. The territory included in said district is hereby attached to and shall become a part of the several districts from which it was taken.

SEC. 3. The county superintendent of Sumner county, Kansas, is hereby authorized to sell the schoolhouse belonging to said district and with the proceeds thereof to pay any indebtedness of said district, and after discharging the debts of said district to divide the surplus money with the districts to which the territory of said school district is attached, in proportion of the amount of taxable property attached to each district.

SEC. 4. The school treasurer of said district one hundred and eighty-one is hereby directed to pay any moneys in his hands, as school treasurer, to the county superintendent of Sumner county, Kansas. Said superintendent is hereby authorized to distribute said money among the districts to which the territory of said school district is attached, in proportion to the value of the property attached to each district.

SEC. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force after its publication in the official state paper.

Approved March 12, 1897.

Published in official state paper April 14, 1897.

CHAPTER 229.

DISORGANIZING SCHOOL DISTRICT, SUMNER COUNTY. AN ACT to dissolve school district number one hundred and eightyone, Sumner county, Kansas, and attaching the territory thereof to other school districts, and providing for the disposition of the property belonging to the district.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

SECTION 1. School district number one hundred and eighty-one, Sumner county, Kansas, is hereby dissolved.

SEC. 2. The territory included in said district is hereby attached to and shall become a part of the several districts from which it was taken.

SEC. 3. The county superintendent of Sumner county, Kansas, is hereby authorized to sell the schoolhouse belonging to said district and with the proceeds thereof to pay any indebtedness of said district, and after discharging the debts of said district to divide the surplus money with the districts to which the territory of said school district is attached, in proportion to the amount of taxable property attached to each district.

SEC. 4. The school treasurer of said district one hundred and eighty-one is hereby directed to pay any moneys in his hands, as school treasury, to the county superintendent of Sumner county, Kansas. Said superintendent is hereby authorized to distribute said money among the districts to which the territory of said school district is attached, in proportion to the value of the property attached to each district.

SEC. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force after its publication in the official state paper.

Approved March 12, 1897.

Published in official state paper April 7, 1897.