purpose of purchasing a building, or furnishing proper buildings for the accommodation of the school, or for the purpose of defraying necessary expenses and paying teachers, but shall be governed in all respects by the law herein provided for levying and collecting district taxes.
Sect. 55. The clerk of the union district shall report in writing to the treasurer of each school district uniting in the union district, the number of scholars attending the graded school from his district, their sex, and the branches studied, and the said district treasurer shall apportion the amount of school money due the union school district, and pay the same over to the treasurer of the union district on order of the clerk and director thereof.
Sect. 56. The clerk of the union district shall make a report to the county superintendent of public instruction, and discharge all the duties of clerk, in like manner as the clerk of the district.
Sect. 57. The treasurer of the union district shall perform all the duties of treasurer, and give the bond as prescribed in this act, in like manner as the district treasurer.
Sect. 58. The public schools of any city, town, or village, which may be regulated by special law set forth in the charter of such city, town, or village, shall be entitled to receive their proportion of the public school fund: Provided, The clerk of the board of education in such city, town, or village, shall make due report within the time and manner prescribed in this act, to the county superintendent of public instruction.
Sect. 59. Any single district shall possess power to establish graded schools, subject to the provisions of this act, in like manner as two or more districts united.
Sect. 60. The county treasurer shall collect all moneys due the county for school purposes, from fines, forfeitures, or proceeds from the sale of estrays, and all moneys paid by persons as equivalent for exemption from military duty, and he shall pay the same to the said district treasurer, as prescribed in this act. He shall also collect the delinquent taxes on real estate in any district, in the same manner as county taxes are collected, whenever such delinquent tax list shall have been lawfully reported and returned to him, and he shall pay the same over to the treasurer of the district to which