91 Iowa 156 | Iowa | 1894
I. This action was brought upon two school orders, — one issued for fifty dollars, to C. C. Lang or bearer, and payable out of the contingent fund; and the other for sixty dollars, payable to L. M.
III. The real question in the case is as to the validity of orders issued for attorney’s fees and stenographer’s fees under the circumstances disclosed by this record. By Code, section 1723, the directors are authorized to make all contracts, purchases, payments, and sales necessary to carry out any vote of the district. By section 2836 of McClain’s Code they may use contingent funds to-insure the property of the district. By section 1727 the board must provide at least twenty-four weeks’ school. By section 1729 they are authorized to use unappropriated contingent fund to purchase records, dictionaries, maps, charts, and apparatus. By section 1740 the president of the board is authorized to “appear in behalf of his district in all suits brought by or against the same, * * * and in all cases wherein suits may be instituted by or against any of the school officers to enforce any of the provisions herein contained, counsel may be employed by the board of directors.” By section 1748 it is provided that the money collected by district tax for the erection of schoolhouses, and for the payment of debts contracted for the same, shall be called the “schoolhouse fund;” and that designed for rent, fuel, repairs, and all other contingent expenses necessary for keeping the school in operation, the “contingent fund.”