1. 1. The township collector shall be required to draw or procure a plat of each school district or fractional part thereof in his township, and shall keep a true and correct account of all school moneys collected by him in each school district or fractional part thereof; and when said collector pays the moneys so collected by him to the township treasurer, he shall state the amount collected from each school district or fractional part thereof, and take duplicate receipts therefor, one of which he shall retain, and file the other with the township clerk.
2. 2. As soon as the school funds are apportioned, the township treasurer shall apply to the county treasurer for the school moneys belonging to each school district or fractional part thereof, in his township, and the county treasurer shall pay over to him all of said school money, taking duplicate receipts therefor, one of which he shall file with the township clerk.
3. 3. The township treasurer shall safely keep such money until paid out upon the order of the board of directors of the various school districts in his township.
4. 4. When any school district is divided by township or county lines, the district shall be considered in the township or county in which the schoolhouse is located, and the township treasurer holding any money belonging to fractional parts of districts in which no schoolhouse is located shall pay over all such money to the township treasurer of the township in which the fractional part of the district having the schoolhouse is located, taking duplicate receipts therefor, one of which shall be filed with the township clerk, and the township treasurer shall settle annually with the township board on or before the twentieth day of March in each year.

(RSMo 1939 § 14017)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 12340; 1919 § 13253; 1909 § 11741