Excerpt from Laws of New Hampshire Relating to Common Schools, With Forms of Proceeding and Decisions The selectmen are bound to assess the amount required by law, whether the town votes to raise it or not - Tucker v. Aiken, 7 N. H. 128. When the town fails to act, the selectmen are bound to make their assess ment, and commit the same to the collector seasonably. They should also require him to collect and pay over the money within a reasonable time. Hav Ing done this in good faith, it has never been the understanding in this state that it was their duty to borrow money on the credit of the town for school purposes, or to pervert trust funds to such use, or to so appropriate the funds Of the town raised or collected for other, or even for general, purposes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.