3812 - Payment of costs, charges and expenses by vote of district meeting.

§ 3812. Payment  of  costs,  charges  and expenses by vote of district  meeting.  1. Whenever the trustees or board of education or  any  school  district  officer  shall  have  brought  or  defended any such action or  proceeding, without any such resolution of  the  district  meeting,  and  after  the final determination of such suit or proceeding, shall present  to any regular meeting of the inhabitants of the district,  an  account,  in writing, of all costs, charges and expenses paid by him or them, with  the items thereof, and verified by his or their oath or affirmation, and  a  majority  of  the voters at such meeting shall so direct, it shall be  the duty of the trustees to cause the  same  to  be  assessed  upon  and  collected  of  the taxable property of said district, in the same manner  as other  taxes  are  by  law  assessed  and  collected;  and,  when  so  collected,  the  same shall be paid over, by an order upon the collector  or treasurer to the officers entitled to receive the same.    2. The provision of subdivision one of this section shall  not  extend  to  suits  for  penalties,  nor  to  suits or proceedings to enforce the  decisions of the commissioner of education.