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~provl8loM OS Artdole 89998 6d Civil 3tatute8,or whstlmr reii;ulateo

the 6i66ti0n**0r** 6 tomu for whian thay h&d
29?9a, Vermn*s AnnotatedCivil t3tatutes,pmVldss in pa33 Yb3

foikW5t"SOO. 2. IA MY woh olty or town oanrtltUting ~IIi&d%p~d*nt 30h001 Clatriot, * * *
Twa. 3. iA all ruch Ei.BtriotB + * * *sea. 4. xotios of all s1rot1l2ns for truateas Ln XndepondentSchool Pfatrioto thoretofore created by-spwial Aot uf ths Lagirlature and havU12 lnoludedWithtA their b~unduiim a oity whose population wa8 in 6x0~08 of t?OG,- OOG * l l

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At rLt8t gu~oa it tight apysar that suotlon 1 applieil to all Lnarpenitent rbehdl dfetrlotsand a:so Lo **indupmaent** 86hool dlstriotshavllra themln a oltj of mm th8n 2G0,GGO Innhabitants u1G to auah dlstriotawxqcising suah oitlss, LouBTcrf , iye bra id **ttha OpiAbA**  **Cbut** SSOtiOA **1 oovere**  **QAiy** iadepandant sahool diatriote **iA** whioh thore ia loaumd a oity or more than~~GG,GOGlnhabltants ad suoh diatrlots**OOEj@biry** rush

aover Xl1ia the tlretplaos it the Legislatum inCond6dto

inaopendcmtuchcmfdistricts,then the ~&au *inoludingl oitie* **0r** a population oi lii~rethan 200,000 aaoordtng to t&6 last prroedlng Federal Census"would bo entirelym. Aea08sary. In the saOcAd >&We, the aa~tiono$ tJU otigfnal Aot (aat G+ind Loge, RI Ye, 9. 2. 222, Cha 319) provide8 in Qurt it8 souowlsr

"An aot tixin2.thenuaber Pnd tersl of oftioo Or SOhOOl trUSt8dU iA.IA&QOAbAt si3triOts **hUV** Ing a popubtion 0r i.xare thrin 2OG.oGGby the last prsosdinng Podaral Cmau * * *.*

The oaptionolearly shows thst all indqmadent sohool diatrlotr 'ilb.rS

not inolu&sd, biit, rather, only thaw 0r nmce thml zGc,oco lnhati'tiaat8. see Sniith P. XOrtGR %dUptm%35t 'ZOhoOl slat. ib.&k Diam.), ES5 S. 3, (Ed) 653, which held to thi8 stfoot.

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2777% la, therasore, not ippplicaltlo

to the Oragorf Indsgmnd~ant r;6bool Distrlotfor tvm rtmsons: (1) There is 00 city OS more than EOO,OO(i **inhb:taxits** lwsted withh ths Gregory district; (8)The r;regcry dbtrict ia not a otty-oontro1lod

district

. Artlola 2777,Verzmn~shnnota*edCivil ;;tatutas, rmds as follows:

"The advan oandidaterrooefrinc: ttis &u-gent numb6r OS votes at the Sir& eleotlon,Jnd the mm30 vr iour oatdlcktosreoeiving tho largest nuaoer 0r votes st all eubtmqmnt el~otions, rmhall be cntitLodto move as trustees h8reandar. Those alaotedst the Slrat eleotionahulldeearahe by lot tho tam forwklch they are to PONB. The Sour wesbburs

dmwlrq nubera one, tmo, three and Sour shall serve ror ona yoax, arlathe tkree nsnbers aaiilng tho numbers tlvA, siz tmd seven b4.l aurvve

ho parta, car,xnt :A the second tir April thereaiiar .md uztdl their Yuaaeadom *LFU **oldotad** Aid :lLuffS'l;od; ana ragularlythereaStor on the first 5utur&zg In April OS %am year, Sow trilstoes

and three trust&s, altornate;y,ahall be shoted ror a term of two poor8, to mooaed the t;ruatees

whom torPl ohallat that tla8 expire. The rpemtms or tba ward rerurlnin(; artcar a vaoanoy shall ii11 tiie

8uJz8 r0r the unexpiredtemQ.* The c)rf@ory Xnckpfmdent 3ahi)of 2iLltriot

wae oraited by spa0 la1 eat : Acts lQB1, 37th Lqlskxturs, 1st CsUed Seanion, ;;ptmtil

Lam, ;louee

Xii 30. 66, Cbaptor 42, pa@ 239. lie are lnfonmd by thr Data Capartllislot of ZduoatLvnthat this Aot has not bean a&isndad.ixtotion 3 OS said Aot vested the uamagement and oontrol 02 tM d2strlct in a bmrd of devan trunteeamd appointedmven lndlviduals es tba iirst boar& of trustees \tho should UOXVB **%ntil t!io**  **tisxt pncral**  **elootI.cn for**  **5uoh** trustoos, nt whioh tlr& t:mre ~~11 Se elootadA Suli -kxmrd oi mveii trus**tQ8S** + * '.I'I

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iiith respect ii.3

the teru3 0r 0rrtO6i 0: i3~0!:

tn;steoe we ~,wte rr05hsaia .-jeotioa 3 JS r0li0ws:
-ha ~OLT~B0r 0rfi00 0r tti6OOYBB **tmdlteo8** ohoeen at the Sirrttgtmeral election after the ptwmge of this Aot ahall be divided **into** tmo ola~~s, and t&e iner;bers shall draw ths PlSSerant classes,the Sax draulngn-bars one, two, thrsa and row, tiu&lleerva one y-r, ti+at is, until the wxt Suooeadlngregulvteloatiofl 0r triisteres

0r I.ndo;londent

soho dli3trloto .md u~tilthe5.r ~uoce~~ura shall hum bacn duly elootod and r,u&lificd; und the tkrae ta&ars dxawm mmbers rive, rLr Jnd Seven, aim&l wrva two yOar3, ttat Is, unttl We seomd suaoaodinc:rJsnerai eluotion 0r truvteea Of indepanda& aallsolBLstriots, until their uuoocissor8 ohail bnvs bean duly el.sotedand queltflad, and regularly thereclftor saoh par Sour trugteas and threa trustees alternately eha:l be eleotad ror a **tera** oS'wo years to ouooaed tea trustees whose tam 3hall ut **that** the OXJ;ip3*"
Section 4 of ;:ouse 3111 ;;o. 86 provider In pmt. a8 follassr *The Board of txwt~so 0r 8aie Gregcry Indepmde.nt 3cheol Ciotriot 8~~6heroby meted and ohargedwith all the xlghtr,powea, priri1E&8Sand-dutiesOonfSrrsdand iitijxmed by the Qen6mA -da 0r this state up0n ti-iiste0s 0r Ladepandent scrbooldtstrtote oreated and **orgaa** lzed under the Gaasnrl Iaws of thla aHate,* Although the words used **fn** Artiolll 2777 and thist part of seotfcn 3 ikbovo &oted ara s0mewh.a dl.Srare?lt, th6ix 6rre0t is the sUL0: rrynoly, ttiatthe Sour truvtass drawing the ifret Sour nunbera shotild LWSWJ for one yww .andthe three. ,

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