Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-05-04
LAWS OF WISCONSIN.
PUBLISHED By AUTHORITY
CHA p'rED

An Act relating to Common Schools
THE people Of the State of Uisaonsin
represented IN Senate and .4ssembiu, d,
enact as. folloacs:
OF COMMON SCHOOLS.
Districts.
SECTION /. Whenever a school distric
shall be formed in any town, it shall be tn:
duty of the town superintendent, within
twenty days thereafter, to prepare notice
III writing Of the formation of such district
describing lis boundaries, and appointing 5
time and place for The first district meeting
and to deliver such notice to a taxable in
habitanl of the district
2. The town superintendent shall, in
such notice, direct such nhabitant to notify
every qualified voter of the district, either
personally, or by leaving written notice al
his place OF residence, of the time and
place of such meeting, at least five DAYS be.
fore the time appointed therefor; and it shall
be the duty of such inhabitant to notify the
voters of such district, agreeabIy to the re-
quirement OF said notice, and endorse there
on a return containing the names of the
persons by him notified; and said notice
and return shall be recorded as part of
The record of the first meeting in such dis
lrict.
3. In case such notice shall not be
given, or the inhabitants Of the district shall
refuse or neg ect to assemble, or form dis
trlct meeting, when so notified; or in case
any school district having been formed and
organized, shall afterwards be dissolved, so
that no competent authority shall exist there.
in to call special district meeting in the
manner hereinafter provided. notice shall
be given by the town superintendent, and
served IN the manner prescribed in the pre-.
cedng section.
4. Whenever district meeting shall
be called in the manner prescribed in the
preceding sections of this chapter, it shall
be the duty of the electors of the district
to assemble at the time and place mentioned
in such notice.
5. Every male inhabitant twenty-one
years of age and upwards, who shall re-
side in any school district at the time of
holding any district meeting therein, shall
be entitled TO vote at such meeting.
6. II any person offering to vote at
school district meeting, shall be challenged
as unqualified, by any legal voter in such
district. the chairman presiding at such
meeting shall declare to the person chal-
jenged the qualifications of voter, and if
such person shall declare that he is voter,
and if such challenge shall not be with
drawn the chairman shall tender him the
following oath or affirmation: You do sol>
emily swear or affirm, that you are an ac-
lual resident of this school district and
that you are qualified according to law 10
vote at this meeting" Any person taking
such oath or affirmation shall be permitted
10 vote on all questions proposed at such
meeting; but if any person shall refuse TO
take such oath or affirmation, his vote shall
be rejected.
7. Every school district shall be
deemed duly organized when any two of
the officers elected at the first legal meeting
thereof, shall have consented to serve for
the offices to which they have been res
pectiveIy elected, by a written acceptance
thereof filed with, and recorded by the
clerk; ant every school district shall be
considered as legally organized after it shall
have exercised the franchises and priyiIe-
ges Of n district for the term of two years
s. Every school district organized in
pursuance OF this chapter; or which has
been organized under any previous law of
the state or territory of Wisconsin, shall be a
body corporate, and shall possess the usual
powers OF corporation for public purpo-
ses, by the name and style Of "School Dis q.
trict number (such number as shall be des>
lgnated by the town superintendent in the
formation thereoi,) of )" (he
name of the town or towns in which the
district is situaie,) and in that name shall
sue and be sued, and be capable of con-
tracing and being contracted with. and Of
holding such real and personal estate as is
authorized TO be purchased by the provis-
ions OF this chapter, and of selling the
same.
District Meetings.
s 8. The annual meeting of such
school district shall be held on the last
Monday of September in each year; the
hour of such meeting shall be two o'clock
in the afternoon, unless otherwise provided
by the district, special district meetings
may be called by the clerk, or in his alb
sence by the director or treasurer, on the
written request Of any five legal voters of
tie district.
10. No annual meeting shall be
deemed illegal for want of due notice, unless
it shall appear that the omission TO give
such notice was wilul and fraudulent.