The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-01-15

be fixed for the election by ballot, Pres
ident, Vice President, Secretary, Treas
urcr and Directors, all of whom shall
constitute a District Board having the
same general powers, duties and obIiga-
tons rs attach to the like Board in the
township districts, except SIS herein pro-
yided. The President, Vice President.
Secretary, and Treasurer, shall hold their
Offices for the same time, and after the
first election their successors shall be
elected upon the same day aud shall con-
form In other respects to the same rules
and requirements Us is provided by law
for the same officers in the township dis
tricts
1 After the first election, the di-
rectors shall by lot determine the length
of their respective terms of Office; one
shall serve till the second Monday in
March next after his election: Another
until one year after the said second
Monday in March; and third till two
I years thereafter. At the end of each
who shall hold his Office for three wears,
and until his successor is elected and
! qualified Should vacancy occur in
respect to either of SAID directors, it may
! be filled by the remainder of the board
until the day Of the next election, when
a successor shall be elected to fill out the
remaii der of his term.
D. The said district may have rs
many school houses. and their schools
may be regulated in such a manner as
the said board may direct, subject to oh 2
general law Of the State They NAV dis
tribute the executive duties of their
board among the three directors in
such manner as they shall think exped-
ent.
! d. Should any portion Of said city
or town lie in a different township from
that in which the principal portion
thereof Is situated, the inhabitants of
such fraction may organize with the re-
naming portion Of their own township
at any time that they may think proper
so to do, or should the population exceed
five hundred in number, they may organ
izc In the same manner as il provided for
the main portion Of the city or town rs
herein before provided.
s.. At the written request Of any
ten voters residing nuthin such fractional
portion Of any town or city. the muuici-
pal authorities thereof shall provide for
taking vote .E ballot 10 determine
whether they will remain attached to the
main body Of the city or town. Aud
should their number exceed FIVE hundred
inhabitants there shall bo provisions
made at the same time or afterwards for
ascertaining whether the fraction 80 eat
off will organize by itself, or will unite
with the remaining portion Of its own
township.
s.. Where a town or city is carved
out of civil township as contemplated
10 this act, the remainder Of such town
ship shall constitute a separate school
district, the boundaries between which
and the said city or town district NAV nj
any time he changed with the consent
Of both their respective board Of dircc-
tors
i % This act to take effect from and
after lis publication in the Iowa Citizen
and the .owa Statesman.
.~:-ucdt UHAN F\ETLIE.
President ot the Board af Education.
hereby certify thatta~ above f-- .rsa
and complete ~ory Of the original aot as
passed Nv thu I3esrd + Fdarat1an # the
>totrof Iowa.
December -. 1858.
josiah T TDnnY.