Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-09
Laws of Wisconsin,
OFFICIAL.
Published April 8, 1868
CHAPTER I55,

ChhI LEN loo.
AN ACT to codify the laws of this state relating
common schools.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, Representa-
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows
ORGANIZATION oP SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
Section /. The board of supervisors in each tow,
in this state shall have power to form and alte
school districts ia the manner set forth
Sec. 2. The formation of school district shall
be by written order ct the board of supervisors
describing the territory embraced in such district
which order shall be filed with the town clerk ant
u shall be the duty of the supervisors, within
twenty days thereafter, to deliver to a taxable il
habtant of the district notice in writing, de
scrbing its boundaries and app ontins time anC
place for the first district meeting.
Sec. 8. The supervisors shall, in such notice, di
rect such nhabitant to notify every qualified voter
eff the district. either personally or by leaving
written notice at his place OF residence, Of the
time and place OF such meeting, at least ave days
before the time appointed therefor and 1t shall be
the duty of such inhabitant notify the voters oil
such district reeably to the requirements OF
said notice. and endorse thereon a return contain
ing 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 district.
Sec 4. In case such notice shall not be gwen,
the inhabitants of district SHALL Ne glect or
fuse to assemble or form district meeting when SO
notified, in any school district having been
formed organized shall afterwards be dissolved,
so that no competent authority snail exist therein
to call q special district meeting IN the manner
hereinafter provided, ice shall be given by the
town supervisors, and served in the manner pre-
scribed in the preceding section.
Sec. 5. Whenever district meeting shall be
called il the manner prescribed IN the preceding
sections OF this chapter, it shab the duty of the
electors of the district to assemble at the time and
place mentioned in such notice.
Sec. 8. Every school district shall be deemed
duly organized when any two of the officers elected
at the first legal meeting thereof shall have con-
sented to serve in the offices to which they have
been respectively elected, by a written acceptance
thereof filed with the clerk and recorded by him.
and every school district shall be considered e-
gally organized after it shall have exercised the
franchises and privileges of district for the term
of two years.
Sec. I. Every school district organized in pur-
suance OF this chapter, or which has been organ
lied under any previous law of the or terrific
ry of Wisconsin, shall be u body corporate, and
shall possess the usual powers of a corporation for
public purposes, by the name and style of school
district number - (such number shall be
designated by the town supervisors the formation
thereby of - (the name of the town towns in
which the district is situated,) and in that name
shall sue and be sued, and be capable of contract
ing and being contracted with, and of holding such
real and personal estate is authorized to be pur-
chased by the provisions of this chapter. and of
selling the same.
QUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS.
Sec. 8. Every person shall be entitled to vote
in any scnool district meeting of this state who is
qualified to vote at general election for state and
county officers, and who shall have resided for the
last ten days in the district where he may offer
vote.
Sec. 9. If any person Offering to vote at a school
district meeting shall be challenged unqualified
by any legal voter in such district the chairman
presiding at such meeting shall declare to the per
on challenged the qualifications of voter. and
II such person shall declare that he is 4 voter and
II such challenge shall not be withdrawn the
chairman shall tender him the following oath or
affirmation: I" You do solemnly swear Cor affirm as
the case may be,) that you have been actual res
ident of this school district for last ten days
and that you are qualified according law to vote
at this meeting" And every person taking such
oath or affirmation, shall be permitted to vote on All
questions proposed at such meeting; but if the per-
son shall refuse to take such oath or Affirmation his
vote shall be rejected
ALTERATION OF DISTRICTS.
Sec. 10. Whenever the town supervisors shall
contemplate an alteration of the boundaries of a
school district, they shall give least five days
notice i'll writing TO the clerk of the district or dis
trcts to be affected thereby stating n such notice
the time and place when and where tney will be
present to hear and decide upon such proposed
aIteratonj and it shall be the duty of such clerk
or clerks immediately to notify the other members
of the board.
Sec. IL. In all cases where an alteration of the
boundaries oil school district shall be made, the
townisuperVlsors SHALL within three days thereafter
give notice Thereof, by filing copy of the order so
altering the same, with the town clerk and with
the clerk of the district districts affected by such
alteration; and no alteration any school district
msde without the consent of the majority of the
district board endorsed on such order, shall take
effect until three months after notice given as
above specified; shall any alteration of an
organized school district be made to take effect
between the first day of December in any one year
and the first day of April following.
Sec. IL When new district is formed, in whole
or IN part, from one or more districts possessed
school house or entitled to other property, the
town supervisors, at the time of forming such new
district, shall ascertain aud determine the proper
ton OF the value of the school house and other
property justly due to such new district.
Sec. Is. Such proportion shall be ascertained
and determn ed, according to the value of the tax
able property OF the respective parts such former
district at tue time of the DIVISION by the best evil
dence within the reach of the town supervisors
and such amount of any debt due from the former
district, which would have been charge upon the
new, had it remained in the former district shall be
deducted from such proportion.
Sec. Ii The supervisors shall certify to the dis
trict clerk OF the district retaining the school
or other property, the amount ascertained by them
as the proportion to be paid to the district and
such amount shall be embodied in the statement of
taxes required by section sxty-two of this chapter
to be made by the district clerk to the town clerk,
OIL the fourth Monday in November in each year,
and when collected shall be paid to the treasurer of
the new district, to be applied towards procuring a
school house for such district and the money so
paid to the dstr ct shall be allowed the credit
of the taxable property taken from the former dis
trict, in reduction of any tax that may be imposed
said taxable property in the district for the
building CT a school house Dr0USded, that in case
the district shall have raised and erected
provided for itself school house, before the
former district shall have raised and paid over to
the treasurer of the district the amount in this
section provided to be raised and paid over, 1t shall
be the duty of the treasurer of the district in
whose hands said amount SO paid over may at any
time remain, to pay over, on demand, the
paid him, or his predecessor, by the former district,
to the individuals to whose credit the same would
have gone had said sum been raised and paid over
by the former district before the said school house
was erected or provided by the new district and
should such treasurer refuse, demand by any
party entitled thereto, to pay to him his just
proportion of said amount, the may be col
lected in suit at law by said party, upon the
official bond of such treasurer.
Sec. 10. Whenever it shall be necessary to form
district from two or more adjoining towns, the
supervisors Of such adjoining towns shall eet to-
gether and form such district, and deliver the no.
tie of formation to taxable inhabitant of such
district whose duty it shall be to such notice
provided in the third section of this chapter, and
any district SO formed may be alt cred or regula
by the joint action of the supervisors of all the
towns forming such districts in the same manner
that other districts altered and regulated.
Sec. TO- Whenever any district shall become
dsorganzed by the operation of the law in relation
to the alteration of districts the supervisors shall
take charge of the property belonging to the dis
trict at the time of its dsorganizatien dispose
the same by grant or otherwise, and apply the pro
ceeds to the discharge of its debts paying
balance if any, to the treasurers of the districts
which the territory has been attached. in proper
to each, appears from the last assessment roll
of the town.
DISTRICT MEETINGS.
Sec. II. The annual meeting of each school
district shall be held on the last Monday of Sep
ember in each year. The hour of such meeting
erwise provided by vote of the district, duly
corded, at the last previous annual meeting pro-
tided, that at the annual meeting of any school
district held after the passage of this act, major
ty of the electors of said district, may determine
that the annual meeting of such district shall be
held upon the last Monday of August in each year;
said determination to take effect when copy of the
proceedings OF said ual shall have be n
filed with the town clerk of the town in which said
district, Gin of joint dstrct) in which the
school house of such district is situated and To
main in force until rescnded by the vote of a ma :
iority of the electors of said district the meeting
held in pursuance of such determination to be