Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1867-06-13
BILL.
For the Revision Of the school
Law,

Ser. l. Be Il enacted by the LegisEG.
ture OF the STATE Of Nebraska, That each
orgaDazed county shall be divided by the
County Superintendent into as many
SCHOOL districts may from time to time
be found necessary; but no primary dis
trict shall contain more than sixteen
sections of land.
Sec. 2 Every duly organized school
district shall be body corporate, and
possess all usual powers Of \ corpora
lion, for public purposes, by the name
and style Of 8SchooI District number
-, county," and in that name
may sue and be sued, purchase, hold and
sell such personal and real estate as
the law allows.
See. 3. Whenever the County Su.
perintendent of any county shall form a
new district therein, it shall be the duty
of the said superintendent to deliver TO a
taxable inhabitant of such district a no
tice in writing Of The formation of such
district, describing its boundaries and
specifying the time and place of holding
the first meeting; which notice, with
the fact of such delivery, shall be enter
ed upon the record by the superinten.
dent.
Sec. 4 The said notice shall also d.
rect such inhabitant to notify every quail
flied voter of such district, either per-
sonally or by leaving a written notice at
his place of residence. of the time and
place of holding said meeting at least
five days before the time appointed there
for, and it shall be the duty of such in.
habitant to notify the qualified voters of
said district accordingly.
Sec. The said inhabitant, when
be shall have notified the qualified vo-
ters as required in such notice, shall en-
dorse thereon a return showing such no.
tiication, with the nate or dates thereof
and deliver such notice and return to
the chairman of the meeting
Sec. 6. The said chairman shall de-
liver such notice and reture to the d.
rectors chosen at such meeting, as here
matter provided, who shall record the
same at length in a book to be provided
by him, at the expense of the district, as
a part of the records of such district.
Sec. 2 Each and every sub-district
now existing under provision of law
shall be deemed to constitute a district,
and be controlled and governed as here
lnafter provided. -
Sec. s. The qualified voters Of eve-
~ new district when assembled pursu.
ant to the above mentioned notice, and
all existing districts, at their annual
meeting in the year one thousand eight
hundred and sixty seven, shall elect
from the qualified voters Of such district
a moderator for three years, a director
fer two years, and a treasurer for one
year; and on the expiration of their res
pecliyc terms of Office. and regularly
thereafter, their several successors shs Il
be elected for the term of .hree years
each. Within ten after their elec,
tion, these several officers shall file with
the directors written acceptance of the
Offices to which they shall baage been
respectfully elected, which shall be recOr-
ded by said directors. -
Sec. 8 Every such school district
shall be deemed duly organized when
any two of the officers elected at the frs;
meeting shall have filed their acceptance
as aforesaid.
Sec. 10. In case the inhabitants of
any district shall fail to organize tn same
in pursuance of such notice as aforesaid,
the said county superintden, shall give
new notice as hereinafter provided, and
the same proceeding shall be had thereon
as if no previous notice bad been deliv-
cred.
Sec. II. The record made by the
directors as required by the sixth section
of this act, shall be prinlG facte evidence
of the fact therein set forth, and of the
legality of all proceedings in the organi-
zation of the district prior to the first
district meeting, but nothing in this sec
tion contained shall be so construed as to
impair the effect of the record kept 10y
county superintendent as evidence.
Sec. IL. Every school district shall
in al cases be presumed to have been
legally organized yhen,it shall have ex-
ercIsed the franchises and privileges Of a
district for the term Of two years.
Sec. .l3. In ali cases where the Coun
ty Superintendent Of any county shall
form school district therein, and where
40 election for school district officers be
held, and where any school district shall
refuse or neglect To elect at the proper
time the necessary school district officers.
il shall be the duty of the County Super
intendent of The county IN which such
district is situated 10 appoint the officers
of such district from among the mail per
sens. residing IN sy,ch district of the age
of twenIy-one,years who are tax PAYERS
therein; which officers thus appointed
shall severely file With the director a
written accepla1es of The officers to which
they. shall have been s9Pointed, which
shall be recoYSed hY the director.
Sec. IA. Every such school distric.
shall be deemed duly organized whenev.
er any two of the officers thus appointed
shall have fled their acceptance as afore-
said, and such school district and its Of.
fcers shall be entitled to ali The rights,
privileges. end imuunitiee, and be sub
Ject TO all the duties and Liabilities con-
ferred upon school districts by law.
Sec. Is. The annual meeting Of
each school district shall be held on The
frst Monday Of September in each yesr,