Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-02-24
HE New school Law.
Crrycr or SurT. OF PUBLIC I:sr.
Bcs Hc,aes, Iowa, Feb. 1Ith, 1870.

10 Boards Of Directors Of Independent Scioo
Districts.
Your attention is hereby directed
10 the following Act of the General
Assembly, just passed, and the explain
| atory notes thereto:
LAWS OF THE THIRTEESTu GENERAL ASSEMBLY
CHAPTER s. An ACT To AMEND THE SCHOOL
LAWS OF IOWA.
SEcrroy /. Bsit enacted by the Gener u As
s.m57y Of kc STATE Of lo,rg, That section |
chapter 2S of the Acts of the Twelfth Gener-
al Assembly be amended 10 read as follows:
That the provisions of section 81 of chapter
IL, of the Acts Of the Ninth General Assemb-
". approved April Sth 1862, and Of the acts
amendatory thereto, shalapply only to towns
and cities containing not less than three
hundred Inhabitants within their recorded
plats and to the territory contiguous thereto;
Froe;ded, that this act shall not affect hides
pendent districts already organized.
SEC. ,. Independent districts, located con-
tiguous to each other, may unite and form
one ana the same Independent district in tie
manner following: At the written request Of
any ten legal voters residing in each of said
independent districts, their respective boards
OF directors shall require their secretaries to
give at least ten days notice Of the time and
place for a meeting of the electors residing in
such districts. by posting written notices in
at least FIVE public places in each of said dis>
tricts. ct which meeting the said electors
shall vote by ballot for or against consoi>
dated organization Of said independent dis
tricts. then the secretaries shall give sim liar
notice of n meeting Of the electors as provided
for by the law for the organization Of indie
pendent districts. The independent districts
thus consolidated, shall be completed and its
directors governed by the same provisions Of
the law which apply to other Independent
districts.
SFc. 9, Section Sc Of chapter 1l2 Of the
Acts of the Nineth General Assembly is
amended to read as follows: Should . ma
jority of the votes be cast In favor of such
separate organization, the board of directors
Of the district township shall give sims
liar notice of q meeting Of the electors for
the election Of six directors; two of these dis
rcctors shall hold their Office until the frs.
annual meeting after their election; and un>
til their successors are elected and qualified:
two until the second. and two until the third
annual meeting thereafter. Their respective
terms of Office to be determined by lot. The
said six directors shall constitute board OF
directors for the district, and they shall at
their first regular meeting in each year cleo.
q president. secretary and treasurer; the two
latter 10 be chosen outside Of the board.
Sec 1. Section 80 of chapter l12 Of the Acts
Of 1869, as am0ded By chapter 81 of the Acts
of 1864. is amended by adding thereto the
following: And the Treasurer shalt make
statement to the district meeting Of ,he res
ceipts and disbursements of the preceding
year.
SEc. 5. Section 90 Of chapter 172 is amends
ed to read ms follows: The annual meeting Of
all independent school districts formed a
herein contemplated. or under the laws in
force at the time Of the taking effect Of this
act shall be held on the second Monday in
March for the transaction of the business of
the district, and for the election by ballot of
two directors as the successors of the two
whose term expires, who shall continue in
office for three years, and the president, Sec
retary and one of the directors then in Office,
shall act as judges Of the election, and shall
issue certificates of election to the persons
elected for the ensuing term.
Sec 6. The electors of the independent dis
tricts organized and in operation previous to
the taking effect of this act. snail at the reg>
ularm Getting on the second Monday of March,
1870, elect six directors two of whom shall
continue in office until the next annual meets
ing thereafter, and until their successors are
elected and qualified; two for two years; aad
two for three years their respective terms of
office to he determined by lot, and said six
directors shall organize as contemplated by
section of this act, for the original forma.
ton Of an independent district
SEC. s. This act being deemed of immediat
importance by the General Assembly, shall
take effect and he in force from and after its
publication, in the Daily Iowa State Register
and Daily Des Moines Bulletin.
Approved February ., 1870.
l hereby certify that the foregoing act was
published in the Daily Iowa State Register
on the 10th day of February. A. D. 1870, and
in the Des Moines Daily Bulletin on the l0tl
day of February, A. D. 1870
ED WRIGHT,
Secretary Of state.