Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-02-25


hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof, there
Auditor.
Sec 2. This Act being of immediate
importance, shall take effect from and after
its publication in the Io,ca State Register
and Des .Noiaes Bulletin, papers published
in Des MONIES, Iowa.
Approved Jan. Il, 1870.
hereby certify that the foregoing Act
was published ia the Ioca Slate Register
and Dcs Moiaes Bulletin, January 80, lS7 0
ED WRIGHT,
Secretary of State.
CHAPTER 7.
AN ACT to repeal Section 249S of tho Rcvi-
sion of 1860.
SECTION l. Be it enacted By tie General
assembly Of tie State Of Io,co, That Sec
lion 249s Of the Revision of 1860, be, and
the same is hereby repealed.
See. ,. This Act being deemed of i'm
mediate importance, shall take effect and
be in force from AMI after lis publication in
the State Register and Statesman, papers
published at Des Moines, Iowa.
Approved Feb. 18th, 1870.
hereby certify that the foregoing Act
was Published in the Register February IL,
and ia the Statesman February II, 1870.
Ed WRIGHT,
Secretary Of State,
CHAPTER 8.
AN ACT to Amend the School Laws of Iowa.
SECTION !. BE ii enacted by tie General
1ssewby cfMe State Of Lo,ca. That Sec
ton |, OF Chapter IS, of the Acts of the
Twelfth General Assembly be amended to
read as follows: That the provisions of
Section 81, Of Chapter l72, of the Acts of
the Ninth General Assembly, approved
April s, 1862, and of the acts ameudatory
thereto, shall apply only to towns and cities
containing not less than three hundred in-
habiapts, within their recorded plat and to
the territory contiguous thereto; P'ovided,
that this act shall not affect independent
districts already organized.
Sec. 2. Ind pendent districts located
contiguous to each other, may unite and
form one and the same independent district,
in the manner following: At the written
request of any ten legal voters residing in
CuCu vi Sdll tlclilNtS3 'hAii
respective Board of Directors shall require
their Sc .retaries to give at least ten days
notice of the time and place Tor a meeting
OF the Electors residing III such districts,
by posting written notices in at least five
public places in each Of said districts, ut
which meetings the said Elector, shall vote
by ballot for CT against consolidated or
ganization of said independent districts;
and if {. ma ority of the votes cast at the
election in each district, shall be in favor Of
uniting said districts, then the Secretaries
shall give similar notice of a meeting Of
the Electors as provided for by the law for
the organization Of independent districts.
] he independent districts thus consolidated,
shall be completed, and lis directors govern
ed by the same provisions of the law, which
apply to other independent districts.
Sec. ,. Section So, Of Chapter III Of
the Acts of the Ninth General Assembly is
amended to read as follows: Should ma
iority of the votes be cast in favor OF such
separate organization, the Board Of Direc-
tors Of the district township shall give SINH
lar notice of a meeting Of the Electors for
the election of six Directors. Two Of these
Directors shall hold their Office until their
successors are elected and qualified: two
until the second, and two until the third an
nua meeting thereafter. Their respective
terms of office to be determined by lot.
The said six Directors shall constitute a
Board Of Directors for the district, and they
shall at their first regular meeting in each
year elect u president, secretary and treas
urer, the two latter to be chosen outside Of
the Board.
Sec. 4. Section 50, of Chapter l72, of
the Acts Of 1852, as amended by Chapter
81. OF the Acts of 1861, is amended by add
ing thereto the following: And the Treas
urer shall make a statement to the district
meeting of the receipts and disbursements
Of the preceding year.
Sec. s. Section 80, of said Chapter l72
is amended to read as follows: The annu-
al meeting of all Independent school dis
tricts formed as herein contemplated, or I'M
der the laws in force at The time Of the tax
ing effect Of this Act, shall be held on the
second Monday in March, for the transac-
ton Of business of the district, and for the
election by ballot Of two Directors as the
the successors of the two whose Term ex-
pires, who shall continue in office for thee
years and the President, Secretary and
one of the Directors then in Office, shall act
as Judges Of the election, and shall issue
certificates Of election to the persons elect
ed for the ensuing year.
Sec G. The Electors Of the indepen
dent districts organized and in operation
previous to the taking effect of this Act,
shall, at the regular meeting on the second
Monday Of March, 1870, elect six Dircc-
tors, two Of whom shall continue in Office
until the next annual meeting thereafter,
and until their successors are elected ana
qualified, two for two years and two for
three years, their respective terms Of Office
to be determined by loI, aud said six Direc
tors shall organize as contemplated by Sec
ton 3 OF this Act for the original formation
Of an independent district.
Sec. I. This Act being deemed of i'm
mediate importance by the General Assem-
bly,, shall take effect and be in force from
and after its publication in the Daily fora
State Register and Daily Des Noines But-
lctn. war;
Approved February ., 1870.
hereby certify that tie foregoing Act
was published in the Register and Bulletin
February 10, 1870.
ED WRIGHT.