Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-02-25

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SCHOOL LAWS
or IOWA.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SCHOOL LAWS
or IOWA.
SECTION l.. BE 10 enacted bv The
General assembly of the State OF
[o,uo, That section of chapter 2S Of
the Acts of the Twelfth General AS.
seinbiy be amended To read as fol-
lows: That the provisions OF sec
tion S4 of chapter l12, of the Acts of
the Ninth General Assembly. ap.
proved April Sth, 1862, aud of the
acts amendatory thereto, shall apply
only to towns aud cities containing
not les. than three hundred inhabi.
tants within their recorded plats and
to the territory contiguous thereto |;
Provided, that this act shall not af.
feet independent districts already or
ganized.
Size. Independent districts, located
contiguous to each other, may unite
and form one and the same inde-
pendent districts In the manner fol.
lowing: At the written request of
any ten legal voters residing i'm each
OF said independent districts, their
respective boards of directors shall
require their secretaries to give ut
least ten days notice of the time and
| pseeS III IlCtNlhk vi ltle
residing In such districts, by posting
written notices In at least five public
places In each of said districts, at
which meeting the said electors shall
vote by ballot for or against a consol.
idated organization of said independ.
ent districts; and If majority Of
the votes cast at the electioa In each
district, shall be I'm favor of uniting
said districts, then the secretaries
shall give similar notice of meet
ing OF the electors as provided for by
the law for the organization of indie.
pendent districts. The independent
districts thus consolidated, shalt be
completed and it's directors governed
by the same provisions of the law
which apply to other independent
districts. a.nara -
SEC. 3. Section SO of chapter 172
Of the Acts Of the Ninth General
Assembly Is amended tc read as fol.
lows: Should a majority of the
votes be cast i'm favor of such sepa-
rate organization, the board of direc-
tors of the district township shall
give similar notice OF meeting of
the electors for the election of six
directors; two of these directors
shall hold their office until the first
annual meeting after their election !;
and until their successors are elected
and qualified two until the second,
and two until the third annual meet
ing thereafter. Their respective
terms of office to be determined by
lot. The said six directors shall con-
stitute board of directors for the
district, aud they shall at their first
regular meeting In each year elect a
president, secretary and treasurer !;
the two latter TO be chosen outside Of
the board. uaM.a
SEC. 4. Section so Of chanter l72
of the Acts Of 1862, rs amended by
chapter 81 of the Acts of 1854, IL
amended by adding thereto the fol-
lowing: And the treasurer shall
make statement to the diatrict
meeting OF the receipts and disburse-
ments of the preceding year.
SIC. s. Section 90 of chapter IT,
Is amended To read as follows: The
annual meeting of all independent
school districts formed rs herein con-
templated, or under the laws I'm force
ut the time of the taking effect of
this act, shall be held on the second
Monday I'm March for the transaction
OF the business of the district, and
for the election by ballot of two di-
rectors as the Successors of the two
whose terms expires, who shall csn-
tinue In Office for three years, and
the president, secretary and one of
the directors then I'm Office, shall act
as judges of the election, and shall
issue certificates of election to the
persons elected for the ensuing term.
SEC. @. The electors OF the inde-
pendent districts organized aud In
operation previous To the taking eff
feet of this act, shall at the regu lar
meeting on the second Monday of
March, 1870, elect six directors, two
of whom shall continue in office un-
til the next annual meeting thereaf-
ter, and until their SUCCESSORS are
elected and qualified two for two
years; and two for three years their
respective terms cf Office To be de-
termined by lot, and said six direc.
tors shall organize as contemplated
by section 3 OF this act, for the origi-
hal formation of an independent dis
trict.
SEC. Z. This act being deemed of
Immediate Importance by the Gene
raj Assembly, shall take effect and
he In force from and after its publi.
cation I'm the Daily IoWa State Reg
lister and Daily Des Moines Bulletin.
Approved February 0. 1870.
hereby certify that the foregoing
act was published In the Daily Iotoa
State Register on the 10th day OF
February, A. ID. 1870, and the Des
Moinss Daily Bulletin on tie 10th
day of February, A. ID. 1870.
ED WRIGHT,
Secretary of state.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
SECTION 1. This section amends
section 100 OF school laws of 1868,
(page SO, so that when revised it will
read thus: ANY city or town con-
tanning not less than three hundred
inhabitants within its recorded plat,
with the contiguous territory thereto,
may be constituted q separate school
district in the manner hereinafter
provided: Provided, That this act
shall not affect independent districts
already organized"
| SEC. 2. This Is new section to
the school laws and only applies to
independent districts contiguous to
each other, as the section clearly In
dicates.
! SEC. 8. Amends section Ill of
school laws of 1858 page COZ, thus =
Should majority of the votes be
cast in favor Of such separate organi-
zation, the board of directors of the
district township shall give similar
notice of meeting Of the electors
for the election of six directors. Two
of these directors shall hold their of
flee until the first annual meeting