The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-07-04
THE SCHOOL LAW.
The Election 10 be Held on the Sth
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The Election 10 be Held on the sfh
of fAugast-Extraet from the Law.
(Section 2, Chapter l2S, Acts OF the
Legislature)
.. Each county shall be under the
control of a county superintendent;
each district shall be under the control
of board Of Education each sub
district shall be under the control OF
one trustee. The same person shall
not be eligible to more than one OF
these Offices at the same time. The
board Of education shall consist OF q
president andtwo commissioners. An
election OF these officers shall be held
at the school house Of each sub-dlstrict
from nine o'clock in the morning till b
p. NJ. of the second Friday Of Angus!
1873, and every two years thereafter.
It shall be duty of the board OF educa-
ton OF each district to give at least three
weeks notice Of this election by caus-
ing the same to be posted at each OF the
places at which a poll is to be taken,
and at such other places as they may
think necessary. II there is more than
one school house in..the sub-distrlct,
said election shall be held at the one
most convenient to the voters OF such
ub.district, to be designated
by the board OF education hav-
ing control over the same.
Poll-books shall be prepared by the
county superintendent, and delivered to
the trustees OF the several school houses
at which elections are to be held. At
this election the persons qualified to
vote for members Of the legislature shall
be the electors. A judge and clerk
Of such election (neither OF whom shall
be eligible to any Of the offices to be
filed by such election } shall be chosen
By those present at the place of voting
at the time OF opening the polls
for the same. The person thus
chosen as judge shall preside at said
election; in case OF q tie in the vote Tor
trustee, hs' shall give the casting vote
and deliver a certificate of his election
to the person receiving the highest
number of votes for this Office, signed
by himself and clerk. Within ten days
after the holding of said election, he
shall also forward to the secretary Of
the board Of education OF his
distrlct, the full official records
of the election as held by him for all
the officers specified in this section.
The board OF education for each dis
trict shall assemble on the second Mon
day after the election, and majority OF
the same being present, shall open and
and examine the election records OF the
several suh-districts. They shall as
certain therefrom who haa received the
largest number Of votes for the several
offices of the district board of educa-
ton, and give certificates of their elec.
ton to the persons entitled thereto.
They shall also ascertain the sum OF
the votes cast in the several sub dis
tricts, of their district, for the person or
persons voted for as county superintend'
ent, and within five days report the
came to the clerk OF thu county court.
1t shall be the duty OF the clerk Of the
county court to ascertain from these
reports the person who has received the
largest number OF votes for the office OF
county superintendent and to give to
him a certificate Of his election, and
report his name by letter, to the
state superintendent Of free schools.
Should there be a tie in the vote for the
members OF the board OF education, the
county superintendent shall give the
casting vote; aud in case two or more
persons shall receive an equal, and the
highest number OF votes for the office
Of county superintendent, the presidents
of the district boards Of education in the
county shall, at meeting called for
that purpose by the clerk Of the county
court, OF which. there shall be due
notice. choose by vote one Of such per-
sons for county superintendent. The
ballots used at this election shall have
written or printed upon them the names
OF all persons voted for, and the office
for which each ia preferred. The came
ballots shall also have written or
printed upon them "for power to levy,
or against power TO levy" as the voter
may choose. ia majority of the BAL
lots given in the district shall have
written or printed upon them, "ior
power to levy" it shall be construed as
conferring upon the board OF education
the authority OF the people to make
the annual levies required in the
thirty -eighth and fortieth sections
o! this chapter, for each year during
their term Of office; but If majority
OF the ballots given in the district shall
have written upon them against the
power of levy" it shall be construed as
with holding from the board the author
ity Of the people to make any levy;
and no levy shall be made for the school
year next succeeding. But this prohl-
bitionishall rot extend longer than the
one year, and it shall be the duty Of the
board of education to hold a. special
election for the following year. on the
day and date, and in the manner pre-
scribed in fthis section, at which the
question OF levy or 20 levy shall again
be submitted to the people, and decided
for that year as herein required. When
such election is required TO be held, the
clerk of the board OF education shsll
give due notice thereof by posting the
same at each Of the places at which a
poll is to be taken in the district.
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