Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-04-18

ESTABLISHING SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
An'Act Providing for the Establishing of indie
pendent School Districts, in Cities Heretofore
Organized for School Purposes, Under Special
Laws. and Provided With Boards of Educs-
ton.
Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the
SECTION 1. Any city heretofore organ
laws, and provided with boards of educa-
ton, may become incorporated as an in
dependent school district under the pro-
visions of this act in the manner following:
Whenever one.eighth of the legal voters
of such city, voting at the preceding NUM-
cipal election shall petition the mayor and
to whether such city shall establish an in
dependent school district under this act to
a vote, of the electors in such city, it shall
be the duty Of such mayor and council to
submit such question accordingly and to
appoint a time and place or places at which
such vote may be taken and to designate
the persons who shall act as judges at such
submitted Oftener than once in two years.
SEC 2. The mayor Of such city shall
give at least twenty days notice Of such
election by publishing a notice thereof in
one or more newspapers within such city,
but if no newspaper is published therein,
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notice In each ward or voting precinct.
SEC. 8. The ballots to be used at such
election shall be in the following form:
"For establishing an Independent school
district under an act approved March,.
1890" or against establishing an lndepen-
dent school district under an act approved
March -. $780," The judges of such cleo
ton shall make returns thereof to the city
council, whose duty it. shall be to canvass
such returns, and cause the result Of such
canvass to be entered upon the records Of
such city. If a majority of the votes cast
at such election shall be for establishing
an independent school district under this
act, such independent school district shall
thencef0rth be deemed to be organized UNI
der this act, and the board of education
then in office, shall thereupOn exercise the
powers conferred upon like officers in this
act until their successors shall be elected
and qualified. E
DISTRICT That all that portion included
within the corporate limits of any city
within, this state together with the add.
tiOns that are now or may be hereafter
added to said city limits, shall be and are
hereby constituted and established as an
Independent school district to be- desig-
mated as the '~independent school district.
ton is hereby established for the same.
SEC. 5. Said board of education shall
consist of one member from each ward in
said city, and when the city is divided
into an even number of wards, then the
said city shall elect one member of said
board at large; said member. shall hold
their Office for the terms of two years or
until their successors are elected and quail
flied. A majority of said board shall con-
stitLte q quorum to transact business, but
q smaller number may meet and adjourn.
The electors In each ward in said city shall
each elect one member Of said board, and
the electors Of the SAID city shall elect one
member Of said board at large. The
wards having even numbers shall hold
their election in each year ending with
an even number, and the wards having
odd numbers shall hold their election In
the years ending with odd numbers. The
ally In the even numbered years. sS5s
SECS The election referred to In the
foregoing section, shall be held on the
third Monday Of April In each year, and
shall be held at the usual polling place
for municipal elections In each ward. The
mayor Of the city shall have authority and
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