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

is hereby empowered to appoint two
judges and n clerk of said election, who
shall open the polls at the hour of! eleven
O'Clock in the forenoon and shall hold the
same open until five o'clock in the after
noon Of the same day. The said judges
and clerk shall conduct the said election,
same manner and form in all respects,
and the said polls closed and votes
.canvassed the same as municipal elections,
and the said judges shall have the same
power and authority in all and every re-
.spect as the judges of election for municipal
officers. and after the said vote is canvassed,
the said judges shall make their return
to the city clerk or auditor as the
case may be of the said city, within
twenty-fOur hours from the time of closing
said polls, and the city council shall can
vass said returns within three days there.
after and declare the result, which shall be
placed upon the records of said city, and it
shall be the duty Of the city clerk or audi
tor to issue a certificate OF election to the
persons declared elected. The judges and
clerks of election shall receive the same
compensation for their services as at mu-
nicipal elections for mayor and aldermen.
SEC !: VAGAMclEs-How FILLED II
any cause, the remaining members of said
board shall fill such vacancy by appoint
ment, until the next annual election, and
at such election a new member shall be
elected to fill the %unexpired term only.
SEC. 3. STYLE N POWERS OF BOARD
rate in relation to all the powers and duties
conferred upon them by this act, to be
styled "The Board of Education Of indie
pendent School District, City Of ..........,
(lhere insert the name of city," and as such
shall have powers to sue and be sued, to
contract and be contracted with, and shall
possess all the powers usual and incident
to such bodies corporate, and as shall be
herein given, and shall procure and keep a
common seal. At each annual meeting Of
the board the members thereof shall elect
one of their members as president of said
board, and whenever he shall be absent, q
president pro tenpore shall be appointed,
The members so elected shall each qualify
by taking the prescribed oath Of office
within ten days from the time of receiving
aforesaid certificate of election, and shall
assume the duties of the Office at the an
nual meeting of the board, which shall be
year.
SEC. g.. REsPoNsIBILITY OF BoARD.l
The members of the board shall receive no
compensation. nor shall be interested. d.
rectly or indirectly, in any contract for
building or making any improvements or
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have the care and custody of all the public
property in said district pertaining to
school purposes, and general management
and control Of all school matters.
SEC. 10. The regular meetings OF said
board shall be held on the first Tuesday OF
each month; the board may also hold a
meetings may Be adjourned for any time
shorter Than one month. Special meetings
shall be called by the president, or in case
Of his absence or inability to act, by any
three members of the board, as often as
necessary by giving a personal notice in
writing TO each member OF the board, or by
causing such notice to be left at his place
of residence at least forty-eight hours be-
fore the hour of such special meeting.
Sec. IL. SECRETARY-HIs DUTIES. The
said board shall appoint a secretary, who
shall hold his Office during the pleasure Of
the board, and whose compensation shall
keep a record of the proceedings of the
board, and perform such other duties as the
board may prescribe. The said record,
or transcript thereof, certified by the Sec
rotary and attested by the seal of
the board, shall be received in all courts as
prima facie evidence of the facts therein
set forth; and such records, and all books.
accounts, vouchers and papers of said
board shall at all times be subject to the
inspection of the members of said board. or
any committee thereof, or any tax payer
of said district. For the purposes of econ
omy the said board, if they deem 1t advisa-
pie. may appoint one of their " mem
secretary shall contain such items as may
be required by the educational department.
of the state.
SEC. IL. POWERS OF BoARD.l The said
board Of education of said district shalf
have power, and it shall be their duty to
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such sums as may be determined by said
board of education to be necessary and
proper for any and all of the following
purposes:
First, To purchase, exchange, lease or
improve sites for school houses.
Second. To build, purchase, lease, en-
large, alter, improve and repair school
houses and their o%ut-houses and appurten-
ances. ..
Third. To purchase, exchange. i'm
prove, and repair school apparatus, books
furniture and appendages.
Fourth. To procure fuel and defray the
contingent expenses of the board, includ-
ing the expenses Of the secretary.
Fifth. To pay teachers wages after the
application Of public moneys which may
be by law appropriated and provided for
that purpose.
SEC. IL. COLLECTION OF TAXI The tax
so to be levied as aforesaid and collected by
same n as other county taxes and
for that purpose, the said board Of educa-
ton shall have power to levy and caTseftO,,
be collected such taxes as are herein author
lied, and shall cause the amount for each
purpose to be certified by the secretary to
to and put upon the annual tax list Of the
county; and it shall be the duty of the
county auditor to calculate and extend
upon the annual assessment roll n tax