Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-05-19
SCHOOL ELECTIONS JUNE )
4 FWH Board of Three Trustees
Mast be Elected for each Dis
trict on Monday, June 3.
TEXT OF THE NEW SCHOOL LAW.

CEC. ii. AZ thS hSAt ISSuiai
school election, following the pass
age of this act there must be elect
ed Board of Trustees consisting
of three in number, one of whom
must hold office for three years,
one for two years and one for one
year, and the ballots must desig-
nate the length of time which said
Trustees are to serve. At the Sec
ond and every subsequent school
election there must be elected one
Trustee for the term of three years;
Immediately after their election
they must elect from their number
a Chairman and Clerk.
SEC. AZ. The regular election
for electing members of the Board
of School Trustees shall be held
annually in each district on the
first Monday in June, at which
time it shall be lawful to transact
any business pertaining to schools
and school interests. The clerk Of
said Board of Trustees shall cause
printed or written notices to be
posted, specifying the time and
place of holding such election, and
the time during which the ballot
box shall be kept open, not less
however than three hours, and fur
ther specifying at what hour other
business shall be transacted. Said
notice shall be posted in three pub
lie places in the district, one of
which shall be the school house if
there be one, at least ten days pre-
vious to such time of election.
If the clerk fail to give such not
ice, then any two legal voters resid-
ing in the district may give such
notice over their own names. and
such election may be held after the
day fixed in this act for such elect
ion. All elections shall be held by
ballot, the polls shall be opened by
one of the Board of Trustees, or by
any qualified elector if no Trustee
be present at the time specified in
the notice. If no time is specified
in the notice then the polls shall
be opened at one O'Clock p. m. and
closed at five o'clock p. III. of the
same day. Said election shall be
conducted as any other county
elections, except that one judge
and one clerk may. constitute a
board of election, and any Trustee
NAV administer the oath to said
Judge and clerk. Said judge and
clerk shall make returns of such
elections to the County Superin-
tcndent Immediately, which re-
turn shall be filed in the office OF
the County Superintendent: Pro-
vIDED, FURTHER, That it shall be
lawful at such annual meeting and
election on said first Monday in
June to vote upon the question Of
whether or not any special tax
shall be levied for any purpose
such as building or repairing school
houses, or for the support Of public
schools in the district;said meeting
may first decide the rate to be lc
We'd, not to exceed ten mills on tht
dollar of taxable property, ther
proceed to ballot, on which ballo
shall be written or printed "Tal
Yes" or "Tax No." and none bu
actual resident freeholders ant
heads of families of said districts
shall vote at such election. A
separate ballot box shall be uset
for voting on any question OF taxa
ton or other business concernin!
schools and school interests from
that used in voting for Trustees
If majority Of the votes polled a
such election are in favor of tax
the Board of Trustees must i'm
mediately make such levy AM
certify the fact, the date thereo
and the rate of tax levied, the yea
for which levied and the numbe
of the district to the clerk of tn
Board of County Commissioner
and the County Assessor, but nc
more than one such special tax ca
be levied in one year.