The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1897-03-26
NEW SCHOOL LAW.
Miss Mary Smith. County Superinten-
dent, Furnishes the Law on the
Election. '..s :.
The new school law provides :

The new school law provides:
| Section 8. The election of school
trustees shall be held and conducted
under the supervision of the board Of
school trustees. The clerk Of the dis
trict must, not less than fifteen days
before the election required under this
Act, post notices in three public places
is said distict and in incorporated cit
specify the time and place of election
and the hours during which the polls
will be open. The trustees must ap-
point. by an order entered on their
records, three qualified electors of said
district to act as judges at such cleo
| tion and the clerk of the district shall
notify them by mail of their appoint
ment. Said judges shall appoint one
of their number to act as clerk at such
election. II the judges named are not
present at the time for opening the
polls, the electors present may appoint
judges and the judges so appointed
shall designate one of their number to
act as clerk.
Section. II. A poll and tally list
shall be kept by the judges and clerk,
and immediately af or tho close of the
polls the judges ~hai count the ballots,
and if there he more ballots than votes
cast, the jud.ns may draw by lot from
the ballot; wi hout seeing them a suffi
cient number of ballots to make the
ballots remaining correspond with the
number of votes cast The clerk shall
write down in alphabetical order in a
poll book provided for that purpose the
name of every person voting at the
time he or she deposits his or her bal
lot. There shall also be provided "a tally
list for each polling place. After the
ballots have been counted and made to
agree with the poll list, the judges
shall proceed to count them. The
clerk shall enter III the tally list the
name of every person voted for trustees
and the term and tally opposite his or
her name the number of votes cast for
him or her, and at the end thereof set
down in a column provided for that
purpose the whole number of votes he
or she has received. The Judges and
clerk shall sign a certificate to said
tally list setting forth the whole num-
ber of votes cast for each person or
trustee, designating the term, and they
shall verify the same as being correct
to the best Of their knowledge before
an officer authorized to administer
oaths. No infornlality in such certifi-
cate shall vitiatc the election. IT the
number of votes received for such per-
son Gin be reasonably ascertained from
said tally list. The books and tally
lists shall be returned to the board of
trustees of the district, who shall can
vass the vote and cause the clerk of the
district to Issue certificates of election
to the person or persons elected, desig-
mating their term, a copy of which
must be forwarded to the county super
are hereby authorized to d minister
oath of Office to the trustees elected
Section 49, Trustees elected shall
take office Immediately after qualify
ing and shall hold Office for the term
of three years and until their success
ors are elected and qualified or ap-
pointed by the county superintendent
of schools and qualified. Every trustee
elected shall file his or her oath of
office with the county superintendent
OF schools. Any trustee who shall fail
to qualify within fifteen days after be-
: ing elected shall forfeit all rights to
office and the county superintendent
shall appoint to fill the vacancy.
Section IA. Any person, male or fe-
male, who is qualified voter at any
election under this Act, shall be eligi-
bic to the office of school trustee in
such district. Judges of election shall
receive no compensation. The polls
may be open for such length Of time
as the board of trustees may order
provided, that SAID polls must be kept
open from 2 O'Clock p. IN. until
o. clock p. IN.
Mary Smith
Superintendent of Schools.