El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-05
TEXT OF THE
NEW LAW
Which Was Adopted Last
Week By the Legislature.
REORGANIZES THE BOARD

LII Cno BOdrUS AS In6y NOW SCdnu
"A Meeting Will Be Held Here
Thursday Night To Reorganize
And Elect Judge Blacker's Sue.
csssOr.
The recent act OF the legislature
which provides for reorganization OF
school boards in this city and elsewhere
was adopted last week.
It is rather lengthy in it's provisions
but explicit. The FL Paso school board
meets again next Thursday night to re-
organize under the new law The cleo
tion of successor to Judge Allen
Blacker, now q resident of Otero coun-
ty, New Mexico, will also take place
then.
G. r. Morehead is the only candidate
for the Office yet to appear and he will
doubtless be elected.
The following is the text of the law
providing for the election of school
trustees:
An act ito provide uniform method
of electing scnool trustees in indepen-
dent districts, defining the duties OF
such trustees in reference to the cleo
tion of superintendents of schools and
the control of schools in such indepen-
dent districts, and repeating article |
4008 of the revised civil statutes, and |
all other laws, both general and |
special, in conflict with the provisions |
of this act, and providing an emergen- |
ey. Be it enacted by the legislature of !
the state of Texas:
Section /. There shall be elected !
six school trustees for each indepen- |
dent district of this state at an cleo |
ton held in each independent school |
district on the first Tuesday in May. /
1899, and three on the second Tuesday |
in December of each second year there
after; that is, in 1901, 1903, etc.
Sec. 2. At the first election held
under this act, the first Tuesday in
May, 1899, there shall also be elected
president of the board of trustees,
who shall serve until the regular
trustees election in 1901 and until his
thereafter the term of Office of the
president of the board of trustees shall
be four years. The president of the
board of trustees shall preside at all
of the board. He shall sign
all drafts upon the treasurer which are
issued by authority of the board; he
shall not vote on any question submit
ted to the board or in any election of
teachers, except when the votes cast
are equally divided, when it shall be
his duty to cast the deciding vote, and
be shall serve without compensation.
OSec. 3. Three of the trustees elect ,
ed in May 1899, shall serve until the :
regular SGSS D Sl6CtlOu LII 1SO1, buo =
three shall serve until such election in
1903, and until their successors are .
elected and shall have qualified. The !
trustees elected at the first election :
provided for In this act shall meet =
within twenty days after such cleo =,
tlop, or as soon as possible thereafter, Y
and shall determine by lot which three
If the trustees elected shall serve I'M =
Ill December 1901, and which three Y
shall serve until December, 1903, and =
1t the regular election of trustees in E
srch alternate year thereafter three v
trustees shall be elected and the term
If Office of each shall be four years and
aid trustees shall serve without COM
oensstion.
Sec. 4. The county judge of each
county shall order for each and every a
Independent district in the county for c
which be is county judge the first cleo r
ion required to BE- held under the pro- v
isions of this act, and thereafter all 8
UGH elections shall be ordered by the
,oard of trustees of each independent
district at least ten days before the {
ate of the election, and the secretary {
4 the board of trustees shall post three I
offices of the order for election at three {
lifferen. places in the district. The
,oard of trustees at the time of order-I