Bisbee daily review., 1903-04-01
WHAT WILL BE
 NEXT STEP TAKEN
DOUGLAS PEOPLE AGITATINo
 NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
Trustee Pirtle faYors School House
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Special to Review.)

election of school trustees is over. the question most likely to arise in the minds of the towns-people is: What will be done?" Well. the board seems to agree beautifully in the erection of a fst-class school house of modern design. F. R. Pirtle stated this morn ing that he favored a school house worth s20,o00, and the issuance of twenty year bonds.
 c. A. Overlook was skar regarding the matter and said that although no meeting had been held by the new board, he would like to see an eight room school house Of brick to cost about s15,eo0. and an expenditure of 5000 in properly fitting of these rooms for schol purposes.
 The Review, realizing the impor- tame of the school question and know ing full well the keen interest being taken in the matter by all concerned, publishes herewith a few extracts from the public school laws of Ari- zona bearing on the subject. The following extracts, it will be observed. deal with the powers and obligations of the board or trustees in bonding a district for the purpose of building school houses. and the legal course to| be pursued in such eases.
 Chap. 6; Sec. 5 says:-"The board of trustees Of any school district, may when in their judgment it is advisable. and must upon petition of a majority of :Ee heads of the families r-sidingI in the district, call an electiL"a and submit to the tax payers of the such district whether the bonds Of such dis trict shall be issued and sold for the purpose of raising money for p' has ing or leasing school lots.
 building one or more school hon $, and supplying the same with furniture necessary apparatus and improving the grounds, and for uquidsting anyl indebtedness already incurred for such purposes.
 Sec 54 Such election must be- called by posting notices. signed byI the board. in three of the most con sp;c, GUS places of the district for rot less than twenty days before the elect'Cn; and if there is q newspaper 7ut ilshed in the county, by publishing such notice therein not less than a week for three successive weeks.
 Sec. 5. Such notices must con tain:
 | The name and place of holding such election.
 2. The names of three judges to conduct the same
 3. The hours during the day (not less than six hours) in which the polls will be open
 1. The amount and denomination of the bonds, the rate of interest. and the number of years, not exceed ing twenty, the whole or any part oi said bonds are to run.
 Sec. 57. On the seventh day after said elections. at one o'clock D. m. the returns having been made to the board of trustees, the board must meet and canvass said returns; and if it appear that two-thirds of the votes cast at said election were in favor Of issuing such boz is, then the board shall cause an entry of that fact 10 be made upon its minutes, and shall certify to the board of supervisors of the county all the proceedings had in the premis es, and thereupon said board of super yisors shall he and they are hereby authorized and directed to issue the bonds Of such district. to the number and amount provided in such pro reedings. payable out of the building fund of such district, naming the same and that ;he money shall be raised by taxation upon the taxable property in said district for the redemption of said bonds and the payment of the interest thereon; provided, that no school district shall issue bonds for the purposes herein specified to ar amount in the aggregate, including it's existing indebtedness. exceeding four per centum on the value of the taxa ble property within such school dis trict, to be ascertained by the last assessment for territory and county taxes. previous to the issuing such bonds"
 From the foregoing section it vi;l be seen that from the movement, the bonding of the districts is sanctioned by a vote of the people and the board of trustees have canvassed the re- turns, the duty of actually issuing the bond becomes that of the county su- pervisors. Thus the duties of the school trustees in the issuing of school bonds are made but primary. the board of trustees merely providing the preliminary steps necessary to a properly conducted election. Theonly power vested in the trustees is the power to call for an election. They also name the amount for which the bonds may be issued. These facts may help to. correct the erroneous idea that is abroad that the board of trustees have all the power of issuing bonds for the erection of a new school