The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-15
ELECTION OF SCHOOL CLERKS
TO THE PRESENT
EDUCATIONAL CODE is PRO-
POSED AT OLYMPIA.
Chance in the Manner of Selecting the
Clerks in the Various School
Districts.

If the bill introduced in the legisla-
| ture of Washington by Representative
| Van Slyke becomes law there will be
| change in the system of electing the
school clerks in the state of Washing
ton. 1t is proposed to amend the
present school code as follows:
Section 1. That Sec. 80 of the code
of public instruction be amended to
| read as follows:
Sec. 49, Directors of school districts
shall be elected at the regular annual
school election. AT the first annual
school election in all new districts,
| three directors shall be elected for one,
two and three years respectively. No
person shall be eligible to the office of
school director who is not able to
read and write the English language.
| The ballot shall specify the term for
which each is to be elected. In all
districts in which elections have been
previously held, one director shall be
elected for the term of three years,
sufficient number to fill them for the
uneXpired term or terms; and the bal
lot shall specify the respective term
for which each director is to be elect
ed. Directors elect shall take Office on
the fourth Monday next succeeding
their election, and they shall meet
within ten days thereafter and shall
organize by electing one of their num-
Der as chairman. The chairman of the
board shall enter upon the discharge
of mis- duties as chairman Immediate
ly after his election as such chair
man. The school district clerk shall
within ten days after the election of
the chairman or within ten days after
any change in the office of chairman
inform the county superintendent of
such change. In case of a vacancy in
the board of directors from any cause,
the county superintendent shall fill
| such vacancy by appointment until the
next annual election.
Sec 2. That section As of the code
of public instruction be amended to
read as follows:
Sec. As. 1t shall be unlawful for
any director to have any pecuniary in
terest, either directly or indirectly in
any erection of school houses, OF for
warming, ventilating, furnishing or
repairing the same, or to be in any
manner connected with the furnishing
of supplies for the maintenance Of
schools, or to receive or accept any
compensation or reward for services
rendered as director.
Sec. 8. That section 4S of the code
of public instruction be amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 4S. A district clerk shall be
elected in each district at each annual
election, to hold office for one year,
| beginning on the first Monday in Au-
gust next succeeding his election, and
until his successor is elected and quail
| flied. In case of the death, removal or
resignation of the district clerk, the
| county superintendent shall fill the
| vacancy by appointment. Any district
| clerk failing to qualify as provided
! for in this act, on or before the day
appointed for him to take office, shall
| forfeit all right to his office, and the
| county superintendent shall fill the
| office by appointment, to hold until
| the next annual election.